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Minor in Japanese Studies

The minor in Japanese Studies may be of particular interest to students in business, social sciences, and other languages and interdisciplinary subjects. It includes both language and literature and other Japanese area studies courses.

A minor in Japanese Studies (EALC) requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:

  • Completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the baccalaureate degree in effect when the student was admitted to their home school.
  • Completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course.
  • All course work must be at the 200 level or above.
  • 6 credits must be at the 300 level or above.
  • A minimum of 6 credit hours must be taken on the IUPUI campus
  • to declare the minor, complete the School of Liberal Arts online declaration form: https://liberalarts.iupui.edu/updatemajor/

Prerequisites:

Completion of first-year college Japanese or equivalent (EALC-J 131 and J 132: Beginning Japanese I-II, 4 credits each at IUPUI).

Minor Requirements-choose 5 courses (15 cr.):

  • EALC-E 231: Japan: The Living Tradition (3 cr.)
  • EALC-E 351: Studies in East Asian Culture (3-6 cr.)
  • EALC-E 472: Modern Japanese Fiction (3 cr.)
  • HIST-G 467: History of Japan I (3 cr.)
  • HIST-G 468: History of Japan II (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 201: Second-Year Japanese I (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 202: Second-Year Japanese II (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 301: Third-Year Japanese I (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 302: Third-Year Japanese II (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 310: Japanese Conversation (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 330: Business Japanese (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 393: Japanese Literature in Translation I (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 394: Japanese Literature in Translation II (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 401: Fourth-Year Japanese I (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 402: Fourth-Year Japanese II (3 cr.)
  • EALC-J 498:  Individual Studies in Japanese (1-3 cr.)