HIST 367 - Japan: Origins to Tokugawa

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-3
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.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-3 - Upper Division Arts or Humanities
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area 3 requirements (lower division Area C requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: Online-Asynchronous or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
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.

GE-UD-3. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply principles, methodologies, values 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.
Demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts or humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.