Minor Requirements

The minor consists of a minimum of seven courses that must include the following:

Language

Complete six courses from the following:

Course List

Code	Title
JPN 101	Beginning Japanese I
JPN 102	Beginning Japanese II
JPN 201	Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 202	Intermediate Japanese II
JPN 305	Upper Intermediate Japanese
JPN 350	Topics in Advanced Japanese

JPN 350 is a topics course and may be repeated to reach the six-course requirement.

Literature or Culture

Complete one course from the following:

• Any JPN courses, excluding JPN 101, 102, 201, 202, and 305
• Any courses designated with the (JPN: Cultural) attribute

Students may apply JPN 350 to the Literature or Culture requirement only when taken after the Language requirement is complete.

Courses Taken Outside of Bates

A student may petition to have up to three comparable courses, completed at other institutions in either the United States or abroad, applied toward the minor. Students are typically able to petition for two language credits per semester from an approved junior semester/year program in Japan. Which courses these off-campus courses replace depends on the actual off-campus courses; students should discuss their plans with their major advisor before they depart. Advanced Placement courses may not be applied toward the minor.

Pass/Fail

Pass/Fail grading may not be elected for courses toward the minor in Japanese.

Restricted Declarations

Students who have declared the Japanese minor may not declare the following:

• Japanese major
• Asian Studies major with Japanese track
• Asian Modernity (C053) GEC
• Asian Narrative Traditions (C052) GEC
• Japanese Language (C043) GEC
• Japanese Society and Culture (C046) GEC

Other Considerations

One Short Term course can be applied to the minor.

Minors in Japanese may count no more than one course toward both the Asian Studies major or minor and their Japanese minor.