JPN 398-01 - Advanced Japanese Seminar

4 credits (Spring)

This capstone seminar in Japanese is designed to advance students’ language skills through reading and writing assignments based on authentic Japanese materials and prepares them to conduct research projects utilizing primary sources in Japanese. This year, the seminar includes a course-embedded travel with the theme of “SDGs in Japan,” and investigates how the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are pursued by various communities in Japan. The seminar will culminate in a senior research paper in English or comparable media project in Japanese. Conducted in Japanese.

For spring 2025 students will travel to Japan over spring break. Students interested in this course will need to complete an application by October 10, 2024 in addition to doing thenormal registration process. The application materials are available here: https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/global/flag/glp There is a $1,050 course fee for participating in Course-Embedded Travel classes that will be added to the student’s bill during the first week of the semester. Scholarships are available for students who qualify for need-based financial aid at Grinnell and will be automatically provided. There is a $1,050 scholarship for very high need (net cost added to the bill $0), a $788 scholarship available for high need students (net cost added to the bill $262), a $525 scholarship for moderate need students (net cost added to bill $525), a $263 scholarship for low need students (net cost added to bill $787) and no scholarship for students with no need. If you have questions about your need level and scholarship eligibility, please contact Meg Jones at jonesmeg@grinnell.edu.

Prerequisite: JPN 332 with grade of S, C, or better.
Instructor: Schimmel