Japanese Studies Minor

The Minor in Japanese Studies is designed to develop your Japanese language skills and cultural awareness.  It requires 24 units of the following courses.

16 units of the following required courses:

JAPN 101: First Semester Japanese, 4 units
JAPN 102: Second Semester Japanese, 4 units
JAPN 201: Third Semester Japanese, 4 units
JAPN 202: Fourth Semester Japanese, 4 units

8 units chosen from the following elective courses:

JAPN 190: Reading Osaka from San Francisco, 4 units
JAPN 310: Zen and the Art of Japanese Calligraphy, 4 units
JAPN 350: Japanese Culture, 4 units
JAPN 351: Contemporary Japanese Culture, 4 units
JAPN 355: Japanese Literature in Translation, 4 units
JAPN 357: Naturalism in Japanese Literature, 4 units
JAPN 360: Japanese Calligraphy and Ink Painting, 4 units
JAPN 401: Edo Culture (Fourth Year Japanese), 4 units
JAPN 410: Introduction to Japanese Linguistics, 4 units

*One course among the following can also be counted:
JAPN/HIST 383: Modern Japanese since Perry, 4 units
JAPN/HIST 387: History of U.S.- Japan Relations, 4 units
JAPN/HIST 390: Traditional Japan to 1868, 4 units
JAPN/THRS 368: Japanese Religion and Society, 4 units
JAPN/THRS 370: Zen Buddhism, 4 units
JAPN/BUS 397: Japanese Study Tour, 4 units

(c) Noriko Nagata -- Picture 1: Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, Japan.