JA2217 - Japanese Arts and Culture Today

[Offered in odd-numbered years]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:

A general introduction to the ways the Japanese view themselves today, contemporary religious sects and popular culture in modern Japan. Issues covered include strains in the social fabric such as failure to adjust in school and the workplace, sports, and anime and other forms of contemporary entertainment.

Learning Outcomes

• acquire a general understanding of contemporary Japanese society;
• develop an appreciation of how the Japanese structure individual and social expectations;
• develop the basic skills of comparative understanding of culture.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

JA3317

Availabilities
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Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	mlkjk.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(30%); (25%); (45%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	mlkjk.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(30%); (25%); (45%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.