Japanese Minor Program

Minor in Japanese Language and Culture (18 credits)

• 3 credits: one of the MLL core courses from below:

MLL/LING/ENGL190  The World Language I

MLL/LING/ENGL191  The World Language II

MLL/LING230             World Language Communities

MLL301                        Textual Analysis

              •MLL305                        Introduction to Intercultural Communication

(Note: All core courses must be taken at UMBC)

• 6 credits: two upper level Japanese language courses:

JPNS301   Advanced Japanese I [Fall]

JPNS302   Advanced Japanese II [Spring]

• 9 credits in JPNS or MLL electives (3 credits must be JPNS):

JPNS309  Business Japanese [Fall]

JPNS319  Japanese Translation [Spring]

MLL316    Japanese Language in Society [Fall, odd year]

MLL317    Images of Society in Modern Japanese Films
                      [Fall, even year]

MLL327    Modern Japanese Culture [Spring, odd year]

MLL333    Japanese Food Culture [Spring, even year]

• An MLL topics course (or course in another discipline) relevant to Japanese language and culture, with the approval of the MLLI department.

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