Japan

Tokyo Summer Session

Program Overview

Courses

Faculty

Cost

Scholarship Assistance

Calendar

General Summer Program Information

Eligibility and Application Procedures

Application Deadline

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), offers a summer session giving undergraduates the opportunity to choose from a broad range of courses, including several focusing on Asia, and to study alongside bilingual Japanese students. Japanese language is offered at all levels, beginning through advanced. Courses are taught by distinguished faculty and, except for language courses, are conducted in English. The TUJ academic calendar is comprised of three semesters; the summer session is not a special program for U.S. or international students, but one of the regular academic semesters. As a result, U.S. students can expect to take advantage of all of the regular academic and extracurricular offerings normally found during the academic year, including a wide range of courses and an active student life.

COURSES

All study abroad participants, regardless of major, are strongly urged to enroll in at least one Asian studies course and in a Japanese language course. Participants may choose the remainder of their courses from a variety of electives at the 2000-level or above. Students choose three to four courses for a total of 9 to 13 credit hours.

Course offerings vary from year to year. The final course schedule will be available in the spring and will be made available to all accepted students for final course selection. In the meantime, the following courses are among those that are tentatively scheduled to be offered in summer 2010.

ART

Non-Temple students wishing to enroll in art courses requiring prerequisites are asked to submit a portfolio at the time of application. As part of the program application, students indicate all art courses they are interested in taking; upon acceptance to the program, students are granted permission to take specific art courses, based on the review of their portfolios.

Art 2102: Intermediate Painting (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 1101. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
A course in oil painting that builds on the ideas introduced in Art 1101. Emphasis is on conceptual and technical growth.

Art 2202: Intermediate 3-D (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 1202. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
Three-dimensional design theory and practice through construction techniques in wood and other materials. Emphasis is on conceptual growth.

Art 2301: Relief Printmaking (3 cr)
An introduction to basic relief printmaking, black/white and color, in wood, linoleum, metal and various other materials.

Art 2302: Intermediate Printmaking, Relief (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 2301. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
Continued studies in relief processes, including photographic and digital printmaking, with emphasis on conceptual growth and individual instruction.

Art 2402: Intermediate Drawing (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 1401. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
Figurative painting in pastel coupled with basic drawing approaches and techniques.

Art 2601: Computer Imaging (3 cr)
An introduction to the computer as an imaging tool. Emphasis is on extending image-making concepts and techniques while developing proficiency in Illustrator and Photoshop.

Art 2811: Art Photography, Digital (3 cr)
An exploration of the basic principles of digital art photography, including shooting with a digital camera, manipulating images on the computer, and printing to inkjet printers. Focus is on black and white photography, including duotones.

Art 2812: Intermediate Art Photography, Digital (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 2811. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
Continued studies in digital photography, including the introduction of color photography and its relevant aesthetics, and the use of the web as a presentation medium. Emphasis is on conceptual growth through individual instruction.

Art 3103: Advanced Painting (3 cr)
Prerequisite: This course builds on the ideas covered in Art 2102 with emphasis on strategies for helping the student find his/her own voice at the same time as developing-technical skills and knowledge of contemporary artists. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
An exploration of painting as an art form with emphasis on disciplined draftsmanship and imaginative composition.

Art 3203: Advanced 3-D (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 2202. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
Workshop course for students wishing to focus on advanced 3-D with emphasis on individual instruction.

Art 3403: Advanced Drawing (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 2402. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
Drawing as an art form with emphasis on disciplined draftsmanship and imaginative composition.

Art 3813: Advanced Art Photography: Digital (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 2812. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
Continued studies in digital photography. Emphasis is on conceptual growth through individual instruction. Advanced forms of presentation include multiple prints, interactive images and dynamic photographs.

Art 3825: Intermediate Art Photography: Hybrid (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Art 2801, 2811 and 2812. For non-Temple students, portfolio approval.
An introduction to a wide range of processes that integrate digital and darkroom techniques and aesthetics to produce work in this new genre of photography. Students must have experience with both darkroom and digital photography. Aesthetic problems are posed that use the formal characteristics of these special media to support image content to the best advantage.

ASIAN STUDIES

Asian Studies 1102: Introduction to Asian Religions (3 cr)
An introduction to the major Asian religions and their philosophical and cultural traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism). Emphasis is on the cultural roots of each religious tradition through an analysis of the religion's principal teachings and practices as well as the major cultural expressions in religious art, ritual, poetry, music and scriptures. Cross-listed with Religion 1102.

Asian Studies 1802: Arts of Asia (3 cr)
An historical examination of Asian art as a religious expression and as a product of changing social and economic conditions. Includes architecture, sculpture, painting, and the functional arts of Asia (India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia). The material culture of Asia is examined with an emphasis on differing worldviews and perspectives with which to see art. Cross-listed with Art History 1801. This is a core Arts course for Temple students.

Asian Studies 2000: Special Topics in Asian Studies I (3 cr)
Topics vary from year to year. Topics have included Urban Issues and Globalization in Pacific Asia, Japan and East Asian Development, Images of Women in Japanese Art, Japanese Politics Today, Development of the Japanese Financial System, and Asian Urban Cities.

Asian Studies 2001: Practical Asian Society and Culture (3 cr)
An orientation to living and working in four major Asian countries: Japan, China, Korea and India. The focus is on basic aspects of the culture of daily life and work, meeting people, communication patterns, entertaining, holidays and taboos.

Asian Studies 2098: Japanese Popular Culture and its Literature (3 cr)
A look at the culture and literature of Japan. Cross-listed with Japanese 2096. No knowledge of Japanese language expected.

Asian Studies 2351: Japan in a Changing World Order (3 cr)
An examination and analysis of the key elements that contribute to Japan's behavior in the global arena. The development of Japan's interaction with foreign powers, the psychological underpinnings of its diplomacy, and the creation of Tokyo's worldview will be discussed. Cross-listed with Political Science 2351.

Asian Studies 2373: Japanese Culture (3 cr)
An introduction to Japanese society, focusing on Japanese values and traditions in relation to globalization and modernity. Topics covered include consumerism and emerging social trends, construction of ethnic and gender identity, aesthetic tradition and social change, political and social stratification, and Japan’s international relations. Cross-listed with Anthropology 2373.

Asian Studies 2502: Introduction to East Asia: Japan (3 cr)
A survey of Japanese history to the twentieth century. Topics include the early centralized state, the rise of aristocratic culture, the emergence of the warrior class, and the modern transformation into an urban, industrial state. Course materials include selections from Japanese literature and films. Cross-listed with History 2502.

Asian Studies 2807: Art History East and West (4 cr)
A study of the impact of East-West cultural exchanges throughout Japanese art history, concentrating on four main areas: early Buddhist imagery and the influence of Hellenistic and Indian sculpture and paintings; Namban art (art of the southern barbarians) and the effect of the Western approach on the treatment of space in two-dimensional Japanese art; Japonisme and the impact of wood-block prints on European and American artists (Degas, Lautrec, Whistler, Mary Cassatt); Japanese architecture as an inspiration for modern architects (Bruno Taut, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright) and cross-cultural Western influences on Japanese architects (Tange, Isozaki, Edward Suzuki). Cross-listed with Art History 2807.

Asian Studies 3000: Special Topics in Asian Studies II (3 cr)
Topics vary from year to year. Topics have included Contemporary Japanese-Russian Relations; Prejudice and Discrimination in Japan; International Politics: Japan in the 21st Century; the Ethnography of Japan; and the USA and its Alliances with Britain and Japan from the Cold War to the Iraq War.

Asian Studies 3541: Japan Today (3 s.h.)
An examination of the significant social, economic and cultural trends in Japan from 1945 to the 1990s. Includes a look at the Occupation; the economic miracle; state and society; the world of work; family, women and gender; international relations; the impact of affluence; post-bubble Japan; and varying approaches to the study of postwar Japanese history and society. Cross-listed with History 3541.

Asian Studies 3542: Women and Society in Japan (3 cr)
An examination of the changing positions of women in Japanese society from ancient times to the present and an analysis of the social and cultural factors influencing the life of today's Japanese women. How accurate are the still-dominant images and descriptions in many foreign and particularly Western nations of Japanese women as docile, submissive, and fragile beings? Why is the status of Japanese women in the occupational world considerably behind compared with other developed countries and some Asian countries? Cross-listed with Psychology 3620 and Women's Studies 3542.

Asian Studies 3696: Asian Women in Transition (3 cr)
This course introduces and compares the experiences of women in Asia and of Asian women in migration to the United States in the modern period, including rural and urban women, and ordinary and elite women in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include women in households, women and work, and women’s activism. Cross-listed with History 3696 and Women’s Studies 4696. This is a core Writing-intensive course for Temple students.

Asian Studies 4096: Writing Seminar in Asian Studies: The Japanese Occupation of Southeast Asia (3 cr)
Prerequisite: prior Asian studies coursework.

A focus on Japan's occupation of Southeast Asia between 1942 and 1945 and related topics. Designed primarily for history majors, this course emphasizes research and writing skills. Seminar presentations and a research paper are required. Cross-listed with History 4696. This is a core Writing-intensive course for Temple students.

COMMUNICATIONS

Film and Media Arts 2673: Independent Film/Video (4 cr)
Lectures, screenings and critical assignments survey and analyze significant narrative, documentary and experimental works that challenge the assumptions and practices of mainstream media.

Film and Media Arts 3770: Topics in Film Study (4 cr)
Lectures and screenings on a special topic arranged each semester. The topic scheduled for summer 2010 is History of Japanese Pop Culture Films.

Film and Media Arts 4698: History of Documentary (4 cr)

Prerequisite: completion of film and media arts foundational courses, or permission of instructor.
An interpretive historical survey of the non-fiction film explored through lectures, readings and screenings.This is a core Writing-intensive course for Temple students.

New Media Interdisciplinary Concentration 4040: Special Topics: Tokyo Stories
(4 cr)
The goal of the course is to introduce students to the concept of locative media by researching and creating a set of connected annotations about a specific neighborhood of the city. Students use methods of cultural and visual anthropology to document facets of these neighborhoods with text, pictures and recordings. These place-based annotations are connected and archived using a variety of digital technologies (primarily the web and mobile telephones). Students view examples of current “best practices” in locative media and create group projects that add to a Temple map archive of urban narratives. Participants create their own narratives from sets of “connected annotations” that define a path through the city. Cross-listed with Film and Media Arts 4240.

JAPANESE

Japanese 1001: Japanese Elements I (4 cr)
Beginning Japanese for students who have had little or no Japanese language study. This course introduces some basic but useful conversational expressions, the two sets of syllabic symbols, some 30 pictograph-kanji, and most fundamental grammatical rules.

Japanese 1002: Japanese Elements II (4 cr)
Prerequisite: Japanese 1001, equivalent or permission of instructor.
A continuation of Japanese 1001, this course focuses on learning new sentence structures and vocabulary. An additional 50 kanji (beyond Japanese 1001) and some basics for different levels of formality in conversation will be introduced. Students are required to write short compositions and letters.

Japanese 1003: Beginning Oral Japanese (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Japanese 1002, equivalent or permission of instructor.

A bridge between beginning and intermediate Japanese levels, this course emphasizes vocabulary building and the use of spoken Japanese through situational conversational practice. Tests will be in the forms of listening and reading comprehension and structured interviews. An ability to read and write hiragana and katakana is required, as is a mastery of most basic grammatical rules.

Japanese 2001: Intermediate Japanese I (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Japanese 1002, equivalent or permission of instructor.
A focus on functional and situational practice and vocabulary in the textbook. Students study 80 to 90 kanji (beyond Japanese 1002) and are required to read some short passages, write short essays and make brief oral presentations. Oral practice in the lab and in class groups is strongly encouraged.

Japanese 2002: Intermediate Japanese II (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Japanese 2001, equivalent or permission of instructor.
A course focusing on reading, listening to and summarizing short stories. Students study some 80 kanji (beyond Japanese 2001), write short essays and give oral presentations.

Japanese 2003: Oral Intensive Japanese II (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Japanese 2002, equivalent or permission of instructor.
A bridge between intermediate and advanced Japanese levels, this course focuses on vocabulary acquisition in a variety of conversational situations. Throughout the semester, several vocabulary quizzes and structure tests will be given, while the final exam will be in the form of interviews. Students are required to complete one project involving various communication activities outside the classroom.

Japanese 3000: Special Topics in Japanese I (3 cr)
Prerequisites depend on topic.
Topics vary and may focus on aspects of the language, literature or culture of Japan.

Japanese 3001: Advanced Japanese I (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Japanese 2002, equivalent or permission of instructor.
A focus on Japanese sociocultural studies, including the levels of formality in writing and conversation. There are approximately 300 kanji and 600 kanji idioms to review or to learn. Students are required to write a number of essays and make oral presentations.

Japanese 3002: Advanced Japanese II (3 cr)
Prerequisite: Japanese 3001, equivalent or permission of instructor.
A course focusing on intercultural studies. Students review or learn some 300 kanji and 600 kanji idioms, conduct a descriptive survey of a cultural aspect, and report on the results.

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FACULTY

TUJ provides access to nearly 175 full-time and adjunct faculty throughout the year. The faculty includes full-time professors based in Japan, part-time faculty who are practicing professionals in specialized fields, as well as Main Campus Temple faculty on temporary assignment.

Click below for a list of faculty that currently teach at TUJ.

TUJ Faculty

ESTIMATED 2010 COSTS

Notes:

All estimated costs are subject to change. They should be used as a guideline only. Accepted students will receive updated, detailed cost information as soon as it is available after the application deadline.

Students are required to take a minimum of 9 credits and a maximum of 13 credits.

In addition to the items listed above, students should budget money for personal health insurance, any travel outside of Tokyo, and any other personal expenses.

We recommend that students follow the exchange rate prior to and during their summer abroad, either through the newspaper or a currency exchange web site (such as www.oanda.com).

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SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE FOR TEMPLE STUDENTS

Qualified matriculated Temple students wishing to enroll as full-time students (9-13 credits) in the Tokyo Summer Session at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), may apply for scholarships of up to $4,000 for the summer. These scholarships have been designated to enable more Temple students to study at TUJ in order to expand U.S.-Japan educational exchange. To be eligible for an award, a student must be a full-time, matriculated undergraduate at Temple University; be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; demonstrate financial need; and have completed the equivalent of four undergraduate semesters with a cumulative GPA of 3.0. Temple students may apply by completing the scholarship application and essay, available within the online program application. Selected finalists will be interviewed.

2010 CALENDAR

Dates are tentative and subject to change.

GENERAL SUMMER PROGRAM INFORMATION

Please see General Summer Information to read about pre-departure information and orientation; passports and visas; scholarships; costs and payment policies; accreditation; and transfer of credits.

ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Please see Eligibility and Application Procedures for program eligibility, application requirements, and application procedures that apply to all summer programs.

In addition, non-Temple students wishing to enroll in art courses with prerequisites should note the following requirement:

• Non-Temple applicants are asked to submit a portfolio at the time of application, which is used to determine a student’s eligibility for advanced art courses. An acceptable portfolio should demonstrate achievement in the media for the courses to which the student is applying. The applicant is asked to submit a CD-R with jpeg files of works. No bulky shipments will be accepted, and the CD-R will not be returned. The portfolio should be sent directly to International Programs, 200 Tuttleman Learning Center, 1809 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122. No responsibility for the portfolio can be assumed by Temple University.
  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15

For more information, please contact Temple University International Programs, 215-204-0720, study.abroad@temple.edu.