Buddha in Yak Cheon Temple,
Cheju Island, South Korea
Photograph by Peter Schurmann
1. Students must complete the beginning and intermediate levels of Japanese language. Study at the advanced level (100 level and up) is encouraged but not required. Advanced language classes taken by the student will count toward upper division elective units for the major.
2. Disciplinary Theory and Methods Course (choose one)
ANTHRO 114 History of Anthropological Thought (4)
ANTHRO 132 Japan (4)
ANTHRO 141 Comparative Societies; non-western societies (4)
ANTHRO 144 Social and Cultural Change; non-western societies (4)
ANTHRO 169B Research Theory and Methods in Socio-cultural Anthropology (5)
ANTHRO 171 Japan (4)
ECON 100A Economic Analysis-Micro (4)
ECON 100B Economic Analysis-Macro (4)
ECON 101A Economic Theory-Micro (4)
ECON 101B Economic Theory-Macro (4)
FILM 100 History of Film Theory (4)
HIST 103F Proseminar: problems in interpretation in the several fields of history: Asia (4)
HISTART 100 Theories and Methods of Art History (4)
IAS 102 Scope and Methods of Research in International and Area Studies (corresponds with quantitative/social science class) (4)
LING 111 Phonological Theory (3)
LING 115 Morphology (3)
LING 123 Pragmatics (3)
LING 124 Discourse (3)
LING 125 Formal Theories of Syntax (3)
LING 140 Intro to Field Methods (when on Asia) (3)
LING 150 Sociolinguistics (3)
PEIS 101 Contemporary Theories of Political Economy (corresponds with Political Science courses) (4)
PS 112A, 112B, 112C History of Political Thought (4,4,4)
PS 138B The Industrial State (4)
SOC 101A, 101B Sociological Theory (5,5)
SOC 101C Contemporary Sociological Theory (4)
SOC 105 Introduction to Sociological Methods (5)
3. Other courses (one must be in the same discipline as the theory and methods course) Please see major adviser to determine appropriate courses.
ANTHRO 123D Archaeology of East Asia (4)
ANTHRO 151 Anthropology of Tourism (4)
AS 150 Topics in Asian Studies (when on Japan) (4)
BUDDH 115 Japanese Buddhism (4)
ECON 171 Economic Development (4)
ECON 190 Japanese Employment System (4)
FILM 151 Japanese Cinema: Ozu and Oshima (4)
FILM 160 National Cinema (when on Japan) (4)
HIST 118A, 118B, 118C Japan (4,4,4)
HISTART 134 The Arts of the Japanese Temple (4)
HISTART 135A Early Japanese Painting (4)
HISTART 135B Later Japanese Painting (4)
JAPANESE 100B Advanced Japanese (5)
JAPANESE 100S Japanese for Sinologists (4)
JAPANESE 101 Fourth Year Readings Literature (4)
JAPANESE 102 Fourth Year Readings Social Science and History (4)
JAPANESE 111 Fifth Year Japanese (4)
JAPANESE 112 Fifth Year Japanese B (4)
JAPANESE 120 Classical Japanese (4)
JAPANESE 130 Classical Japanese Poetry (4)
JAPANESE 132 Nikki Literature (4)
JAPANESE 140 Heian Prose (4)
JAPANESE 142 Japanese Medieval Prose
JAPANESE 144 Edo Literature (4)
JAPANESE 155 Modern Japanese Literature (4)
JAPANESE 159 Contemporary Japanese Literature (4)
JAPANESE 160 Intro to Japanese Linguistics (4)
JAPANESE 162 History of Japanese Language (corresponds with Linguistics theory and methods courses above) (4)
JAPANESE 163 Translation: Theory and Practice (4)
JAPANESE 170 Classical Japanese Literature in Translation (4)
JAPANESE 173 Modern Japanese Lit in Translation (4)
JAPANESE 180 Ghosts and Modern Literary Images (4)
JAPANESE 186 Japanese Drama in Translation (4)
JAPANESE 187 Japanese Performance Forms (4)
MUS 134A Music of the East Asian Tradition (4)
MUS 134B Music of Japan (4)
PS 143A, 143B Northeast Asian Politics (4,4)
PS 144A Rapid Growth in East Asia (4)
PSYCH 107 Buddhist Psychology (4)
4. History Requirement (choose one)
HIST 100 Topics in History (when on Japan) (4)
HIST 103F Proseminar: problems in interpretation in the several fields of history: Asia (when on Japan) (4)
HIST 118A, 118B, 118C Japan (4,4,4)
The remaining five courses needed to fulfill the 30 units requirement may be selected from "other courses" listed above or from the following inter-area courses. Three of the five courses must focus at least partially on your chosen area focus. At least one course must focus on a geographical region you are not specializing in. Students concentrating on China may choose courses listed under the Japan focus to fulfill this requirement. Students concentrating on Japan may choose courses listed under the China focus to fulfill this requirement.