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Requirements

Requirements for the Japanese Studies Major (36 semester hours)

Core course (4 semester hours)

Japanese Language: Sixteen semester hours from the following or from equivalent study abroad (16)

  • JAPN 331 Third Year Japanese (4)
  • JAPN 332 Third Year Japanese II (4)
  • JAPN 430 Japanese Reading and Composition I (4)
  • JAPN 431 Japanese Reading and Composition II (4)
  • JAPN 432 Conversational Japanese I (4)
  • JAPN 434 Conversational Japanese II (4)
  • JAPN 490 Reading and Conference (2 or 4)
  • JAPN 491 Reading and Conference (2 or 4)

Japanese Culture: Sixteen semester hours from the following or from study abroad courses. One of which must be at the 300- or 400-level (16)

  • JAPN 199 Topics in Japanese Studies (1-4)
  • JAPN 201W Modern Japanese Society and Culture (4)
  • JAPN 299 Topics in Japanese Studies (1-4)
  • JAPN 314W Japanese Literature in Translation (4)
  • JAPN 340 The Japanese Cinema (4)
  • JAPN 399 Topics in Japanese Studies (1-4)
  • JAPN 429 Topics in Japanese Studies (1-4)
  • ARTH 114 Introduction to Japanese Art History (4)
  • HIST 131W Culture, Power, Society (topic dependent) (4)
  • HIST 281 History of Modern Japan (4)
  • IDS 334 Field Studies: Environmental Studies and Sustainability in Japan (4)
  • JAPN 199 Topics in Japanese Studies (1-4)
  • JAPN 201W Modern Japanese Society & Culture (4)
  • JAPN 299 Topics in Japanese Studies (1-4)
  • RHET 271 Telling the Internment Story (4)

Four of the 16 semester hours can be fulfilled by the following:

  • ANTH 356 Language and Culture (4)
  • ASIA 201 Gateway to East Asia (4)
  • ASIA 210 Making and Playing of Traditional Musical Instruments (4)
  • ASIA 199, 299, 399, 429 Topics in Asian Studies (4)
  • CCM 258 Gender & Mass Communication in Asia (4)
  • CCM 288 Introducing Asia to the World (4)
  • CCM 301 Asian Visual and Creative Culture (4)
  • CCM 310 Asian Social Media in a Global Context: Critique and Design (4)
  • HIST 118 East Asian Civilization Since 1800 (4)
  • HIST 331 Asian Environmental History (4)
  • JAPN 265 HSCS Japan Partnership Program (2)
  • JAPN 380 Practicum in Japanese Language Facilitation (1-2)
  • JAPN 394 Internship (1-4)
  • PHIL 370W Philosophy of Language (4)
  • REL 135 Religions of Asia (4)

Requirements for the Japanese Minor (20 semester hours)

Five courses from the following (20 semester hours)

  • JAPN 232 Intermediate Japanese II (4)
  • JAPN 331 Third Year Japanese I (4)
  • JAPN 332 Third Year Japanese II (4)
  • JAPN 430 Japanese Reading and Composition I (4)
  • JAPN 431 Japanese Reading and Composition II (4)
  • JAPN 432 Conversational Japanese I (4)
  • JAPN 434 Conversational Japanese II (4)
  • JAPN 490 Reading and Conference (2 or 4)
  • JAPN 491 Reading and Conference (2 or 4)

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Japanese Studies