Description
A Japanese studies minor has many benefits in today’s globalised world and the Asian Century. As one of Australia’s key trading partners, private and public sector employers actively recruit ANU graduates with detailed knowledge of and experience in Japan.
This minor provides students with a detailed introduction to the historical, political and cultural forces that have shaped the development and current state of modern Japan. Armed with this understanding students will be able to engage meaningfully with the culture, society and people while helping to bridge the divides separating Japan and Australia.
Though designed to complement the Japanese language minor, knowledge of the Japanese language is not required for the Japanese studies minor.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand and evaluate historical and current events and developments that have shaped Japan,
- Identify and critique the contemporary socio-cultural and political systems of Japan,
- Analyse developments in Japan in their regional and global contexts,
- Understand thehistorical and disciplinary processes through which current knowledge aboutJapanese studies has developed.
Areas of Interest
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Asian Studies
- Asia Pacific Studies
- Literature
- Asia-Pacific Studies
- Politics
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units which must include:
6 units from the completion of the following course(s):
ASIA2009 - The Making of Modern Japan: From Samurai to Economic Superpower and Beyond (6 units)
6 units from the completion of the following course(s):
ASIA1025 - Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change (6 units)
ASIA1030 - Asia and the Pacific in Motion (6 units)
12 units from the completion of the following course(s):
LING2028 - Japanese Linguistics (6 units)
ASIA2017 - History of International Relations in Northeast Asia (6 units)
ASIA3011 - Samurai Society and Social Control in Japan (6 units)
ASIA2031 - Japanese Politics (6 units)
ASIA2058 - Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, Film & the Visual Arts (6 units)
INTR2018 - Japanese Foreign and Security Policy (6 units)
ASIA3027 - Issues in Japanese Policy in their global context (6 units)
ASIA3040 - Literary and Cultural Discourse in Modern Japan (6 units)
