Japanese Culture and History Minor ~ Degree Requirements

Credits Required

Total credits in the minor: 16

Credits at CSUMB: 16

Prerequisites

Approval from the School of World Languages and Cultures

Outcomes, Courses, and Assessment

You must achieve both of the Learning Outcomes designated below by successfully completing courses or alternative assessment options as described in the section that follows.

LO 1 Cultural Knowledge ~ students can provide a comparative description and basic analysis of the people, history, and culture of Japan ~ engage in learning about the evolution of cultural customs and practices  over two millennia from the traditional into the modern ~ attain an appropriate knowledge base and other skills necessary for crosscultural communications acquired by exploring non-western ways of thinking and perspectives as revealed in such topics as social issues, popular culture, Japanese Mind, Anime, literature, and related topics.

LO 2 Historical Knowledge ~ students can identify and describe significant historical periods and patterns of change, from the development of Japan's ancient cultures and civilization to the emergence of the Japanese nation-state, and related social, economic, and political revolutions, culminating with the rise of modern Japan ~ employ processes of critical historical inquiry to reconstruct and reinterpret the experience of Japanese-American immigrants from their first arrival in the mid-19th century to the present

Courses

In addition to the required JAPN 205/305, you can combine any of the following courses to complete the 16-credit requirement: JAPN 306; JAPN 307; JAPN 308; JAPN 309; JAPN 310; JAPN 311; JAPN 395; JAPN 405; JAPN 408; HCOM 322