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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Japanese Minor

Campus: Knoxville

Minor Requirements

The minor in Japanese consists of 18 hours of Japan-related courses.

Prerequisites

JAPA 251 - Intermediate Japanese I 4 Credit Hours
JAPA 252* - Intermediate Japanese II 4 Credit Hours

Required Courses

Complete:

JAPA 351* - Advanced Japanese I 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 352* - Advanced Japanese II 3 Credit Hours

Select 12 hours (at least 9 hours from List A):

List A:

JAPA 213 - Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 313 - Premodern Japanese Literature and 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 365 - Japanese for Business 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 413* - Modern Japanese Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 451 - Introduction to Classical Japanese 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 452 - Reading in Modern Japanese Texts 3 Credit Hours
JAPA 493 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
any Japanese courses above 300

List B:

ARTH 419 - Art of Japan 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 374* - Emerging Landscapes of East Asia 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 392 - History of Pre-Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 393 - History of Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 494* - History of Tokyo 3 Credit Hours
REST 380* - American Buddhism 3 Credit Hours
REST 383* - Japanese Religions 3 Credit Hours
REST 479* - Seminar in East Asian Religions 3 Credit Hours
POLS 454 - Politics in China and Japan: Culture, Power and Competition 3 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .