INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN HISTORY: JAPAN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify cultural, political, and intellectual currents in Japan from ancient times to the present. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze writings about Japanese history and to construct their own historical arguments. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use historical thinking to discuss politics and culture, not only in Japan, but in the world. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Examine their own opinions about Japan. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify cultural, political, and intellectual currents in Japan from ancient times to the present. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze writings about Japanese history and to construct their own historical arguments. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use historical thinking to discuss politics and culture, not only in Japan, but in the world. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Examine their own opinions about Japan. Audience: Undergraduate