Japanese Studies Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Cultural Studies, History, International Relations, Asian Studies, Asia Pacific Studies More...
Major code JPST-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

Description

A Japanese studies major has many benefits in today’s globalised world and the Asian Century. As one of Australia’s key trading partners, private and public sector employers actively recruit ANU graduates with detailed knowledge of and experience in Japan.

This major provides students with a nuanced understanding of the historical, political and cultural forces that have shaped the development and current state of modern Japan. Armed with this understanding students will be able to engage meaningfully with the culture, society and people while helping to bridge the divides separating Japan and Australia.

Though designed to complement the Japanese language major, knowledge of the Japanese language is not required for the Japanese studies major.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Understand and evaluate historical and current events and developments that have shaped Japan,

2. Identify and critique the contemporary socio-cultural and political systems of Japan,

3. Analyse developments in Japan in their regional and global contexts,

4. Understand the processes and disciplinary approaches through which current knowledge about Japanese studies has developed.

Areas of Interest

Cultural Studies
History
International Relations
Asian Studies
Asia Pacific Studies
Literature
Asia-Pacific Studies
Politics

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Requirements

Major Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

A minimum of 6 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ASIA1025	Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change	6
ASIA1030	Asia and the Pacific in Motion	6

12 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
ASIA2009	The Making of Modern Japan: From Samurai to Economic Superpower and Beyond	6
ASIA3040	Literary and Cultural Discourse in Modern Japan	6

A minimum of 18 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ASIA2017	History of International Relations in Northeast Asia	6
ASIA2031	Japanese Politics	6
ASIA2058	Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, Film & the Visual Arts	6
ASIA3011	Samurai Society and Social Control in Japan	6
INTR2018	Japanese Foreign and Security Policy	6
ASIA3027	Issues in Japanese Policy in their global context	6
LING2028	Japanese Linguistics	6

A maximum of 6 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ASIA2016	The Mongol Empire in World History	6
ASIA2074	Popular Culture in East Asia	6
ASIA2304	What is Literature? Asian Perspectives	6
ASIA3021	Engaging Asia: Australia and the Asian Century	6
ASIA3029	Reconciliation and the memory of conflict in Asia	6
ASIA2067	Economies of Emerging Asia	6
ASIA2065	Asian Politics: From Concepts to Causes	6
ASIA2301	Human Migration and Expansion in the Rise of the Asia-Pacific	6
ASIA2302	Culture and Modernity in Asia: Anthropological Perspectives	6
ASIA2307	History of Empire in Asia	6
ASIA2001	Language in Asia and the Pacific	6
ASIA2103	Language in Asia and the Pacific (L)	6
ASIA2311	Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific	6
INTR2016	US Foreign and Security Policy in Asia	6
INTR2012	Chinese Foreign and Security Policy	6
INTR2010	International Relations in the Asia-Pacific	6
JPNS3102	Debating Japan: Contemporary Intellectual Debates	6
JPNS3005	Advanced Japanese: Issues in Contemporary Japan	6
JPNS3006	Advanced Japanese: Language in Context	6
JPNS3007	Advanced Japanese: Readings in Culture and Society	6
JPNS3008	Advanced Japanese: Readings in Literature	6
JPNS3023	Research Topics in Japanese: History & Society	6
JPNS3024	Research Topics in Japanese: International Relations & Politics	6
WARS2004	War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific	6
STST2001	Security Concepts in the Asia-Pacific	6

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