HIST 367 - Japan: Origins to Tokugawa

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
Cultural, social, and political history of Japan to 1600, with special emphasis on the aristocracy, the samurai, interactions with the outside world, and the transformed from a geographically- and culturally-isolated archipelago to a rapidly modernizing nation-state.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: Online-Asynchronous or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Recognize internal and external factors that contributed to the development of Japanese civilization;
Assess how Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism helped to shape the Japanese state and society;
Describe and analyze the ideas, events, and people that influenced Japan’s political, economic, and military culture;
Identify and contextualize key trends in Japanese art, architecture, literature, poetry, and material culture;
Compare and contrast the roles of aristocratic clans, regional warlords, shoguns, and the emperor within the feudal power structure;
Explain how the Tokugawa shogunate unified Japan and established a system of centralized feudalism;
Recognize the interpretive nature of Japanese history through critical reading of primary and secondary sources to understand their arguments and biases;
Conduct independent historical research in Japanese history using primary sources and secondary through written assignments, online discussions;
Work collaboratively with other students to answer questions and solve problems related to the history of early Japan;
Present original interpretations on selected Japanese history topics in oral, written, audio, or visual form.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.