Program: Japanese Studies, Minor - University of Nevada, Reno

University General Course Catalog 2020-2021

Apr 23, 2025

The College of Liberal Arts offers an undergraduate minor in Japanese studies under the direction of the Department of World Languages and Literatures. Twenty-one units are required, 15 of which must be core courses taken through the department. Six units of related electives (at the 300-400 level) may be selected from the list below.

Contact Information

Department of World Languages and Literatures
241 Edmund J. Cain Hall
(775) 784-6055
wll@unr.edu

Japanese Studies Advising:
Yoshie Kadowaki
EJCH 246
(775) 682-8886
yoshie@unr.edu

I. Program Requirements (21 units)

A. Core Courses (15 units)

JPN 212 - Second Year Japanese II (3 units)
JPN 221 - Japan and Its Culture (3 units) CO11
JPN 305 - Japanese Composition and Conversation I (3 units)
JPN 306 - Japanese Composition And Conversation II (3 units)
JPN 309 - Japanese Conversation (3 units)

B. Related Electives (6 units)

ANTH 441E - Archaeology of Eurasia (3 units)
COM 412 - Intercultural Communication (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13 *
GEOG 489 - East Asia (3 units)
JPN 307 - Pronunciation and Kanji (3 units)
HIST 211 - History of East Asia I (3 units) CO11 OR
HIST 212 - History of East Asia II (3 units) CO11 OR
HIST 213 - Asian Americans in US History (3 units) CO10, CO11
HIST 403A - Tourism, Imperialism, and Culture (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13 (Hawaii and/in the U.S.)*
HIST 407B - United States Foreign Relations II (3 units)
HIST 450A - Modern Chinese History (3 units) CO11 *
HIST 494A - Medicine and Technology in Traditional China (3 units) CO11 *
HIST 494B - Pathologies of Daily Life in Modern China (3 units) CO11 *
HIST 494C - Topics in Chinese Culture and Society (3 units) *
PSC 407B - Political Systems of East Asia (3 units)
*May meet this requirement only when approved in advance by the minor advisor.