JAPN 307: Japan-American Experience
Course Description:
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.
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.
MLO 2: Culture related courses taught in English
Course Narrative
In JAPN 307 I explored the experience of first, second, and third generation Japanese Americans from 1880 through the modern era. This course satisfies the Major Learning Outcome 2: Japanese Culture. Through the use of books on the topics of internment camps and life during World War II, the class gained a foundation knowledge of these events. The class also had guest speakers from the local community that experienced life in the internment camps and faced the prejudice and racism in the following decades.
Course Work
Murtaugh_Jordyn_ResearchPaper_JAPN307.pdf |