JAPN 302: History of Japan
This course further develops advanced Japanese proficiency through an understanding of Japanese history as a dynamic, interrelated system and employs a variety of processes to identify, analyze and evaluate cultural themes, values and ideas. Students will demonstrate ability to accurately comprehend ideas across a range of historical content. Taught in Japanese.
Narrative:
Taking this course helped me to fulfill my MLO1 and MLO2 requirements of this major. In this class, we learned about Japanese history from the Asuka period, to the end of the Showa period. We learned about different aspects of Japanese history that attributed to the culture that exists even today. We also learned about the arts and poetry of the Heian period.
In this course we had review questions (内用質問) for each section of the textbook that we read. Each week we answered the questions giving our personal opinions. Based on the questions, we thought about certain aspects of the Japanese history that we read about and discussed in class. For doing these activities helped me to improve critical thinking skills. It also taught us important aspects of Japanese history, while engaging us to think actively about it.
I was given an opportunity to not only learn about Japanese history, but also to be able to discuss what I learned while giving my own opinions in each part of the history we read about. This made the class a lot more interesting. I never liked History in my life, and I was reluctant to take this class, but I enjoyed this class where I learned to interpret the text and simultaneously learned the new kanji in the textbook. This allowed me to retain more of the information and get a better grasp of Japanese history and culture.
Taking this course helped me to fulfill my MLO1 and MLO2 requirements of this major. In this class, we learned about Japanese history from the Asuka period, to the end of the Showa period. We learned about different aspects of Japanese history that attributed to the culture that exists even today. We also learned about the arts and poetry of the Heian period.
In this course we had review questions (内用質問) for each section of the textbook that we read. Each week we answered the questions giving our personal opinions. Based on the questions, we thought about certain aspects of the Japanese history that we read about and discussed in class. For doing these activities helped me to improve critical thinking skills. It also taught us important aspects of Japanese history, while engaging us to think actively about it.
I was given an opportunity to not only learn about Japanese history, but also to be able to discuss what I learned while giving my own opinions in each part of the history we read about. This made the class a lot more interesting. I never liked History in my life, and I was reluctant to take this class, but I enjoyed this class where I learned to interpret the text and simultaneously learned the new kanji in the textbook. This allowed me to retain more of the information and get a better grasp of Japanese history and culture.
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