Japanese Studies
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the UC San Diego General Catalog, 2010–11, please contact the department for more information.
All graduate-level courses require permission of the instructor for undergraduate students. Course titles may vary from year to year.
Courses with asterisk can be approved as Japanese Studies courses when more than 33 percent of the course content concerns Japan.
History
HIEA 111. Japan: Twelfth through Mid-Nineteenth Century
HIEA 112. Japan: from Mid-Nineteenth Century through U.S. Occupation
HIEA 113. The Fifteen-Year War in Asia and the Pacific
HIEA 114. Postwar Japan
HIEA 115. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
HIEA 116. Japan-U.S. Relations
HIEA 117. Ghosts in Japan
HIEA 119 Religion and Pop Culture in East Asia (Same as SOC/B 162R)
HIEA 160. Colloquium on Modern Japanese History
Japanese Studies
JAPN 190. Selected Topics in Contemporary Japanese Studies
Language
(Students who have prior preparation of Japanese language are placed in language courses based on the results of a placement exam or an oral interview with an instructor. Students who have lived in Japan, or use Japanese at home are required to take a placement exam administered prior to the beginning of the fall quarter. Contact the Japanese Studies office for more information.)
10A-B-C. First-Year Japanese
(No prior study of Japanese language is required for 10A.) Prerequisite for B and C: previous course or consent of instructor.
20A-B-C. Second-Year Japanese
Prerequisite: previous course or consent of instructor.
100A-B-C. Japanese for Bilingual Speakers I
(These courses are for those students who have a high level of speaking proficiency in Japanese but no or little reading and writing abilities.) Prerequisite for A: consent of instructor. Prerequisite for B and C: previous course or consent of instructor.
130A-B-C. Third-Year Japanese
Prerequisite: previous course or consent of instructor.
140A-B-C. Fourth-Year Japanese
Prerequisite: previous course or consent of instructor.
150A-B-C. Advanced Japanese
Prerequisite: previous course or consent of instructor.
ECONOMICS
ECON 163. Japanese Economy
Literature
LTEA 130. Earlier Japanese Literature in Translation
(Quarter offerings will vary among A. General Literature; B. Poetry; C. Prose Fiction; D. Drama; and E. Essays, travelogues, diaries, etc.)
LTEA 132. Later Japanese Literature in Translation
(Quarter offerings will vary among A. General Literature; B. Poetry; C. Prose Fiction; D. Drama and Film; and E. Essays, criticism, etc.)
LTEA 134. A Single Japanese Author (in translation)
LTEA 136. Special Topics in Japanese Literature
*LTWL 155. Gender Studies
*LTCS 110. Popular Culture
*LTCS 115. Performance Culture
*LTCS 118. Comedy
*LTCS 120. Historical Perspectives on Culture
*LTCS 125. Cultural Perspectives on Immigration and Citizenship
*LTCS 130. Gender, Race, Ethnicity/Class, and Culture
*LTCS 131. Topics in Queer Cultures/Queer Subcultures
*LTCS 132. Special Topics in Social Identities and the Media
*LTCS 133. Globalization and Culture
*LTCS 135. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
*LTCS 141. Special Topics in Race and Empire
*LTCS 145. National Cultures in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts
*LTCS 150. Topics in Cultural Studies
*LTCS 160. Cultural Studies Approaches to Popular Music
*LTCS 170. Visual Culture
Music
(Check with program office as to whether these courses may be used toward a Japanese studies minor.)
MUS 111. World Music
*MUS 116. Popular Music Studies Seminar
MUS 211. Seminar in World Music
Political Science
POLI 113B. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I
POLI 113C. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought II
POLI 132B. Modernity and Identity in East Asia
POLI 133A. Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective
POLI 133D. Japanese Foreign Policy
POLI 133G. Postwar U.S.-Japan Relations
Sociology
SOC/D 158J. Religion and Ethics in China and Japan
SOC/B 162R. Religion and Popular Culture in East Asia (same as HIEA 119)
Theatre and Dance
TDGE 126. Storytelling and Design in Animation
Visual Arts
VIS 127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan
VIS 127P. Arts of Japan
VIS 128D. Topics/Non-Western Art History Japanese Painting and Prints
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
IRGN 400. International Relations of Asia—Pacific
IRGN 411. Business and Management in Japan
IRGN 416. Postwar Politics in Japan
IRGN 471. Japanese Economy