Japan Courses

The following courses, related to Japan Studies, are, or have been recently, offered. The current East Asia Studies Course Catalog gives descriptions for all current quarter courses.  The 2009-10 Course List provides courses by quarter.  Complete detailed current course information for all UW courses include times/days and locations is available online at UW Course Descriptions. Course offering is subject to change.

Architecture

ARCH 441    Visions of the Japanese House 3 cr.
ARCH 498N    Modern Japanese Practice 3 cr.

Art History

ART H 317   Chado: Japanese Esthetics 4 cr.
ART H 321   Arts of Japan 5 cr.
ART H 515   Seminar in Japanese Art 5 cr.

Asian Languages and Literature

ASIAN 207/COMP LIT 272   Asian Martial Arts Films 5 cr.
ASIAN 498B    Foreign Language Teaching Methodology 5 cr.
ASIAN 503      Seminar on Japanese Second Language Acquisition 5 cr.
ASIAN 585      Seminar in Buddhism 5 cr.

Asian Languages and Literature (AL&L):Japanese

JAPAN 111-3    First-year Japanese 5 cr.
JAPAN 134       First-year Intensive Japanese 15 cr.
JAPAN 211-3   Second-year Japanese 5 cr.
JAPAN 234       Second-year Intensive Japanese 15 cr.
JAPAN 311-3   Third-year Japanese 5 cr.
JAPAN 321      Japanese Literature I 5 cr.
JAPAN 322      Japanese Literature II  5 cr.
JAPAN 323      Japanese Literature III  5 cr.
JAPAN 421-3   Fourth-year Japanese 5 cr.
JAPAN 343     Japanese Language in Society 5 cr.

The following courses require Japanese language ability:
JAPAN 405-6   History of the Japanese Language 5 cr.
JAPAN 431-3   Readings in Modern Japanese Literature 5 cr.
JAPAN 440      Introduction to Japanese Linguistics 5 cr.
JAPAN 460      Topics in Japanese Culture 5 cr.
JAPAN 471-2   Classical Japanese Grammar 5 cr.
JAPAN 473      Readings in Classical Japanese Literature 5 cr.
JAPAN 531-3  Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Literature 5 cr.
JAPAN 571-3  Advanced Readings in Classical Japanese Literature 5 cr.
JAPAN 580      Development of Modern Japanese Fiction 5 cr.
JAPAN 590      Seminar in Japanese Literature 5 cr.

International Business

I BUS 440    Business in Asia 4 cr.

International Studies

SIS 452/552   Law and Politics of International Trade 5 cr.

International Studies (Asian Studies)

SISA 210     Rise of Asia 5 cr.
SISA 442/ANTH 442/WOMEN 446     Global Asia 5 cr.
SISA 490/ARCH 498 Q*      Special Topics: Asian Cities: History, Theory and Practice 3 cr.

International Studies (East Asian Studies)

SISEA/HSTAS 241    Japanese Civilization 5 cr.
SISEA 242     Introduction to Contemporary Japan 5 cr.
SISEA/HSTAS 423       History of Modern Japan 5 cr.
SISEA 434/SOC 434    Demographic Asia 5 cr.
SISEA/POL S 435        Japanese Government and Politics 5 cr.
SISEA 437/POL S 424     Japan International Relations 5 cr.
SISEA 440/HSTAS 424    Emergence of Postwar Japan 5 cr.
SISEA 447/ANTH 443     Anthropology of Japan 5 cr.
SISEA 469/POL S 469     Law, Development and Transition in East Asia 5 cr.
SISEA 474/574      Civil Society in Japan and East Asia 5 cr.
SISEA 475/575      Seminar on Japanese Society 5 cr.
SISEA 478/558      Readings on Japan in the Social Sciences 5 cr.
SISEA 486/586POL S 418   Japanese Trade Policy 5 cr.
SISEA 487/POL S 424         International Relations of Japan 5 cr.
SISEA 490A/590A      Towards a New International Architecture: Asian Regionalism and Global Institutions 5 cr.
SISEA 490A/ ANTH 469A    Global Futures in East Asia I 5 cr.
SISEA 490B/ANTH 449        Global Futures in East Asia II 5 cr.
SISEA 490B/SISEA 590A     Special Topics: Religion in Japan 5 cr.
SISEA 490C    Special Topics: Japan’s Relations with China 5 cr.
SISEA 490D    Special Topics: Hiroshima and Nagasaki 5 cr.
SISEA 490F    Special Topics: Japan’s Changing Generations 5 cr.
SISEA/LAW B 540   Japanese Law 4 cr.
SISEA 548     National Security of Japan 5 cr.
SISEA 551/POL S 539     International Relations of N.E. Asia 5 cr.
SISEA 555     Introduction to Japanese Studies 6 cr.
SISEA 590B/POL S     544 Northeast Asian International Relations II* 5cr.

Religion

RELIG 202   Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions 5 cr.

Technical Japanese Program (Department of Technical Communication)

TC 461-3     Japanese for Technical and Business Professionals  5 cr.
TC 561-3     Advanced Japanese for Technical and Business Professions 4 cr.