OSPKYOTO 9K: First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication B
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: Language
OSPKYOTO 17K: Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication B
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: Language
OSPKYOTO 17R: Religion and Japanese Culture
Major religious traditions of Japan. Topics include: relation between religion and culture; ancient Japanese religion and Shinto; Buddhist schools of Heian Japan; Zen Buddhism as it flourished in the Kamakura period; Confucianism, as originally conceived in ancient China and as transmitted to Japan in the Edo period in its neo-Confucian form; characteristic modern practices. Field trips to religious centers to observe current religious practices.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPKYOTO 19K: Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication B
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Kawahara, Y. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 25: Japanese Ghosts: The Supernatural in Japanese Art and Entertainment
Complex meanings of ghosts in Japanese culture. Tracing the representations of the supernatural in images, drama, oral narratives, prose, film, comics, video games, and animation, explore how ghosts provide the basis for remarkable flights of speculation and artistic/representational experimentation. Focus on two issues: 1) horror and its conversion into aesthetic pleasure; and 2) fantasy and the transformation of the commonplace.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPKYOTO 26: Courtier, Monk, Warrior, Commoner: Japanese Literary Culture and its Milieu
Main currents of Japanese literary tradition from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, including court poetry and romance, Buddhist parables, war tales, haiku, popular stories, urban fiction, and various forms of Japanese theater. Particular attention given to the underlying political, social and artistic trends that motivate these literary works and give them meaning. Three historical periods: classical (646-1185), medieval (1185-1603), and early modern (1603-1868). Key social and cultural trends that define these periods.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPKYOTO 33: Digital Systems II
The design of processor-based digital systems. Instruction sets, addressing modes, data types. Assembly language programming, low-level data structures, introduction to operating systems and compilers. Processor microarchitecture, microprogramming, pipelining. Memory systems and caches. Input/output, interrupts, buses and DMA. System design implementation alternatives, software/hardware tradeoffs. Labs involve the design of processor subsystems and processor-based embedded systems. Prerequisite: 108A,
CS 106B.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
OSPKYOTO 40K: Introductory Electronics
Electrical quantities and their measurement, including operation of the oscilloscope. Function of electronic components including resistor, capacitor, and inductor. Analog circuits including the operational amplifier and tuned circuits. Digital logic circuits and their functions. Lab assignments. Prerequisite:
PHYSICS 43.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SMA
OSPKYOTO 60: Japan in World War II: Experiences and Memory
How various segments of Japanese society view the war in Asia, where fault lines lie, and what attempts have been made to achieve reconciliation. Topics include: origins of the Asia-Pacific War; foreign and domestic images of Japan's wartime actions; American Occupation policy and the Tokyo war crimes trial; impact of peace movements and the Cold War; the emergence of conflicting postwar narratives about the war; Asian perceptions of postwar Japan; the institutionalization of public memory; attempts and failures at reconciliation with Japan's neighbors; comparisons with Europe.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
OSPKYOTO 119K: Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication
| UG Reqs: Language
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