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International Area Studies
2024 MacAllister Hall
Ph: 215.895.1863
Fx: 215.895.6381

Drexel University
3141 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104


3141 Chestnut St, 2024 MacAlister Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104 | T:215.895.1863 | F:215.895.6381 | ias@drexel.edu

Tokyo, Japan - Study Abroad


This program is designed to assist students in improving their Japanese language abilities, develop their Japanese skills and increase their knowledge about Japan and its people. with superior cross-cultural and language training through intensive Japanese language course work in various disciplines, a managed homestay program, and providing on-site staff to support the students the students can gain considerable knowledge about Japanese culture and language. Students can also participate in special core course that includes guest lectures, visits to Japanese companies and government offices, opportunities to observe traditional culture, and a wide range of excursions in Japan. This is a study-only program with no internships.

Courses in Tokyo - These courses are taught in both English and Japanese by faculty members at Sophia University (courses available differ by term)

Required Course
 
  • Japan: Facing the New Millennium
Language Courses
 
  • Classical Japanese 1-2
  • History of the Japanese Language
  • Intensive Japanese 1-2
  • Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
  • Japanese 1-4
  • Japanese Composition
  • Japanese Generative Grammar
  • Japanese Historical Syntax
  • Japanese M1, M2
  • Japanese Sound Structure
  • Teaching Methods and Beginning Japanese
  • Teaching Methods and Intermediate Japanese
  • Teaching Methods and Language Acquisition
  • Teaching Methods and Pedagogical Grammar
  • Translating English to Japanese: Theory and Practice 1-2
  • Translating Japanese to English
Anthropology
 
  • Approaches to Japanese Society
  • Archaeological Methods and Theories
  • Arts and Leisure in Society
  • Cultural and Social Anthropology
  • Culture and Society of Prehistoric Peoples
  • Culture Change
  • Ethical Problems in Anthropology
  • Ethnography of Japan and Other Societies
  • Gender and Societies
  • Introduction to Field Research
  • Origins of the Japanese
  • Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
  • Practicum in Visual Method
  • Prehistoric Foundations of East Asian Cultures
  • Prehistoric Japanese Cultures
  • Visual Methods in Anthropology
Art History
 
  • Art of the Book in Asia
  • Art of China and its Northern Neighbors
  • Art of the Silk Road
  • Chinese Literati Painting
  • Chinese Woodblock Illustrations
  • Japanese Narrative Painting
  • Japanese Portraiture
  • Kamakura Art and Culture
  • Masterpieces of Japanese Art
  • Masterpieces of World Art
  • Meeting of Western and Japanese Painting
  • Ming and Qing Painting
  • Song and Yuan Painting
  • Survey of Asian Art 1: Buddhist Art
  • Survey of Asian Art 2: Islamic Art
  • Survey of Chinese Art
  • Survey of Japanese Art
  • Survey of Korean Art
  • Survey of Western Art
  • Topics in Japanese Art
Environment
 
  • Environmental Issues I and II
Geography
 
  • Geography
  • Human Geography
History
 
  • The City and the Society of Edo
  • Development of Japanese Civilization I
  • Development of Japanese Civilization II
  • Early Modern European Society
  • Enterprise and State: Development of Japanese Business
  • The European Powers and East Asia
  • Historical Methodology
  • History of Chinese Civilization I and II
  • History of France
  • History of Germany
  • History of Korea
  • History of Western Civilization I and II
  • Issues in Chinese Women's History
  • Japan and Germany in the Modern World
  • Japanese Colonial and Overseas Empire 1895-1945
  • Japanese Women? History
  • Japan under the U.S. Occupation 1945-1952
  • Religion and Society in Japan
  • Seminar in East Asian Economic History
International Business and Economics Literature
 
  • Business and Economic Forecasting
  • Comparative Marketing
  • Computer for Business and Economics
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Economic Analysis (Micro)
  • Economic Development
  • Economics of Natural Resources & Environment
  • Economic Policy
  • Economic Statistics
  • Economic Survey of Contemporary Japan
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting and Analysis
  • Human Resource Development in Japan
  • Human Resource Management
  • Industrial Organization
  • Institutions and Development Management
  • International Business
  • International Economics
  • International Investment
  • International Marketing
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Issues in Economic Development
  • Japan and the World: Business and Economics
  • Management in Japan
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Marketing
  • Monetary Economics
  • Money and Banking
  • Political Economy of International Energy Market
  • Principles of Macro Economics
  • Principles of Management
  • Principles of Micro Economics
  • Quantitative Approaches to Management
  • The Rise of Japanese Industry
  • Technology Management
Literature
 
  • The American Novel
  • American Poetry
  • The Best of British Literature
  • Call to Arms: Literature of Resistance
  • Chinese Fiction
  • Chinese Poetry and Drama
  • The Classic Chinese Novel
  • Classical Literature
  • Comparative Studies in Classical Literature
  • Comparative Studies in Modern Theater
  • Comparative Studies in The Tale of Genji
  • Creative Writing
  • Interpretations of Modernity
  • Introduction to Japanese Literature
  • Japanese Cinema
  • Literary Genres
  • Modern Japanese Fiction I and II
  • Seminar in Japanese Theater
  • Shakespeare
  • Studies in Poetics: East-West Comparative Literary Theory
  • Survey of Japanese Literature 1-2
  • Topics in Theater
  • Twentieth-Century British Literature
Philosophy
 
  • Chinese Philosophy
  • European Encounters with East Asia
  • Indian Thought and Culture I-2
  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Myths and Legends in Indian Artistic History
  • Philosophical Approaches to Buddhism
  • Social and Political Ethic
  • Western Thought and Culture 1-2
Political Science
 
  • ASEAN Regionalism
  • Comparative Politics of East Asia
  • Comparative Politics of Post Communist States
  • Contemporary Security Studies
  • International Organization and Law
  • International Political Economy
  • International Relations in East Asia
  • International Relations Theory
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • Introduction to International Relations
  • Japanese Bureaucracy
  • Japanese Foreign Policy
  • Japanese Government and Politics
  • Nationalism, Citizenship, and Democracy in Japan
  • Political Economy of Advanced Industrial States
  • Regional Security in Northeast Asia
Religion
 
  • Religion
  • Buddhist Traditions
  • Christianity in Japan
  • Fundamentals of Religion
  • Indian Mysticism
  • Japanese Religions
  • Religion and the Arts
Sociology
 
  • Sociology
  • Classical Social Theory
  • Contemporary Sociological Theories
  • Cultural Change in Contemporary China
  • Development Sociology
  • Globalization of Culture in East Asia
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Political Sociology of World Systems
  • Social Stratification
  • Sociology of Culture
  • Sociology of Economic Life
  • Sociology of Identity
  • Sociology of Sexuality and Gender
  • State and Society in Contemporary China
To obtain more detailed information about this program, please contact IAS.
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4020 MacAlister Hall
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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