Semester Requirements
Yukiko Maru Leary, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLJP-201 Beginning Japanese I
MLJP-202 Beginning Japanese II
MLJP-301 Intermediate Japanese I
MLJP -02 Intermediate Japanese II
MLJP-401 Advanced Japanese I
MLJP-402 Advanced Japanese II
MLJP-403 Professional Japanese
MLJP-404 Japanese Culture in Print
MLJP-351 Language in Japanese Society
MLJP-451 Structure of Japanese
FNRT-380 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
HIST-450, 550 Modern Japan in History, Fiction, and Film
HIST-252 The US and Japan
HIST-265 History of Modern Japan
HIST-160 History of Modern East Asia
POLS-350 Politics in East Asia
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The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Prerequisite:
0525-480 Beginning Japanese I
Required Courses—A sequence of three from the following:
0525-481 Beginning Japanese II
0525-482 Beginning Japanese III
0525-483 Intermediate Japanese I
0525-484 Intermediate Japanese II
0525-485 Intermediate Japanese III
0525-486 Advanced Japanese I
0525-487 Advanced Japanese II
0525-488 Advanced Japanese III
Electives—Choose two of the following culture courses:
0525-495 Japanese Culture in Print
0525-496 Structures of Japanese Language
0525-497 Languages in Japanese Society
0505-469 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
0507-468 The U.S. and Japan
0507-485 Foundations of Asian Civilization
0507-486 20th Century China and Japan
0507-489 Japan in the Modern World
0513-496 Government and Politics in East Asia