Objectives:
This course will explore some causes of mental stress that people may have in communicating with a foreigner and discuss how stress can damage the human body and mind.
Content:
Americans communicating with Japanese often have difficulties due to cultural differences. Japanese also encounter similar difficulties. This course will explore these difficulties and examine how and why people get stressed out and damaged both mentally and physically. Although the main concern in this course is stress and its effects for humans, students are encouraged to discuss cultural differences between the U.S. and Japan and norms of Japanese society and self-awareness, as well as their own experiences.
Texts:
1) Gudykunst, William, and Tsukasa Nishida. Bridging Japanese/North American
Differences. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1994.
2) Trimmer, Joseph F. A Guide to MLA Documentation (5h edition). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999.
3) Other materials will be suggested to students for writing a research paper.Evaluation:
In-class Work 30%
Research Paper 40%
Exams 30%
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TOTAL 100%
Class Schedule:
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6/2 (Mon) Orientation / Chapter 1
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6/6 (Fri) Chapter 2 (DUE --> Reading Assignment #1:Ch.2)
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6/9 (Mon) Chapter 2
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6/13 (Fri) Chapter 3 (DUE --> Reading Assignment #2:Ch.3)
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6/16 (Mon) Chapter 3
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6/20 (Fri) Mid-Term Exam (Ch.2-3)
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6/23 (Mon) MLA (DUE --> Outline/Introduction/Works Cited #1)
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6/27 (Fri) Chapter 4 (DUE --> Reading Assignment #3:Ch.4)
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6/30 (Mon) Chapter 4 (DUE --> Outline/Introduction/Works Cited #2)
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7/4 (Fri) Chapter 5 (DUE --> Reading Assignment #4:Ch.5)
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7/7 (Mon) Chapter 5 (DUE --> Rough Draft)
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7/11 (Fri) Chapter 6 (DUE --> Reading Assignment #5:Ch.6)
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7/14 (Mon) Chapter 6
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7/18 (Fri) Review
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7/22 (Tue) Paper #1: Draft Review
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7/23 (Wed) Paper #2: Draft Review
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9/8 (Mon) NO CLASS (class covered on 7/22)
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9/12 (Fri) NO CLASS (class covered on 7/23)
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9/15 (Mon) NO CLASS (National Holiday)
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9/19 (Fri) NO CLASS (individual consultation instead)
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9/22 (Mon) NO CLASS (individual consultation instead)
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9/26 (Fri) Final Presentation (DUE --> Final Paper)
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9/29 (Mon) Final Exam (Ch.4-6) / Evaluation
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<Intercultural Marriage>
Manual for Intercultural Marriage
Information on Intercultural Marriage
<References>
Bibliography of Intercultural Communication & Cultures in Japan and the U.S.