JAPAN 165Introduction to Japanese Buddhist Texts
Japanese · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Readings in premodern Buddhist texts written by Japanese in Sino-Japanese or Kambun and mixed Japanese/Chinese literary styles concerning textual commentaries, doctrinal treatises, hagiographies, temple histories, etc. Coverage varies. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
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
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 110A or Chinese 165 or Japanese placement test.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.50 · from text- JAPAN 110A
- CHIN 165
- Japanese placement test
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
JAPAN 165
- JAPAN 110AIntroduction to Classical Japanese: Basic Grammar
- JAPAN 100CAdvanced Modern Japanese
- JAPAN 100SAdvanced Modern Japanese: Intensive
- CHIN 165Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts
- KOREA 100AAdvanced Modern Korean
- CHIN 100AAdvanced Modern Chinese
- CHIN 110BIntroduction to Classical Chinese
2 direct requisites. Showing 17 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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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.