UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Revised 4-20-2010
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document for the approval of new
and revised academic programs. Proposing department should
complete this form. For more
information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by: ___Rachael
Department: ___Foreign Languages and Literatures__email
address__rhutch@udel.edu__
Action: ____Add Concentration______________________________________________________
(Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete
major/minor/concentration,
revise major/minor/concentration,
academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change,
etc.)
Effective term_______10F________________________________________________________________________________
(use format 04F, 05W)
Current
degree________________________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed change leads to the
degree of: _______BAAS _FLL__________________________
(Example: BA, BACH,
Proposed name:_____ Japanese Studies_________________
Proposed new name for revised
or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if applicable)
Revising or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration:______________________________________
(Example: Applied Music Instrumental degree BMAS)
Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________
(Example: African
Studies, Business
Administration, English, Leadership,
etc.)
Graduate Program Policy statement change:_________________________________
(Must attach your
Graduate Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of Study:______________________________________________
(Example: Animal Science: MS Animal Science: PHD
Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor / concentration:___________________________________________
Note: all graduate studies
proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy
Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.
List new courses required for
the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program
objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?
New courses:
JAPN 201 Advanced Intermediate Japanese I
JAPN 202 Advanced Intermediate Japanese II
JAPN 301 Advanced Japanese
JAPN 401 Using Japanese: Issues in Contemporary
Society
JAPN 405 Japanese Translation: Theory and Practice
The two courses at the 200 level support the Japanese
program objectives by providing more internal coherency with respect to
curriculum content. The two courses, JAPN 201 Advanced Intermediate Japanese
I and JAPN 202 Advanced Intermediate Japanese II will be sequential, so
students will build their skills in a chronological and practical manner. These
two courses will also provide cohesion with other 200-level courses, as JAPN
205 and JAPN 209 can focus more specifically on conversation and situational
(formal and honorific) spoken language, while JAPN 201 and 202 can give the
structural grammatical forms used in both spoken and written Japanese. The
foundations provided by JAPN 201 and 202 will lead directly to JAPN 301.
JAPN 301 Advanced Japanese thus builds directly on
the 200 level, with prerequisites of three 200-level Japanese language courses.
JAPN 301 will introduce students to new grammar through conversation,
kanji-writing skills, essay and letter writing, as well as reading a variety of
materials. JAPN 301 will furnish students with the grammatical skills to
complement their learning of conversation (in existing course JAPN 305) or
literature (in existing course JAPN 355).
Striving for cohesion at every level, a new course JAPN
401 Using Japanese: Issues in Contemporary Society will provide advanced
instruction in Japanese grammar. Currently there is no dedicated course for
Japanese grammar at this level. Students will use Japanese to discuss social
issues in contemporary
Currently, JAPN 455 is a catch-all course at the 400
level that alternates between translation skills and reading skills. By
designating JAPN 405 as the dedicated translation course, and JAPN 401 as the
dedicated grammar skills course, JAPN 455 will revert to its originally
intended purpose, which was a course in literature appreciation and analysis.
The course JAPN 405
Japanese Translation: Theory and Practice has two main aims regarding
the process of translation and the nature of Japanese literature. On completion
of this course, students should be familiar with the major issues involved in
translating a literary text from Japanese to English, including the effect of
synonym choice, literal versus loose translation, poetic license and the
tense-aspect controversy. Students will also gain an appreciation for writing
style in terms of sentence construction, kanji use, poetic language and the
effect of literary quotation. By the end of the course students should be able
to critically analyze the style of a literary Japanese text, as well as compare
the writing style of one author with another from the same period. Students
will improve and polish their translation skills to a high degree, and will be
encouraged to find their own method of translation, balancing creative
expression with accuracy and fidelity to the original text.
Explain, when appropriate,
how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate
education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/
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1) Attain effective skills in oral and written
communication, quantitative reasoning, and the use of information technology. Oral and written communication in the
Japanese language will be taught directly in the grammar courses JAPN201,
202, 301 and 401. Complementary courses that focus more on conversation
include the existing courses JAPN 205, JAPN 209, and JAPN 305. The literature
courses JAPN 355 and JAPN 455 focus more directly on written communication
with essay projects and oral presentations. Information technology is used in
all language courses for the word-processing of Japanese-language documents,
while JAPN 401 focuses specifically on internet and other electronic media
use. JAPN 405 makes extensive use of the wiki function in |
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2) Learn to think
critically to solve problems. All the language courses challenge students to solve linguistic
problems (as in, how do I express this concept in Japanese? How do I get my
point across using the target language?), as well as thinking through issues
in essay projects. JAPN 401 directly addresses social issues in contemporary |
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3) Be able to work
and learn both independently and collaboratively. Language use is necessarily an individual endeavor, as one must use
ones own words to express thoughts and ideas in the process of
communication. However, JAPN 201, 202, 301, 305 and 401 include group work on
a regular basis, as students work in pairs or small groups for conversation
and other work. JAPN 305 includes skit performances that necessitate group
collaboration. JAPN 405, the translation course, has a great deal of group
discussion as we puzzle through translation problems and come to a solution
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4) Engage questions
of ethics and recognize responsibilities to self, community, and society at
large. While the lower-level courses are focused mainly on basic language
acquisition, by the 300-level students are able to engage in questions about
society and self. JAPN 301 deals directly with social and family values that
one encounters as a homestay student in |
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5) Understand the
diverse ways of thinking that underlie the search for knowledge in the arts,
humanities, sciences and social sciences. One way that this concentration addresses this goal is through the
contrast between the literature courses ( |
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6) Develop the
intellectual curiosity, confidence, and engagement that will lead to lifelong
learning. Students in this concentration are constantly challenged to express
their thoughts and ideas in a foreign language, which necessitates curiosity
and the willingness to apply new knowledge in new situations. Confidence is
needed to express ideas verbally, whether in class or in |
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7) Develop the
ability to integrate academic knowledge with experiences that extend the
boundaries of the classroom. The use of language to describe experiences in the students daily
lives is integral to a program in foreign language. In each of the grammar
courses, particularly at the 200 and 300 level,
students need to apply grammar and vocabulary they have learned to the
real-world situations they are attempting to describe. The learning of
different literary styles in JAPN 405, with its close focus on word choice
and sentence structure, complements student learning about Japanese
literature in FLLT 328, and gives them a personal basis for understanding
literature they may read for their own pleasure after graduating from the
program. Films, anime and manga that students have
enjoyed in their own time will be given a critical context by the courses
FLLT 338 and FLLT 380, while new texts by famous authors will be introduced
to deepen and broaden their appreciation of these forms. JAPN 401 will give
students the reading skills to deal with manga
texts of their own choosing, as well as short stories and newspapers. In this
way, we aim to produce graduates who can continue their Japanese usage after
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8)
Expand understanding and appreciation of human
creativity and diverse forms of aesthetic and intellectual expression. In the upper-level language courses of this program, students will
experience different literary forms unique to Japan, such as the zuihitsu miscellany, manga
(Japanese comics), and the I-novel, which has no direct equivalent in the
West. The expectations of these narrative forms are very different to those
of the Western novel or essay, not requiring a conclusion, for example. Students
reading these works in FLLT 328, JAPN 401, JAPN 405 and FLLT 380 are able to
explore varied narrative modes and diverse forms of expression. In
particular, FLLT 380 addresses the unique combination of visual and verbal
expression in the manga form, exploring the dynamic
of narrative split between text and pictures. Japanese animation and computer
games are also examined in this course, providing students with alternate
examples of familiar forms. Narrative expectation as well as identification
and immersion processes in the Japanese computer game are quite different to
those of American games, so this course allows students to experience and
comment on those differences, coming to an appreciation of aesthetic and
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9)
Understand the foundations of The language courses, particularly JAPN 401, give students ample
opportunity to compare Japanese and American social situations. Through
comparison and contrast, students come to understand their own culture more
deeply, even though the history of The culture courses FLLT 328 and FLLT 338 also take a broad view of
twentieth-century literature and film, necessitating study of the Allied
Occupation of Japan from 1945-1952. The issue of |
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10) Develop an
international perspective in order to live and work effectively in an
increasingly global society. All courses in this proposed program of study aim to equip students
with the skills and outlook to live and work effectively in an international
environment. Our graduates who go on to work in Japan will be able to
effectively use honorific and humble language in the workplace, while those
who stay in the US will take with them a deep appreciation of Japanese
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Identify other units affected
by the proposed changes:
(Attach permission from the affected units. If no other unit is affected, enter None)
While 3 credits in Japanese Studies may come from
Japan-related courses offered in the departments of Anthropology, Art History, History,
and Political Science, such course selection is optional and the proposed
program of study does not depend on these courses in any way. The proposed concentration
will therefore have no great effect on other departments.
Describe the rationale for
the proposed program change(s):
(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or
deleting the curriculum or program.)
We are creating the concentration in Japanese Studies
in response to student demand, as well as to accommodate increased student
numbers. Since the Japanese program started twenty years ago, it has seen great
increases in student enrollment, to the point where we have 232 total enrollments
at the 100-level (07-08 data). Many students currently completing a Minor in
Japanese are actually taking more courses than they need to complete their
requirements, and it is these students who will most directly benefit from the
introduction of the proposed program of study. They will only need to take a
few extra courses, particularly at the 400-level and capstone, in order to
achieve a FLL Major in Japanese Studies.
We also wish to offer this concentration in order to
take advantage of faculty expertise, which covers not only linguistic pedagogy
but also calligraphy, translation studies, literature, film and visual culture.
We are able to offer a wide range of courses for our students as well as
provide supervision of research theses, so we find ourselves in a good position
to offer the concentration without needing to invest in faculty hires.
Lastly, we aim to become more competitive in the field
of providing Asia-related education in the region. Ursinus
College, Swarthmore, Princeton, Villanova, Rutgers and UPenn
all offer Japanese or Japanese Studies Majors, and we would like University of
Delaware to offer a similar program to capture some of the students who enroll
in these programs.
Program Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the
Course Catalog. If this is a revision,
be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of
the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF ARTS
MAJOR: FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
CONCENTRATION: JAPANESE STUDIES
Specific requirements for this concentration are
described below.
CURRICULUM CREDITS
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Twelve courses (36 credits), as follows.
Eight
courses in Japanese (24 credits):
Three
of: JAPN 2xx
..9
Two
of: JAPN 3xx
6
Two
of: JAPN 4xx
6
One
JAPN 3xx (literature) or 4xx (literature)
.
.
.3
Two
non-language courses in JAPN or FLLT (6 credits), selected from the following:
JAPN204
(calligraphy), JAPN 208 (culture, taught in
One
additional course in Japan-related work (3 credits), which may either be
selected from the above list of non-language courses in JAPN or FLLT, or chosen
from offerings in ANTH, ARTH, HIST, POSC with prior approval of the advisor
.
..3
A
three-credit capstone experience (JAPN 4xx capstone if available, FLLT 490,
FLLT 495, or Thesis)
.
..3
ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient
elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum requirement for the degree.
CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF
..124
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION: (Please do not remove supporting
documentation.)
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Dean of College Date
Chairperson, College Curriculum
Committee___________________________________Date_____________________
Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR
Studies Date
Chairperson,
Senate Coordinating Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date
Date of Senate Resolution Date
to be Effective
Registrar Program
Code Date
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
& International Programs Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
Revised