Spring 2027

Pearl Harbor & Hiroshima: Japan, the US & the Crisis in Asia

Examines events leading to Pearl Harbor, WWII in the Pacific, the Japanese wartime state, atomic bombs, and Japan's surrender as an epoch in Japanese history.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2011: 3.33 GPA, 57.7% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2013: 3.12 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.47 GPA, 79.4% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Use effective reading strategies to synthesize complex historical material.

  • Conduct and execute a historical research project, including identifying a historical question, developing a bibliography, working with outlines to build an argument.

  • Describe the causes and outcomes of World War II in Asia.

  • Assess significant work in the historiography of World War II in Asia.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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ASIAN/HISTORY 456

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Professors

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2011: 3.33 GPA, 57.7% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2013: 3.12 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.47 GPA, 79.4% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Events leading to the Pearl Harbor attack and the conduct of World War II in the Pacific.
  • The nature of the wartime Japanese state and the effects of the war on Japanese society.
  • The dropping of the atomic bombs and Japan's decision to surrender.
  • World War II as an epoch in Japanese history.

Skills

  • Effective reading strategies for synthesizing complex historical material.
  • Conducting historical research projects, developing bibliographies, and building arguments using outlines.
  • Assessing significant work in the historiography of World War II in Asia.

Grades

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About this comparison

1108 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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