Japanese Studies 499W |
Japanese/Asian Studies Senior Seminar |
Spring 2008 |
R. Loftus Walton 144 |
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Email: rloftus;
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1. Feb. 12-19 Student Presentations of Preliminary Research Designs
2. April 1-3 First Rough Draft due--8-10 pp.
3. April 17 Complete Rough Draft Due
4. April 22 and 24 15-20 minute Power Point Presentations of Final Research Project
4. April 29, Final Paper due by class time, 12:50 pm, noon. We will gather in the classroom. Please send the final draft of your senior thesis WITH A COVER PAGE to Pamela Smith <pasmith> as a Word Attachment by 12:50 Tuesday April 29
to become a perfect student of an imperfect teacher."
Fujita Issho, Zen Teacher
a PDF available on Blackboard under "Course marterials"
See Kawabata's Nobel Speech, "Japan, the Beautiful, and Myself"
Watch short excerpt from a video? "Virgin Road" Long Vacation "Long Vacation"??
Read and Develop Your own Topic for the Next 2 WeeksJan. 29-Feb 8 No class
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Work Independently for the next 6 Weeks (including Spring Break) Feb. 21-April 1"With bloodshot eyes, I worked like a madman... Everyday I worked as hard and as long as I could."Soseki, Kokoro
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Please bring 3 copies of your 8-10 pp. draft to class, one for me and one each for two of your peers. After the presentations, we will use remaining class time to readdrafts and return them to you with comments as soon as possible.
Please bring 3 copies of your draft to class. One for me and one each for two of your peers. After the presentations, we will use the remaining class time to read drafts and return them to you with comments as soon as possible.
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For the next two weeks, develop your preliminary drafts into a complete rough draft, NO CLASS
Apr. 8 Write
Apr. 10 Write
Apr. 15 Write
April 17 Write and hand in Draft; bring it to class at 12:50
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"My professors apparently did not have as high an opinion of my thesis as I did.
I was, however, allowed to graduate that year." [Yaaaay!]
Soseki, Kokoro