(October 4, 1999 - February 10, 2000)
| 99f-1 Visual Culture in Contemporary Japan |
| Jaqueline BERNDT (Faculty of Human Sciences) |
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| In Japan and the study of its culture, one is inevitably confronted on discourses of "Japaneseness". This course aims at exploring discourses on Japanese peculiarities through contemporary visual culture. It focuses mainly on manga (as comic), though not in an otaku-like way, i.e. a hermetically inherent way. Rather it links the manga to discourses on popular culture and art, gender, and interculturality, examining issues of cultural identity in Japan in terms of "hybridity" and "critical syncretism". |
| 99f-2 Cross Cultural Communication |
| Kazuko UEDA (International Student Center) |
| Communication and interaction between Japanese and non-Japanese people involve a number of problems encountered by all the participants. The setting of this course provides an opportunity for immediate application of the framework presented in lectures to analyze the behavior of non-Japanese students in an academic environment. |
| 99f-3 A Comparative Study of Technology and Industry |
| Shuzo NAKAMURA (International Student Center / Graduate School of Engineering) |
| This course will let students look at various cross sections of the vast and complex subject of technology and industry. The lecturer will discuss the subject based on his own experience in Japanese and American industry. Students will also learn from video programs dealing with Japanese industry as well as with some successful entrepreneurs of postwar Japan. They will also go on a series of field trips to various industries. Students will also be asked to read books related to subjects in which they are interested. In this way students will come to understand more completely what technology and industry are, and what characterizes Japanese technology and industry. |
| 99f-4 Japanese Contemporary Law and Politics |
| Shigenori MATSUI, et al. (Faculty of Law) |
| Lectures on various aspects of law and politics in contemporary Japan are given. The course is designed to provide a minimum amount of information nessesary to understand the Japanese legal and political systems. The course will be taught by members of the Faculty of Law. Course contents will be subject to change. |
| 99f-5 Chemical Engineering for Energy and Environment |
| Yushi HIRATA, et al. (Graduate School of Engineering Science) |
| This course presents attractive and novel technologies related to energy and environment in; the reaction, separation, thermal and biochemical engineering fields, together with an introduction to these engineering sciences. A study tour will be included. |
| 99f-6 A Survey of Modern Japanese Literature |
| Takatoshi IZUHARA (Faculty of Letters) |
| The purpose of this course is to study the history of modern Japanese literature by reading significant works of some of the most influential Japanese writers of modern times. It is desirable for students to read Japanese novels in the original. |
| 99f-7 Technical Japanese: Part I |
| Hideko KITAHAMA (International Student Center / Graduate School of Engineering) |
| The objective of this course is to equip students with the skills required for reading Japanese technical literature and for communicating with engineers and scientists in Japanese industrial and research settings. |
| 99f-8 Current Topics in Modern Physics |
| Tadafumi KISIMOTO, et al (Graduate School of Science) |
| After a brief introduction to the development of modern physics, current topics in modern physics are explored by professors who are behind recent progress in various sub-fields of the modern physics. Topics are focused on elementary particles, which are the building blocks of matter and the origin of forces in nature, objects made up of those particles like nucleons and nuclei, and cosmology for which those particles play vital role. Lectures on both theoretical and experimental developments in modern physics, are given. |
| 99f-9 Introduction to Global Architecture |
| Yasuo MORI, et al. (Faculty of Engineering) |
| Human beings are living on a unique planet, the earth. Many people believe that development is essential for a prosperous life. However development, in various forms, often comes at the expense of the preservation of the environment. In this lecture various aspects of human activities related to the global influences will be reviewed and discussed. Those students who are interested in these fields are encouraged to join the class without regard to their field of choice. |
| 99f-10 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Takafumi DOI, et al. (Grad. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) |
| This course gives an introduction to chemical, biological and environmental pharmaceutical sciences, and recent progresses in their field in Japan. This course is primarily intended for international graduate students in other disciplines in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The course has been adapted to suit the needs of undergraduate students in the short-term student exchange program. |
| 99f-11 Elementary Japanese: a |
| Shinya OTANI, et al. (International Student Center) |
| Elementary Japanese is intended for students who have little or no background in the Japanese language. Students will be able to handle daily conversations, have a basic understanding of sentence structure and vocabulary, and become familiar with hiragana, katakana and simple kanji upon completion of this course. |
| 99f-12 Intermediate Japanese: a |
| Akiko NAKAYAMA, et al. (International Student Center) |
| Intermediate Japanese is intended for students who have studied Japanese for a year or two at the college or university level. The objectives are to expand the student's repertoire of collocations for daily communications in both spoken and written Japanese, to become familiar with advanced structures, and to become fluent in comprehending texts written in hiragana, katakana and kanji (approx. 1,000 characters). |
| 99f-13 Advanced Japanese: a |
| Takako MURAOKA, et al. (International Student Center) |
| Advanced Japanese is intended for students who have studied Japanese for more than two years at the colleges or university level. The objectives are to expand the student's repertoire of collocations for daily and academic communications in both spoken and written Japanese, to become familiar with more complicated structures, and to become fluent in comprehending texts written in hiragana, katakana and kanji (minimum of 1,500 characters). |
| 99f-14 International Relations in a Globalizing World |
| Nobuyuki KATAOKA (International Student Center) |
| We are living in an increasingly globalized world today. This couse will examine the effects of globalization on various (political, economic, cultural) aspects of contemporary international relations as well as provide basic knowledge on wide-ranging problems in the world today. Students will be encouraged to present their view on the issues and be stimulated by the view of others from different parts of the world in order to turn the class itself into "international relations in a globalizing world", which is a unique OUSSEP opportunity. |
| 99f-Ind Independent Study |
| Independent Study is one of the unique features of OUSSEP. Students can propose a study topic and be assigned to a supervising professor n an appropriate faculty. Students may study a particular subject that is not found in the International Exchange Subjects (Individual Study) or conduct a research project on a particular theme (Independent Research). The study usually continues for two semesters. Refer to "Guide to Independent Study", found at the end of the OUSSEP Syllabus, for further details. |