The Japanese Program offers students the opportunity to major in Languages and Cultures with a concentration in Japan or to minor in Japanese language.
The B.A in Languages and Culture - Japanese Option is designed to provide advanced proficiency and cultural competency in Japanese and requires completion of a total of 42 units, including 24 units of Japanese language and culture courses and 18 units in other cultures and literatures offered in the Modern and Classical Languages Department. See the Languages and Cultures major in the CSUN catalog for details.
The minor in Japanese, requiring completion of twenty units, is offered to students who are specializing in other languages or academic subjects. See the Japanese language minor in the CSUN catalog for details.
Several FLIT (Foreign Literature in Translation) courses dealing with Japanese language and culture are also available to students as part of the CSUN curriculum requirements.
Students in the Japan Program who have completed two or more semesters of Japanese language study and one semester of cultural studies are eligible to study abroad in a number of existing programs, giving them the opportunity to experience life in Japan while advancing their studies.