Prerequisites (Must earn a letter grade of C or higher)

• Japanese 1A, 1B (5 units, 5 units): Elementary Japanese
• Japanese 7A or 7B (4): Introduction to Japanese Literature (must be taken at UCB)

Lower Division (minimum of 3 letter-grded courses and 12 units)

• Japanese 10A, 10B (5 units, 5 units): Intermediate Japanese*
• Japanese 7A or 7B (4): Introduction to Japanese Literature (whichever was not taken as a prerequisite)

Upper Division (minimum of 8 letter-graded courses and 32 units; minimum gpa of 2.0)

• Japanese 100A, 100B (5 units, 5 units): Advanced Japanese*
• Japanese 120: Introduction to Classical Japanese
• One classical Japanese literature course (J130, J132, J134, J140, J142, J144, J146)
• One modern Japanese literature course (J155 or J159)
• One EA Lang upper division course (e.g., EA100, EA 102)
• Two "electives" selected in consultation with the advisor.

* Please note that students with previous language experience will be required to take a placement exam with Department language co-ordinators. Students who place out of language courses will be required to take additional advisor-approved literature or culture courses offered by the Department in order to meet the above unit requirements.