Talking Japanese Pop Culture - JAPN2700

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: JAPN2001 or higher
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Explores contemporary Japanese culture including Japanese TV, Anime, films, theatre, and J-pop songs. The course combines the studies of culture and language through selected texts, tapes, videos and other materials, and field trips when possible. Different levels of language proficiency are catered for by options in assignments.


Learning Outcomes


On completion of this course, students should have:
  • Enhanced their knowledge of contemporary Japanese language and culture as reflected in anime, manga and j-pop.

Assessment


  • Reflective learning journal - 40%
  • Class presentations - 60%