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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Asian Languages and Literatures B.A.
Sub-plan: Japanese
Sample Plan: Japanese
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
JPN 1011 - Beginning Japanese I : 5.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
JPN 1012 - Beginning Japanese II : 5.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
JPN 3021 - Intermediate Japanese I : 5.0 cr
AMES 3001 - Concepts in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
JPN 3022 - Intermediate Japanese II : 5.0 cr
AMES 3456 - Japanese Film : 3.0 cr : GP
HIST 3462 - From Subjects to Citizens: The History of East Asia From 1500 to the Present : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
JPN 3031 - Third Year Japanese I : 4.0 cr
AMES 3265W - The Fantastic in East Asia: Ghosts, Foxes, and the Alien : 3.0 cr : LITR, WI
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
JPN 3032 - Third Year Japanese II : 4.0 cr
AMES 3441W - Japanese Theater : 3.0 cr : AH, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
AMES 3478 - Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present (1868-2000) : 3.0 cr : HIS
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
AMES 3466 - Japanese Popular Culture in a Global Context : 3.0 cr
AMES 4901W - Capstone Project in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies : 3.0 cr : WI
AMES 5446 - Kabuki: A Pop, Queer, and Classical Theater in Japan : 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr