Japan Studies: Master of Arts in International Studies
Course Requirements (June 2012)
1. Required Courses: 10 credits comprised of
- JSIS A 555 (5)
- One history course chosen from
JSIS A/HSTAS 423 History of Modern Japan (5)
JSIS A/HSTAS 424 Emergence of Postwar Japan (5)
JSIS 584/HSTAS 521 Modern Japanese History (5)
2. Core Courses: 15 credits from the following list
| JSIS 483 |
Asian Regionalism (5) |
| JSIS 584 |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki (5) |
| JSIS 584/HSTAS 521* |
Modern Japanese History (5) |
| JSIS A/HSTAS 423* |
History of Modern Japan (5) |
| JSIS A/HSTAS 424* |
Emergence of Postwar Japan (5) |
| JSIS A/POL S 435 |
Japanese Government and Politics (5) |
| JSIS A 536/POL S 429 |
Political Parties in Japan and East Asia (5) |
| JSIS A 537POL S 424 |
International Relations in Japan (5) |
| JSIS A 449/ANTH 443 |
Anthropology of Japan (5) |
| JSIS A/LAW B 540 |
Japanese Law (4) |
| JSIS A 543 |
Japan, U.S., and New Orders in Asia (5) |
| JSIS A 548 |
National Security of Japan (5) |
| JSIS A 551/POL S 539 |
International Relations of NE Asia (5) |
| JSIS A 581/I BUS 561 |
Science, Technology, Innovation Policy in Japan (5) |
| JSIS A 573 |
Political Economy of Postwar Japan (5) |
| JSIS A 574 |
Civil Society in Japan and East Asia (5) |
| JSIS A 577 |
Political Economy of Japan and NE Asia (5) |
| JSIS A 578/I BUS 562 |
Japan Business and Technology (5) |
| JSIS A 587/POL S 418 |
Japanese Trade Politics (5) |
*If not taken as the required Japanese history course
3. Other Courses: 26 credits from the following list, or from the core list
above
| ARCH 441 |
Visions of the Japanese House (3) |
| ARCH 453/ART H 419 |
Japanese Architecture (3) |
| ART H 420 |
Art of the Japanese Print (3) |
| ART H 421 |
Topics in Art and Visual Cultures: Japan (5) |
| ART H 515 |
Seminar in Japanese Art (5) |
| ASIAN 498 |
Foreign Language Teaching Methodology (5) |
| ASIAN 503 |
Seminar on Japanese 2nd Language Acquisition (5) |
| JSIS 483/ARCH 498 |
Asian Cities: History, Theory, Practice (3) |
| JSIS 584 |
Alternative Japan (5) |
| JSIS 584 |
Education, Work, and Family in Japan (5) |
| JSIS 584 |
Japan's Changing Generations (5) |
| JSIS 584 |
Media and Popular Culture in Japan (5) |
| JSIS 584 |
Religion in Japan (5) |
| JSIS D/LAW B 549 |
Government Regulation of Business in Japan (3) |
| JSIS 600 |
Independent Study or Research (Maximum 5 credits) |
Maximum of 15
credits chosen from: |
|
| JAPAN 405 |
History of the Japanese Language (5) |
| JAPAN 421-23 |
Fourth-year Japanese (5-5-5) |
| JAPAN 428 |
Advanced Oral Communication (3) |
| JAPAN 429 |
Advanced Writing in Japanese (3) |
| JAPAN 431-33 |
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature (5-5-5) |
| JAPAN 434 |
Seminar in Premodern Japanese Literature (5) |
| JAPAN 435 |
Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature (5) |
| JAPAN 440 |
Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (5) |
| JAPAN 460 |
Topics in Japanese Culture (5) |
| JAPAN 471 |
Introduction to Classical Japanese (5) |
| JAPAN 472-73 |
Readings in Classical Japanese Literature (5-5) |
| JAPAN 505 |
Kambun (5) |
| JAPAN 531-33 |
Adv. Readings in Modern Japanese Literature (5-5-5) |
| JAPAN 561 |
No and Kyogen (5) |
| JAPAN 580 |
Development of Modern Japanese Fiction (5) |
| JAPAN 590 |
Seminar in Japanese Literature (5) |
| JSIS C 547 |
Readings on Japan in the Social Sciences (5) |
| HCDE 461-63 |
Japanese for Technical and Business Professions (5) |
| HCDE 561-63 |
Adv Japanese for Technical & Business Professions (5) |