JAPANESE MINOR

Planning Form
A minimum of 18 credit hours must be taken in Japanese language and literature courses, including a total of 13
upper-division credit hours; these credits will include JPNS 2120, 3110, 3120 and at least one additional upper-
division 3 credit JPNS course. Pass/fail work will not apply to the minor. Students are allowed to apply no more
than 9 credit hours, including 6 upper-division hours, of transfer work toward a minor. For more information,
please see the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations Undergraduate Advisor.
Degree Requirements

REQUIRED COURSES:
JPNS 2120 Intermediate Japanese 2 5 credit hours_______
JPNS 3110 Advanced Japanese 1 5 credit hours_______
JPNS 3120 Advanced Japanese 2 5 credit hours_______

MINOR ELECTIVES The remaining 3 credit hours may be chosen from the courses listed below:
JPNS 3200 Advanced Writing Topics on Chinese & Japanese Literature and Civilization 3 credit hours_______
(Core: Upper Division Written Communication)
JPNS 3311 Japanese Colonial and Transnational Literature 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3321 Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Japanese Literature, Film and Culture 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3331 Business Japanese 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3511 From Rebellion to Calamity: Contemporary Japanese Literature in Translation 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3811 Love, Death, and Desire: Classical Japanese Literature in Translation 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3821 Monsters, Monks, and Mayhem: Medieval Japanese Literature in Translation 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3831 Floating World of Play & Passion: Early Modern Jpns Literature in Translation 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3841 Tradition and Transgression: Modern Japanese Literature in Translation 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3851 Studies in Japanese Popular Culture 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3861 Imagining the Samurai in Japanese Literature and Culture 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3871 Horror and the Macabre in Japanese Literature, Film, Culture 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3881 Environment, Nature and Disaster in Jpns Literature & Culture (Core: Lit & Arts) 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 3891 Travel/Travel Writing in Japanese Literature and Culture 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4030 Japanese Syntax 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4050 Japanese Sociolinguistics: Japanese Language and Society 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4070 Second Language Acquisition of Japanese 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4080 Kanji in Japanese Orthography 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4110* Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese 1 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4120* Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese 2 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4150 Japanese to English Translation: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4210 Contemporary Japanese 1: Current Issues 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4300 Open Topics: Readings in Japanese 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4310* Classical Japanese 1 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4320* Classical Japanese 2 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4400 Critical Theory and Japanese Literature and Culture 3 credit hours_______
JPNS 4900 Independent Study 1-3 credit hours_____
JPNS 4950 Honors Thesis 3 credit hours_______

OVERALL HOURS: 18 credit hours_____

UPPER DIVISION HOURS IN MINOR: 13 credit hours_____

*Transfer credit for these courses, from Universities in this country or abroad, will be considered only in exceptional
cases; normally, no credit toward the major will be given for these courses unless taken in residence.

Revised February 2017