Program Description

The study of Japanese is an excellent choice for students in the Bay Area since a considerable amount of business and trade occurs with Japan by California industries. The electronics industry is especially interested in employing persons who speak Japanese and are familiar with Japanese customs. It is an excellent major or minor for those who plan graduate work in business, electronics or law.

Learn more about the program on the Japanese website.

Program Learning Outcomes

• The student will be able to communicate with native speakers of Japanese, using the appropriate language, styles, sensitivity and level of respectfulness in various situations.
• The student will demonstrate knowledge of Japanese society, culture and history, and will be able to analyze and discuss cultural differences and similarities.

Award Type(s)

• AA = Associate in Arts Degree

Units Required

• Major: 40

Associate Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Units
English Proficiency
Select one of the following:
ENGL 1A	COMPOSITION & READING	5
ENGL 1AH	HONORS COMPOSITION & READING	5
ENGL 1S & ENGL 1T	INTEGRATED COMPOSITION & READING and INTEGRATED COMPOSITION & READING	8
or equivalent
Mathematics Proficiency
Select one of the following:
MATH 105	INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA	5
MATH 180	QUANTITATIVE REASONING	5
or any MATH course approved for Foothill GE Area V, Communication & Analytical Thinking

A minimum of 90 units is required¹ to include:

• Completion of one of the following general education patterns: Foothill General Education, CSU General Education Breadth Requirements or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
• Core courses (30 units)
• Support courses (10 units)

1	Additional elective course work may be necessary to meet the 90-unit minimum requirement for the associate degree.

Note: All courses pertaining to the major must be taken for a letter grade. In addition, a grade of "C" or better is required for all core and support courses used for the degree.

Core and Support Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Core Courses
JAPN 1	ELEMENTARY JAPANESE I 1	5
JAPN 2	ELEMENTARY JAPANESE II 1	5
JAPN 3	ELEMENTARY JAPANESE III 1	5
JAPN 4	INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I	5
JAPN 5	INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II	5
JAPN 6	INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE III	5
Support Courses
Select 10 units from the following:		10
JAPN 13A	INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION I
JAPN 13B	INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION II
JAPN 14A	ADVANCED CONVERSATION I
JAPN 14B	ADVANCED CONVERSATION II
JAPN 101A	JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST PREPARATION I
JAPN 101B	JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST PREPARATION II
JAPN 101C	JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST PREPARATION III
JAPN 101D	JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST PREPARATION IV
Total Units		40

1	For students who can demonstrate proficiency equivalent to one year of college Japanese, JAPN 1, JAPN 2 and JAPN 3 may be waived. However, if you are waived out of JAPN 1, JAPN 2, JAPN 3 (15 units), you must take at least 15 units from the support courses to satisfy the 30-unit core requirement.