Undergraduate Program: Asian

Students can pursue extensive study of Chinese or Japanese language and culture while combining their interest in language with coursework in Asian history, religion, and art and art history(concentration requirements are at end of this flyer).

WHY STUDY CHINESE OR JAPANESE?

• China and Japan have histories and cultures that go back thousands of years.
• Asian languages represent the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
• US companies are in constant need of Americans with Asian language skills.
• Learn the languages of The Dream of the Red Chamber or The Tale of Geni.
• Study in Beijing or Nanjing, Tokyo or Kyoto, for the summer, a semester, or the academic year (up to four courses count toward the major).
• Our language, literature and culture courses make great Humanities Clusters.
• Chinese and Japanese make great minors.
• A major in Chinese or Japanese will distinguish you from your peers applying to graduate or professional schools or interviewing for the same jobs.
• Chinese and Japanese make great Double Majors. Double majors have combined work in these fields with majors in the sciences, engineering, history, art, psychology, political science, religion, and film studies.
• Majors and Double Majors have gone on to work in law school, medical school, and in graduate programs in a wide variety of fields.

FACULTY

• David Pollack, Ph.D (Berkeley), Professor of Japanese
• Joanne Bernardi, Ph. D. (Columbia), Associate Professor of Japanese (ON LEAVE 2007-2008)
• Mariko Tamate, M.B.A. (Temple U), Senior Lecturer in Japanese
• Fumino Shino, B.A, (Kumamoto), Senior Lecturer in Japanese
• Shifang Yu, Senior Lecturer in Chinese

CHINESE LANGUAGE COURSES

CHI 101 Elementary Chinese I
CHI 102 Elementary Chinese II
CHI 114 Conversational Chinese I
CHI 151 Intermediate Chinese I
CHI 152 Intermediate Chinese II
CHI 202 Advanced Intermediate Chinese I
CHI 203 Advanced Intermediate Chinese II
CHI 204 Conversational Chinese II

JAPANESE LANGUAGE COURSES

JPN 101 Elementary Japanese I
JPN 102 Elementary Japanese II
JPN 114 Conversational Japanese I
JPN 151 Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 152 Intermediate Japanese II
JPN 202 Advanced Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 203 Advanced Intermediate Chinese II
JPN 204 Conversational Japanese II
JPN 205 Advanced Japanese I
JPN 206 Advanced Japanese II

JAPANESE CULTURE COURSES

JPN 190Q Great Cities (see 262-262)
JPN 210 Introduction to Traditional Japanese Culture
JPN 217 Traditional Japanese Literature
JPN 220 Urban Culture, 1650-1850
JPN 222 Japanese Theater
JPN 233 The Culture of Zen
JPN 234 Haiku Poetry
JPN 246 Contemporary Japanese Culture
JPN 254 Modern Japanese Literature
JPN 255 Japanese Literature and the Problem of Evil
JPN 256 The City in Film
JPN 261 Great Cities: Kyoto
JPN 262 Great Cities: Tokyo
JPN 263 Great Novels of China and Japan: The Red Chamber Dream and The Tale of Genji
JPN 273 Japanese Women Writers
JPN 283 History of Japanese Cinema
JPN 284 Mobsters, Monsters, Swords
JPN 285 Akira Kurosawa
JPN 286 The Japanese New Wave (1960s Cinema)
JPN 287 Nagisa Oshima
JPN 290 Women in Japanese Film
JPN 292 Japanese Animation (Anime)
JPN 293 New Japanese Directors

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS

1. Language emphasis: 8 consecutive courses in Japanese language plus 3 additional courses from at least two different groups: culture, film, literature.
2. Culture emphasis: 6 consecutive courses in Japanese language plus 5 additional courses from at least two different groups: culture, film, literature
3. MLC Seminar or Senior Thesis

1. Any three-course Japanese language sequence
2. Three further courses in Japanese language, culture, literature, or film

1. Any three-course Chinese language sequence
2. Three further courses in Chinese language, culture, literature, film, art, history, or politics

CLUSTERS

ASIAN HUMANITIES CLUSTERS Emphasize language study or combine language with literature and culture courses:

The rest of our ASIAN HUMANITIES CLUSTERS involve courses given in English, although majors and native speakers generally do some of the reading in the original languages

For more information about Asian language, literature and culture courses or about becoming a Chinese or Japanese Major or Minor, contact:

Professor David Pollack at (585) 275-0424
OR
Professor Joanne Bernardi at (585) 275-4268