The Bachelor of Arts in Japanese consists of 33 units of upper-division Japanese coursework, plus MLNG 301 . Prior to undertaking upper-division work, the Japanese major will have completed the following lower-division courses or their equivalents.

Lower-Division Requirements (20 units)

JAPN 101 - Fundamental Japanese-A (5)
JAPN 102 - Fundamental Japanese-B (5)
JAPN 203 - Intermediate Japanese-A (5)
JAPN 204 - Intermediate Japanese-B (5)
JAPN 299 - Directed Study (1-3)

Upper-Division Core Requirements (24 units)

Language (6 units)

JAPN 305 - Advanced Japanese-A (3)
JAPN 306 - Advanced Japanese-B (3)
JAPN 307 - Advanced Spoken Japanese (3)
JAPN 308 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)
JAPN 310 - Japanese for Business (3)
JAPN 311 - Japanese for International Business (3)

Culture (6 units)

JAPN 315 - Introduction to Japanese Civilization (3) or
JAPN 316 - Modern Japan (3)
JAPN 450 - Japanese Culture and Society in Film (3) or
JAPN 485T - Senior Seminar: Variable Topics in Japanese (3)

Literature (6 units)

JAPN 375 - Introduction to Literary Forms (3)
JAPN 420 - Medieval Japanese Literature (3)
JAPN 440 - Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature (3)
JAPN 485T - Senior Seminar: Variable Topics in Japanese (3)

Linguistics (6 units)

JAPN 466 - Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (3)
JAPN 467 - Japanese Language and Society (3)
JAPN 468 - Japanese-English Contrastive Analysis (3)

Upper-Division Electives (9 units)

Any courses listed above, if not taken as a core courses. JAPN 499 may be taken with adviser approval.

Total (120 units)

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