Course Work

This is the documentation of the course work I have done of the course of my college career at Clemson University. It is divided into three sections, Language, Business, and General Education and Electives. These course include a short description of what they are, and are in order of when I took the class.

Language

JAPN 1010: Elementary Japanese

-This course covers the basics of Japanese, including Hiragana and Katakana. This course also covers basic introductions to Japanese Culture and the region.

JAPN 1020: Elementary Japanese

-This course continues JAPN1010, while cementing the basic structure of Japanese and adding more grammar structures to the student’s knowledge. It also continues cultural study once a week during lab times.

JAPN 4560: Japanese Film

-This course covers the introduction of a variety of Japanese films in the last 100 years, while also focusing key directors throughout the history of Japanese Film. The course focused on creating discussion and analyzing film through historical and narrative analysis.

JAPN 2010: Intermediate Japanese (Kansai University)

-This course moves more focus on building vocabulary and grammar, as well as placing more focus on basic Kanji. More practical applications of the language also become more prioritized, such as reading, writing, and speaking.

JAPN 2020: Intermediate Japanese

-This course builds off JAPN 2010, putting major emphasis on Kanji and grammar, as well as speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. This course is mainly taught in Japanese, only using English when needed for clarification.

JAPN 3060: Japanese Conversation & Composition

-This course is mainly focused on speaking and writing skills, with scheduled discussions throughout the course on a variety of topics pertaining to the world today. Learning to speak clearly and confidently was the main focus of this course.

JAPN 4010: Japanese Literature in Translation

-This course is taught in English and focuses on key authors and works in the history of Japanese Literature such as Osamu Dazai and Haruki Murakami. This course also covered Japanese folktales and older works such as “The Tale of Genji”.

JAPN 3050: Japanese Conversation and Composition (Kansai University)

-I took the equivalent of this course in Japan at Kansai University. It focused on writing assignments everyday as well as conversations with native Japanese speakers. Towards the end of the course, another student and I had to do a presentation and survey which we had done about popular films in Japan.

JAPN 4990: Selected Topics in Japanese Culture (Japan)

-I took this course as well during my time studying in Japan. We went to several historical places, such as gardens and castles. Studying their history and construction, as well as what purposes they served when they were built. Towards the end of this course, there was a presentation on an aspect of Japanese culture, which me and my group partner chose to do on Tabletop (in Japan it is called Tabletalk) Roleplaying Games.

JAPN 3160: Japanese for International Business I

-This course focused on creating a handwritten resume in Japanese, as well as etiquette and certain grammar points related to business.

JAPN 3980: Directed Reading

-This course focused on reading Japanese short stories and discussing them for the first half. The second half of the course was focused on translating a Japanese short story of our choosing. I translated 何者(Nanimono) by Edogawa Ranpo.

JAPN 3980: Directed Reading (Currently Taking)

-This course is focused on reading comprehension in preparation for the JLPT 2 or 3 test, depending on the student. The main focus of this class is to prepare for the JLPT test and improve our reading skills.

JAPN 4160: Japanese for International Business II (Currently Taking)

-This course is focused on reading and interpreting case studies on several different localization attempts from and to Japan. This course also focuses on building vocabulary pertaining to business through reading these case studies.

LANG 4990: Language Portfolio (Currently Taking)

-This course is focused on making a portfolio and creating a website to display what you have learned and done throughout your school career.

Business

ACCT 2010: Financial Accounting Concepts (USCL)

-I took this course at the University of South Carolina Lancaster, where it focused on basic accounting concepts, understanding how accounting works, and the methods to approach accounting.

ECON 2120: Principles of Macroeconomics (USCL)

-This course covered the basics of Macroeconomics and the general ideas in economics itself. This course was mostly focused on theory and theoretical economics.

ECON 2110: Principles of Microeconomics (USCL)

- This course covered the basics of Microeconomics and the general ideas in economics itself. This course was mostly focused on theory, though it contained more practical information and calculations.

LAIB 1270: Intro to Language and International Business

-This class covers the intro to the major, communicating expectations and core concepts in learning and talking about the topic.

MATH 1020: Business Calculus I

-This course is the introduction of Calculus in Business and covers a variety of topics and calculations to learn and understand common calculations in business scenarios.

MKT 3010: Principles of Marketing

-This course covers the key concepts of marketing and understanding the consumer base in the forms of markets and target markets.

MGT 2010: Principles of Management

-This course involves the core of management, working with people, and common problem solving that comes along with Management positions.

ENGL 3040: Business Writing

-This course is designed to teach students on how to effectively write in a variety of business situations such as contracts and emails.

MKT 4270: International Marketing

-This course builds off of MKT 3010 in relating it to international circumstances. This includes studies of how companies have in the past and methods that may be approached as the international business world changes.

ECON 3140: Intermediate Microeconomics

-This course builds off of ECON 2110 but focuses on calculations and is more math based. This often includes Supply and Demand functions, finding, changing, and interpreting them to help each student understand Microeconomics better.

MATH 2070: Business Calculus II

-Business Calculus II is focused on building and adding more concepts to the first class, while also providing more practical knowledge on how to apply these concepts in the actual settings they would be used.

MKT 3020: Consumer Behavior

-This course is focused on understanding, interpreting, and analyzing consumer behavior, in assistance to making informed decisions in a business environment. Thanks to the professor of this class, we also covered the more practical aspects of using and applying this information to the real world.

ECON 4120: International Microeconomics

-This course takes the concepts introduced in Intermediate Microeconomics and applies them to the real world, through case studies and analyzing history. This course was a little less math focused, and the math applied to the circumstances we were learning about.

MGT 3180: Management of Information Systems

-This course is about how information pertaining to businesses are stored and moved. It also covers a little about how this information is usually used.

MKT 4230: Promotional Strategy

-This course covers the strategies used to promote your company or business. It goes over how businesses have approached promotions in the past and how to think creatively about reaching your target market through the use of effective promotional strategy.

LAIB 4000: Language and International Business Intern (Japan)

-In this course, I did an internship in Japan for 3 weeks and learned a lot about business and culture. More on this on the INTERNSHIP page.

MGT 4230: International Business Management

-This course focuses on the core business management techniques in the context of international trade, including supply chain management, distribution, and touching upon localization.

MKT 4250: Retail Management

-This course was designed to provide a lot of information about retail management, and how to run a retail styled business. This includes stocking, shelving, supply chain management, and ways to talk with distributors.

Gen. Ed & Electives

GEOL 2020: Earth History (USCL)

-In this course, I studied the basics of Geology and the identification of minerals and rocks.

HIST 1220: History, Technology, & Society (USCL)

-In this course, we focused on technology in societies in the past and how the world has evolved over time. We especially went over ancient societies from Ancient India to Ancient Mesopotamia.

ENGL 1030: Accelerated Composition (USCL)

-This course was designed to help improve the writing skills of students through a series of reading essays, interpreting, and writing detailed responses. We had a book on several music related essays that we read through and wrote responses to.

MATH 1990: Problem Solving in Mathematics (USCL)

-This course was about Pre-Calculus, and preparing students for calculus and business calculus, providing the fundamentals for further education in math related subjects.

SOC 2010: Introduction to Sociology (USCL)

-This class covered the introduction to Sociology, and important concepts to sociology. This involved group discussions, watching related videos, and reading from a textbook.

COMM 2500: Public Speaking

-This class covered how to approach public speaking. This involved coping with stress, how to organize a public speech, and how to deliver a speech. This is very related to the rest of my classes and contained useful information.

CU 1000: Clemson Connect

-This course is an introduction to life and classes at Clemson University.

POSC 1030: Introduction to Political Theory

-This class was about the basics and building blocks of Political Theory, including authors such as Plato and Machiavelli. This course involved writing papers, reading, and class discussions.

POSC 1020: Introduction to International Relations

-This class was mainly focused on international relations as a whole, and how countries and nations interact with each other in the world.

ANTH 2010: Introduction to Anthropology

-This course was designed to cover the basics of anthropology.

REL 3520: Biblical Hebrew I

-This course introduces the alphabet of Biblical Hebrew and the basics of grammar and conjugations. As well as building vocabulary in preparation of reading the Hebrew Bible in the second class.

LANG 4550: Hispanic Film (Current)

-This class is focused on connecting historical context to films originating from Spain and Latin America. The class is focused on watching films, discussion and writing short essays every week.

REL 3010: Old Testament (Current)

-This class is focused on viewing the Hebrew Bible through a direct and historical context, rather than a theological or interpretive standpoint.

REL 3530: Biblical Hebrew II (Current)

-This course is a continuation of Biblical Hebrew I, and builds off of its vocabulary, and focuses on more practical use of the language by reading the Hebrew Bible and learning vocab stems.