Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)
Module EAST2181: JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES
EAST2181:
JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
| Type |
Open |
Level |
2 |
Credits |
20 |
Availability |
Available in 2005/06 |
Module Cap |
None. |
Location |
Durham
|
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Excluded Combination of Modules
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
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to
the learning outcomes of the module
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity |
Number |
Frequency |
Duration |
Total/Hours |
|
| 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
| Component: Examination |
Component Weighting: 50% |
| Element |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
| two-hour written examination |
|
100% |
|
| Component: Essays |
Component Weighting: 50% |
| Element |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
| 2000 word essay 1 |
|
50% |
|
| 2000 word essay 2 |
|
50% |
|
Practice essays and seminar presentations.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University
