JAPANESE STUDIES PROGRAMME, LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, 2007/8
STUDENT GUIDE
Welcome to the student guide.
The teaching staff of the Japanese Studies Programme have designed their courses with an emphasis on the systematic development of students' academic skills. Over the course of your degree in the Japanese Studies Programme, you will learn a variety of general and discipline-specific research strategies, analytical skills, writing skills, theoretical and methodological approaches that will prepare you for assessed work at University and for life after graduation. You will be able to see this progressive approach to building academic skills in terms of the different types of papers or essays you will be required to write during your time at this department.
This guide is designed to help you to prepare and present written work, as well as to familiarize you, the student, with the departmental rules regarding written assessments. It is essential that you consult this guide before each written assignment. Reading it once will not be sufficient.
In this guide you will find: Information on finding sources for a research paper (pages 3-12) Information on how to format citations and references in an academic paper (pages 13-20) Description of Types of Assessment (pages 21-24) Information on how to structure an academic paper (pages 25-40) An essay check list (pages 41-42)
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Rules governing late papers, absence from class, plagiarism etc. (as currently specified in course syllabi) (pages 43-45)
Grading sheets (as currently specified in the syllabus) and extenuating circumstances form (pages 46-48)

Student Guide Quiz (pages 49-50) Appendix I – Studiegidsen (pages 51-61)
You are required to complete the quiz and meet with your academic supervisor to discuss your answers and any questions you might have about written assessments.
Note: Members of the teaching staff may make additional demands vis-à-vis written assessments. Pay attention and make sure that you abide by the guidelines given to you by your instructor.

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