Japanese Studies (BA)

During Induction Week, make sure you follow your course induction schedule below. This must take priority over any other events. Most of these induction events will be on campus but there may be additional online events that you will need to attend or watch.

While most of these activities won’t change, there could be small changes to timings and locations, so make sure to check back here regularly for any updates.

Don’t forget to complete your online enrolment.

Induction schedule

If you are a student taking a joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject. Joint honours students will need to attend the Subject Welcome and taster sessions for BOTH of their courses. If your schedules show two different times for the School welcome session you need only attend one of these.

Monday 16 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Read through the HSS Induction Google site For UG students only	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Induction Google site

Tuesday 17 September

Time	Event details	Location
9:30am - 11:30am	Welcome and Induction	G117, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

Wednesday 18 September

Time	Event details	Location
1:00pm - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Welcome to the School of Education, Humanities and Languages	John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

Thursday 19 September

Time	Event details	Location
10:00am - 11:00am	Japanese Studies Taster Session	G538, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module registration helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus

Friday 20 September

Time	Event details	Location
On Demand	Sexual Consent Education View our consent induction webpage and complete the mandatory course on Moodle	View the Consent matters webpage Complete the Sexual consent education course
10:00am - 4:00pm	Module Registration Helpdesk	G110, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Faculty Social	CLC G.02, Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Headington Campus

Student Support Co-ordinators

Your Student Support Coordinator (SSC) is: Lucy Trousdell

How to contact us	Contact details	Availability
In person	G103, Gibbs Building, Headington Campus	Monday - Friday: 11:00am -12:00pm; 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Email	ssc-hss@brookes.ac.uk
Phone	+44 (0) 1865 535250

Other key contacts

Job title	Name	Contact details
Subject Coordinator	Hanako Fujino	hfujino@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Lead	Irene Hill	ihill@brookes.ac.uk
Programme Administrator	David Vekony	dvekony@brookes.ac.uk
Academic Liaison Librarian	Joanne Cooksey	jcooksey@brookes.ac.uk

Reading lists

This is an indicative reading list of the core books used for your course's compulsory modules. There is no expectation for you to purchase any of the books, they are all available in the university library.

Once you have chosen your optional modules, you will be able to contact the module leaders to request their reading lists.

For Joint Honours students, you will find your reading lists for your other subject on their new students web page

Japanese Studies Single Honours
Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
JPNS4004 Japanese 1A	Yamazaki Y. (2008). Nihongo shokyū: daichi, 1: Mein tekisuto (Elementary Japanese, Daichi 1: main textbook). 3A Corporation, Tokyo
JPNS4009 Reading and Writing 1A	N/A (Coursebook to be presented to students on first day of class)
JPNS4008 Essential Japanology	Yoshio Sugimoto: An Introduction to Japanese Society (2014: Cambridge University Press)
Semester 2 Modules	Recommended Core Text
JPNS4010 Reading and Writing 1B	N/A (Coursebook to be presented to students on first day of class)
JPNS4005 Japanese 1B	Yamazaki Y. (2008). Nihongo shokyū: daichi, 1: Mein tekisuto (Elementary Japanese, Daichi 1: main textbook). 3A Corporation, Tokyo

Japanese Studies Joint Honours
Semester 1 Modules	Recommended Core Text
JPNS4004 Japanese 1A	Yamazaki Y. (2008). Nihongo shokyū: daichi, 1: Mein tekisuto (Elementary Japanese, Daichi 1: main textbook). 3A Corporation, Tokyo
JPNS4009 Reading and Writing 1A	N/A (Coursebook to be presented to students on first day of class)
Semester 2 Modules	Recommended Core Text
JPNS4010 Reading and Writing 1B	N/A (Coursebook to be presented to students on first day of class)
JPNS4005 Japanese 1B	Yamazaki Y. (2008). Nihongo shokyū: daichi, 1: Mein tekisuto (Elementary Japanese, Daichi 1: main textbook). 3A Corporation, Tokyo

Additional information

More information about your induction programme can be found on the Faculty Induction Google Site.

Joint Honours Students

If you are a student taking a joint honours degree you will need to also look at the induction schedule for your other subject.
Joint honours students will need to attend the Subject Welcome and taster sessions for BOTH of their courses. If your schedules show two different times for the School welcome session you need only attend one of these.