Japanese Studies

Courses

For course descriptions not found in the 2008-2009 General Catalog, 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.

History

HIEA 111. Japan: Twelfth through Mid-Nineteenth Century
HIEA 112. Japan: from Mid-Nineteenth Century through U.S. Ocupation
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 160. Colloquium on Modern Japanese History
HIEA 161. Representing Japan

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.) Prerequisites for ’B’ and ’C’: previous course or consent of instructor.

20A-B-C. Second-Year Japanese    Prerequisites: 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. Prerequisites for ’B’ and ’C’: previous course or consent of instructor.

130A-B-C. Third-Year Japanese    Prerequisites: previous course or consent of instructor.
140A-B-C. Fourth-Year Japanese    Prerequisites: previous course or consent of instructor.
150A-B-C. Advanced Japanese    Prerequisites: 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 120. Historical Perspectives on Culture
LTCS 130. Gender, Race, Ethnicity/Class, and Culture
LTCS 150. Topics in Cultural Studies
Lit/Th 240. Forms and Genres (when on Japan)

Music

(Check with program office as to whether these courses may be used toward a Japanese studies minor.)

MUS 111. World Music
MUS 211. Seminar in World Music

Political Science

POLI 132B. Modernity and Identity in East Asia (not offered in 2008–09)
POLI 133A. Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective
POLI 133B. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought (I)
POLI 133C. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought (II)
POLI 133D. Japanese Foreign Policy

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)

Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

IRGN 400. International Relations of Asia—Pacific
IRGN 416. Postwar Politics in Japan (not offered in 2008–09)
IRGN 471/271. Japanese Economy