Major Requirements

Six 4-credit courses (24 credit hours) of 200/300-level Japanese with a minimum of three 300-level courses
Five 4-credit courses (20 credit hours) of 200/300-level Allied Courses from at least three different departments
Two 4-credit courses (8 credits) of 200/300-level Japanese or Allied Courses

No English-language ("E-designation") courses can be applied toward the "Six Advanced Level Courses in Japanese Language" requirement of the major. Please note the following course sequence for Japanese courses:

Plan of Study Grid
First Year		Hours
Japanese I textbook is completed in one year
Fall Quarter
JPN 101	BASIC JAPANESE I	4
Winter Quarter
JPN 102	BASIC JAPANESE II	4
Spring Quarter
JPN 103	BASIC JAPANESE III	4
Second Year
Japanese II textbook is completed in one year
Fall Quarter
JPN 104	INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I	4
Winter Quarter
JPN 105	INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II	4
Spring Quarter
JPN 106	INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE III	4
Third Year
Japanese III textbook is completed in one year
Fall Quarter
JPN 201	ADVANCED JAPANESE I	4
Winter Quarter
JPN 202	ADVANCED JAPANESE II	4
Spring Quarter
JPN 203	ADVANCED JAPANESE III	4
Fourth Year
Alternate 301-303 and 311-313
Fall Quarter
Even Year
JPN 311	ADVANCED DISCUSSION AND READING I	4
Odd Year
JPN 301	ADVANCED JAPANESE IV	4
Winter Quarter
Odd Year
JPN 312	ADVANCED DISCUSSION AND READING II	4
Even Year
JPN 302	ADVANCED JAPANESE V	4
Spring Quarter
Odd Year
JPN 313	ADVANCED DISCUSSION AND READING III	4
Even Year
JPN 303	ADVANCED JAPANESE VI	4
Fifth Year
Offered Occasionally
Fall Quarter
JPN 342	ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE I	4
Winter Quarter
JPN 343	ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE II	4
Spring Quarter
JPN 344	ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE III	4

JPN 395: FLAC Japanese (2 credits, offered occasionally with an Allied course)

Japanese Studies Allied Course List

Art and Architecture, History of

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
HAA 216	JAPANESE ART
HAA 219	JAPANESE FILM ARTS
HAA 220	BUDDHIST ART
HAA 273	ANIME AND MANGA
HAA 373	KYOTO (WORLD CITIES)
HAA 397	SPECIAL TOPICS/HISTORY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE (Japanese Painting and Prints)
HAA 397	SPECIAL TOPICS/HISTORY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE (Japanese Art and the Warrior Elite)

History

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
HST 263	JAPAN TO C. 1200
HST 264	JAPAN c.1200 - 1800
HST 265	JAPAN, c. 1800-PRESENT
HST 339	HISTORY FROM PICTURES: VISUAL CULTURE IN EAST ASIAN HISTORY
HST 340	CULTURE AND GENDER IN JAPAN
HST 390	CAPSTONE IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND WRITING

Japanese Studies / Language

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
JPN 240E	MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE
JPN 241E	JAPANESE WOMEN'S LITERARY MASTERPIECES
JPN 242E	JAPANESE POP CULTURE
JPN 342	ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE I
JPN 343	ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE II
JPN 344	ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE III
JPN 395	FOREIGN LANGUAGES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

Modern Languages (Japanese Literature and Culture)

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
MOL 310	JAPANESE CULTURE

Philosophy

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
PHL 287	INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN PHILOSOPHIES

Political Science

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
PSC 246	ASIAN FOREIGN POLICY
PSC 253	ASIAN POLITICS
PSC 350	JAPANESE POLITICS
PSC 359	ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS (Japanese Politics, Culture, and Society)

Religious Studies

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
REL 202	ATOM BOMB DISCOURSE (Atom Bomb Discourse)
REL 205	COMPARATIVE ETHICS (Industrial Diseases)
REL 245	RELIGION IN JAPANESE HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE
REL 247	LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN JAPAN
REL 342	ZEN MIND

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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