Program Requirements

Major in Japanese
The major in Japanese requires nine courses beyond Japanese 4, plus one in a related field. Those who place out of Japanese language courses still need to complete ten approved courses:

1. Language requirement: four courses beyond Japanese 4; continuation to Japanese 123, 124 strongly recommended.
    
2. Japanese 61 and four additional literature/culture courses from the Japanese offerings in the department. Two of these courses must be at the 100 level, including one seminar. If qualified, a student may opt to do an Honors Thesis (Japanese 198, 199) instead of a seminar. Only one course with a half Japanese content, such as JPN 84, can count toward the major.
    
3. 0ne course in Japanese culture offered by another department and approved by the program director.

Download form: Japanese Major Checklist.

Undergraduate Minor Program
The department offers a minor in Japanese requiring the completion of six courses above the intermediate level (JPN 003-004). The requirements are as follows:

1. Any four of the following language courses:
   • 021/022 Reading and Conversation (Third-year)
   • 121/122 Advanced Japanese (Fourth-year)
   • 123/124 Advanced Readings in Japanese Culture (Fifth-year)
   • 095/096 Japanese Teaching Internship
      
2. Two of the following culture courses (taught in English except 191J and 192J)
   • 061 (161) Introduction to Japanese Culture
   • 062 (162) Modern Japanese Literature
   • 063 (163) Postwar Japanese Literature
   • 080 Japanese Film
   • 081 The World of Japanese Animation: Culture, Cult, and Commerce
   • 084 East-West Perspectives of Fascism: Germany and Japan
   • 91/92 Special Topics
   • 110 Major Japanese Writers
   • 111 Japanese Poetry
   • 112 Major Japanese Film Directors
   • 113 Japanese Visual Culture
   • 114 Gender in Japanese Culture
   • 115 Haruki Murakami
   • 116 The Writings of Natsume Soseki
   • 170 The "Orient" in the Mind of the West
   • 191/192 Seminar on Special Topics

* Please keep in mind that:

• Students may not complete a minor and a major in the same discipline.
• A maximum of two courses used to fulfill a foundation, distribution or concentration requirement may be used toward fulfillment of the minor.

Download the Fulfillment of Minor Requirements >

Questions about program requirements should be addressed to the following faculty members:

• Japanese Program - Susan Napier
• Japanese Language - Kiyomi Kagawa