JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan
Course Description:
As the drive to rebuild modern Japan after WWII has slowed, latent and new social problems have become visible. This course offers interdisciplinary perspectives on issues such as care of the elderly and homeless, equal treatment of minorities, gender and labor issues, domestic and world ecological concerns, and relevant institutions that promote or attack prejudice towards heterogeneous social groups. Taught in English.
Narrative:
JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan satisfied the MLO 2.2 I took in the spring of 2013. Compared to the other Japanese culture class I was taking at the same time, JAPN 314 Japanese Visual Culture and & Media, JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan was a much more serious class that delved into some of the more serious problems Japan is facing at the present time. I am surprised at how much interest I had in the class as it progressed. In terms of MLO 2.2, this class had its share of critical thinking essays and readings on different social issues in Japan that contributed to my understanding of the present day Japan and its issues. The example that I believe show progression and development of myself in the JAPN 311 class is my final paper on furusato (Sample 1 below). I think one of the most surprising things I gained from this class is just how much I didn’t know about Japan’s social issues. I don’t think anything was more or less important in the class, because I think everything thing taught in JAPN 311 has broadened my view of Japan in the present. Just like with JAPN 314 we talked about so many subjects that we couldn't go into depth on many of them, so in the future I would like to focus on maybe a few topics we talked about and learn more about them. Because many of these topics deal with social issues, in order for me to find out more about them, I think I would need to get interviews from actual people on their experiences to further understand the concepts in this course.
As the drive to rebuild modern Japan after WWII has slowed, latent and new social problems have become visible. This course offers interdisciplinary perspectives on issues such as care of the elderly and homeless, equal treatment of minorities, gender and labor issues, domestic and world ecological concerns, and relevant institutions that promote or attack prejudice towards heterogeneous social groups. Taught in English.
Narrative:
JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan satisfied the MLO 2.2 I took in the spring of 2013. Compared to the other Japanese culture class I was taking at the same time, JAPN 314 Japanese Visual Culture and & Media, JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan was a much more serious class that delved into some of the more serious problems Japan is facing at the present time. I am surprised at how much interest I had in the class as it progressed. In terms of MLO 2.2, this class had its share of critical thinking essays and readings on different social issues in Japan that contributed to my understanding of the present day Japan and its issues. The example that I believe show progression and development of myself in the JAPN 311 class is my final paper on furusato (Sample 1 below). I think one of the most surprising things I gained from this class is just how much I didn’t know about Japan’s social issues. I don’t think anything was more or less important in the class, because I think everything thing taught in JAPN 311 has broadened my view of Japan in the present. Just like with JAPN 314 we talked about so many subjects that we couldn't go into depth on many of them, so in the future I would like to focus on maybe a few topics we talked about and learn more about them. Because many of these topics deal with social issues, in order for me to find out more about them, I think I would need to get interviews from actual people on their experiences to further understand the concepts in this course.
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