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Students must achieve a grade of C or better in a course for it to be counted toward the major. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the major in order to satisfy the major requirements in Japanese Language and Literature. No pass/fail options will be accepted for those courses used toward completion of the requirements for the major in Japanese Language and Literature. (However, courses designated as mandatory pass/fail may be considered for credit towards the major. Consult the major advisor.) Double majors need to complete the junior year writing requirement in only one of their majors. Only 6 credits from other institutions within and without the 5-College consortium may be accepted to this major. No more than 6 credits may be earned for the 110/120/126 sequence.

I. PREREQUISITES (24 credits) Japan 126 Intensive Elementary Japanese I 6 credits Japan 246 Intensive Elementary Japanese II 6 credits Japan 326 Intensive Intermediate Japanese I 6 credits Japan 327 Intensive Intermediate Japanese II 6 credits II. REQUIRED COURSES (6 credits) Japan 497B Contemporary Japanese I 3 credits Japan 497D Contemporary Japanese II 3 credits III. Select 12 credits from among the following: Japan 497A Readings in Modern Japanese I 3 credits Japan 497C Readings in Modern Japanese II 3 credits Japan 496T/Y Practicum and Tutorial variable credit Japan 536 Advanced Modern Japanese I credit Japan 537 Advanced Modern Japanese II 3 credits Japan 597 Problems & Methods in Translation 3 credits IV. Select 9 credits from among the following: Japan 235 Japanese Performing Arts 3 credits Japan 291 Japanese Women Writers 3 credits Japan 297B Japanese Popular Culture 3 credits Japan 297D Medieval Japanese Literature 3 credits Japan 391 Landscape & Travel in Japanese Literature 3 credits Japan 491H Seminar: The Samurai 4 credits Japan 491H Seminar: Rebels & Martyrs 4 credits Japan 556H Introduction to Classical Japanese 3 credits Japan 557H Classical Japanese II 3 credits Japan 560H Seminar in Japanese Literature 3 credits Japan 570H Research in Japanese Source Materials 3 credits Japan 597A Manuscript Japanese 1 credit Chinese 450 Elementary Classical Chinese 4 credits V. Select 6 credits from among the following: Japan 135 Japanese Arts and Culture 3 credits Japan 143 Literature: Courtly Romance & Warrior Epic 3 credits Japan 144 Literature: Premodern & Modern 3 credits Japan 190R Japanese Religions 3 credits Japan 197A Japanese Poetry and Song 3 credits Japan 197K Japanese Postwar Fiction 3 credits History 116 Survey of Japanese Civilization 3 credits VI. JUNIOR YEAR WRITING Japan 391G Junior Year Writing Program 1-3 credits

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