Locate and analyze aspects of Japanese popular culture within individual, social, historical, political, economic, and global contexts; Articulate a working definition of Japanese popular culture.
Describe the cultural and social significance of Japanese popular culture in shaping the larger twentieth- and twenty-first century Japanese and global societies.
Analyze, evaluate, and synthesize popular and peer-reviewed research on a topic in Japanese popular culture.
Exercise written, oral and/or mediated communication skills, critical thinking skills, and collaboration skills in the analysis of Japanese popular culture.