Japanese Program

Proficiency in Japanese language and literature is increasingly an important advantage in business, teaching, translation, and other professional careers.

Japanese course offerings are of two types: language and literature conducted in the foreign language as well as courses in literature conducted in English. The courses taught in a foreign language are designed to develop students’ command of modern languages for use orally and in writing, both in everyday experience and in the realm of literature and ideas.

Currently, the Japanese Program offers the following courses. Please be aware that all the courses are not always offered. Please consult the CUNYFirst: JPN and CMP (or AAS) category. Please consult the official “Schedule of Classes” from the Baruch Website.
*-mark indicates that the course is a capstone course for Japanese minor.

JPN1001 Elementary Japanese Language I (3 credits)
JPN1002 Elementary Japanese Language II (3 credits)

JPN3001 Intensive Intermediate Japanese I (4 credits)
JPN3002 Intensive Intermediate Japanese II (4 credits)

*JPN4000 Advanced Japanese Oral and Written Communication (3 credits)
*JPN4003 Japanese Contemporary Japanese Literature, Film, and Culture (3 credits)
*JPN4005 Advanced Japanese: Learning through Content and Multimedia (3 credits)
*JPN4501 Japanese for Global Market (3 credits)

CMP/AAS 4950 Language, Literature, and Culture of Japan (3 credits)
CMP/AAS 4906 Critical Approaches to Japanese Popular Culture (3 credits)
CMP/AAS/FML 4907 Film and Moving Image Culture in Japan (3 credits)

Notes: CMP/AAS 4905, CMP/AAS 4906, or CMP/AAS4907 needs “prerequisite: ENG/CMP 2800 or 2850.” Both courses are conducted in English. 

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