All students taking a minor in Japanese are expected to complete a total of 24 credits of course work. If a student begins the minor by taking language courses at a level above the elementary, neither credit nor exemption will be given for the lower level language course(s). Those students should take advanced language courses in order to accumulate sufficient credits for the minor. Contact the undergraduate major advisor in Japanese for details. Courses for the minor may not be taken pass/fail. Students must have a minimum GPA in the minor of 2.0 in order to satisfy the requirements for the minor. No more than 6 credits taken within or without the Five College consortium will be accepted for the minor in Japanese. This shall not apply to credits transferred from study abroad.
For more information, please contact Professor Steve Forrest or Professor Reiko Sono.
Required (12 credits):
Japanese 126*: Intensive Elementary Japanese I (Fall) 6 credits
Japanese 246: Intensive Elementary Japanese II (Spring) 6 credits
*Japanese 126 can be replaced by a combination of Japanese 110 “Non Intensive Elementary Japanese I” and Japanese 120 “Non Intensive Elementary Japanese II.”
Select 12 credits from among the following (or other courses approved by advisor):
Japanese 135: Japanese Arts and Culture 4 credits
Japanese 143: Literature: Classical and Medieval 4 credits
Japanese 144: Literature: Modern 4 credits
Japanese 197L: Manga and Anime 3 credits
Japanese 197N: Asian Homosexualities 3 credits
Japanese 197C: Japanese Religions 3 credits
Japanese 197K: Postwar Fiction 3 credits
Japanese 197T: Japanese Literature before 1600 3 credits
Japanese 235: Japanese Performing Arts 3 credits
Japanese 297B: Japanese Popular Culture 3 credits
Japanese 326: Intensive Intermediate Japanese I (Fall) 6 credits
Japanese 327: Intensive Intermediate Japanese II (Spring) 6 credits
Japanese 375: Introduction to Japanese Linguistics 3 credits
Japanese 391S: Japanese Women Writers 3 credits
Japanese 397M: Japanese Buddhism & the Literary Arts 3 credits
Japanese 497A: Readings in Modern Japanese I (Fall) 3 credits
Japanese 497B: Contemporary Japanese I (Fall) 3 credits
Japanese 497C: Readings in Modern Japanese II (Spring) 3 credits
Japanese 497D: Contemporary Japanese II (Spring) 3 credits
Japanese 532: Media Japanese I (Fall) 3 credits
Japanese 533: Media Japanese II (Spring) 3 credits
Japanese 536: Advanced Modern Japanese I 3 credits
Japanese 537: Advanced Modern Japanese II 3 credits
Japanese 556: Introduction to Classical Japanese 3 credits
Japanese 557: Classical Japanese II 3 credits
Japanese 570H: Research in Japanese Source Materials 3 credits
Japanese 580: Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 3 credits
Japanese 597C: Problems and Methods in Translation 3 credits
History 116: Survey of Japanese Civilization 3 credits