Program Overview

Program Overview

The Popular Culture of East Asia is a level 5 short course that examines the development and academic significance of various forms of Japanese popular culture from multidisciplinary perspectives and in East Asian contexts, including China, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Course Details

• The course explores forms of Japanese and East Asian popular culture that have drawn worldwide scholarly attention, including:
  • Manga
  • Animation
  • Fashion
  • Video games
  • Pop music
• The syllabus includes:
  • Theories of Japanese popular culture
  • Creative industries and nation branding
  • Cultural consumption: Kawaii as ideology?
  • Idols and celebrity
  • East Asian pop culture
  • Korean wave and East Asian nationalism
  • Masculinity in Japanese pop culture
  • Representation of women in Japanese pop culture

Assessment

Assessment is via a 15-minute recorded video essay (30%) and a 2500-word essay (70%).

Program Structure

• This short course can be taken as a standalone course or as part of the Culture and Language (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish) Certificate of Higher Education.
• The course is worth 30 credits at level 5.

Entry Requirements

• Most short courses have no formal entry requirements and are open to all students.
• This short course has no prerequisites.
• As part of the enrolment process, students may be required to submit a copy of a suitable form of ID.
• International students who wish to come to the UK to study a short course can apply for a Visitor visa.

Tuition Fees

• The tuition fee for this course is £1575.
• Students are charged a tuition fee for each module at enrolment.
• Module fees for students continuing on their programme in following years may be subject to annual inflationary increases.

Application Process

• Students register directly onto the classes they would like to take.
• Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
• If students wish to take more than one short course, they can select each one separately and then register onto them together.