Regional Focus – Japan
History
| Dept | Number | Title | Credits | Advisory Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST | 190 | East Asia Civilization | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| HIST | 192 | Japan, Past & Present | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| HIST | 396 | Samurai in Film | 4.00 cr. | |
| HIST | 399 | Sp St The Pacific War | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| HIST | 407 | Seminar [when Japan topic] | 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| HIST | 408 | Colloquium [when Japan topic] | 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| HIST | 410 | Experimental Course [when Japan topic] | 1.00 – 6.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| HIST | 415 | Top Pacific Islands | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| HIST | 449 | Race and Ethnicity in the American West | 4.00 cr. | |
| HIST | 490 | Japan: [Topic] | 4.00 cr. | |
| HIST | 491 | Medicine & Society in Premodern Japan | 4.00 cr. | |
| HIST | 498 | Early Japanese Culture and Society: [Topic] | 4.00 cr. |
Social Science
| Dept | Number | Title | Credits | Advisory Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH | 223 | Anthropology of Chocolate | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| ANTH | 345 | Archaeology of East Asia | 4.00 cr. | |
| ASIA | 111 | Great Books on Modern Asia | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| ASIA | 399 | Special Studies: [When Topic Japan and SS-related] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ASIA | 410 | Special Studies: [When Topic Japan and SS-related] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ASIA | 425 | Asian Foodways | 4.00 cr. | |
| EALL | 209 | Languages & Society in East Asia | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| EALL | 399 | Special Studies: [when Japan-related SS Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 407 | Seminar: Culture of Protest | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 407 | Seminar: [when Japan-related SS Topic] | 1.00 – 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 410 | Experimental Course: [when Japan-related SS Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 440 | Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Phonetics | 4.00 cr. | |
| EALL | 441 | Japanese and Korean Syntax | 4.00 cr. | |
| EALL | 443 | Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Pedagogy | 4.00 cr. | |
| ES | 252 | Introduction to Asian-American Studies | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| ES | 410 | Asian Am Femnst Theo | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ES | 410 | Experimental Course: [When Japan-related Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ES | 452 | Top Japanese Internmnt | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| GEOG | 201 | World Regional Geography | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| GEOG | 342 | Geography of Globalization | 4.00 cr. | |
| J | 429 | Top Social Media Asia | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| J | 467 | Top Digt Media in Asia | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 301 | Third Year Japanese | 5.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 302 | Third Year Japanese | 5.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 303 | Third Year Japanese | 5.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 315 | Introduction to Japanese Linguistics | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 399 | Special Studies: [Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 407 | Seminar: [Topic] | 1.00 – 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 410 | Experimental Course: [Topic when SS-related] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 410 | Women in Modern Japan | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 411 | Fourth-Year Spoken Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 412 | Fourth-Year Spoken Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 413 | Fourth-Year Spoken Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 414 | Fourth-Year Reading and Writing Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 415 | Fourth-Year Reading and Writing Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 416 | Fourth-Year Reading and Writing Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| PS | 345 | Southeast Asian Politics | 4.00 cr. | |
| PS | 391 | Non-Western Political Theory | 4.00 cr. | |
| PS | 460 | Political Economy of East Asia | 4.00 cr. |
Humanities
| Dept | Number | Title | Credits | Advisory Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARH | 209 | History of Japanese Art | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| ARH | 210 | Contemporary Asian Art & Architecture | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| ARH | 350 | History of Manga | 4.00 cr. | |
| ARH | 399 | Sp St Global Asia | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ARH | 399 | Sp St Arch East Asia | 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ARH | 399 | Sp Studies: Japan | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ARH | 407 | Sem: Women Contemp Asia | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ARH | 407 | Sem: Japan | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ARH | 485 | Japanese Art: [Topic] | 4.00 cr. | |
| ARH | 488 | Japanese Prints | 4.00 cr. | |
| ASIA | 399 | Special Studies: [When Topic Japan and HUM-related] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ASIA | 410 | Special Studies: [When Topic Japan and HUM-related] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ASIA | 425 | Asian Foodways | 4.00 cr. | |
| CINE | 440 | Top Transnat Asian Flm | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| COLT | 380 | Top Tokyo Cyberpunk | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| COLT | 380 | Top Asian Horror | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 199 | Sp St Writing in E Asia | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note; See ***Lower-division course note |
| EALL | 199 | Special Studies: [when Japan-related Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note; See ***Lower-division course note |
| EALL | 211 | Japan: A Cultural Odyssey | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| EALL | 399 | Special Studies: [when Japan-related HUM Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 407 | Seminar: Culture of Protest | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 407 | Seminar: [when Japan-related HUM Topic] | 1.00 – 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 410 | Experimental Course: [when Japan-related HUM Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| EALL | 442 | Second-Language Acquisition | 4.00 cr. | |
| EALL | 460 | Teaching East Asian Language and Literatures at College Level | 2.00 cr. | |
| ENG | 242 | Introduction to Asian-American Literature | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| ENG | 362 | Asian American Writers | 4.00 cr. | |
| ENG | 468 | Ethnic Literature: [when topic related to Japan] | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| ES | 252 | Introduction to Asian-American Studies | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| JPN | 199 | Top Japan Pop Culture | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note; See ***Lower-division course note |
| JPN | 250 | Manga Millennium | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| JPN | 301 | Third Year Japanese | 5.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 302 | Third Year Japanese | 5.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 303 | Third Year Japanese | 5.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 305 | Introduction to Japanese Literature | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 306 | Introduction to Japanese Literature | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 307 | Introduction to Japanese Literature | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 399 | Special Studies: [Topic] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 399 | Sp St Ghost & Monsters | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 407 | Seminar: [Topic] | 1.00 – 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 410 | Experimental Course: [Topic when HUM-related] | 1.00 – 5.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note |
| JPN | 411 | Fourth-Year Spoken Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 412 | Fourth-Year Spoken Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 413 | Fourth-Year Spoken Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 414 | Fourth-Year Reading and Writing Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 415 | Fourth-Year Reading and Writing Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 416 | Fourth-Year Reading and Writing Japanese | 4.00 cr. | See **Upper-division language course note |
| JPN | 425 | Modern Japanese Literature: [Topic] | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 425 | Top Youth in JPN Lit | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 434 | Advanced Readings in Japan Literature | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 435 | Advanced Readings in Japan Literature | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 436 | Advanced Readings in Japan Literature | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 437 | Classical Japanese Literary Language | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 455 | Japanese Business Culture & Language | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 471 | The Japanese Cinema | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 480 | Early Modern Comics | 4.00 cr. | |
| JPN | 490 | Translation and Japan Literature | 4.00 cr. | |
| REL | 101 | World Religions: Asian Traditions | 4.00 cr. | See ***Lower-division course note |
| REL | 199 | Sp St Buddhism | 4.00 cr. | See *Non-regularized course note; See ***Lower-division course note |
| REL | 303 | Japanese Religions | 4.00 cr. | |
| REL | 353 | Dark Self, East/West | 4.00 cr. | |
| REL | 440 | Readings in Buddhist Scriptures | 4.00 cr. | |
| REL | 444 | Medieval Japanese Buddhism | 4.00 cr. |
Advisory Notes
*Non-regularized course note: Courses with an asterisk in the Advisory Note may not be pre-coded into Degree Guide as Elective; may require advisor adjustment. Course topic and title varies. Course number only accepted as elective if listed in term course list.
**Upper-division language course note: The Regional Focus for the Asian Studies major requires 24 credits, inclusive of two (2) History courses, two (2) Social Science courses, and two (2) Humanities courses. As many as 15 credits of upper-division Asian language courses related to the chosen Regional Focus may be used for the Social Science and/or Humanities requirement for the student’s chosen Regional Focus. Courses not pre-coded into Degree Guide; require advisor adjustment.
***Lower-division course note: 40 out of 48 credits for the Asian Studies major must be upper-division (300-level or higher). Keep this in mind when considering using lower level courses for your Asian Studies major.