Credits Required
Total credits in the minor: 16
Credits at CSUMB: 16
Prerequisites
- CSUMB Language Requirement or equivalent
- upper-division status
- and approval from the School of World Languages and Cultures
Outcomes, Courses and Assessment
You must achieve both of the Learning Outcomes designated below by successfully completing 16 units that include both language and culture courses; with at least one upper division language course from the list below in LO 1.
Courses completed during Study Abroad can be counted toward this minor with approval from an advisor in the Japanese program.
LO 1 Language Proficiency
Students will demonstrate an Intermediate-Mid proficiency level in the four major skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) according to American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines.
- Complete one or more of the following courses:
JAPN 300: Intro to Adv Communication
JAPN 301: Adv Japanese Lang Cult & Com
JAPN 302: History of Japan
JAPN 303: Business Japanese
JAPN 304: Intro Translate & Interpret
JAPN 312: Japanese for the Professions
JAPN 380: Japan: Land and People
JAPN 401: Structure of Japanese Lang
JAPN 402: Japanese Literature
LO 2 Cultural Knowledge
Students will be able to provide a comparative description and basic analysis of the people, history and culture of Japan; engage in learning about the evolution of cultural customs and practices from the traditional into the modern; attain an appropriate knowledge base and other skills necessary for cross-cultural communications acquired by exploring non-western ways of thinking and perspectives as revealed in such topics as social issues, popular culture, Japanese Mind, Anime, literature and related topics.
- Complete one or *more of the following courses:
*You can take no more than two 200-level courses to fulfill this requirement
JAPN 205: Intro Japanese Culture & Civ or JAPN 305: Intro Japanese Clture/Civ
JAPN 212: Samurai Spirit
JAPN 215: Cool Japan Today
JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind
JAPN 307: Japan-American Experierence
JAPN 308: Japanese Pop-Culture
JAPN 309: Japanese Lit in Translation
JAPN 310: Japanese Cinema
JAPN 311: Social Issues In Japan
JAPN 213: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan or JAPN 313: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan
JAPN 314: JPN Visual Culture & Media
JAPN 405: Economic History Of Japan
JAPN 407: Japan in Asia
JAPN 408: Business In Japan
HCOM 322: Asian American Literature