150126 VU Current Developments in Northeast Asia (2) (2017S)
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 02.02.2017 12:00 to Mo 27.02.2017 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 24.03.2017 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
07.03.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
14.03.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
21.03.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
28.03.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
04.04.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
25.04.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
02.05.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
09.05.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
16.05.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
23.05.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
30.05.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
13.06.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
20.06.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Tuesday
27.06.
08:30 - 10:00
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
presentation, essay and participation
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Knowledge of any East Asian language is not required.
Each student will be assigned one newspaper or similar source.
In preparation of each unit, students will be asked to read related articles in the assigned source and to prepare a short informal presentation of their contents, identifying at least three major themes and knowing some of their background. The written notes for each of the sessions must be posted on Moodle after the class in order to be accessible to the other students. At the end of the semester, each student will be asked to submit an essay (4,000 words) summarizing the results of his/her media analysis. The editorial deadline for the contents of these essays is June 11, 2017.
Students’ participation in discussion is an integral part of this course. Regular participation is thus mandatory. The following rules apply: The final grade remains unchanged in the case of up to three absences. If you are absent for up to 4 times, the final grade will be reduced by one full grade. If you are absent for up to 5 times, the final grade will be reduced by two full grades, and so forth.
Your in-class activity will be taken note of. This concerns the presentation of the last week’s main events from your new source as well as your participation in the discussion of other presentations. Please note that you will typically not be explicitly asked to present; this is not high-school. It is up to you to share your results and insights.
Twice during the semester, we will focus on one particular event or issue and discuss it more deeply. For that purpose, the class will be divided into four teams. Each time, two of the teams will present. They will have to select one topic/issue that they like to talk about and use input from their respective news source to collect empirical information. This will be supplemented by background research.
The final grade will be calculated as follows:
-- Student’s in-class presentations (including timely submission of notes to Moodle): 40%
-- Interim summary (team presentation): 30%
-- Final essay: 30%
Please note: Each of these components counts as a minimal requirement (“Mindestanforderung”) and must thus be passed in order to pass the whole course.
Each student will be assigned one newspaper or similar source.
In preparation of each unit, students will be asked to read related articles in the assigned source and to prepare a short informal presentation of their contents, identifying at least three major themes and knowing some of their background. The written notes for each of the sessions must be posted on Moodle after the class in order to be accessible to the other students. At the end of the semester, each student will be asked to submit an essay (4,000 words) summarizing the results of his/her media analysis. The editorial deadline for the contents of these essays is June 11, 2017.
Students’ participation in discussion is an integral part of this course. Regular participation is thus mandatory. The following rules apply: The final grade remains unchanged in the case of up to three absences. If you are absent for up to 4 times, the final grade will be reduced by one full grade. If you are absent for up to 5 times, the final grade will be reduced by two full grades, and so forth.
Your in-class activity will be taken note of. This concerns the presentation of the last week’s main events from your new source as well as your participation in the discussion of other presentations. Please note that you will typically not be explicitly asked to present; this is not high-school. It is up to you to share your results and insights.
Twice during the semester, we will focus on one particular event or issue and discuss it more deeply. For that purpose, the class will be divided into four teams. Each time, two of the teams will present. They will have to select one topic/issue that they like to talk about and use input from their respective news source to collect empirical information. This will be supplemented by background research.
The final grade will be calculated as follows:
-- Student’s in-class presentations (including timely submission of notes to Moodle): 40%
-- Interim summary (team presentation): 30%
-- Final essay: 30%
Please note: Each of these components counts as a minimal requirement (“Mindestanforderung”) and must thus be passed in order to pass the whole course.
Examination topics
see above
Reading list
will be provided via moodle
Association in the course directory
WM4
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35
This VU is focusing on the latter. We will regularly read the online editions of some major English language newspapers from Japan, Korea and China. Major events related to East Asia from the fields of the economy, politics and society will be identified and discussed in an explorative and comparative way. At the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of ongoing issues in Northeast Asia, of their background, and of the different perspectives taken in various countries of the region.