CSU Monterey Bay

School of World Languages and Cultures

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Rev
BA in Japanese Language and Culture: Individual Learning Plan (ILP) from 2021 9/1/2021
Fall 2022-2023

Catalog Rights

Emma Nowlin Spring 2026

Student Name: Grad Term/Yr: Date:

004759136 Freshman Shigeko Sekine

Student ID: First Year or Junior Transfer Advisor Name:

REQUIREMENTS GE Completion Completed @

Course Number University Wide Required Courses Units Area Semester CSUMB / Japan
WLC 300 Major ProSeminar - Subsitute WLC 397 (Independent Study) 2 Spring 2024 CSUMB
JAPN 320S Upper Division Service Learning (Fall) 4 D4 Fall 2025 CSUMB
GWAR JAPN 311 Social Issues in Japan (Fall) 3 GWAR Fall 2023 CSUMB
JAPN410: Quakes and Nukes: (Un)Natural Japanese
Upper Divison GE B Environments 3 UB Spring 2024 CSUMB
WLC 400 Senior Capstone (Spring) 4 Spring 2026 CSUMB
Language and Culture Courses taught in Japanese (JAPN300 and four 4-unit courses) MLO1
JAPN 300 Introduction to Advanced Communication 4 Choose one
JAPN 302 History of Japan 4 Choose one
JAPN 380 Japan: Land and People 4 Spring 2026 Choose one
JAPN 402 Japanese Literature 4 Choose one
JAPN 301 Adv Japanese Language, Culture & Communication 4 Spring 2024 Choose one
JAPN 303 Business Japanese 4 Choose one
JAPN 312 Japanese for the Professions 4 Choose one
JAPN 304 Intro to Translation and Interpretation 4 Choose one
JAPN 401 Structure of Japanese Language 4 Fall 2025 Choose one
Substitution Study Abroad (Intermediate level language course) 4 Fall 2024 Choose one
Substitution Study Abroad (Intermediate level language course) 4 Spring 2025 Choose one
Research Methods and Information Technology MLO 4 (Take JAPN403 in fall and JAPN 404 in Spring)
JAPN 403 PreCapstone 2 CSUMB
Fall 2025
JAPN 404 Advanced Japanese for Presentational Communication 2 Spring 2026 CSUMB
Culture-related courses taught in English (select 3 courses in addition to JAPN311 and 410) Limit One (1) 200 level
MLO 2
JAPN 212 Samurai Spirit 3 C2 Choose one
JAPN 213 Manga, Anime & Modern Japan 3 C1 Fall 2023 Choose one
JAPN 215 Cool Japan Today 3 C1 Choose one
JAPN 305 Introduction to Japanese Culture and Civilization 3 C2 Choose one
JAPN 306 The Japanese Mind 3 C2 Choose one
ES and
JAPN 307 Japan-American Experience 3 US1 Spring 2024 Choose one
JAPN 308 Japanese Pop-Culture 3 C2 Choose one
JAPN 309 Masterpieces in Japanese Literature 3 C2 Choose one
JAPN 310 Japanese Cinema 3 C2 Choose one
JAPN 311 Social Issues In Japan (Required meet GWAR) 3 D1 Fall 2023 Choose one
JAPN 314 Japanese Visual Culture and Media 3 C1 Choose one
JAPN 315 Japanese Business Culture 4 Choose one
JAPN 316 Japanese Myth and Folktales 4 Choose one
JAPN 317 Pacific Food Empires 3 ES CSUMB
JAPN 405 Cultural Landscape of Japan 4 Choose one
JAPN 407 Japan in the Globalized Community 3 UD D Cooose one
JAPN 410 Nukes and Quakes: Un-natural Japan 3 UD B Spring 2024 Cooose one
Study Abroad (Japanese cultre course taught in ENG 3 or 4
Substitution unit worth) 3 or 4 Fall 2024 Choose one
Study Abroad (Japanese cultre course taught in ENG 3 or 4
Substitution unit worth) 3 or 4 Choose one
Secondary Culture MLO3 (take one approved minimum of 3-unit course)
SPAN 308 Hist/Cultr Aztlan:SW US (Spring only) 3 Spring 2026
Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion: JAPN420 and choose pathway MLO 5
JAPN420 Maximizing Study Abroad 2 Spring 2024 CSUMB
Pathway 1: Study Abroad
Exchange Program
Length of Time: will take approved alternative pathway Sem F 24-S25
Location: Select Campus
Pathway 2: Community-Based Project
 Major Requirement Total Units 54-55

Student Signature: Advisor Signature:

ELM (Math)
EPT (English)
US History
US Constitution
Cal State & Local Government
Minimum semester units (120)
40 units upper division
CSUMB Residency Requirement
(30 semester units at CSUMB, 24 units upper division, 12 units upper division in major, 9
units upper division in General Education

Fall Units GE Spring Units GE

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Notes: Date ILP

Developed: 12/6/2022 SS
Revised: Spring 2023 SS
Revised: 9/14/2023 SS
study abroad 10/5/23 SS

GE
Area
A1 Oral communication
A2 Written Comunication
A3 Critial thinking
B1 Physical Science
B2 Life Scoence
B3 Lab practices
Math/Qunatitiave
B4 reasoning
C1 Arts JAPN213, 215
C2 Humanities and Language JAPN212
D1 General Social Scoences
D2 US History
Covics and Lower Division
D3 Service Learning
Life long learning and
E Self-Development
F Ethnic Studies JAPN307, 317
Upper Upper division: Integrated
division B Scientific Inquirity and
Quantitative Reasoning JAPN410
Upper
division Integrated Arts and
C Hunanities JAPN305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 314, (not for JLC 340, 350)
Upper
division
D Integrated Social Sciences JAPN311, JAPN407

Upper division Service

Learning JAPN320s
GWAR JAPN311