Admission requirements
Passing the following BA2 courses is required in order to participate in this course: – At least two BA2 seminars (not lectures) – BA2 Productie IIb – BA2 Studieverblijf Japan or BA2 Productie IIc
Description
The course consists of two components – six sessions of two hours each – that alternate every week
Component I: ‘Introduction to Working Environments’
Students are introduced to a variety of different working environments by guest speakers from the world of business, government, cultural industries etc. As preparation for these sessions students will be required to read the material provided on Blackboard.
Component II: ‘Business Japanese’
Students are introduced to the specific type of vocabulary and expressions that are customarily used in Japanese companies. This will include, but will not be limited to, self-introduction in the business situations, communication via telephone, and writing professional e-mails.
Course objectives
The main objective of this course is to provide students with a hands-on introduction to the working environments that they might encounter in their future careers. It will confront them with the reality of the world outside the university, and help them to place the skills and knowledge acquired during the first two years of study in a different perspective. The ‘Business Japanese’ component builds on the acquired language proficiency, but offers an additional benefits, which may prove important on the job market.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the Japanstudies
week 37: Guest speakers session 1
week 38: Business Japanese session 1
week 39: Guest speakers session 2
week 40: Business Japanese session 2
week 41: Guest speakers session 3
week 42: Business Japanese session 3
week 43: NO CLASS (midterm week)
week 44: Guest speakers session 4
week 45: Business Japanese session 4
week 46: Guest speakers session 5
week 47: Business Japanese session 5
week 48: Guest speakers session 6
week 49: Business Japanese session 6
Mode of instruction
- Seminar
Course Load
Total course load 5 EC x 28 hours= 140 hours
Lectures: 12 × 2 =24 hours
Assignment(s): 12 × 5 = 60 hours
Literature: 22
Preparation exam: 30 hours
Exam(s): 1×2= 4 hours
Assessment method
- Participation (20%)
- 6 webpostings after each guest appearance session (30%)
- Business Japanese final exam (50%)
All 3 elements must be passed to receive a passing grade for the course. The course grade will be determined based on the weighted average of course elements once all elements have been passed.
Resit
- There is no resit possibility for the ‘participation’ element. Students who will attend less than 8 out of the total of 12 sessions will fail the course
- Students who will fail to submit 6 webpostings will be able ‘resit’ this element by submitting a 2000 word paper based on the assigned readings.
Deadline for submitting the paper is 31 December 2016.
- Resit final exam Business Japanese will be scheduled.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used extensively during this course
Reading list
Study material will be made available via Blackboard
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable.
Contact
Name Teacher personal page
Component 1: Prof. dr. K.J. Cwiertka
Component 2: E. Yamamoto