JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind
Course Description:
A project-based course that looks behind the Japanese social mask to understand how Japanese people build relationships, community, and lives worth living. Covers modes of thinking and communicating, negotiating, and decision making; ethical systems; the central role of social status and hierarchical relationships; patterns of making friends and influencing others; psychological factors such as dependence and duty; and the Japanese aesthetics and ideology. (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing)
A project-based course that looks behind the Japanese social mask to understand how Japanese people build relationships, community, and lives worth living. Covers modes of thinking and communicating, negotiating, and decision making; ethical systems; the central role of social status and hierarchical relationships; patterns of making friends and influencing others; psychological factors such as dependence and duty; and the Japanese aesthetics and ideology. (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing)
Reflective Narative:
This course helped me to achieve my MLO 2 culture requirement. We learned about various aspects of the Japanese mind, and debunked an array of stereotypes regarding Japanese people and their culture. We compared and contrasted both moderna nd traditional Japanese social systems, family arrangements, traditional Japanese art, and briefly looked into the impact of Buddhism and Shintoism on Japanese society. Aside from weekly quizzes, we also had to write papers on the importance of haiku and on a topic relevant to the course. The coursework enabled us to look outside of our own cultural mind and into another, which made us more open-minded in the process. The final assignment was to write about one aspect of Japanese culture and I chose the family. Here is the small powerpoint that would later help me to write the paper.
This course helped me to achieve my MLO 2 culture requirement. We learned about various aspects of the Japanese mind, and debunked an array of stereotypes regarding Japanese people and their culture. We compared and contrasted both moderna nd traditional Japanese social systems, family arrangements, traditional Japanese art, and briefly looked into the impact of Buddhism and Shintoism on Japanese society. Aside from weekly quizzes, we also had to write papers on the importance of haiku and on a topic relevant to the course. The coursework enabled us to look outside of our own cultural mind and into another, which made us more open-minded in the process. The final assignment was to write about one aspect of Japanese culture and I chose the family. Here is the small powerpoint that would later help me to write the paper.