Instruction in a variety of motor skills activities. Courses are designed for students at a beginner level. Up to six hours credit may be earned in service courses; however, the same activity may not be repeated for credit.

Instruction in a variety of motor skills activities. Courses are designed for students at a beginner level. Up to six hours credit may be earned in service courses; however, the same activity may not be repeated for credit.

Instruction in a variety of motor skills activities. Courses are designed for students at a beginner level. Up to six hours credit may be earned in service courses; however, the same activity may not be repeated for credit.

Instruction in a variety of motor skills activities. Courses are designed for students at a beginner level. Up to six hours credit may be earned in service courses; however, the same activity may not be repeated for credit.

Independent work to pursue special problems in reading and research. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Independent work to pursue special problems in reading and research. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Independent work to pursue special problems in reading and research. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This course will study features of contemporary Japanese popular culture, examining ways in which tradition is re-worked and re-invented in contemporary works such as anime, manga, film, and popular fiction. All texts are in English translation.

General introduction to Japanese culture from Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Topics include: nation-building, Japan and the West, Japan and Asia (for the Meiji period 1868-1912); gender construction and class formation, urbanization and mass culture (for the Taisho period 1912-1926); and Japanese colonialism, WWII, A-bomb, the U.S. occupation, postwar recovery, popular culture, and globalization (for the Showa period 1926-1989 and beyond).

This course is primarily a course in contemporary Japanese culture, but serves as third year language course. The "texts" will consist of contemporary written materials (books, magazines, newspapers) and visual materials (tv programs, movies) and will exercise the four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) studied in the first four semesters of the language.