S tudents who wish to earn formal recognition of their work can earn a non-teaching minor in Japan Studies. Click here for details. Participating Faculty Paul S. Atkins. Emphasis on relations with China, the Nara and Heian aristocracy, the rise of the samurai elite, the emergence of modern Japan, and contemporary business culture and society. Humanities and Global core credit.
Readings combine recent research and important primary sources available in translation.
For students who have successfully completed Elementary Japanese II or can demonstrate commensurate ability. Global core credit. An interdisciplinary approach to the literature, art, history, and religion of Japan from earliest times to the mid-nineteenth century.