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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module EAST2181: JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Department: East Asian Studies

EAST2181: JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Type Level Credits Availability Module Cap Location
Open 2 20 Available in 2005/2006 None. Durham

Pre-requisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations

  • None.

Aims

  • To explore modern Japanese society from an anthropological point of view.

Content

  • Lectures: principles of social organisations, family structure, kinship, gender, leisure, household economics, in-group/out-group, minorities, religion, silver power, etc.
  • Seminars: traditional performing arts, the tea arts, and the water world.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge
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Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Lectures 18 1 Per Week 1 Hour 18
Tutorials 3 1 Per Term 1 Hour 3
Seminars 4 2 Each in Michaelmas and Epiphany Terms 1 Hour 4
Preparation and reading 175
Total 200

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Examination 50% two-hour written examination 100%
Essays 50% 2000 word essay 1 50%
2000 word essay 2 50%

Formative Assessment

Practice essays and seminar presentations.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.