Guidelines for Japanese Special Major Proposal: 66 credits
Japanese is not a regular major at Carleton, it is available only as a Special Major, through a petition to the Academic Standing Committee. The petition form is available from the Academic Standing Committee website.
It is the student’s responsibility, in consultation with advisors, to devise a program suited to that student’s needs and interests. It would be good to have a possible comps topic in mind from the beginning, and plan courses that will provide the necessary background to complete the comps project.
There is considerable flexibility in course choice, including all language, literature and most culture courses offered at off-campus study programs in Japan. Under normal circumstances this major cannot be completed without considerable study abroad.
There are two possible tracks: Language and Literature, and Language and Linguistics.
Language and Literature Track
Prerequisites: Students must have completed Japanese 205 or its equivalent.
Requirement & Credits | Details |
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Language Courses (30 credits) | Students must take Japanese 206 and at least four 300-level Japanese language courses |
Methodology Course (6 credits) | Literary Studies 245: Introduction to Critical Methods |
Content Courses in English (12 credits) | Two Japanese literature/film courses (numbered in the 230s or 240s) taught in English |
Cognate Courses (12 credits) |
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Comps (6 credits) |
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Total Credits | 66 |
Language and Linguistics Track
Prerequisites: Students must have completed Japanese 205 or its equivalent.
Requirements & Credits | Details |
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Language Courses (30 credits) | Students must take Japanese 206 and at least four 300-level Japanese language courses |
Methodology Courses (12 credits) | Two Linguistics Department classes, at least one at or above the 200-level, not including LING 100: A&I Seminar |
Content Courses in English (12 credits) | Choose Two:
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Cognate Courses (6 credits) | History 151, ASST 284, or equivalent |
Comps (6 credits) |
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Total Credits | 66 |