The Minor

Requirements for the Minor in Japanese

24 credits as follows:

1. 12 credits of Japanese language:

   126 Intensive Elementary Japanese I or
   110 Non-intensive Elementary Japanese I
   120 Non-intensive Elementary Japanese II and 246 Intensive Elementary Japanese II

2. Any courses from among the following (from either Group I or Group II, from both or similar approved course) for a total of 12 credits:
   1. Language and Linguistics

      326 Intensive Intermediate Japanese I
      327 Intensive Intermediate Japanese II
      375 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
      432 Readings in Modern Japanese I
      433 Readings in Modern Japanese I
      436 Contemporary Japanese I
      437 Contemporary Japanese II
      490STA Problems and Methods in Translation
      536 Advanced Modern Japanese I
      537 Advanced Modern Japanese II
      556 Introduction to Classical Japanese I
      557 Introduction to Classical Japanese II
      590STA Manuscript Japanese  1 cr

   2. Literature and Culture

      135 Japanese Art and Culture
      140 Introduction to Japanese Religions
      142 Survey of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in translation to 1600
      143 Japanese Literature: Classical and Medieval
      144 Japanese Literature: Modern
      147 Manga and Anime
      235 The Performing Arts of Japan
      391S Women Writers in Japan
      391A Landscape and Travel in Japanese Literature
      391J Mysterious Japan
      492B Japanese Avant-Garde Drama
      492C Edo Pictorial Fiction
      590STA Manuscript Japanese
      591B Modern Japanese Philosophy
      592M Japanese Buddhism and the Literary Arts
      593A Heian Literary Culture
      HISTORY 116 History of East Asia: Japan

Note: Students who begin taking language courses at a level above the elementary level must take advanced courses sufficient to accumulate 24 credits for the minor. A grade of C or better is required for courses used to satisfy the minor requirement. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/Fail. No more than six credits taken through the Five College consortium will be accepted for the minor. No student who passes the program’s foreign language exemption exam may enroll in 110/120/126/127/246/247.