Popular Culture in Japan Past Review
By Francis Galang (University of California - San Diego / UCSD) - abroad from 08/05/2017 to 09/09/2017 with
UC San Diego Global Seminars / UCSD: Tokyo - Modern Japan
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
The popular culture systems of Japan are different from America because America has corporate injections into the top level of their popular culture, whereas Japan is entirely a reputation economy and things that are popular are also reputable, which is only half true for America. The subcultures of Japan are so vast and deep, integrating a past that was isolated from the rest of the world with a present that is creating the technology for the future of the rest of the world. There’s so many layers to this place, I’m going to keep coming back.
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| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | None |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
Japan is a wonderful country, so much so that being there is such a massive learning experience. So many things are different about a society that is so strongly integrated, which could give anyone a broader perspective of their home country. |
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $2000 for a one month trip |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Research events in the area beforehand, come up with your own itinerary for your free time |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
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The Academic or LinguistYou went abroad with specific academic goals in mind; the program credentials and rigor of your coursework abroad were very important to you. You had a great time abroad, but never lost sight of your studies and (if applicable) were diligent with your foreign language study. Good for you! |
Individual Course Reviews
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Visual Technology in Japan |
| Course Department: | Literature |
| Instructor: | Rahimi |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | It was a good course and the material was interesting but felt “not rigorous”. People taking the course had the assumption all the way through that it was a free A. We wrote papers in response to the reading, but because lectures were so short, delving into the reading was the only way to actually go about the course. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
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Popular Culture: Anime |
| Course Department: | Literature |
| Instructor: | Rahimi |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | This course was really fulfilling and excursions were great, but the professor hasn’t seen anime from 2000-now. We had papers and excursion responses for homework. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
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