Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies Honors Seminar - 7302 - ASST 3900 - 811 | ||||||||||||||
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Notes: An extra media fee of 13,200 yen is required. Permission of Honors Coordinator is also required. Field trips are mandatory in this class. Repeatable for credit across different topics (consult with the AAC for details). Topical Section Description: The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies is TUJ’s premier research institute, with research fellows (adjunct, graduate and undergraduate), a public lecture series and special symposium, catering to the international community in Japan. The ICAS lecture series fosters the international mission of Temple University, bringing in scholars, journalists, politicians and diplomats, and noted public intellectuals who address issues such as US/Japan relations, the geo-politics of Asia, Japanese culture, international education and globalization. This course is organized into thematic modules of Japanese culture and history, electoral politics and international relations, stratification, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and Japanese popular culture. TUJ fellows and associates will lecture in-class on thematically-linked topics, and students will also be required to attend the ICAS public lectures throughout the semester. In addition, special fieldtrips and outings are organized, which are tied in to substantive course curriculum content.
Associated Term: 2017 Summer I Registration Dates: Mar 29, 2017 to Jun 02, 2017 Registration Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Special Approval: Major Coordinator - JPN ONLY Course Attributes: Honors Japan Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 11
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