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Foreign
Language
Department
The Department of Japanese and
Chinese offers a major in
Japanese Studies, a minor in
Japanese and Chinese language
courses.
The Japanese Studies major is an
interdisciplinary major combining
language study with related
courses on the history,
literature, art, religion, and
culture of Japan. Because of the
significant linguistic and
cultural links between China and
Japan, the study of Chinese
history, culture and language may
also serve as a significant
component of the Japanese Studies
major. Students majoring in
Japanese Studies are encouraged
to take advantage of the
Semester-in-Japan Program offered
at our Sister Institution, Tokyo
International University, in
Kawagoe, Japan, as well as the
opportunities for cultural
exchange offered by the presence
of Tokyo International University
of America (TIUA) adjacent to our
campus.
The Japanese Studies major is
structured to include: (1) a
broad introduction to East Asian
civilization (one credit); (2)
the study of Japanese language
through the fourth year (four
credits); (3) courses on Japanese
literature, culture and history
(three credits); (4) an elective
concentration consisting of
courses on history, religion, art
and culture of Japan and/or China
(three credits); and 5) a Senior
Year Experience (one credit)
involving a writing project which
will integrate and consolidate
knowledge and understanding of
Japan which the student has
gained through the program’s
course of studies.
A variety of career opportunities
are available to students who
graduate with a strong grounding
in the study of Japanese. These
include the JET program, foreign
service, international trade,
graduate study, and teaching of
English as a second language.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE JAPANESE STUDIES MAJOR
(12
credits)
HIST
117
(TH)
East
Asian
Civilization
to
1800
(1)
OR
HIST
118
(TH)
East
Asian
Civilization
Since
1800
(1)
JAPN
201
(W) Modern Japanese Society &
Culture (1)
JAPN
499
(W)
Senior
Seminar
(1)
Four
credits from the following: (4)
JAPN
331-332
Third Year Japanese I and II
(1)
JAPN
430-431
Japanese Reading and Composition
I and II (1)
JAPN
432 &
434
Conversational Japanese I and II
(1)
JAPN
490-491
Reading
and
Conference
(.5
or
1)
Two
credits from the following:
(2)
JAPN
314
(IT;W;
4th
Sem
Lang
Req)
Japanese
Literature
in
Translation
(1)
JAPN
340
The Japanese Cinema (1)
HIST
380
History of Traditional Japan
(1)
HIST
381
(TH) History of Modern Japan
(1)
HIST
445
Postwar Japan (1)
Three
credits from the following: (3)
ARTH
213
(IT; TH) History of the Art of
China (1)
ARTH
214
(IT; TH) History of the Art of
Japan (1)
CHNSE
232*
Intermediate Chinese
II (1)
CHNSE
254
Language, Ethnicity, and Folklore
in China (1)
CHNSE
332*
Advanced Chinese: Reading the
Humanities (1)
HIST
383
Mao's China (1)
JAPN
340
The Japanese Cinema (1)
REL
135
Religions of Asia (1)
REL
262
Japanese Religions (1)
*Only
one of these Chinese courses may
be
used.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE JAPANESE MINOR
(5
credits)
JAPN
232
Intermediate Japanese II (1)
JAPN
331
Third Year Japanese I (1)
JAPN
332
Third Year Japanese II (1)
JAPN
430
Japanese Reading and Composition
I (1)
One
credit
from
the
following:
(1)
JAPN
431
Japanese
Reading
and
Composition
II
(1)
JAPN
490,
491
Reading
and
Conference
(.5
or
1)
An
intermediate
or
advanced
Japanese
course
at
TIUA
REQUIREMENT
FOR
CHINESE
STUDIES
MINOR
(5
credits)
Three
credits
from
the
following:
(3)
CHNSE
231
Intermediate
Chinese
I
(1)
CHNSE
232
Intermediate
Chinese
II
(1)
CHNSE
331
(IT)
Advanced
Chinese:
Reading
the
Media
(1)
CHNSE
332
(IT)
Advanced
Chinese:
Reading
the
Humanities
(1)
*CHNSE
490-491
Reading
and
Conference
(.5
or
1)
Two
credits
from
the
following
from
at
least
two
different
departments:
(2)
ANTH
233
(US)
Peoples
and
Cultures
of
Asia
(1)
ARTH
212
(IT,
TH)
History
of
the
Arts
of
Asia
(1)
ARTH
213
(IT;
TH)
History
of
the
Art
in
China
(1)
ARTH
214
(IT;
TH)
History
of
the
Art
of
Japan
(1)
CHNSE
252
(US)
Rites
of
Passage
in
Chinese
Societies
(1)
[Crosslisted
with
ANTh
252]
CHNSE
254
Language,
Ethnicity,
and
Folklore
in
China
(1)
CHNSE
256
Chinese
Folklore
in
Films
(1)
HIST
233
History
&
Cultures/Silk
Road
(1)
[Crosslisted
with
REL
233]
HIST
265
(TH)
Late
Imperial
China
(1)
HIST
282
(TH)
Twentieth-Century
China
(1)
HIST
383
Mao's
China
1949-1979
(1)
HIST
445
Postwar
Japan
(1)
JAPN
240
Japanese
Language
and
Culture
(1)
JAPN
314
Japanese
Literature
in
Translation
(1)
JAPN
340
The
Japanese
Cinema
(1)
REL
239
Introduction
to
Chinese
Religion
(1)
REL
356
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