Japan

This course provides the opportunity to examine the cultural aspects of human movement, as well as how to express human emotion through movement. The class includes activities such as rhythm and dance, social dance, Nihon-minzoku buyo ('Japanese folk dance'), and creative Wadaiko (Japanese style drumming). 

This course studies basic concepts of biochemistry and chemistry of food as well as the basic principles of food science and natural products chemistry.  The course covers the following topics: food allergens; novel functions of dietary vitamins and its contribution to our health; food and bioactive natural products for human health; beneficial health effects of dietary lipids; chemistry and biochemistry of marine toxins; application of high pressure to food processing; protein chemistry; bioactive molecules and their application for drug discovery; medicinal chemistry of antibacterial and antiviral agents; synthetic and medicinal chemistry of marine natural products, and nutrient-inspired biomaterials and its applications for the health purposes. 

It is impossible to obtain a full picture of Japanese economic history without understanding how global and international relationships shaped the economy of the country. This course surveys recent scholarship on economic history of Japan, East Asia, and the rest of the world in the past few centuries. Most of the reading materials emphasize global and international perspectives in the analysis of economic history.  The course discusses a wide range of key topics and methodologies in the study of Japanese economic history.

This course delves into matrix algebra, calculus (including differentiation and integration), and introductory optimization techniques, all of which are essential in the social sciences, particularly economics and finance. The primary focus of the course lies in mathematical analysis via programming with Octave. The course employs Octave (the free version of Matlab) to facilitate both analytical calculations and simulations.  

The course does not assume that students have prior proficiency in calculus or programming and will start from the basics, progressing to the theoretical application of calculus, notably optimization. This term, we will emphasize studying static optimization using the Lagrange method. Optimization theory serves as the cornerstone of economics and finance.  

For anyone interested in economics, finance, and programming, this course will be invaluable. 

This Japanese course chooses a different theme concerning Japanese culture and society to discuss each week. Students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections.

This course is designed for students at the advanced level. Based on reading assignments related to Japanese society and culture, students learn various ways to discuss and present their opinions. The course is offered in Spring and Fall semesters with different course content. 

This is a sequential course of FILM & MEDIA STUDIES 10A. 

Through movies and other visual materials, this course examines important issues in modern society from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Each lecture features guest speakers who work in the field of making films, videos, and broadcasting. The course reviews specific production methods and a future vision of movies in class discussions. 

This course explores the normative dynamics of distributive justice. First, it explores the question of how much government ought to redistribute; then, it examines the currency and limits of distributive justice. Third, the course explores the question, "What does distributive justice look like across borders, and does tension exist between domestic and global distributive justice?"

This course introduces eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, leading to diagonalization of matrices. Furthermore, vector spaces with inner product are treated and applications of linear algebra to various specialized topics are discussed.

Upon completion of the class, students are expected to:

• Compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, and diagonalize real symmetric matrices; 
• Understand inner products, orthogonality, and to be able to find orthogonal bases; and,
• Learn applications of linear algebra and perform computations to solve explicit problems.

This class examines the relationship between food, our bodies and our socio-cultural lives; the essential elements that bring the taste out of bland food, and how technology has reshaped food consumption. The course also looks at how food figures in global politics as well as how Asian food has become globalized, even as Asia accommodates Western fast food.