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.
College of Arts & Sciences
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