Japn 311: Social Issues in Japan
Course description: As the drive to rebuild modern Japan after WWII slowed, latent and new social problems have become visible. This course offers interdisciplinary perspectives on issues such as care of the elderly and homeless, equal treatment of minorities, gender and labor issues, domestic and world ecological concerns, and relevant institutions that promote or attack prejudice towards heterogeneous social groups.
Course Narrative:
I took this course to fullfill the requirment of MLO 4: secondary culture and was taken in Fall 2019. This course was very different than any of the courses I have taken at CSUMB. At first I was a little nervous to take the course since I did not think i would fit in. My classmates as well as the professor made it a very enjoyable learning envoriment. We would be assigned various readings and then would discuss them as a class. In the course we learned about various social issues in Japan. An issue that grabbed my attention was how Japan is suffering from low fertility. I think it's is interesting how the Japanese would rather marry a Anime than a human being and what is the government's approch on the subject. This isuue led me to do my final reaseach project and presentation on such issue, low ferntility in Japan.
japn_311_presentation_.pdf
Course Narrative:
I took this course to fullfill the requirment of MLO 4: secondary culture and was taken in Fall 2019. This course was very different than any of the courses I have taken at CSUMB. At first I was a little nervous to take the course since I did not think i would fit in. My classmates as well as the professor made it a very enjoyable learning envoriment. We would be assigned various readings and then would discuss them as a class. In the course we learned about various social issues in Japan. An issue that grabbed my attention was how Japan is suffering from low fertility. I think it's is interesting how the Japanese would rather marry a Anime than a human being and what is the government's approch on the subject. This isuue led me to do my final reaseach project and presentation on such issue, low ferntility in Japan.
japn_311_presentation_.pdf