Japanese Studies Minor

Location(s): Main Campus

The Japanese Studies minor consists of 6 courses and requires the following:

3 required language sequence courses
3 required elective courses
At least 3 of the 6 courses must be at the 300 or 400 level, including JPN 305.

Course Requirements

3 Language Sequence Courses

Students are required to successfully complete the following 3 language courses:

Note on Language Requirements

Depending on prior exposure to the language, JPN 101 and JPN 102 may be required prerequisites for the minor. JPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I and JPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II provide the basic linguistic knowledge and skills required to begin the minor but do not count towards the minor.

For students with significant prior exposure, after consultation and a proficiency test assessment administered by Japanese Program faculty, students who demonstrate competence at any of the required levels of the Japanese language may waive part or all of the language requirements. Waived Japanese language courses will not count toward the minor and must be replaced with other Japanese Studies courses so that the student completes a total of 6 courses for the minor.

JPN 305 will count as one of the three upper-level course requirements for the minor.

3 Elective Courses

Students should choose 3 electives from the courses listed below and/or from other approved Japanese Studies courses as they become available.

JPN 180 - Elementary Japanese Conversation
JPN 306 - Adv Jpn Reading & Comp II
JPN 380 - Business Japanese
JPN 407 - Fourth Year Japanese I
AAAS 250 - Japanese Cinema
AAAS 252 - Mediev/Early Mod JPN Lit/Cult
AAAS 276 - Japanese History to 1600
AAAS 350 - Modern Japanese Lit. in Trans
AAAS 452 - S?seki/Modernization of Japan
AAAS 453 - Trauma in JPN Lit & Film
AAAS 454 - Unresolved Issues:Wars in Asia
AAAS 455 - Japanese Asia Pacific War Exp.

Additional Information on Japanese Studies

In addition to the above requirements:

Students must earn a C or better for a course to count toward the minor.
A course must be 3 or more credits to count toward the minor.
JPN language courses may not be taken Pass/Fail.
No more than 1 non-language / AAAS course may be taken Pass/Fail.
No more than 1 course may be an independent study.

Residency Requirement: At least 4 courses must be taken at Binghamton University.

For more information on the Japanese Studies program, visit the AAAS Department’s website.