Foreign Languages, Japanese Concentration, B.A.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

• 3 credit hours from foreign language 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)

Major Requirements (40 hours)

• JAPN 1020 - Elementary Japanese II 3 credit hours OR
• JAPN 1040 - Intensive Elementary Japanese 6 credit hours (only 3 credit hours counted toward degree)

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• FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
• JAPN 2010 - Intermediate Japanese I 3 credit hours
• JAPN 2020 - Intermediate Japanese II 3 credit hours
• JAPN 3010 - Advanced Japanese 3 credit hours
• JAPN 3020 - Advanced Japanese 3 credit hours
• JAPN 3030 - Advanced Japanese III 3 credit hours
• JAPN 3000-level 6 credit hours
• JAPN 4000-level 12 credit hours
• JAPN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (21-24 hours)

Freshman

• FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication/Elective 3 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours

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• JAPN 1010 - Elementary Japanese I 3 credit hours AND
• JAPN 1020 - Elementary Japanese II 3 credit hours OR
• JAPN 1040 - Intensive Elementary Japanese 6 credit hours (only 3 hours may be counted for the degree)

Sophomore

• JAPN 2010 - Intermediate Japanese I 3 credit hours
• JAPN 2020 - Intermediate Japanese II 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours
• Minor courses 6 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours

Junior

• JAPN 3010 - Advanced Japanese 3 credit hours
• JAPN 3020 - Advanced Japanese 3 credit hours
• JAPN 3000-4000 level electives 6 credit hours
• Minor courses 6 credit hours
• Electives 9 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours

Senior

• JAPN 3030 - Advanced Japanese III 3 credit hours
• JAPN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
• JAPN 4000-level elective 3 credit hours
• JAPN 3000-4000 level electives 9 credit hours
• Electives 6 credit hours
• Minor course 3 credit hours
• Minor/Elective course 3 credit hours