UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM


CORE COURSES
(Required Courses)
SUPPORTING COURSES
(Not required except for
ONE Kanji [J250] Course)
1st Semester
J101 First Semester Japanese
J200 Art of Japn Writing and Calligraphy
J600 Topics J Culture & Lit in English
(e.g. Contemporary Japanese Culture)
2nd Semester
J102 Second Semester Japanese
<---- J100 Japn Convers for Beginners
J210 Japn Writing for Beginners
3rd Semester
J103 Third Semester Japanese
J250 Intensive Study of Kanji (Level 1)
J600 Topics J Culture & Lit in English
(e.g. Japn Lit in Translation)
4th Semester
J301 Japanese Conversation
J302 Japanese Reading and Grammar
J250 Intensive Study of Kanji (Level 2)
J600 Topics J Culture & Lit in English
(e.g. Tradition in Japn Lit in Translation)
5th Semester
J305 Adv Japn Conv and Comp I
J250 Intensive Study of Kanji (Level 3)
J600 Topics J Culture & Lit in English
(e.g. Japanese motifs)
or
J306 Adv Japn Conv and Comp II
J309 Adv Japanese Readings
J600 Topics J Culture & Lit in English
(e.g. Effects of Zen)

6th through 8th semesters
ELECTIVES - MINIMUM OF 3
6th through 8th semesters
Linguistics
J325 Prac Ling Japanese

Culture
J401 Topics Japn Culture
(e.g. Japn Way of Living)

Literature
J510 Mod Japn Literature
Language
J306 Adv Comp and Comp II
J310 Intro Classical Japanese
J330 Proverbs & Idiomatic Expressions in Japn
J350 Intro Translation
J390 Business Japanese
J395 Business Writing
J690 Intro Consec Interprestation
Courses 100-302 are offered every
semester. 305 or 306, and 309 are
offered every other semester.
325, 401 and 510 are offered at
least once every three semesters.
Culture
J401 Topics Japn Culture
(e.g. Heian Culture; Japanese Identity)
Literature
J556 Mod Japn Drama
J560 Madoern Japn Fiction
J590 Topics Japn Literature
(e.g. Japn Women Writers;
Contemporary Japn Literature)
Individual Study
J699 Special Study

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