Japanese Master's Degree Requirements

Program | Faculty | Master's | Courses

Students are required to complete at least thirty semester hours of course work and six credits of Master's Thesis. Up to six credits of appropriate course work at the graduate level from other institutions may be accepted with the approval of the graduate committee.

Course work is to be distributed as follows:

A. Required Courses (18 credits)

1. 528 Japanese Language in Contexts

2. 570 Research in Japanese Source Mate- rials

3. 592A Pro-seminar in Japanese

4. 592B Pro-seminar in Japanese

5. 626 Expository Writing

6. 691 Graduate Seminar in Japanese

B. Electives (12 credits)

To be selected from the advanced level courses (numbered 500 and above) existing in the department. Certain courses from other departments may also be accepted with the approval of the graduate committee.

C. Thesis (Japanese 699) and Examination

Before starting the thesis the student must pass a general examination, not necessarily limited to the thesis topic. The examination will be administered by a committee appointed by the graduate adviser.