Assistant Chair for Critical Languages: Kayo Shintaku, Ph.D.
Office Location: Garey Hall 38C
Telephone: 610-519-5076
kayo.shintaku@villanova.edu
About
The Japanese Language and Cultural Studies program offers a variety of courses, including language, traditional and popular culture, society, history, and literature. The program represents a cutting-edge intellectual experience that provides its minors with a real advantage in critiquing, understanding, and navigating the global landscape.
MINOR: Japanese Language & Cultural Studies (20 credits)
Students can earn a minor in Japanese Language and Cultural Studies with six courses, listed below.
Program Notes:
- Courses that fulfill minor requirements may be used to fulfill other requirements (i.e., primary major, core curriculum, minors, concentrations, or free electives).
- GIS team-taught courses and contents courses from other departments with ASN attribute also qualify for JPN electives.
- Courses taken as part of a study abroad will be counted.
- Internship related to Japanese studies may be counted as an independent study.
Japanese Language Requirement
Choose four courses from Japanese language. Language courses may count toward elective requirements if the four language requirements are met. If a student has already met Introductory Japanese, they may instead take Advanced Japanese to fulfill the language requirement (JPN 1131 & 1132).
JPN Elective
Select two courses from the list below or courses worth 3 or more credits with the JPN attribute. Language courses may count toward elective requirements if the four language requirements course requirement is met.