Study Abroad: CIEE Tokyo
In my junior spring semester, I attended Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan through the CIEE Tokyo Arts and Sciences program. Given that I knew minimal Japanese before going, it was a difficult transition to make, but I eventually grew acclimated to Japanese customs (or as much as you can as a non-Japanese foreigner).
Courses Taken
Japanese Law from a Comparative Perspective
High-level law course that explores Japanese law in its particular social, cultural, economic and political context. Course will develop the necessary comparative legal reasoning skills to determine how cultural mores, social structures, and institutional design impact the operation of the Japanese legal system.
Social Issues in Japan
Interdisciplinary sociology course that engages with key theoretical frameworks in gender studies to develop a nuanced understanding of Japan’s evolving gender landscape. Course discussion will place Japan’s gender issues in critical and comparative conversation with global gender inequalities.
Women In Film
Media and film studies course that aims to introduce students to film representations of women in Japanese and American cinema. Discussion will revolve around gender and sexual politics as portrayed in film and how media representation both shapes and is shaped by social and cultural conventions.
Japanese I
Elementary Japanese course designed for students with little to no background in Japanese. The primary aim is to develop basic communication skills and integrate speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Emphasis on mastery of basic functional grammar of Japanese through oral practice.
Introduction to Imperial China
Flora, Fauna, and Farmland.
Just some of the many, many photographs I took abroad of scenery and architecture that caught my eye, organized by vague categorization but mostly visual similarity and color cues.
Correia, Caitlin
Hi, I’m Caitlin! I am a soon-to-be graduate of Skidmore College with a double major in Political Science and Sociology, with a minor in Asian Studies.
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