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Japanese Language and Culture (H1JPN005)

Dept/Division
MLC/Humanities
Description:
This cluster introduces students to basic language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) as well as the cultural context for Japanese. One language course is supplemented by two related courses in English which will open up the study of this linguistic-cultural area by looking at the evolution of Japan's civilization, the dynamics of contemporary life, or in some other way add depth to the study of this area.
Note:
Unless otherwise noted, all clusters require at least twelve credits.
Courses:
COURSE
(crosslistings in other departments acceptable)		VALID
BEGINNING		VALID
THROUGH

Choose one of the following
JPN_101: ELEMENTARY JAPANESE I
JPN_102: ELEMENTARY JAPANESE II
JPN_151: INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I
JPN_152: INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II
JPN_202: ADVANCED INTERMED. JAPANESE I
JPN_203: ADVANCED INTERMED. JAPANESE II
JPN_205: ADVANCED JAPANESE I
JPN_206: ADVANCED JAPANESE II

Choose two of the following
JPN_210: INTRO TRADITNL JAPANESE CULT
JPN_246: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CULTURE
JPN_283: HISTORY OF JAPANESE CINEMA




Advanced Japanese Language and Cultural Studies (H1JPN007)

Note: This cluster is not available to new students after Spring 2009

If you have already completed or are enrolled in at least one course for this cluster, click here to see its requirements and be sure to see the undergraduate advisor in the department to insure your successful completion of this cluster.

If you have not begun this cluster, please see the undergraduate advisor in the department for alternatives.


Contemporary Japan (H1JPN004)

Note: This cluster is not available to new students after Spring 2009

If you have already completed or are enrolled in at least one course for this cluster, click here to see its requirements and be sure to see the undergraduate advisor in the department to insure your successful completion of this cluster.

If you have not begun this cluster, please see the undergraduate advisor in the department for alternatives.


Intermediate Japanese Language and Culture (H1JPN006)

Note: This cluster is not available to new students after Spring 2009

If you have already completed or are enrolled in at least one course for this cluster, click here to see its requirements and be sure to see the undergraduate advisor in the department to insure your successful completion of this cluster.

If you have not begun this cluster, please see the undergraduate advisor in the department for alternatives.


Japan in Ruins: Apocalypse (H1JPN012)

Dept/Division
MLC/Humanities
Description:
Japanese visions of the meaning of time, its end and reincarnation in fantasies of history, memory, nostalgia and revenge.
Note:
Unless otherwise noted, all clusters require at least twelve credits.
Courses:
COURSE
(crosslistings in other departments acceptable)		VALID
BEGINNING		VALID
THROUGH

Choose three of the following
JPN_214: ATOMIC CREATURES: GODZILLA
JPN_218: REEL WAR
JPN_255: JAPANESE LITERATURE/PROBLEM OF EVIL
JPN_292: JAPANESE ANIMATION (ANIME)





Japanese Cinema (H1JPN002)

Note: This cluster is not available to new students after Spring 2009

If you have already completed or are enrolled in at least one course for this cluster, click here to see its requirements and be sure to see the undergraduate advisor in the department to insure your successful completion of this cluster.

If you have not begun this cluster, please see the undergraduate advisor in the department for alternatives.


Japanese Language (H1JPN008)

Dept/Division
MLC/Humanities
Description:
Students may choose the appropriate level of Japanese language as a cluster. Any three consecutive courses in the language sequence below can be chosen.
Note:
Unless otherwise noted, all clusters require at least twelve credits.
Courses:
COURSE
(crosslistings in other departments acceptable)		VALID
BEGINNING		VALID
THROUGH

Choose any three consecutive courses
JPN_101: ELEMENTARY JAPANESE I
JPN_102: ELEMENTARY JAPANESE II
JPN_151: INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I
JPN_152: INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II
JPN_202: ADV. INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I
JPN_203: ADV. INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II
JPN_205: ADV. JAPANESE I
JPN_206: ADV. JAPANESE II

(Conversation courses 114 and 204 may not be included.)




Japanese Literature (H1JPN001)

Note: This cluster is not available to new students after Spring 2009

If you have already completed or are enrolled in at least one course for this cluster, click here to see its requirements and be sure to see the undergraduate advisor in the department to insure your successful completion of this cluster.

If you have not begun this cluster, please see the undergraduate advisor in the department for alternatives.


Japanese Popular Culture (H1JPN010)

Dept/Division
MLC/Humanities
Description:
Explore the domestic and international dimensions of Japan's acclaimed manga, anime, film, art, literature, music, etc.
Note:
Unless otherwise noted, all clusters require at least twelve credits.
Courses:
COURSE
(crosslistings in other departments acceptable)		VALID
BEGINNING		VALID
THROUGH

Choose three of the following
JPN_207: FILM AS OBJECT
JPN_214: ATOMIC CREATURES: GODZILLA
JPN_219: CARTOON CONNECTION
JPN_246: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CULTURE
JPN_254: MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE
JPN_269: ART OF THE FLOATING WORLD
JPN_284: MOBSTERS MONSTERS SWORDS
JPN_292: JAPANESE ANIMATION (ANIME)





Japanese Urban Arts (H1JPN011)

Dept/Division
MLC/Humanities
Description:
Not just samurai and anime: explore the culture of one of the world's great bourgeois and mercantile cultures from the 16th century to the present.
Note:
Unless otherwise noted, all clusters require at least twelve credits.
Courses:
COURSE
(crosslistings in other departments acceptable)		VALID
BEGINNING		VALID
THROUGH

Choose three of the following
JPN_208: INTRO. TO JAPANESE ART HISTORY
JPN_220: THE CUTURE OF URBAN JAPAN 1650-1850
JPN_247: SAMURAI CULTURE
JPN_261: GREAT CITIES: KYOTO
JPN_262: GREAT CITIES: SHOGUN'S CAPITAL EDO 1600-1850
JPN_269: ART OF THE FLOATING WORLD
JPN_283: HISTORY OF JAPANESE CINEMA
JPN_292: JAPANESE ANIMATION (ANIME)





Traditional Japanese Culture (H1JPN009)

Dept/Division
MLC/Humanities
Description:
Explore the roots and development of Japan's traditional culture from its origins through the 20th century.
Note:
Unless otherwise noted, all clusters require at least twelve credits.
Courses:
COURSE
(crosslistings in other departments acceptable)		VALID
BEGINNING		VALID
THROUGH

Required
JPN_210: INTRO. TO TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CULTURE
JPN_283: HISTORY OF JAPANESE CINEMA

Choose one of the following
JPN_208: INTRO. TO JAPANESE ART HISTORY
JPN_217: THE TALE OF GENJI
JPN_222: NOH DRAMA
JPN_223: KABUKI THEATER
JPN_233: THE CULTURE OF ZEN
JPN_234: HAIKU POETRY
JPN_236: POETRY OF BASHO
JPN_247: SAMURAI CULTURE
JPN_269: ART OF THE FLOATING WORLD




Women in Japan (H1JPN003)

Note: This cluster is not available to new students after Spring 2009

If you have already completed or are enrolled in at least one course for this cluster, click here to see its requirements and be sure to see the undergraduate advisor in the department to insure your successful completion of this cluster.

If you have not begun this cluster, please see the undergraduate advisor in the department for alternatives.