The Japanese Studies minor focuses on Japanese language, literature and culture though an interdisciplinary combination of language, culture, politics and history courses.
Course Requirements
- Three quarters of college-level Japanese language study (at any level).
- Five additional courses from at least two different disciplines, chosen in consultation with an advisor or faculty member, from the current approved Japanese Studies Allied Course List.
Japanese Studies Allied Course List
Art and Architecture, History of
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HAA 216 | JAPANESE ART | |
HAA 219 | JAPANESE FILM ARTS | |
HAA 220 | BUDDHIST ART | |
HAA 297 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE (Japanese Film Arts) | |
HAA 373 | KYOTO (WORLD CITIES) | |
HAA 397 | SPECIAL TOPICS/HISTORY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE (Japanese Painting and Prints) | |
HAA 397 | SPECIAL TOPICS/HISTORY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE (Japanese Art and the Warrior Elite) | |
Geography
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
GEO 315 | THE STATE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH | |
History
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HST 263 | JAPAN TO C. 1200 | |
HST 264 | JAPAN c.1200 - 1800 | |
HST 265 | JAPAN, c. 1800-PRESENT | |
HST 322 | TOPICS IN ASIAN HISTORY | |
HST 339 | HISTORY FROM PICTURES: VISUAL CULTURE IN EAST ASIAN HISTORY | |
HST 340 | CULTURE AND GENDER IN JAPAN | |
International Studies
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
INT 330 | TOPICS IN EAST ASIAN STUDIES (Japanese Culture I) | |
Literature and Culture
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
JPN 240E | MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE | |
JPN 241E | JAPANESE WOMEN'S LITERARY MASTERPIECES | |
JPN 242E | JAPANESE POP CULTURE | |
JPN 342 | ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE I [Thematic content course conducted in Japanese] | |
JPN 343 | ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE II [Thematic content course conducted in Japanese] | |
JPN 344 | ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE III [Thematic content course conducted in Japanese] | |
JPN 395 | FOREIGN LANGUAGES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM [Thematic content course conducted in Japanese] | |
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
MLS 407 | SELF,CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN (undergraduates by permission) | |
Philosophy
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PHL 287 | INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN PHILOSOPHIES | |
Political Science
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PSC 253 | ASIAN POLITICS | |
PSC 349 | ADVANCED TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (International Political Economy of the Pacific Rim) | |
PSC 350 | JAPANESE POLITICS | |
PSC 359 | ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS (Japanese Politics, Culture, and Society) | |
Religious Studies
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
REL 202 | ATOM BOMB DISCOURSE (Atom Bomb Discourse) | |
REL 205 | COMPARATIVE ETHICS (Industrial Diseases) | |
REL 205 | COMPARATIVE ETHICS (Japanese Ethics) | |
REL 245 | RELIGION IN JAPANESE HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE | |
REL 247 | LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN JAPAN | |
REL 342 | ZEN MIND | |
Students majoring in Japanese Studies (BA) or minoring in Japanese are restricted from earning this minor.
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