Major Requirements and Learning Outcomes are identified below. In order to graduate, students must also meet all general education and university requirements.
MLO 1 - Language and Communication - communicating effectively in Japanese in three modes: interpersonal, interpretive and presentational; and in a culturally appropriate manner in a variety of social and professional settings and circumstances at the Intermediate-High level of language proficiency, according to the ACTFL Guidelines. MLO 1 also focuses on gaining competency in the Japanese language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse, and compare and analyze the structural differences between Japanese and English
MLO 2 - Culture - developed a comprehensive understanding, appreciation and knowledge of Japanese culture: perspectives (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), practices (patterns of social interactions) and products (both tangible and intangible, for example, art, history, literature, music) Also developed analytical and critical thinking in areas such as how Japan’s cultural background influences modern Japanese life, how to compare their own culture with the Japanese culture, or how Japanese culture relates to other world cultures in an age of global inter-relatedness.
MLO 3 - Secondary Culture - described concepts of culture and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with the second culture while analyzing and making connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
MLO 4 - Research and Technology - became familiar with appropriate research methodologies and are able to apply such in studies. Also used appropriate technologies in research and studies relative to Japanese language and culture. Collected, managed and analyzed current and emerging technology-based resources to develop and produce their scholarly work.
MLO 5 - Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion - demonstrated that I have actively immersed myself in authentic Japanese cultural and linguistic environments and have internalized the language and cultural experience, from which they have developed a personal understanding and new perspectives of the community.
MLO 1 - Language and Communication - communicating effectively in Japanese in three modes: interpersonal, interpretive and presentational; and in a culturally appropriate manner in a variety of social and professional settings and circumstances at the Intermediate-High level of language proficiency, according to the ACTFL Guidelines. MLO 1 also focuses on gaining competency in the Japanese language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse, and compare and analyze the structural differences between Japanese and English
MLO 2 - Culture - developed a comprehensive understanding, appreciation and knowledge of Japanese culture: perspectives (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), practices (patterns of social interactions) and products (both tangible and intangible, for example, art, history, literature, music) Also developed analytical and critical thinking in areas such as how Japan’s cultural background influences modern Japanese life, how to compare their own culture with the Japanese culture, or how Japanese culture relates to other world cultures in an age of global inter-relatedness.
MLO 3 - Secondary Culture - described concepts of culture and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with the second culture while analyzing and making connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
MLO 4 - Research and Technology - became familiar with appropriate research methodologies and are able to apply such in studies. Also used appropriate technologies in research and studies relative to Japanese language and culture. Collected, managed and analyzed current and emerging technology-based resources to develop and produce their scholarly work.
MLO 5 - Cultural Internalization and Language Immersion - demonstrated that I have actively immersed myself in authentic Japanese cultural and linguistic environments and have internalized the language and cultural experience, from which they have developed a personal understanding and new perspectives of the community.