Minor in Chinese/Japanese Studies

Coordinator: Katharina Barbe, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

The interdisciplinary minor in Chinese/Japanese studies offers students an opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of cultural, historical, economic, and sociological issues pertaining to the Far East, particularly Japan and China, while becoming more proficient in either Chinese or Japanese.

Knowledge of Chinese or Japanese is useful for students who anticipate careers in government (particularly in foreign service) or in international business or academic institutions which offer programs dealing directly or peripherally with China and/or Japan.

Students electing this interdisciplinary minor should declare the minor at the office of the division coordinator of German, Russian, Classics, and Asian Languages, Watson Hall 120.

Six or more semester hours in the minor must be taken at NIU.