Japanese Major
Guidelines for Japanese Special Major Proposal
Under normal circumstances this major cannot be completed without considerable study abroad.
66 credits
It is the student's responsibility, in consultation with advisors, to devise a program suited to that student's needs and interests. If you are considering a Japanese major, you might begin by thinking about what you would choose as a comps project, then construct a program of classes that would provide the background (linguistic, culture, methodological) that your project will require. There is considerable flexibility in course choice, including all language, literature and most culture courses offered at off-campus study programs in Japan. Courses available at Carleton are listed below.
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30-36 credits |
Language Courses |
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Japanese Language: |
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Japanese 101, 102, 103, 204, and 205 or the equivalent. Required but not counted. |
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Japanese 206 |
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(At least two of the following courses are required) |
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| Japanese 344. Adv. Writing: Contemporary Prose | |||
| Japanese 348. Adv. Conversation & Composition | |||
| Literature & Culture in Japanese: |
Japanese 343. Adv. Japanese through Fiction and Film |
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| Japanese 345. Adv. Rdng in Mod Lit-Short Story | |||
| Japanese 346. Adv. Rdng in Mod Lit-Poetry & Drama | |||
| Japanese 347. Adv. Rdng in Cont. Prose-Newspapers | |||
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Japanese 349. Adv. Rdng in Contemporary Japanese Prose Japanese 351. Adv. Japanese through Documentary Film |
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| (if focus is literature) | |||
| 12 credits | Literature in Translation: | One modern, one pre-modern | |
| Asian Languages 231. Intercultural Texts: Indian and Japanese Women Writing Abroad | |||
| Japanese 231. Japanese Cinema in Translation | |||
| Japanese 232. Autobiography in Modern Japan | |||
| Japanese 233. Modern Japanese Novel in Translation: Mothers/Daughters; Fathers/Sons | |||
| Japanese 234. Modern Japanese Novel in Translation | |||
| Japanese 235. Contemporary Japanese Women in Translation | |||
| Japanese 236. Classical Japanese Fiction in Translation: The Tale of Genji and Its World | |||
| Japanese 237. Literature and Arts of Japan: 1333-1868 | |||
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Japanese 240. Literature and Society of Modern Japan |
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| 6 credits | Methodology: | ||
| Literary Studies 245. Intro to Critical Methods | |||
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| 12 credits | Linguistics: | ||
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Asian Languages 111. Writing Systems |
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| Asian Languages 260. Historical Linguistics | |||
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Linguistics 180. Japanese Language |
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| 12 credits |
Theory/ Methodology: |
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Linguistics 110. Intro to Linguistics |
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| Linguistics 115. Intro to Theory of Syntax | |||
| Linguistics 217. Phonetics and Phonology | |||
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6-12 credits |
Cognates: | ||
| History 150. Japan Before 1868 | |||
| History 151. History of Japan since 1868 | |||
| Course on Japanese society or culture appropriate to comps | |||
| 6 credits | Senior Comprehensive Exercise | ||
| -Normally a thesis written on text or oral interview in Japanese (Public presentation in English) | |||
| -Language proficiency (Oral presentation in Japanese) | |||
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| 66 credits |
Comps Timeline
Proposal (topic, why?, method, preparedness, feasibility, advisor)
Mid-Fall
Revised Proposal
End Fall
Draft
3rd Week Winter
Complete 2nd Draft
8th Week Winter
Finished (May 15th grade deadline)
2nd Week Spring