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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Foreign Languages, Applied Language - Japanese Concentration, B.S.


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World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures  
615-898-5357
Priya Ananth, program coordinator
Priya.Ananth@mtsu.edu

The major in Foreign Languages with an Applied Language - Japanese concentration consists of 27 semester hours (excluding 1010). The concentration is designed to prepare students for careers in emergent and in-demand fields that require or are enriched by proficiency in a second language. It is also intended to prepare students to thrive in an increasingly global economy and multicultural society.

Before beginning the junior year, the student should file a degree plan with his or her advisor.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Foreign Languages, Applied Language - Japanese Concentration, B.S., Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 27 hours
Corollary Course of Study 24 hours
Electives 28-31 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

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 (27 hours)


Corollary Course of Study (24 hours)


A double major satisfies the requirement for corollary courses. Corollary courses must be mapped out and approved by a faculty advisor in the appropriate section of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures .

Electives (28-31 hours)


Curriculum: Foreign Languages, Applied Language - Japanese


Freshman Fall


  • Elective 3 credit hours OR
  • 3 credit hours *
  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • *NOTE: JAPN 1040 (6 credit hours) may be taken in lieu of JAPN 1010 and JAPN 1020; only 3 hours may be counted toward the degree.

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Freshman Spring


  • 3 credit hours *
  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • *NOTE: JAPN 1040 (6 credit hours) may be taken in lieu of JAPN 1010 and JAPN 1020; only 3 hours may be counted toward the degree.

Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


  • 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Corollary course 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Junior Fall


  • 3 credit hours
  • JAPN 3000-4000 level major course 3 credit hours
  • Corollary courses 6 credit hours
  • General elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


  • 3 credit hours
  • JAPN 3000-4000 level major course 6 credit hours
  • Corollary course 3 credit hours
  • General elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


  • JAPN 3000-4000 level major course or FL 1000 , FL 3100 , or HUM 3000  3 credit hours
  • Corollary courses 6 credit hours
  • Electives 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 13 Hours


Senior Spring


  • General electives 15 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


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