I hate waking up earlier than planned...
Oct. 20th, 2002 08:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shirenomadBecause I always pay for it the next day. *yawns*
On an unrelated note:
Along with the two Japanese Language courses, I'm taking one course in Japanese History and Culture, one course in Politics and Economy, one in Literature and Culture, and one in... Metalworking. (Stop looking at me like that. :p) The first two will involve primary and secondary lectures: the primary will have a fixed time, professor, and general subject matter, while the secondary will change all three every three weeks. The others will be straightforward and once a week.
History/Culture's main lecture is going to be mostly on Multi-Culturalism Issues in Japan (the original ethnic groups -- Japanese, Okinawans, and Ainu -- along with 20th century immigration from Korea, China/Taiwan, Brazil, the Philippines, etc.), while Poly/Econ will be covering a wide range of developments leading up to and under the post-war constitution. I haven't gotten a feel for Lit/Culture just yet. Metalworking is going to be all silverwork... I'll have a couple souvenirs to take home afterward.
To my disappointment, everything seems to be focused on modern Japan, which is fine, but I was hoping for a little on the Sengoku and Edo periods (or at least the Meiji era). I suppose I could have found some other history course to take for an elective, but picking anything outside the core program courses and common electives would involve a) delving into the Tsuru course catalog, and b) having to deal with a sensei who would not be expecting a student with my limited Nihongo skills and would probably not adapt his lectures just for me. I'll just read a book later.
Incidentally, both Language courses have newcomers. Everything I'm taking is technically a regular course, and anyone can sign up inside or outside the EAP program; it's just that the levels are so simple that few Nihonjin couldn't take them in their sleep (especially, of course, in the case of Nihongo itself), so it winds up being just us. However, we aren't the only foreign exchange students on campus now. One Korean and one Taiwanese student who moved to the area have recently applied to take classes, and have joined us eight Amerikajin to make it an even ten students again. (The Taiwanese student, naturally, is kicking our butts at Kanji comprehension.)
On an unrelated note:
Along with the two Japanese Language courses, I'm taking one course in Japanese History and Culture, one course in Politics and Economy, one in Literature and Culture, and one in... Metalworking. (Stop looking at me like that. :p) The first two will involve primary and secondary lectures: the primary will have a fixed time, professor, and general subject matter, while the secondary will change all three every three weeks. The others will be straightforward and once a week.
History/Culture's main lecture is going to be mostly on Multi-Culturalism Issues in Japan (the original ethnic groups -- Japanese, Okinawans, and Ainu -- along with 20th century immigration from Korea, China/Taiwan, Brazil, the Philippines, etc.), while Poly/Econ will be covering a wide range of developments leading up to and under the post-war constitution. I haven't gotten a feel for Lit/Culture just yet. Metalworking is going to be all silverwork... I'll have a couple souvenirs to take home afterward.
To my disappointment, everything seems to be focused on modern Japan, which is fine, but I was hoping for a little on the Sengoku and Edo periods (or at least the Meiji era). I suppose I could have found some other history course to take for an elective, but picking anything outside the core program courses and common electives would involve a) delving into the Tsuru course catalog, and b) having to deal with a sensei who would not be expecting a student with my limited Nihongo skills and would probably not adapt his lectures just for me. I'll just read a book later.
Incidentally, both Language courses have newcomers. Everything I'm taking is technically a regular course, and anyone can sign up inside or outside the EAP program; it's just that the levels are so simple that few Nihonjin couldn't take them in their sleep (especially, of course, in the case of Nihongo itself), so it winds up being just us. However, we aren't the only foreign exchange students on campus now. One Korean and one Taiwanese student who moved to the area have recently applied to take classes, and have joined us eight Amerikajin to make it an even ten students again. (The Taiwanese student, naturally, is kicking our butts at Kanji comprehension.)
