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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Jan 07, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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JPNSE 0081 - EAST ASIA IN THE WORLD


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
To enhance a greater understanding of East Asian cultures; to explore the interactions and relations between the peoples and cultures of East Asia (china and Japan) and the rest of the world, from ancient times to the present. Literary works, memoirs, autobiographies, diaries, historical records and films will be used. Themes involve such topics as the significance of travel in self-understanding, diaspora, immigration, and changing ideas of the homeland.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.


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