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Faculty of Language Studies Department of Global Japanese Studies

Japan in the world
Capturing and Disseminating from a Global Perspective

The Department of Global Japanese Studies Close Up

Language and Culture Training Program ｜ Pamphlet

カリキュラム

After conducting studies for English, Japanese and the basics of international Japanese studies in their 1st year, all students will participate in the language and culture training program in the first semester of their 2nd year to go about acquiring practical language skills and cross-cultural understanding abilities at each training site. In their 3rd and 4th year years, students will acquire the ability to learn about, explore, and communicate in relation to the issues facing a an inclusive global society and in relation to Japan as a member of the global community through specialized classes and exercises, as well as through language studies. Students will also need to undertake collaborative studies as members of classes consisting of both Japanese and international students.

Syllabus

Syllabuses of the Department of Global Japanese Studies

Class Introduction

Study of International Japanese Studies
This course for 1st year students provides an opportunity to learn about what international Japanese studies is and how to study it. The purpose is to acquire the basics when it comes to thinking about the 1st year introductory courses for international Japanese studies, the 2nd year basic courses for international Japanese studies, and the 3rd year specialized development courses. Students will be provided with an overview of the world's interest in Japan within various fields, such as art, culture, language, society, and history. Japanese students and international students will exchange opinions and ideas with one another through collaborative activities undertaken in the classroom, develop a deep level of understanding, cultivate extensive creativity, and learn techniques to express their thoughts using both the written and spoken word.

Introductory Courses in International Japanese Studies
This course category consists of the following seven classes about Japan, or more specifically, Japan as a member of the global community. Those classes are Japanese Culture, Japanese Economy and Management, Japanese Law and Modern Japanese History, Japanese Society, Japanese Studies Around the Globe, and Japanese Language Education Around the Globe. All classes are offered in English and Japanese with the same content being taught each semester. During these courses, students will acquire basic knowledge and information in a course serving as the gateway to studying International Japanese Studies.

Japanese Communication
This is a compulsory course for all students in the second half of their 2nd year and the first half of their 3rd year. In the second half of their 2nd year, students will conduct comparisons of their own culture with another culture centering on concrete themes that are familiar with them based on their experience in the language and culture training program taking place during the first half of the year. Based on the perspective of side-by-side comparisons of international Japanese studies, students will go about comparing the culinary cultures of China and Japan, comparing how leisure time is spent in the United Kingdom and Japan, or other such themes. Having done that, students will give presentations and give each other assessments of their work. In the first half of the third year, students will focus on the theme of adapting the Japanese language and Japanese environment in a manner to facilitate multicultural coexistence. Through collaborative work based on that theme, students will come up with proposals on how to change the current expressions and notation of Japanese used in Japan to make comprehension easier for non-native speakers. Even for students whose native language is Japanese, it is important to use communication strategies that are suitable for the situation when communicating with people of various national backgrounds in Japanese.

成績評価と単位認定

Grading Criteria

About our GPA System

The intent behind our implementation of a GPA (Grade Point Average) system is to (1) create a unified standard for the campus, (2) have it function as an impartial standard, and (3) have it function as an internationally accepted standard. Our GPA system involves the assessment learning achievements using an objective numerical value called GPA. Additionally, this system generally conforms with the grade assessment systems adopted by universities in the West, and can be used overseas as an index used to certify a student’s academic ability when studying abroad, when going on to graduate school overseas, when finding employment at a non-Japanese companies operating in Japan, and so on.

Display of Grades and Assessment Criteria

GPA Calculation Method

Credit Recognition

1. Students register for courses on the web thorugh the portal site and confirm their course registration. This must be done in both the first and second semesters.
2. Students attend classes. There are 15 class in both the first and second semesters.
   Normally, 2-credit courses consist of attendance at each class (90 minutes) and preparation and review (about 2 hours each). In order to earn the credits, students must attend all classes (from the first to the 15th) as a matter of course, and also deepen their understanding through preparation and review.
3. Depending on subjects, students are required to take exam or submit reports (accreditation methods vary from lecturers).
4. Grades of S, A, B or C mean that students have passed the course and earned the credit. Grade of D means that students has failed the course and not earned any credit. If students receive a grade of D for a compulsory subject, they require to take it again the following year or later.
   Courses which students have already earned credit cannot be retaken.
5. About Academic Grades
   • Academic grades are assessed based on final examinations at the end of the semester (written exams, oral exams, practical exams, or reports). However, depending on courses, mini tests, reports, attendance, and academic progress during class may be evaluated as regular points, or assessments may be carried out based on the regular points only.
   • Academic grades are issued on the transcript with only the evaluation. 
   • Courses which students have passed once cannot be erased or retaken.
   • Transcripts of result is issued on the portal site every semester.
   • After the announcement of results, students should ask the relevant faculty member on the first day of the next semester (In principle, by the class in the first week) if they have any questions about grades, such as no grade has been provided despite taking the exam (or submitting a report). If students are unable to ask the relevant faculty member due to their retirement, they should notify staff in the academic affairs group.

Minimum number of credits required for graduation (For students enrolled in 2022)

• *1 If the number of credits earned in the comprehensive basic courses exceeds 12, the excess credits up to 8 will be approved as a credit in common elective courses.
• *2 Some credits for courses involved in programs related to curators are counted as credits for specialized education courses or general basic courses.
• *3 Japanese students should take English courses, and international students should take Japanese courses.
• *4 Excess credits for elective compulsory courses are included within one’s list of elective course credits.