MAJOR

Japanese

Major

Overview

From thousand-year-old novels to three-line haiku, Japanese literature is often still as poignant as the day it was written. Yet as one of today’s economic superpowers, Japanese culture is rapidly changing. Businesspeople speeding to work on bullet trains read new literary forms such as manga comic books. As a Japanese major, you’ll not only discover ancient literary masterpieces; you’ll learn how to function on many different levels in Japanese society today.