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:
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SISEA/HSTAS 241 or SISEA 242 and one additional introductory Asian civilization course from those listed above (10 credits)
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10 credits of electives taken at the UW, chosen from the Japan history/social science electives list*
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5 credits of electives taken at the UW, chosen from the Japan history/social science list or the Japan arts/literature electives list*
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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*
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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) [now SISEA 437] |
| † 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 419 | Japanese Architecture (3) |
| JAPAN 321, 322, 323 | Japan in Literature I, II, III (5, 5, 5) |
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