Minor in Japan Studies

 

The following are approved introductory Asian civilization courses for the Asia minors in the Jackson School:  SISA 209, 210; SISEA/HSTAS 212 (Korea); SISEA/HSTAS 241 (Japan); SISEA 242 (Japan); SISSE/HSTAS 221 (Southeast Asia); HSTAS 201 (India), HSTAS 202 (India); HSTAS 211 (China).

Requirements

30 credits, to include the following:

  1. SISEA/HSTAS 241 or SISEA 242 and one additional introductory Asian civilization course from those listed above (10 credits)

  2. 10 credits of electives taken at the UW, chosen from the Japan history/social science electives list*

  3. 5 credits of electives taken at the UW, chosen from the Japan history/social science list or the Japan arts/literature electives list*

  4. 5 additional credits in Japanese language beyond second-year level, or in upper-division transfer courses on Japan, or in additional electives chosen from the Japan history/social science electives list*

  5. Minimum grade of 2.0 required in each course applied toward the minor.

Elective Lists

 

*Japan: History/Social Science

 

†SISEA/HSTAS 241        Japanese Civilization (5)

†SISEA 242                      Japan in the Contemporary World (5)

SISEA/HSTAS 422          History of Tokugawa Japan (5)

SISEA/HSTAS 423          History of Modern Japan (5)

SISEA/POL S 435           Government and Politics of Japan (5)

SISEA 436/POL S 429    Political Parties in Japan and East Asia (5)
SISEA 437/POL S 424    International Relations of Japan (5)
                                               [formerly SISEA 487]

SISEA 440/HSTAS 424   Emergence of Postwar Japan (5)

SISEA/HSTAS 441           Economic and Social Hist. of Japan to 1900 (5)

SISEA 442                         Political Economy of Postwar Japan (5)

SISEA 447/ANTH 443     Anthropology of Modern Japan (5)

SISEA 474                        Civil Society in Japan and East Asia (5)

SISEA 475                        Japanese Society (5)

SISEA 482                        Japanese Business and Technology (5)

SISEA 486/POL S 418    Japanese Trade Diplomacy (5)

SISEA 487/POL S 424    International Relations of Japan (5)

 

† if not taken for requirement (1) above

 

*Japan: Arts/Literature

 

ART H 204                        Survey of Asian Art (5)

ART H 318                        Japanese Prints 1600-Present (5)

ART H 321                        Arts of Japan (5)

ART H 419                        Japanese Architiecture (3)

JAPAN 321, 322, 323     Japan in Literature I, II, III (5, 5, 5)

 


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