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Linguistic Field Methods — LIN4116.01

Instructor: Alexia Fawcett
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

This course is designed to equip students with the basic methodologies necessary to carry out linguistic fieldwork with speakers/users of un(der)documented languages. Students will be trained in the skills and tools of language documentation and description by working with a speaker of a language previously unknown to them.

Special Projects in Advanced Japanese — JPN4801.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

This course enables students to undertake the research essential for composing their thesis or completing a project within their field of study or area of interest. Enrollment requires the submission of a comprehensive project proposal to Ikuko Yoshida, which must include a project title, a brief description, a list of relevant preparatory courses, and clearly articulated objectives and goals. 

Digital Book Project: Analyzing Social and Cultural Values in Japan — JPN4404.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TU,FR 8:30am-10:20am
Credits: 4

This fourth-term Japanese course is purposefully designed to enable students to create digital books that promote cultural understanding among Japanese children. The curriculum begins with students engaging with short stories and Japanese animations to analyze expected behaviors and communication styles among Japanese children. Additionally, students examine social and cultural values in Japan—focusing on how these values are conveyed and how gender roles are represented in children’s literature and media.

Life and Death: Buddhism in Modern Japanese Films — JPN4604.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

In this sixth-term Japanese course, students will examine how Buddhism influenced Japanese thought on the afterlife and analyze how Japanese views on the relationship between life and death are depicted in Japanese films.  In the first seven weeks of the course, students will examine and discuss the history, beliefs, and deities of Buddhism, as well as their influences on society.  In the second half of the term, students will analyze how death and the common theme of reincarnation are depicted in different genres of Japanese films, such as love stories and