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JAPAN 50Japanese Civilization

Japanese · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Knowledge of Japanese not required. Survey of development of Japanese culture and its relationship to Asiatic mainland.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Fall 2025
Winter 2027

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Requisites

UCLA lists no requisites for this course.

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JAPAN 50

JAPAN 172Fiction and Plays of Floating World

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