HIST 173AJapanese Popular Culture
History · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Topics in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century Japanese history, including legacy of premodern satire in postmodern comic books, American culture in 1930s’ Japanese visual culture, gender in photography, and relationship of monster movies to postwar politics.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.