The purpose of the Japanese Studies major is threefold:
The Association of American Colleges has reported that a strong university major should have a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end. The structure of the Japanese Studies major was created with this philosophy in mind. At the beginning level, the Japanese Studies major offers courses on East Asian Civilization, Elementary and Intermediate Language, and Modern Japanese Society. The middle level includes courses at the 300 level on Japanese History, Literature, and Language. The concluding level includes advanced coursework on Postwar Japan, Fourth Year Japanese, and the Senior Seminar capstone course. The requirements are spelled out in detail below.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JAPANESE STUDIES MAJOR (12 credits)
HIST 117 East Asian Civilization
to 1800
OR
HIST 118 East Asian Civilization Since 1800
JAPN 201 (W) Modern Japanese Society and Culture
JPNST 499 (W) Senior Seminar in Japanese Studies
Four (4 ) credits from the following
JAPN 331-332 Third Year Japanese I, II
JAPN 430-431 Japanese Reading and Composition I, II
JAPN 432-434 Conversational Japanese I, II
JAPN 490-491 Reading and Conference
Two credits from the following
JAPN 314 Japanese Literature in Translation I
HIST 380 History of Traditional Japan
HIST 381 History of Modern Japan
HIST 445 Postwar Japan
Three credits from the following
ART 213 History of the Art of China
ART 214 Art and Culture of Japan
CHIN 232, 332* Intermediate, Third-Year Chinese
HIST 264 Political Culture of Modern China
HIST 382 Politics, Ideology and Philosophical Discourse in Traditional China
HIST 383 Mao's China
JAPN 340 Topics in Modern Japanese Literature and Film
REL 135 Religions of Asia
* Only one of these Chinese courses may be used.
