Japan

Demons, ghosts, and monsters have populated the cultural landscape in Japan for centuries. Appearing in anime, manga, games, and movies, mysterious creatures continue to form the core of contemporary popular culture, and have sparked a global obsession with Japanese monsters. This course explores the cultural history of the strange and supernatural in Japanese literary, visual, and performing arts. Engaging with primary and critical sources from the eighth century to the present, the course considers the social roles that representations of the "weird" have played in Japan.

This course introduces foundations of microeconomic theory, including how individual consumers and producers make decisions and how different market mechanisms operate to allocate resources. The course emphasizes problem solving using calculus (rather than graphs and tables in introductory courses). Therefore, students are expected to have some background in multivariable calculus.