Japanese Studies
Programs
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Japanese Studies, Major,Minor
Courses
ENG 343: Modern Japanese Literature
Credits 3Introduces representative literary texts from modern Japan, mostly from 1900 to present. Develops more advanced skills for literary analysis. Some topics include: I-novel autobiographical fiction, women's writing and modern poetry.
JPNS 172: Buddhist Traditions: Contemporary Masters
Credits 4JPNS 173: Japanese Culture & Society
Credits 3JPNS 216: Introduction to Manga & Graphic Narrative
Credits 4JPNS 221: Peace & Reconciliation in East Asia
Credits 3A survey of peacebuilding and reconciliation in East Asia with global comparisons to conflict resolution studies and transitional justice. Students will seek a formula for sustainable peace for conflicts between Japan and China, Japan and Korea, and North and South Korea. Topics include imperialism and colonialism, war crimes and atrocities, territorial disputes, colonial and forced migration, and international relations.
JPNS 228: Modern East Asia
Credits 3JPNS 231: Japanese Culture & Environment
Credits 3JPNS 236: Introduction to the Study of Japan
Credits 3JPNS 241: Japanese Popular Culture
Credits 3JPNS 244: Tourism in Japan & the Pacific
Credits 3JPNS 253: Citizenship & Minority Issues in East Asia
Credits 3JPNS 305: Frenemy Politics: Conflict
Credits 3JPNS 310: Contemporary Japanese Literature
Credits 3JPNS 312: Buddhist Ethics
Credits 4JPNS 320: East Asian Migration & Diasporas
Credits 4Introduces migration in East Asia within the global context of imperialism and colonialism, forced labor, refuge, and gender, from the 19th century to present. Topics include colonial migration, settler migration, forced migration, repatriation movements, and identity formation, domestically and internationally. Emphasis on Japan, China, and North and South Korea.
JPNS 342: Japanese Cinema
Credits 3JPNS 343: Modern Japanese Literature
Credits 3Introduces representative literary texts from modern Japan, mostly from 1900 to present. Develops more advanced skills for literary analysis. Some topics include: I-novel autobiographical fiction, women's writing and modern poetry.
JPNS 344: Traditions in Japanese Lit
Credits 3JPNS 364: Music of Japan
Credits 3JPNS 368: Chinese Political Thought
Credits 3JPNS 374: Modern Japan
Credits 4A study of Japanese historical and institutional development in the early modern and modern periods, from the 15th century to the present. Topics include the Tokugawa period; the Meiji Restoration and modernization; the periods of colonialism, imperialism and militarism; postwar recovery and the economic miracle; and the challenges of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Explores economic, political, social, intellectual and international perspectives. Attention to prominent theories of development.