Japanese Studies

Bachelor Japanese Studies (643 [2] - Version 2011)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

BM1 Introduction to Japanese Studies (4 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die Japanologie
• 150011 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Japanese Studies

BM2 Japanese Grammar and Translation 1 (11 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die japanische Sprache
• 150041 VO [ de ja ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Theory of Japanese 1

Study Period

BM3 Practical Japanese 1 (12 ECTS)

• 150103 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 1
• 150099 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 1
• 150172 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 1
• 150026 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 1
• 150088 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 1

BM4 Basics of Regional Studies & History of Japan (6 ECTS)

• 150010 VO Regional Studies of Japan

BM5 Basic Training in Research and Paper Writing (4 ECTS)

BM6 Japanese Grammar and Translation 2 (11 ECTS)

BM7 Practical Japanese 2 (12 ECTS)

BM8 Japanese Grammar and Translation 3 (6 ECTS)

• 150042 SUE [ de ja ] Japanese grammar and translation 3

BM9 Practical Japanese 3 (6 ECTS)

• 150057 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 3
• 150007 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 3
• 150024 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 3
• 150092 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 3

BM10 Basic Knowledge of Japanese Culture & Society (6 ECTS)

• 150053 VO Japanese society
• 150186 VO Japanese Culture

BM11 Basic Knowledge of Japanese Politics & Economy (3 ECTS)

BM12 Intercultural Learning (4 ECTS)

• 150043 UE Intercultural Learning
• 150095 UE Intercultural Learning

BM13 Advanced Training in Research and Paper Writing (12 ECTS)

• 150124 PS Basic training in research and paper writing I
• 150197 PS Basic training in research and paper writing I
• 150025 PS Basic training in research and paper writing I
• 150201 PS Basic training in research and paper writing I

BM14 Japanese Grammar and Translation 4 (6 ECTS)

BM15 Practical Japanese 4 (6 ECTS)

BM16 Basic Knowledge, Extension (3 ECTS)

• 150009 VO+UE [ en ] Family policy - Social change, social movements, institutions, and Japan’s low fertility
• 150012 UE Aso 2.0. Past, present and future of a rural region in Japan (part 7)
• 150014 VO Religion in Japan
• 150035 UE Nails that stick out and other inconveniences - Hierarchies and exclusion in contemporary Japanese capitalism

BM17 Practical Training/ Internship (10 ECTS)

• 150083 UE Preparation for / Follow-up to the practical training/internship

BM18 Practical Japanese and Japanese Grammar and Translation 5 (12 ECTS)

• 150046 SUE [ de ja ] Japanese grammar and translation 5
• 150059 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 5
• 150080 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 5
• 150178 SUE [ ja ] Practical Japanese 5

BM19 Independent Work in Japanese Studies - Advanced Studies (8 ECTS)

• 150148 SE Seminar I: Outsiders and lone wolves in Japanese literature and film
• 150045 SE [ en ] Seminar I: Family policy and the media in Japan
• 150118 SE Seminar I: Rural Japan in the media

BM20 Independent Work in Japanese Studies - Bachelor's Paper (8 ECTS)

• 150018 SE Seminar II

Further Elective Lectures (e.g. for the Alternative Extension)

• 150009 VO+UE [ en ] Family policy - Social change, social movements, institutions, and Japan’s low fertility
• 150012 UE Aso 2.0. Past, present and future of a rural region in Japan (part 7)
• 150014 VO Religion in Japan
• 150035 UE Nails that stick out and other inconveniences - Hierarchies and exclusion in contemporary Japanese capitalism
• 150051 VO [ en ] Introduction to Japanese Economy and Management
• 150082 UE Monitoring Class for STEOP-Mentoring
• 010062 SE Religion in Focus: Kofuku no Kagaku (Happy Science)
• 010085 VU Chinese New Religions
• 010091 VO Introduction to the Religions of East Asia

Master Japanese Studies (843 [2] - Version 2008)

MM1 Premodern Japanese (10 ECTS)

• 150008 UE [ de ja ] Premodern Japanese I - Bungo and Kanbun

MM2 Scientific Japanese Texts (10 ECTS)

• 150040 UE Critical Readings in Japanese Academic Sources - Modernization and mortality change in Japan since the Meiji period

MM3 Advanced Command of Language (12 ECTS)

• 150058 SUE [ ja ] Reading of Newspapers

MM4 Methods in Japanese Studies (8 ECTS)

• 150078 UE Qualitative Methods in Research on Japan: Ethnographic Approaches

MM5 Specialised Knowledge (8 ECTS)

• 150009 VO+UE [ en ] Family policy - Social change, social movements, institutions, and Japan’s low fertility

MM6 Advanced Academic Studies 1 (8 ECTS)

• 150151 SE Master's Seminar I: - Trauma and disaster in Japanese literature and fictional media productions

MM7 Advanced Academic Studies 2 (8 ECTS)

MM8 Monitoring Class for the Master's Thesis (5 ECTS)

• 150013 SE Monitoring class for the master's thesis I
• 150052 SE Monitoring class for the master's thesis I
• 150096 SE Monitoring class for the master's thesis I

MM9 East Asian Studies (15 ECTS)

• 150078 UE Qualitative Methods in Research on Japan: Ethnographic Approaches
• 150004 VO [ en ] Intercultural negotiation patterns - (WiSe)
• 150009 VO+UE [ en ] Family policy - Social change, social movements, institutions, and Japan’s low fertility
• 150012 UE Aso 2.0. Past, present and future of a rural region in Japan (part 7)
• 150014 VO Religion in Japan
• 150035 UE Nails that stick out and other inconveniences - Hierarchies and exclusion in contemporary Japanese capitalism
• 150033 SE [ en ] Strategic Gaming
• 150082 UE Monitoring Class for STEOP-Mentoring
• 010062 SE Religion in Focus: Kofuku no Kagaku (Happy Science)
• 010085 VU Chinese New Religions

Doctoral Programme Japanese Studies (092) - discontinued

• 150034 SE Monitoring class for the PhD thesis
• 150094 SE Monitoring class for the PhD thesis

Extension Curriculum Japanese Culture (151)

M1 Japanese Culture (15 ECTS)

• 150010 VO Regional Studies of Japan
• 150053 VO Japanese society
• 150186 VO Japanese Culture

Extension Curriculum Japanese Language, Culture and Society (152)

M2 Japanese Language, Culture and Society (15 ECTS)

• 150003 VO [ de ja ] Introduction to Japanese Language 1
• 150015 VO [ de ja ] Introduction to Japanese Language 2

Extension Curriculum Japanese Business Communication 1 (154)

M1 Japanese Business Communication 1 (16 ECTS)

• 150050 UE [ en ja ] Introduction to the Japanese Language
• 150049 UE [ en ja ] Japanese communication
• 150108 UE [ en ja ] Japanese Grammar I
• 150051 VO [ en ] Introduction to Japanese Economy and Management

Extension Curriculum Japanese Business Communication 2 (155)

M1 Japanese Writing and Japanese Grammar 2 (9/10 ECTS)

M2 Japanese Business Communication (6 ECTS)