Jan 16, 2026

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

World Languages and Cultures Major, BA - Japanese Studies Concentration

Noriko J. Horiguchi, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Chair

The Japanese studies concentration consists of 30 credit hours.

College Requirements

Arts and Sciences

Complete all 20 hours

JAPA 251 - Intermediate Japanese I 4 Credit Hours
JAPA 252* - Intermediate Japanese II 4 Credit Hours
JAPA 351* - Advanced Japanese I 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 352* - Advanced Japanese II 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 451 - Introduction to Classical Japanese 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 452 - Reading in Modern Japanese Texts 3 Credit Hours

Select 10 hours

JAPA 313 - Premodern Japanese Culture 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 314 - Food, Fiction, and Film in Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 315 - Asian Film 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 321 - Japanese Popular Media 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 413* - Topics in Japanese Literature 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 300 - Kanji for Japanese II 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 365 - Japanese for Business 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 491 - Japanese Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
JAPA 493 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements.