Course Offerings

The Japanese Studies Program offers undergraduate degrees through selected departments such as Anthropology, Economics, History, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Political Science, Sociology, Visual Arts, and Theatre and Dance. Qualified undergraduates may also enroll in courses offered by School of Global Policy and Strategy with consent of instructors.

See a complete listing of all Japanese Studies courses.

2024-2025 Course Offerings

Summer 2025

Summer Session 1

Language:

JAPN 20AR: Second Year Japanese I (remote)
Note: This course is intended for those who need JAPN 20A for their GE, ISP major, and other non-Japanese Studies requirements. Japanese Studies majors must not enroll in this course.
JAPN 137A: Business Japanese I (remote)
Note: This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course. It can be used as an UD language or an UD non-language course.)

Non-language:

JAPN 137A: Business Japanese I (remote)
Note: This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course. It can be used as an UD language oran UD non-language course.)
JAPN 180: Special Topics in Japanese Studies - Animation, Time, and Life (remote)
[Course description] One way that we distinguish living things from non-living things is by rates of perceptible movement. That is, whether they are animate or not. Our ideas about what is animate and what or who animates is central to our conceptions of agency, personhood, and rights. Our perception of time is also based on rates of movement and is central to our concept of life. This course starts with this understanding of animation, time, and life to think about how different media – including, for example, Japanese anime vs. cartoons – might reflect, change, and create new perceptions of life itself. In other words, using primary source materials, we will think through the sociocultural, historical, and political implications of different ways of representing life.
Note: JAPN 180 is repeatable up to twice for credit (8 units) as long as the course contents are different. Studnets who took JAPN 180: Animation, Time, and Life in Summer 2023 or 2024 are not eligible to retake this course.
LTWL 155: Gender Studies - Food in Eastern Asian Media and Beyond (in-person)
[Course description] What does it mean to eat? What is our relationship with food? Who or what is responsible for preparing and serving our meals? How do gender dynamics shape culinary practices, whether in a home or at a restaurant? Why does the act of consuming food often evoke sexual desire or awakening? This course explores these questions by examining the representation and materiality of food in East Asian film, television, and social media through the lenses of gender, sexuality, and desire. We will delve into how gender and sexuality are constructed and expressed through culinary processes and food depictions, starting with a clarification of basic concepts. Topics include food science, “food porn,” food security and justice, commensality, binge-eating, cannibalism, and food waste.Throughout the course, we will engage with a range of cinematic and media experiences, unpacking the complex messages embedded in each work. Our exploration will feature seminal films and series such as Tampopo (タンポポ), Eat Drink Man Woman (飲食男女), Midnight Diner (深夜食堂) The God of Cookery (食神), Solitary Gourmet (孤独のグルメ), Dumplings (餃子), My Lovely Sam-Soon (내 이름은 김삼순), A Bite of China (舌尖上的中國), as well as Mukbang (먹방) videos and various culinary programs. We will also collaborate with student organizations on campus to help prepare food for local communities and charities as a response to what we have learned in our course.
Note: Petition required. Japanese Studies majors/minors should select a Japanese film/show for their paper in order for their course petition to be approved.

Summer Session 2

Non-language:

JAPN 180: Special Topics in Japanese Studies - Haunting in Japan (remote)
[Course description] Death is an important part of life. In some ways, it defines life itself – if something is not “alive,” we do not say that it can “die,” but rather breakdown, fade, disappear, etc. Yet death is not as universal or final as we might think. It is thought of and treated very differently in different times and places, and the supposedly dead often find ways to affect the living. The presence of the dead and differences in the treatment of death make a difference in how we think of things like kinship, the body, religion, belonging, and even national politics. In this class, we will explore ways that death and haunting have shaped life in Japan. We will use changing treatments of death to explore ways that different histories and haunting create pressing social issues related to nationalism, poverty, the control of land and space, and even ghosts.
Note: JAPN 180 is repeatable up to twice for credit (8 units) as long as the course contents are different. Studnets who took JAPN 180: Haunting in Japan in Summer 2024 are not eligible to retake this course.
LTEA 138: Japanese Films (in-person)
Note: LTEA 138 is repeatable up to 3 times for credit. Please contact the Department of Literature directly for more information.
VIS 127P: Arts of Japan (remote)

Spring 2025

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C: First Year Japanese III
JAPN 10CR: First Year Japanese III (remote)
JAPN 20C: Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C: Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 140C: Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C: Professional Skills in Japanese II (This course focuses on project-base learning involving community engagement. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 137C: Business Japanese III (This is a new series effective FA24 which focuses on Japanese business language and culture. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)

Non-Language courses

HIEA 114: Postwar Japan
HIEA 144: Queer Korea (This course must be petitioned.)
JAPN 135C: Professional Skills in Japanese II (This course focuses on project-base learning involving community engagement. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 137C: Business Japanese III (This is a new series effective FA24 which focuses on Japanese business language and culture. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 199: Japanese Studies Independent Study (You may use this course once for your Japanese Studies major/minor's UD non-language requirement. See here for more details.)

Winter 2025

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B: First Year Japanese II
JAPN 10BR: First Year Japanese II (remote)
JAPN 20B: Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B: Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 140B: Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B: Professional Skills in Japanese II (This new course title was approved by Academic Senate, and it was implemented in WI25. The course contents will remain the same, focusing on project-base learning involving community engagement. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 137B: Business Japanese II (This is a new series effective FA24 which focuses on Japanese business language and culture. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 150A: Advanced Japanese I (Repeatable, up to twice for credit. Students must have completed JAPN 140C or JAPN 150ABC, or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)

Non-Language courses

HILD 11: East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135B: Professional Skills in Japanese II (This new course title was approved by Academic Senate, and it was implemented in WI25. The course contents will remain the same, focusing on project-base learning involving community engagement. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 137B: Business Japanese II (This is a new series effective FA24 which focuses on Japanese business language and culture. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 150A: Advanced Japanese I (Repeatable, up to twice for credit. Students must have completed JAPN 140C or JAPN 150ABC, or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 190: Japanese Studies Research Seminar (This course is required for the Japanese Studies major.)
HIEA 150: Modern Korea 1800-1945 (petition required)
LTEA 132: Later Japanese Literature in Translation
LTEA 138: Japanese Films
LTWL 120: Popular Literature and Culture (petition required)
POLI 113BR: Chinese and Japanese Political Thought (remote)

Fall 2024

Japanese Language courses:

JAPN 10A: First Year Japanese I
JAPN 10AR: First Year Japanese I (remote)
JAPN 20A: Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A: Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 140A: Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A: Japanese for Professional Purposes I - Professional Skills in Japanese I (We're currently in the process of updating the course title to the latter. The course contents will remain the same, focusing on project-base learning involving community engagement. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 137A: Business Japanese I (This is a brand-new course effective FA24 which focuses on Japanese business language and culture. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)

Note: JAPN 150ABC: Advanced Japanese will be offered only once a year (in Winter) effective 2024-2025.

Non-Language courses:

HILD 10: East Asian History (Required for Japanese Studies major's LD Eastern Asian History requirement. This is a LD course and does not count towards the UD non-language requirement.)
HIEA 112: Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the US Occupation
JAPN 135A: Japanese for Professional Purposes I - Professional Skills in Japanese I (We're currently in the process of updating the course title to the latter. The course contents will remain the same, focusing on project-base learning involving community engagement. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
JAPN 137A: Business Japanese I (This is a brand-new course effective FA24 which focuses on Japanese business language and culture. This course will be taught in Japanese throughout the quarter and is repeatable up to twice. To become eligible for this course, students must have completed JAPN 20C or take an online placement test to prove their Japanese language proficiency skills required for this course.)
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture Inside/Out
GPIM 411: Business and Management in Japan (This is a graduate level course offered by GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Prof. Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

Note: JAPN 196A/B: Japanese Studies Directed Honors Thesis Program and JAPN 199: Japanese Studies Independent Study are also available to those who are interested. These are recommended for those who have completed JAPN 190 would like to continue working on their independent research projects.

2023-2024 Course Offerings

Summer 2024

Summer Session 1

Language:

JAPN 20AR: Second Year Japanese I (remote)
[Note] This course is intended for those who need JAPN 20A for their GE, ISP major, and other non-Japanese Studies requirements. Students majoring in Japanese Studies must not enroll in this course.

Non-language:

JAPN 180: Special Topics in Japanese Studies - Animation, Time, and Life (remote)
[Course description] One way that we distinguish living things from non-living things is by rates of perceptible movement. That is, whether they are animate or not. Our ideas about what is animate and what or who animates is central to our conceptions of agency, personhood, and rights. Our perception of time is also based on rates of movement and is central to our concept of life. This course starts with this understanding of animation, time, and life to think about how different media – including, for example, Japanese anime vs. cartoons – might reflect, change, and create new perceptions of life itself. In other words, using primary source materials, we will think through the sociocultural, historical, and political implications of different ways of representing life.
[Note] JAPN 180 is repeatable up to twice for credit (8 units) as long as the course contents are different. Those who took JAPN 180: Animation, Time, and Life in Summer Session 2, 2023 are not eligible to retake this course.

Summer Session 2

Non-language:

LTEA 132: Later Japanese Literature in Translation - Science Fiction in Japan

[Course description] “Science Fiction in Japan” explores how the genre of science fiction adapts, interrogates, critiques, and imagines social, cultural, and historical phenomena in Japan. Readings will explore various subgenres of science fiction (cyberpunk, dystopic fiction, horror) in film, literature, and graphic novels in conversation with diverse approaches to literary theory and cultural criticism.
JAPN 180: Special Topics in Japanese Studies - Haunting in Japan (remote)
[Course description] Death is an important part of life. In some ways, it defines life itself – if something is not “alive,” we do not say that it can “die,” but rather breakdown, fade, disappear, etc. Yet death is not as universal or final as we might think. It is thought of and treated very differently in different times and places, and the supposedly dead often find ways to affect the living. The presence of the dead and differences in the treatment of death make a difference in how we think of things like kinship, the body, religion, belonging, and even national politics. In this class, we will explore ways that death and haunting have shaped life in Japan. We will use changing treatments of death to explore ways that different histories and haunting create pressing social issues related to nationalism, poverty, the control of land and space, and even ghosts.
[Note] JAPN 180 is repeatable up to twice for credit (8 units) as long as the course contents are different.

Spring 2024

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C: First Year Japanese III
JAPN 10CR: First Year Japanese III (remote)
JAPN 20C: Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C: Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C: Japanese for Professional Purpose III (Repeatable, up to twice for credit. Students must place in JAPN 130A or higher to be eligible)
JAPN 140C: Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C: Advanced Japanese III (Repeatable, up to twice for credit.)

Non-Language courses

HILD 12: East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135C: Japanese for Professional Purposes III (Repeatable, up to twice for credit. Students must place in JAPN 130A or higher to be eligible)
JAPN 150C: Advanced Japanese III (Repeatable, up to twice for credit. Petition Required.)
JAPN 190: Japanese Studies Research Seminar (required for Japanese Studies major)
HIEA 154: Korean History Through Films (Petition required)
LTEA 132: Later Japanese Literature in Translation
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture Inside/Out
SOCI 104: Field Research: Methods of Participant Observation (Please submit a pre-authorization request to the Department of Sociology via EASy to have the prerequisite, SOCI 60, removed. Be sure to include in the comments that you'd like to take this course for your Japanese Studies major/minor. Professor Turner welcomes anyone who wants to continue to work on research projects that they started in Japan190 or in one of our language classes. Since this Sociology course is a research methods course, each student chooses their own topic and she mentors their projects while teaching them how to do interviews and participant observation fieldwork in person and/online so any Japan related topic makes the course primarily about Japan.)
[Course description of SOCI 104 from Prof. Christena Turner]
SOCI104 is a sociological field methods course that engages students in individual or small group projects of their own choosing. The course operates as a workshop in which students are taught how to do interviews and participant observation of social settings in order to gather evidence to answer a research question. These interviews and observations can include online sites and interviews. This is a hands-on research course and it pairs well with any project-based Japanese studies course (like the 135 series) and it also is an excellent opportunity for any student who has started a project in Japan 190 and wants to keep working on it using some interviews or observations. It has in the past also been a course some students have taken to bridge their Japan 190 or a Japanese Studies 135 course to an honors project the following year. For more information please talk to our Program Coordinator Kumi Obayashi-Ward or to Professor Christena Turner (chturner@ucsd.edu).
GPGN490: Japan and the Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific (This is a graduate level course offered by GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Prof. Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

Winter 2024

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B: First Year Japanese II
JAPN 10BR: First Year Japanese II (remote)
JAPN 20B: Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B: Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B: Japanese for Professional Purpose II (Repeatable, up to twice for credit, effective WI24. Students must place in JAPN 130A or higher to be eligible)
JAPN 140B: Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B: Advanced Japanese II (Repeatable, up to twice for credit.)

Non-Language courses

HILD 11: East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135B: Japanese for Professional Purposes ll (Repeatable, up to twice for credit, effective WI24. Students must place in JAPN 130A or higher to be eligible)
JAPN 150B: Advanced Japanese II (Repeatable, up to twice for credit. Petition required.)
JAPN 190: Japanese Studies Research Seminar (required for Japanese Studies major)
LTEA 138: Japanese Films
HIEA 115: Social and Cultural History of Twenthieth Century Japan
POLI 113BR: Chinese and Japanese Political Thought (I) (remote)

Fall 2023

Japanese Language courses:

JAPN 10A: First Year Japanese I
JAPN 10AR: First Year Japanese I (remote)
JAPN 20A: Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A: Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A: Japanese for Professional Purposes I (To become eligible for this course, student must have completed JAPN 20C or place in an UD JAPN course by taking an online placement test)
JAPN 140A: Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A: Advanced Japanese I (Repeatable, up to twice for credit.)

Non-Language courses:

HILD 10: East Asian History (Required for Japanese Studies major's LD Eastern Asian History requirement)
HIEA 112: Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the US Occupation
HIEA 114: Postwar Japan
JAPN 135A: Japanese for Professional Purposes I (To become eligible for this course, student must have completed JAPN 20C or place in an UD JAPN course by taking an online placement test)
JAPN 150A: Advanced Japanese I (Petition required. Repeatable, up to twice for credit.)
LTSP 155: Asia in Latin America (Petition required. This course will be offered in Spanish)
POLI 133A: Japanese Politics
POLI 113BR: Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I (remote)
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture Inside/Out
VIS 127P: Arts of Japan
GPIM 411: Business and Management in Japan (This is a graduate level course offered by GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Prof. Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

2022-2023 Course Offerings

Summer 2023

Summer Session 1

JAPN 20AR: Second Year Japanese I (remote)
LTEA 138: Japanese Films - Japanese Cultural Products

Summer Session 2

JAPN 180: Special Topics in Japanese Studies - Animation, Time, and Life (remote)
Note: This course's 4th hour will be used for asynchronous independent research/study.
LTEA 138: Japanese Films - Postwar Japan and Kaiju Cinema

Spring 2023

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III (Students must place in JAPN 130A or higher to be eligible)
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III

Non-Language courses

HILD 12 East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purposes III (Students must place in JAPN 130A or higher to be eligible)
JAPN 190 Japanese Studies Research Seminar (required for Japanese Studies major)
HIEA 114 Postwar Japan
LTEA 132 Later Japanese Literature in Translation
LTSP 155 Asia in Latin America (Petition required. This course will be offered in Spanish)
CANCELLED: SOCI 123 Japanese Culture Inside/Out

Note:

These "petition required" courses are pre-approved, so all you need to do is to submit a petition form once you're enrolled in them. Your petition will be approved as long as you take the courses for a letter grade for your Japanese Studies major/minor.
JAPN 135ABC will NOT move to the UD language or UD non-language requirement automatically in your degree audit. Please submit a request via VAC to move JAPN 135ABC to your choice of UD requirement so that I can manually add it for you.

Winter 2023

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II (petition required)
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150C Advanced Japanese III
(JAPN 150ABC are now repeatable effective FA20, and they can be taken up to twice for credit. Students must be pre-authorized each time to enroll in JAPN 150ABC regardless of their eligibility. Please submit your enrollment request via the VAC.)

Non-Language courses

HILD 11 East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135B (Students must place in JAPN 130A or higher to be eligible)
JAPN 190 Japanese Studies Research Seminar (required for Japanese Studies major)
COMM 106C History through Comics - Japan (submit a request to the Dept. of Communication via EASy to have the prerequisit waived.)
ETHN 189 Race, Empire, and Japanese America (Petition required. Students must do their papers on themes that engage Japan specifically.)
HIEA 112 Japan: From Mid-Nineteenth Century through US Occupation (submit a request to the Dept. of History via EASy to have the prerequisit waived.)
HIEA 190 Special Topics in Eastern Asian Modern History - Okinawa (petition required)
LTEA 138 Japanese Films
LTCS 150 Empire, Modernity, Race, and “Japan” (petition required)
LTWL 155 Gender Studies: Gender, Art, and Politics in East Asia
LTWL 180 Film Studies and Literature: Alternate Japanese Films (petition required)
POLI 113BR Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I (remote, petition required)

Note: These "petition required" courses are pre-approved, so all you need to do is to submit a petition form once you're enrolled in them. Your petition will be approved as long as you take the courses for a letter grade for your Japanese Studies major/minor.

Fall 2022

Japanese Language courses:

JAPN 10A: First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A: Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A: Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A: Japanese for Professional Purposes I (petition required, student must place in an UD JAPN course to become eligible for this course)
JAPN 140A: Fourth Year Japanese I

Non-Language courses

HILD 10: East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
HIEA 144: Topics in East Asian History: Queer Korea
JAPN 135A: Japanese for Professional Purposes I (Petition required, student must place in an UD JAPN course to become eligible for this course)
CANCELLED: JAPN 190: Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies (required for Japanese Studies major) JAPN 190 will be offered in WI23 and SP23
CANCELLED: POLI 133A: Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture Inside/Out
SOCI 176: Transnational Japan Research (petition required)
GPIM 411: Business and Management in Japan
This is a graduate level course offered by GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Prof. Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

2021-2022 Course Offerings

Summer 2022

Summer Session 1

JAPN 20A: Second Year Japanese I (Remote)
Note: Recommended for those who need a 4th quarter language course for their GE and other major/minor requirements. Must complete the prerequisite (JAPN 10C) or take a placement test and place into JAPN 20A to be eligible.
LTEA 132: Later Japanese Literature in Translation (Remote)

Summer Session 2

VIS 127P: Arts of Japan (Remote)
ANSC 166: Film and Culture in Asia
Note from Professor Parish: To accommodate Japanese Studies, an additional film of their own choice (approved by me) from Japan is required of Japanese Studies. That means that Japanese Studies students write all the required film response papers about Japanese films and the cultural questions these raise or insights they offer.
POLI 113BR: Chinese and Japanese Political Thoughts (Remote)

Spring 2022

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III (petition required)
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Advanced Japanese III CANCELLED

Non-Language courses

HILD 12 East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135C (petition required, students must place in JAPN 130A or above)
JAPN 190 Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies (required for Japanese Studies major)
HIEA 114 Postwar Japan
HIEA 115 Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
POLI 133A Japanese Politics CANCELLED by Political Science

Winter 2022

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II (petition required)
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Advanced Japanese III (JAPN 150ABC are now repeatable effective FA20, and they can be taken up to twice for credit.)

Non-Language courses

HILD 11 East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135B (petition required, students must place in JAPN 130A or above to be eligible)
HIEA 112 Japan from the Mid-Nineteenth Century Through U.S. Occupation
LTEA 132 Later Japanese Literature in Translation
LTEA 138 Japanese Films
LTWL 155 Gender Studies (petition required)
POLI 113BR Chinese and Japanese Political Thoughts
SOCI 123 Japanese Culture Inside Out

Fall 2021

Japanese Language courses:

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purpose I (petition required)
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I

Non-Language courses

HILD 10 East Asian History (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135A (Petition required, students must place in JAPN 130A or above)
VIS 127N Twentieth Century Art in China and Japan
JAPN 190 Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies (required for Japanese Studies major)
GPIM 411 Business and Management in Japan
(This is a graduate level course offered by GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Prof. Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

2020-2021 Course Offerings

Summer 2021

Summer Session 1

JAPN 20A: Second Year Japanese I
HIEA 112: Japan from the Mid 19th Century through US Occupation

Summer Session 2

ANSC 166: Film and Culture in Asia (Note from Professor Parish: To accommodate Japanese Studies, an additional film of their own choice (approved by me) from Japan is required of Japanese Studies. That means that Japanese Studies students write all the required film response papers about Japanese films and the cultural questions these raise or insights they offer.)
POLI 113B: Chinese and Japanese Political Thoughts
POLI 133A: Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective

Spring 2021

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150A Advanced Japanese I (JAPN 150ABC are now repeatable effective FA20, and they can be taken up to twice for credit.)

Non-Language courses

JAPN 190: Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies with Prof. Matsumura (History), Tuesdays, 10:00am-1:00pm (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135C (petition required, students must place in JAPN 130A or above)
LTEA 132: Japanophone Speculative Fiction
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture Inside/Out
SOCI 176: Transnational Japan Research Practicum (petition required)
GPIM 410: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan (Petition required. This is a graduate level course offered by GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Prof. Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.

Winter 2021

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150C Advanced Japanese III (JAPN 150ABC are now repeatable effective FA20, and they can be taken up to twice for credit.)

Non-Language courses

JAPN 190: Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies with Prof. Turner (Sociology), Wednesdays, 2:00-5:00pm (required for Japanese Studies major)
JAPN 135B (petition required, students must place in JAPN 130A or above)
HIEA 115: Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century
LTEA 138: Bad Girls of Japanese Film and Media (Repeatable up to 3 times as long as the contents vary)
SOCI 104: Research Methods Seminar (petition required)
POLI 133A: Japanese Politics

Fall 2020

Japanese Language courses: All JAPN courses in FA20 will be offered remotely

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purpose I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I

Non-Language courses

JAPN 135A (Petition required, students must place in JAPN 130A or above)
LTEA 138 Japanese Film (Repeatable up to 3 times as long as the contents vary)
COMM 106C History of Comics (Submit a preauthorization request to the Department of Communication via EASy to have its prerequisite waived. Include a note that you'd like to take it for your Japanese Studies major/minor.)
VIS 127P: Arts of Japan
PHIL 158: Topics in Chinese Philosophy (Petition required. Students must meet with Prof. Chen during his office hours and select topics on Japanese philosophy for their open-ended papers to use this course for their Japanese Studies major/minor requirement.)
GPIM 411 Business and Management in Japan
(This is a graduate level course offered by GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Prof. Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

How to petition courses for Japanese Studies: http://japan.ucsd.edu/courses/petitioning.html

Note: Since these above courses have been confirmed to count towards Japanese Studies, you do not need to include a syllabus or course work in your petition. Simply submit a petition form electronically as instructed. Your petition will be approved as long as you earn a passing grade.

2019-2020 Course Offerings

Summer 2020

Summer Session 1:

JAPN 20A: Second Year Japanese I (This course will be offered remotely)

Summer Session 2:

ANSC 166: Film and Culture in Asia
Note from Professor Parish: To accommodate Japanese Studies, an additional film of their own choice (approved by me) from Japan is required of Japanese Studies. That means that Japanese Studies students write all the required film response papers about Japanese films and the cultural questions these raise or insights they offer.

Spring 2020

Japanese Language courses (All JAPN courses in SP20 will be offered remotely.)

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III (must be petitioned)
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150B Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese II

Non-Language courses

HIEA 114: Postwar Japan
LTEA 132: Later Japanese Literature/Translation
POLI 113C: China and Japan Political Thought
VIS 129E: Modernity and Visual Culture in 20th Century China and Japan (must be petitioned)
Note: VIS 112 prerequisite will be waived for interested students of upper-division standing. Submit your pre-authorization request to Visual Arts via EASy
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III (must be petitioned)

Winter 2020

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150A Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese I

Non-Language courses

JAPN 190: Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies
HIEA 115: Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century
POLI 113B: Chinese and Japanese Political Thought
LTEA 138: Japanese Films - Returns and Repetitions: 20th Century Cinema in Japan

Fall 2019

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purpose I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese I

Non-Language courses

HIEA 112: Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the U.S. Occupation
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture Inside/Out
COMM 113T: Ghosts in Japan (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies. Send a pre-authorization request to the Department of Communication via EASy to have the prerequisite (COMM 10) waived for you. Be sure to add a note in the comment section that you are a Japanese Studies major/minor and needs the course for your major/minor requirement.)
GPIM 411: Business and Management in Japan (This is a graduate level course offered by a professor at GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Professor Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

How to petition courses for Japanese Studies: http://japan.ucsd.edu/courses/petitioning.html

Note: Since these above courses have been confirmed to count towards Japanese Studies, you do not need to include a syllabus or course work in your petition. Simply submit a petition form to the Japanese Studies advising office. Your petition will be approved as long as you earn a passing grade.

2018-2019 Course Offerings

Summer 2019

Non-language courses:

Summer Session I

POLI 133A: Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective
POLI 133G: Postwar US-Japan Relations

Summer Session II

ANSC 166: Film and Culture in Asia (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies)
Note from Professor Parish: To accommodate Japanese Studies, an additional film of their own choice (approved by me) from Japan is required of Japanese Studies. That means they write all the required film response papers about Japanese films and the cultural questions these raise or insights they offer.

Spring 2019

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Advanced Japanese III

Non-Language courses

POLI 133A: Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective
HIEA 115: Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century
COMM 106C: History through Comics (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies. Submit a preauthorization request to the Department of Communication via EASy to have the prerequisite waived for you. Remember to note in the comment box that you are taking the course for your Japanese Studies major/minor.)
CGS 113: Gender and Sexuality in the Arts (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies. Submit a request to Critical Gender Studies via EASy if you are unable to enroll in it due to unit restrictions. Remember to note in the comment box that you are taking the course for your Japanese Studies major/minor.)

How to petition courses for Japanese Studies: http://japan.ucsd.edu/courses/petitioning.html

Note: Since the above courses have already been confirmed to count towards Japanese Studies, you do not need to include a syllabus or course work in your petition. Your petition will be approved as long as you earn a passing grade.

Winter 2019

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Advanced Japanese II

Non-Language courses

JAPN 190: Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies
LTEA 132: Later Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender & Sleep
LTCS 150: Topics in Cultural Studies: Images of the Yakuza
HIEA 112: Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the U.S. Occupation
VIS 127N: Art in China and Japan

Fall 2018

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purpose I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese I

Non-Language courses

LTEA 138: Japanese Films (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture Inside/Out (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
SOCI 176: Transnational Japan Research (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
CGS 122: Advanced Topics - Lady Avengers in Asian Cinema (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
GPIM 411: Business and Management in Japan (This is a graduate level course offered by a professor at GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact Professor Schaede at uschaede@ucsd.edu, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, forward the confirmation email to gps-studentaffairs@ucsd.edu and submit the preauthorization request through EASy. GPS will not be able to approve students unless they either hear directly from Prof. Schaede or see a forwarding email confirming this.)

How to petition courses for Japanese Studies: http://japan.ucsd.edu/courses/petitioning.html

Note: Since these above courses have been confirmed to count towards Japanese Studies, you do not need to include a syllabus or course work in your petition. Simply submit a petition form to the Japanese Studies advising office. Your petition will be approved as long as you earn a passing grade.

2017-2018 Course Offerings

Summer 2018

Summer Session I: Non-Language Courses

POLI 133A: Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective

Summer Session II: Non-Language courses

POLI 133G: Postwar US-Japan Relations
ANSC 166: Film and Culture in Asia (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies)
Note from Professor Parish: To accommodate Japanese Studies, an additional film of their own choice (approved by me) from Japan is required of Japanese Studies. That means they write all the required film response papers about Japanese films and the cultural questions these raise or insights they offer.
Note: Since this course has been confirmed to count towards Japanese Studies, you do not need to include a syllabus or course work in your petition. Simply submit a petition form to the Japanese Studies advising office. Your petition will be approved as long as you earn a passing grade.

How to petition courses for Japanese Studies: http://japan.ucsd.edu/courses/petitioning.html

Spring 2018

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Advanced Japanese III

Non-Language courses

POLI 113C: Chinese and Japanese Political Thought II
SOCI 176: Transnational Japan Research (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
SOCI 123: Japanese Culture, Inside and Out (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
COMM 106C: History through Comics (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
VIS 127N: Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

How to petition courses for Japanese Studies: http://japan.ucsd.edu/courses/petitioning.html

Note: Since these courses have been confirmed to count towards Japanese Studies, you do not need to include a syllabus or course work in your petition. Your petition will be approved as long as you earn a passing grade.

Winter 2018

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Advanced Japanese II

Non-Language courses

JAPN 190: Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies
LTEA 132: Later Japanese Literature in Translation "Akira Kurosawa"
LTEA 138: Japanese Films "Introduction" (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
LTEA 141: Modern Korean Literature in Translation from 1945 to Present (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)
POLI 133A: Japanese Politics
POLI 113B: Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I
COMM 113T: Ghosts in Japan (This course must be petitioned to count towards Japanese Studies.)

How to petition courses for Japanese Studies: http://japan.ucsd.edu/courses/petitioning.htmlNote: Since these courses have been confirmed to count towards Japanese Studies, you do not need to include a syllabus or course work in your petition. Your petition will be approved as long as you earn a passing grade.

Fall 2017

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purpose I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese I

Non-Language courses

VIS 127P: Arts of Japan
GPIM411: Japanese Business and Management
(This is a graduate level course offered by a professor at GPS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact the professor, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, take an ADD Card to her for an approval signature. Take that ADD Card to RBC - Student Affairs for an approval stamp. Then take your completed ADD Card to the UC San Diego Registrar's Office.)

2016-2017 Course Offerings

Summer Session 2017

Summer Session II

Non-Language Courses

ANSC 166: Film and Culture in Asia - This course must be petitioned.
Note from Professor Parish: To accommodate Japanese Studies, an additional film of their own choice (approved by me) from Japan is required of Japanese Studies Majors/Minors. That means they write all the required film response papers about Japanese films and the cultural questions these raise or insights they offer.

Spring 2017

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese III

Non-Language courses

HIEA 115: Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
POLI 133G: Postwar U.S.-Japan Relations
JAPN 190: Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies (Mandatory for Japanese Studies major)
VIS 127N: Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

Winter 2017

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese II

Non-Language courses

HIEA 112: Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the US Occupation
LTEA 120C: Hong Kong Films (Student must petition this course. If you take this course for Japanese Studies minor credit, you'll be required to write on a Japanese-studies-related theme. In this case, that could include (but is not limited to) writing about Japanese directors who have influenced Wong Kar-wai (or with whom you see common points or structural dialogue); Japanese actors, creators, and star power in Wong Kar-wai films such as the actor Takeshi Kaneshiro or the score-producer Shigeru Umebayashi; or use of Japanese language in WKW films. For these topics, the professor can help you get started, but you'll need an outside specialist such as Dr. Daisuke Miyao to agree to help you develop the Japanese component. Dr. Miyao or whomever is your Japanese Studies advisor or Liaison will ultimately have to approve your research and help ensure that you are getting the support you need in doing the course for credit in Japanese Studies.)

Fall 2016

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purpose I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese I

Non-Language courses

LTEA 138: Japanese Films (Students must petition this course. Simply attach a course syllabus.)
POLI 133A: Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective
COMM 146 History through Comics (Students must petition this course. Simply attach a course syllabus.)
IRGN 411: Japanese Business and Management (This is a graduate level course offered by a professor at IR/PS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact the professor, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, take an ADD Card to the instructor for an approval signature. Take that ADD Card to RBC - Student Affairs for an approval stamp. Then take your completed ADD Card to the UC San Diego Registrar.)

2015-2016 Course Offerings

Summer 2016

Summer Session I

ANSC 166: Film and Culture in Asia (Students must petition this course.)
POLI 133G: Post war U.S.-JAPN Relations

Spring 2016

Japanese Language Courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purposes III
JAPN 140 Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150 Advanced Japanese III

Non-Language Courses

POLI 113C Chinese and Japanese Political Thought
SOCI 123 Japanese Culture, Inside and Out (Students must petition this course.)
LTCS 150 Cultural Politics of Representation: Asia in the Opera, Film, and Media (Students must choose to do a presentation/term paper on Japan.)

Winter 2016

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese II

Non-Language courses

JAPN 190 Contemporary Issues in Japanese Studies
HIEA 115: Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
Japanese culture and society changed dramatically during the twentieth century. This course will focus on the transformation of cultural codes into what we know as “Japanese,” the politics of culture, and the interaction between individuals and society.
LTCS 170: Japonisme from Painting to Cinema
Since the period of Impressionist paintings (Manet, Monet, van Gogh) of the 19th century to the digital age (cinema, anime, manga, PlayStation) of the 21st century, Japan has provided extremely attractive images to non-Japanese viewers and spectators. European and American artists dreamed of an exotic land of geisha, samurai, and Mt. Fuji in the name of "Japonisme." Japanese artists were aware of such Orientalist imaginations. Focusing on writings and visual arts on Japan, this course examines how the culture of Japan was imagined and narrated.
POLI 113B: Chinese and Japanese Political Thought
Examines philosophical traditions of ancient and modern China and Japan, to understand how these have been reflected in Chinese and Japanese development. Course will be in English; however, students with Chinese or Japanese language skills will have opportunity to use these. Graduate students will be required to complete a seminar-length research paper; undergraduate students will write a paper. Prerequisites: upper-division standing for 113B.
VIS 127N: Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan
Surveys the key works and developments in the modern art and visual culture of Japan from Edo and Meiji to the present and of China from the early twentieth century to contemporary video, performance, and installation art. Prerequisites: upper-division standing. VIS 21B recommended.
HIEA 150: Modern Korea 1800-1945
This course examines Korea’s entrance into the modern world. It utilizes both textual and audio-visual materials to explore local engagements with global phenomenon, such as imperialism, nationalism, capitalism, and socialism. Prerequisites: upper-division standing.

Fall 2015

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purpose I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese I

Non-Language courses

HIEA 112: Japan: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the US Occupation
LTEA 138: Japanese Films (Students must petition this course. Simply attach a course syllabus.)
LTCS 110: Popular Culture
POLI 113A: East Asian Thought in Comparative Perspective (Students must petition this course. Attach the syllabus and your course work on the Japan content.)
IRGN 411: Business and Management in Japan (This is a graduate level course offered by a professor at IR/PS. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course. Contact the professor, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, take an ADD Card to the instructor for an approval signature. Take that ADD Card to RBC - Student Affairs for an approval stamp. Then take your completed ADD Card to the UC San Diego Registrar.)

Summer 2015

Summer Session I

POLI 113A East Asian Thought in Comparative Perspective: This course examines the major traditions of East Asian thought in comparative perspective. Topics include Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and contemporary nationalist and East Asian political thought. Throughout, focused comparisons and contrasts will be made between western and eastern thought. Prerequisites: upper-division standing. Students must petition this course.

Summer Session II

ANSC 166 Film and Culture in Asia:
Explores films from China, India, Japan and other Asian countries. Popular, documentary, and ethnographic films are examined for what they reveal about family life, gender, politics, religion, social change and everyday experience in South Asia. Prerequisites: upper-division standing. Students must petition this course.

2014-2015 Course Offerings

Spring 2015

Japanese Language courses

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purpose III
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Advanced (Fifth Year) Japanese III

Non-Language courses

VIS 127P: Arts of Japan (upper division standing)
IRGN 490: Japan Lab (This is a graduate level course offered by a professor at IR/PS. Contact the professor, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, take an ADD Card to the professor for an approval signature. Take that ADD Card to RBC - Student Affairs for an approval stamp. Then take your completed ADD Card to the UC San Diego Registrar. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course.)

Winter 2015

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purpose II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Fifth Year Japanese II
JAPN 190 Senior Seminar (Required course for Japanese Studies majors)
HIEA 150 Modern Korea 1800 - 1945: The Peninsula in an Age of Empire (upper-division standing)
HIEA 180 Topics in Modern Korean History: Modern Transportation Systems as Visuality and Culture (upper-division standing. Pre-authorization by the Department of History is required.)
LTCS 110 Popular Culture
LTCS 170 Film Noir and Asia

Fall 2014

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purposes I
JAPN 140 Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Fifth Year Japanese I
HIEA 153 Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Korea (This upper-division course includes topics on Japan. Course must be petitioned.)
COMM172 Advanced Studies: Ghosts in Japan (The professor of this upper-division course welcomes Japanese Studies majors. Course must be petitioned.)
LTEA 132 Later Japanese Literature in Translation (Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Course must be petitioned. Students must submit a syllabus which reflects that this course is 33% or more about Japan.)
LTEA 138 Japanese Film (Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Course must be petitioned. Students must submit a syllabus which reflects that this course is 33% or more about Japan.)
LTWL 4C Film and Fiction in Twentieth-Century Societies - Asia (This lower-division course must be petitioned. Students must submit a syllabus which reflects that this course is 33% or more about Japan.)
IRGN 411 Japanese Business and Management (This is a graduate level course offered by a professor at IR/PS. Contact the professor, explaining why you would be a good participant in this course. Once the professor approves, take an ADD Card to the instructor for an approval signature. Take that ADD Card to RBC - Student Affairs for an approval stamp. Then take your completed ADD Card to the UC San Diego Registrar. A strong GPA is required to receive approval to participate in this course.)

2013-2014 Course Offerings

Spring 2014

- Japanese language courses
JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 135C Japanese for Professional Purposes III
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Fifth Year Japanese III
- Non-Language courses
HILD 12 Twentieth Century East Asia (Lower division History requirement)
HIEA 114 Postwar Japan
LTEA 138 Japanese Films - Modernity & National Identity
POLI 113C Chinese and Japanese Political Thought II
POLI 133A Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective
SOCI 123 Japanese Culture, Inside and Out (Students must petition this course. SOCI 123 is identical to SOCI 120T taught by Professor Turner, therefore taking both courses is not permitted.)
TDGE 126 Story telling and Design in Animation
VIS 127P Arts of Japan
IRGN 416 Postwar Politics in Japan (graduate level course - must email Professor Ellis Krauss to register)
IRGN 460 US-Japan Relations (graduate level course - must email Professor Ellis Krauss to register)

Winter 2014

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 135B Japanese for Professional Purposes II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Fifth Year Japanese II
HILD 11 East Asia and the West (Lower division History requirement)
HIEA 112 Japan: Mid-Nineteenth Century- U.S. Occupation
HIEA 113 The Fifteen Year War in Asia and the Pacific
LTCS 110: Popular Culture
POLI 113B Chinese and Japanese Political Thought (I)
JAPN 190 Senior Seminar (required course for Japanese Studies majors)
IRGN 400 International Relations of the Pacific (graduate level course - must email Professor Miles Kahler to register) (pending)

Fall 2013

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 135A Japanese for Professional Purposes I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Fifth Year Japanese I
HILD 10 East Asia: The Great Tradition (Lower division History requirement)
HIEA 111 Japan: Twelfth Through the Mid-Nineteenth Centuries
IRGN 411 Business and Management in Japan (graduate level course but open to all - some basic knowledge of managerial and business economics is recommended and you will need to schedule an appointment and obtain professor's permission to enroll). If interested, please e-mail Professor Ulrike Schaede.

Summer 2013

POLI 133D Political Institutions of East Asian Countries (offered during BOTH summer sessions)

2012-2013 Course Offerings

Spring 2013

JAPN 10C First Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second Year Japanese III
JAPN 100C Bilingual Japanese III
JAPN 130C Third Year Japanese III
JAPN 140C Fourth Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Fifth Year Japanese III
HIEA 115 Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Japan
POLI 133D Political Institutions of East Asian Countries
VIS 127N Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan
SOCI 120T Special Topics in Communication and Culture (must petition)
INTL 190 Business and Society in a Changing Japan (graduate course, must petition - for juniors and seniors only)

Winter 2013

JAPN 10B First Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second Year Japanese II
JAPN 100B Bilingual Japanese II
JAPN 130B Third Year Japanese II
JAPN 140B Fourth Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Fifth Year Japanese II
HILD 11 East Asia and the West
LTCS 110 Arts of Japan Popular Culture
JAPN 190 Senior Seminar

Fall 2012

JAPN 10A First Year Japanese I
JAPN 20A Second Year Japanese I
JAPN 100A Bilingual Japanese I
JAPN 130A Third Year Japanese I
JAPN 140A Fourth Year Japanese I
JAPN 150A Fifth Year Japanese I
HILD 10 East Asia: The Great Traditions
VIS 127P Arts of Japan

Graduate Courses

IRGN 411 Japanese Business Management
IRGN 471 Japanese Economy

2011-2012 Course Offerings

Summer 2012

POLI 133A Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective

Spring 2012

JAPN 10C First-Year Japanese III
JAPN 20C Second-Year Japanese III
JAPN 100C Japanese for Bilingual Speakers III
JAPN 130C Third-Year Japanese III
JAPN 140C Fourth-Year Japanese III
JAPN 150C Advanced Japanese III
JAPN 196B Directed Honors Thesis
HILD 12 Twentieth Century East Asia
HIEA 113 The Fifteen Year War in Asia and the Pacific
HIEA 115 Social and Cultural History of Twentieth Century Japan
CGS 104 Queer in East Asia: History, Culture and Community* (by petition)
POLI 113C Chinese and Japanese Political Thought
POLI 133D Political Institutions of East Asian Countries
SOCI 120T Special Topics in Culture, Language and Social Interaction: Japanese Culture Inside Out
TDHT 103 Asian American Theatre (by petition)
VIS 127N Twentieth Century Art in China and Japan

Graduate Courses

IRGN 471 Japanese Economy

Winter 2012

JAPN 10B First-Year Japanese II
JAPN 20B Second-Year Japanese II
JAPN 100B Japanese for Bilingual Speakers II
JAPN 130B Third-Year Japanese II
JAPN 140B Fourth-Year Japanese II
JAPN 150B Advanced Japanese II
HILD 11 East Asia and the West
ECON 163 Japanese Economy
JAPN 190 Senior Seminar
JAPN 196A Directed Honors Thesis
POLI 113B Chinese and Japanese Political Thought
TDGE 126 Storytelling and Design in Animation

Graduate Courses

IRGN 416 Japanese Politics

Fall 2011

JAPN 10A First-Year Japanese
JAPN 20A Second-Year Japanese
JAPN 100A Japanese for Bilingual Speakers
JAPN 130A Third-Year Japanese
JAPN 140A Fourth-Year Japanese
JAPN 150A Advanced Japanese
HILD 10 East Asia: The Great Tradition
HIEA 112 Japan: MId-19th C.- US Occupation -- CANCELLED
HIEA 150 Modern Korea, 1800-1945: The Peninsula in an Age of Empire
JAPN 199 Independent Study
POLI 133A Japanese Politics: A Developmental Perspective

Graduate Courses

IRGN 411

Past Academic Year

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