JA2215 - Japanese Society from 1868 to 1945

[Offered in even-numbered years]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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A general introduction to the ways in which Japan modernised. The collapse of feudalism and traditional customs will be studied together with the new ideologies and social structures that replaced the old order. The focus will be on the ways in which this transformation of the political climate changed the lives of the Japanese people and their social expectations. The effects of Westernisation on the traditional arts will be studied as well.

Learning Outcomes

• to develop basic skills in a comparative understanding of culture;
• to acquire a general understanding of post- feudal Japanese society;
• to develop an appreciation of the tension experienced when a traditional society is overcome by a dominant and overwhelming culture and how the Japanese dealt with this challenge.

Graduate Qualities

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

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

JA3315

Availabilities
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Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	mlkjk.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(30%); (25%); (45%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
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.