Japanese
Major in Japanese (None)
While a Japanese major is not officially part of the curriculum, students who pursue advanced study of the language beyond the 3-year sequence (beyond JAPN 312) and take additional literature/culture classes may discuss creating an Individualized Major in Japanese (40 credits) with the Japanese program head.
Minor in Japanese (20 credits)
212 (4) or 216 (4) abroad; 311 (4) or 315 (4) abroad; 312 (4) or 316 (4) abroad; one or more from the categories JAPN 320, 321, or 330 (4); and/or one course from the Asian Studies Program list or abroad with emphasis on Japan (4). See below for details.
Courses in the JAPN 321 category (Topics in Japanese Literature):
JAPN 321A Japanese Women Writers
JAPN 321B Love in Japanese Literature & Film
JAPN 321C Introduction to Japanese Film
JAPN 321D Anime: Studies in Movement and Transformation
Courses in the JAPN 330 category (Topics in Japanese Culture):
JAPN 330A Transnational Japan
JAPN 330B Japanese Folklore
JAPN 330C Nuclear Japan: Atomic Bombs, Atomic Energy, Atomic Art
JAPN 330D Nuclear Japan: Atomic Bombs, Atomic Energy, Atomic Art (embedded study abroad course)
Advanced language study beyond JAPN 312:
JAPN 341 Business and Professional Japanese
JAPN 371 Individual Learning Project (directed readings in Japanese, reading groups, research in Japanese for capstone projects, translation work)
Asian Studies Program courses that can count toward the Japanese minor:
HIST 319 Monsters and Modernity
HIST 314 Missionary Positions: Christianity in East Asia
ART 309D East Asian Gardens
Language courses taught abroad:
115 Elementary Japanese I Abroad
116 Elementary Japanese II Abroad
215 Intermediate Japanese I Abroad
216 Intermediate Japanese II Abroad
315 Advanced Japanese I Abroad
316 Advanced Japanese II Abroad
Courses taught abroad in English
COLG 385 Study Abroad Seminar
COLG 110 Japanese Animation/Manga/Fashion
HIST 300D Japanese Culture/Life
SA 375I Japanese Politics/Economics & Society