Department of Japanese Studies, NUS - Undergraduate Programmes

The Department offers Level 1000 - 4000 modules for our undergraduate students. Clicking the links below will bring you to the respective sections.

Japanese language modules are offered by the Centre for Language Studies and can be viewed in their Japanese language modules page.

Module Code	Module Title	MC
JS1101E	Introduction to Japanese Studies	4

Module Code	Module Title	MC
JS2203	Sound, Grammar and Meaning	4
JS2212	Introduction to Japanese Literature	4
JS2213	Popular Culture in Contemporary Japan	4
JS2214	Ideas and Images in Japanese Culture	4
JS2216	Postwar Japanese Film and Anime	4
JS2221	Organisation of Japanese Business	4
JS2222	Japanese Society and Social Institutions	4
JS2223	Government and Politics of Japan	4
JS2224	Japan and Singapore	4

Module Code	Module Title	MC
JS3208	Approaches to Japanese Linguistics	4
JS3210	Japan in the Twentieth Century	4
JS3211	Japanese Religions & Religious Practices	4
JS3213	Culture, Gender and Ethnicity in Japan	4
JS3214	Japanese Philosophy and Thought	4
JS3216	Japanese Film and Literature	4
JS3217	Japanese Art and Aesthetics	4
JS3222	Japanese Business Management	4
JS3223	Japan and the Asia-Pacific Region	4
JS3225	Mass Media and Consumer Culture in Japan	4

Module Code	Module Title	MC
JS4207	Readings in Modern Japanese	4
JS4208	Japanese Language and Society	4
JS4209	Selected Topics in Japanese Linguistics	4
JS4211	Japanese Culture and Communications	4
JS4213	The Rise of Modern Japan	4
JS4214	Ideas, Values and Identity in Japan	4
JS4216	Tales and Performance in Premodern Japan	4
JS4217	Selected Topics in Japanese Studies	4
JS4221	Independent Studies	4
JS4223	Japanese Public Policy	4
JS4224	Japanese International Relations	4
JS4225	Social Dynamics in Modern Japan	4
JS4226	Japanese Law, Society and Public Policy	4
JS4227	Japanese Political Economy	4
JS4401	Honours Thesis	8