Welcome to NANZAN 2020
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- among all the world’s people. Through the practical experience of living and learning in Japan, students at CJS can encounter both the “real Japan” and a considerable cross-section of people from other lands and cultures. The result is a dynamic group of students from many different cultural backgrounds, seeking to discover Japan and their own identity in what could be termed a “world community in microcosm.”
Fall and Spring Semesters: From One Program to Two
To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of Nanzan University, from the 2021 Fall Semester a new program will be offered at CJS called the Modern Japan Program (MJP). The existing well-established program will be renamed the Intensive Japanese Program (IJP), so from the 2021 academic year two programs will be offered each Fall and Spring semester. The IJP will continue to concentrate on developing students’ Japanese language skills, whereas the MJP will seek to foster students’ knowledge and understanding of Japan’s contemporary society and also help students master elementary Japanese. The MJP is designed to attract students from partner institutions who have a deep interest in Japan and Asia but who may not yet wish to intensively develop their Japanese language skills or who cannot transfer intensive language course credits back to their home institution. Students enrolled in the IJP will continue to take eight Japanese language classes each week, and the existing five levels of Japanese will continue to be offered in the Fall and six in the Spring, from elementary to advanced. On the other hand, students in the new MJP will take four Japanese language classes each week, and four elementary and pre-intermediate levels of Japanese language classes will be offered. MJP students will also take a required, threecredit content class, called Exploring Japan in the Fall and Contemporary Japan in the Spring. Regular undergraduate students can also enroll in these classes, so foreign and local students can explore modern Japanese society together through shared discussions and practical research projects. Students in both programs can take two-
credit Japanese Seminar Courses, which are skills- and content-based courses taught in Japanese that match students’ level of Japanese proficiency. Students in the IJP can choose from a wide range of Japanese Seminar Courses, including translation; academic and creative writing; readings in social science, science and technology, and Japanese literature; university preparatory Japanese; and business Japanese. MJP students can do practical projects such as visiting and interviewing businesspeople in the historic Kakuozan district. Japanese Seminar Courses help students activate and apply their Japanese language skills in ways that match their language proficiency level, university major, and personal interests. Currently, CJS students can take a number of three-credit content courses about Japan taught in English. These courses will be renamed Japan Studies Courses and divided into six fields: society and history; business and economics; politics and international relations; literature, language and linguistics; and culture and art. At least two courses from each field will be offered every semester, and both IJP and MJP students can take these classes. Already, CJS students can take a number of regular two-credit undergraduate courses open to CJS students in the Fall Semester, and these Open Courses will continue to be offered to both IJP and MJP students. Finally, CJS will continue to offer two-credit Arts Courses (see the next section) and exciting new courses such as Martial Arts and Manga Drawing will be added. Finally, no regular classes will be scheduled on Wednesdays; rather, CJS students will participate in off-campus field trips and other on-campus activities. We are looking forward to welcoming the first cohort of MJP students in September 2021 and to continuing to offer the worldrenowned IJP.
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