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Catalog 2026-2027 
    
Catalog 2026-2027

JAPN 307 - Japan-American Experience


This course focuses on Japanese-American experience from the 1860s to the present as an ongoing study in ethnographic assimilation, including early immigration and response; immigration and labor laws; property rights; and WWII internment. Students identify and evaluate the issues of the ethics of assimilation, racial and ethnic discrimination, educational opportunity, social justice, and cultural identity. Taught in English.

 

(Crosslisted/Equivalent with ES 307 )

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Area 1A and 1B and 1C and 2 with a C- or better)
General Education: 6 Ethnic Studies
University Requirement: US1 U.S. Histories
Typically Offered: Spring term only - even years

Units: 3