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Japanese Minor Program

The minor in Japanese consists of 15 credit hours of prerequisites and 14 credit hours of course work beyond the stated prerequisites. The purpose of the prerequisites is to give students a linguistic and cultural foundations upon which to build an understanding of Japan. The courses beyond the prerequisites are intended to provide more substantial training in the Japanese language and further cultural understanding. Selections of courses are to be made with the advice and counsel of an adviser, and students should be aware that not all of the courses that are available for the minor are offered every year so that early and careful planning is advised.

Prerequisites: (15 credit hrs.)

1101 or equivalent (4), 1102 or equivalent (4), 1103/2141 or equivalent (4), 2231

Required: (14 credit hrs.)

  1. Language: 2102/2151
  2. Literature, Linguistics: 2451, 2452, 4401, 5315, 5316, 5400, 5454, 5455, 5456, *6380 or *EALL6383
  3. Electives: 4101, 4102, 4142, 4152, 4400, 4401, 5111, 5112, 5271, 5454, 5455, 5456, *6380, *6381, or other JP‐lang above Level Two.

All courses are Japanese unless otherwise marked. 

* Graduate courses open to undergraduate minors with permission of instructor. 

NOTE: Students in this minor must have their minor program approved by the Undergraduate Director.