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    The document summarizes the requirements for a major, minor, and certificate in Japanese studies at Carnegie Mellon University. It lists the core courses required for each, which include Japanese language courses from elementary to advanced levels. It also outlines general requirements like an oral proficiency interview for the major, a recommendation to study abroad, and elective courses that can be interdisciplinary or focus on Japanese culture. Students are placed into appropriate language courses based on their background and proficiency, and they are encouraged to contact the coordinator for more information.

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    Friday, January 8, 2016

    Japanese Studies Program

    Summary of Japanese Major, Minor, and Certificate Requirements


    Visit our website for details: http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/modlang/undergraduate/japanese.html

    Oral Proficiency
    Interview (OPI)
    Study Abroad
    Japanese
    Electives &
    Interdisciplinary
    Electives
    Core Courses
    in Modern
    Languages

    Core Courses
    in Japanese

    Major

    Minor

    Certificate

    Required

    Not Applicable

    Required

    Strongly encouraged

    Encouraged

    Required

    Six 9-unit courses


    (54 Units)

    Two 9-unit courses


    (18 Units)

    Not Applicable

    One 9-unit course &


    Senior Seminar (3
    units)

    Not Applicable

    Not Applicable

    82-372 Advanced Japanese II


    82-371 Advanced Japanese I
    82-273 Introduction to Japanese Language and
    Culture
    82-272 Intermediate Japanese II
    82-271 Intermediate Japanese I
    82-172 Elementary Japanese II
    82-171 Elementary Japanese I*

    Prerequisites
    *82-171 can be replaced by 82-173 and 82-174.

    One 300-level course

    82-272 Intermediate
    Japanese II
    82-271 Intermediate
    Japanese I
    82-172 Elementary
    Japanese II
    82-171 Elementary
    Japanese I*
    *82-171 can be replaced
    by 82-173 and 82-174.

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    Japanese Studies Program

    Students who arrive at Carnegie Mellon with one or more years of previous language study
    should take an online placement test (http://www.ttbj.jp/mt/index_e.html) and will be placed
    into an appropriate course. Those with the AP score of 4 and 5 will be automatically placed
    into Intermediate Japanese I and Intermediate Japanese II, respectively. Japanese majors are
    strongly encouraged to study abroad for at least a semester, preferably a year. For inquiries,
    please contact Dr. Yasufumi Iwasaki, Coordinator of Japanese Studies Program, at
    yiwasaki@andrew.cmu.edu

    Culture Courses

    Language Courses

    Youth Culture
    400-level

    Changing Cultural Icons - Samurai, Kamikaze, and Totoro Japanese Language and Culture from a Pragmatics Perspective
    Rethinking Culture from the Marginal Voices of Japan
    The Evolution of Japan's Urban Cultures

    300-level

    200-level

    Structure of Japanese (fall semester)

    Advanced Japanese I (fall semester)

    Technical Japanese (spring semester)

    Advanced Japanese II (spring semester)

    Japanese Film and Literature: Art of


    Storytelling

    Intermediate Japanese I
    Intermediate Japanese II

    Introduction to Japanese Language and


    Culture

    100-level

    Freshman Seminar: Japanese Popular


    Culture in the 2000s and Beyond

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    Elementary Japanese I and II


    Introductory Japanese I and II

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