MA Level Online Teaching on Asia
Contemporary Japanese Politics and Society, 4 ECTS |
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Organiser: Centre for East Asian Studies/ University of Turku Teacher: Annamari Konttinen Goal: The course gives students tools for understanding and analying important, topical and partly interrelated issues in contemporary Japanese society. Content: The course builds an understanding of undercurrents behind recent changes in the Japanese society by studying the ethos and practices of postwar economic growth, the recession of the 1990s as well as the reforms, restructuring, and new openness of the past few years. |
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Application for this course has now ended for spring term 2011.
Topics include: Democracy and media, the construction state and environmental problems, development of civil society, changes in family structure, employment and education. Students are encouraged to find topics of special interest to them. Target Group: The students of the Network member universities are eligible to apply. The course is recommended for advanced level (MA) students. Note that only the students of the member universities can take this course for free. The study fee for students from other Finnish universities is 50 euro per credit. Taken as: - online lectures Grading: on a scale of 1-5 Application for the course: A maximum of 40 students will be accepted to the course. Application period is closed.
Credit transfer: Students are not required to apply for a study right at the university of Turku on their own, the Centre for East Asian Studies will do this on their behalf. At the end of the term the students will be sent a transcript of records from Turku. The students need to take the transcript to their own university and make sure that the credits are transferred from Turku to their own respective universities. This will not happen automatically! Before enrolling on the course the students should check with their own home department that this course can be accepted as part of their degree in their own university. |
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Asia in Western Eyes:
Cases of Imperialism and Orientalism in Thought and Action
Business Strategies in the Asian Emerging Economies
Chinese Society and Politics in Transition
Contemporary Japanese Politics and Society
Geopolitical Adventures of the Name Asia
India as a Business Environment
Molding Japanese Society, 1945 - 1975
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Coordination unit:
Outi Luova, University researcher, coordinator
tel. +358 2 333 5017
fax +358 2 333 6270
e-mail: outi.luova(at)utu.fi
Minna Lindstedt-Lempa, University teacher
tel. +358 2 333 8897
fax +358 2 333 6270
e-mail: minna.lindstedt-lempaa(at)utu.fi
c/o Centre for East Asian Studies
Arwidssoninkatu 1, building 12
20014 University of Turku, Finland