Apr 03, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Japanese Studies


Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
 
Director of the Minor: Eva Nagase
Business Administrator: Theresa Spadola
Administrative Assistant: Lynne Foerster
 
Office: 1046 Humanities
Phone: (631) 632-4030

In completing the minor in Japanese Studies, students take a series of courses centering on the history and civilization of Japan while keeping in view Japan’s close ties with China and Korea. Students choose courses for the minor with the approval of the director of the minor.

Minor Requirements


All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher.

Completion of the minor requires 18-19 credits.

Five of the following:


Notes:


  1. Students excused from JPN 211  and JPN 212  because of previous Japanese language proficiency are required to take an extra course from Requirement 2 in order to satisfy Requirement 1.
  2. JPN 212  may not count toward Requirement 1 and Requirement 2.
  3. Independent study may fulfill only three credits.
  4. The Japanese Studies minor has full-year and half-year study abroad programs with five major Japanese universities. In addition, a summer program is offered during which students stay with Japanese host families for one month while studying in Japan. Credits earned during these programs count toward the Japanese Studies minor and the major in Asian and Asian American Studies.