Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies (35-36 hours)

MLCJ 201 Japanese III (4)
MLCJ 202 Japanese IV (4)
MLC 491 Senior Research (2)
MLC 492 Senior Research Presentation (2)

Cognates (7-8 hours)

Select any two of the following:

HIST 102 East Asian Civilization II (4)
HIST 221 History of Women in East Asia (4)
HIST 239 Cultural History of Japan (4)
HIST 355 History & Memory of Hiroshima (4)
RELG 302 Studies in Eastern Religion: Japan (3)
MLCJ 350 Advanced Japanese Language (4)

Japanese Studies Electives (16 hours)

The Japanese Studies electives generally will be completed during a semester at Kansai Gaidai:

  • 1 course in spoken Japanese above the MLCJ 202 level (5)
  • 1 course in reading and writing Japanese (3)
  • 8 additional hours of MLCJ courses at the 300- or 400-level

Minor and Associate Program Requirements

Candidates for the Associate of Arts degree must complete 14 semester hours of 200- and 300- level courses, including one advanced language course, one conversation course and one course in literature and culture.

Students minoring in Japanese must complete 18 semester hours at the 200-level or above, including MLCJ 201 and 202 and 10 hours from study abroad in Japan.

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