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Jan 30, 2025
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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Japanese Studies Major
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The Major in Japanese Studies provides a solid grounding in Japanese language, culture, literature, and linguistics, with 32-36 units of core courses covering each of these areas and 4-8 units of elective courses in Japanese history, religion, philosophy, economics, politics, art, and business.
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Program Learning Outcomes
Students will: - acquire Japanese language proficiency at the intermediate to advanced level, according to the ACTFL national standard.
- learn the Japanese language through the lens of the rich variety of cultural landscapes in historical and contemporary Japan and will develop substantial cultural knowledge about Japan.
- gain a comprehensive understanding of the historical development and contemporary state of the Japanese language, literature, and selected aspects of culture.
- acquire the competency to employ the analytical and conceptual tools relevant to their study.
Major Requirements (40 Units)
The three semesters of lower-division Japanese language courses (JAPN 101 , JAPN 102 , and JAPN 201 ) serve as a prerequisite but do not count toward the units necessary for the major Required (24 Units)
Students take the following Japanese language courses and one Japanese linguistics course: 4 from the following (16 Units)
2 courses from the following:
These courses can be counted toward the 16 units of electives. |
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