The Minor

Requirements for the Minor in Japanese

24 credits as follows:

1. 12 credits of Japanese language:

   126 Intensive Elementary Japanese I
   (or 110 Non-intensive Elementary Japanese I AND 120 Non-intensive Elementary Japanese II)
   246 Intensive Elementary Japanese II

2. Any courses from among the following (from either Group I or Group II, or from both, or similar approved courses) for a total of 12 credits:
   1. Language and Linguistics

      326 Intensive Intermediate Japanese I
      327 Intensive Intermediate Japanese II
      375 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
      432 Readings in Modern Japanese I
      433 Readings in Modern Japanese II
      436 Contemporary Japanese I
      437 Contemporary Japanese II
      490STA Problems and Methods in Translation
      536 Advanced Modern Japanese I
      537 Advanced Modern Japanese II
      556 Introduction to Classical Japanese I
      557 Introduction to Classical Japanese II
      590STA Manuscript Japanese  1 cr

   2. Literature and Culture

      135 Japanese Art and Culture
      140 Introduction to Japanese Religions
      142 Survey of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in translation to 1600
      143 Japanese Literature: Classical and Medieval
      144 Japanese Literature: Modern
      145 Postwar Japanese Literature
      147 Manga and Anime
      235 The Performing Arts of Japan
      391S Women Writers in Japan
      391A Landscape and Travel in Japanese Literature
      391J Mysterious Japan
      492B Japanese Avant-Garde Drama
      492C Edo Pictorial Fiction
      590STA Manuscript Japanese
      591B Modern Japanese Philosophy
      592M Japanese Buddhism and the Literary Arts
      593A Heian Literary Culture
      ASIAN STUDIES 135 Buddhism East and West
      HISTORY 116 History of East Asia: Japan

Note: Students who begin taking language courses at a level above the elementary level must take advanced courses sufficient to accumulate 24 credits for the minor. A grade of C or better is required for courses used to satisfy the minor requirement. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/Fail. No more than six credits taken through the Five College consortium will be accepted for the minor. No student who passes the program’s foreign language exemption exam may enroll in 110/120/126/127/246/247.

For further information, contact: 

Contact: Stephen Forrest
Office: 441 Herter Hall
Phone: (413) 545-4950
Email: sforrest@asianlan.umass.edu

OR

Contact: Reiko Sono
Office: 331 Herter Hall
Phone: (413) 545-4947
Email: rsono@asianlan.umass.edu