| Pittsburg State University, Spring 2012 Full Syllabus and Graduate Student Addendum Plagiarism Policy Course Catalog |
Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 10-11, 1-2; TuTh 10-12 235-4315 |
Schedule of Readings and Assignments
Reading assignments must be done before class on the day indicated.
Administrative Deadlines and Instructional Holidays are in Italics
Assignments and Tests are in Bold
|
Date |
Topic/Event |
| 1/17 (Tu) | First Day of Class |
| 1/19 (Th) | Handout: Painfully Short Survey Assignment: Online study Student Information Sheet |
| 1/24 (Tu) | Murasaki, Introduction |
| 1/24 | Last day for full fee refund Last day to add new classes Last day for late online enrollment |
| 1/26 (Th) | Murasaki, all |
| 1/30 | Final day for dropping course without grade report |
| 1/31 (Tu) | |
| 2/2 (Th) | Short Paper #1 Due |
| 2/7 (Tu) | Lady Nijo, Introduction and Books One and Two |
| 2/9 (Th) | Lady Nijo, Books Three, Four and Five |
| 2/14 (Tu) | Short Paper #2 Due |
| 2/16 (Th) | Class and Gender: what about the rest of Japan? |
| 2/21 (Tu) | Yamakawa, introduction and “Notes on Late-Tokugawa Mito” (pp. 148-end) |
| 2/23 (Th) | Yamakawa, pp. 3-145 |
| 2/28 (Tu) | Short Paper #3 Due |
| 3/1 (Th) | Geisha Research Project: Proposal |
| 3/6 (Tu) | Smith and Wiswell, chaps. 1-6 |
| 3/8 (Th) | Smith and Wiswell, chaps. 7-12 |
| 3/12 | D/F Grades Due Noon |
| 3/13 (Tu) | Short Paper #4 Due |
| 3/15 (Th) | Nationalism and Modernism Class meets at Kyoto restaurant, 11am |
| 3/19-23 | Spring Break |
| 3/27 (Tu) | Hane, chaps. 1-4 Research Project: Bibliography and Outline |
| 3/29 (Th) | Hane, chaps. 5-7 |
| 4/3 (Tu) | Short Paper #5 Due |
| 4/5 (Th) | Japan’s Constitutions: Meiji and 1947 |
| 4/9 | Final day for dropping course unless withdraw from school Summer/Fall Early Enrollment Begins |
| 4/10 (Tu) | Okano, Intro and Part I |
| 4/12 (Th) | Okano, Part II and conclusions |
| 4/17 (Tu) | Short Paper #6 due |
| 4/19 (Th) | Research Project: Draft |
| 4/24 (Tu) | Movie |
| 4/26 (Th) | Movie Last day to withdraw from university |
| 5/1 (Tu) | Research presentations and discussion |
| 5/3 (Th) | Last Day of Instruction: Research Project Due |
| 5/8, noon | Final Exam Essays Due |
Undergraduate Grade Distribution
| Professionalism | 20% |
| Short Papers (5 of 6) | 25% |
| Research Project Prep and Presentation | 10% |
| Research Project Final Essay | 25% |
| Final Exam Essays (2) | 20% |
| Total: | 100% |
Graduate Grade Distribution
| Professionalism | 20% |
| Short Papers (5 of 6) | 20% |
| Research Project Prep and Presentation | 10% |
| Research Project Final Essay | 25% |
| Final Exam Essays (3) | 25% |
| Total: | 100% |
