JAPN315

Reading Japanese Empire

Reading a wide variety of cultural, intellectual, and official texts, this course explores how Japan's age of empire (1869-1945) was understood, imagined, and lived in various colonial contexts and in the metropolitan center. Students will gain a textured understanding of the complexities and contradictions of Japan's imperial project and the fraught ways this history plays out today in Japan and Asia. Taught in English.

Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.97 between 86 students*

JAPN315 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 13.95%
A: 24.42%
A+: 5.81%
B-: 6.98%
B: 15.12%
B+: 6.98%
C-: 2.33%
C: 2.33%
C+: 8.14%
D-: 1.16%
D: 2.33%
F: 3.49%
W: 4.65%
other: 2.33%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.