JAPAN at Cornell University

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate JAPAN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 14 JAPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 4 more JAPAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in JAPAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 10 courses deep, ending at JAPAN 4422

  1. JAPAN 1101Elementary Japanese I
  2. JAPAN 1102Elementary Japanese II
  3. JAPAN 2201Intermediate Japanese I
  4. JAPAN 2202Intermediate Japanese II
  5. JAPAN 3301Continuing Intermediate Japanese I
  6. JAPAN 3302Continuing Intermediate Japanese II
  7. JAPAN 4401Advanced Japanese I
  8. JAPAN 4402Advanced Japanese II
  9. JAPAN 4421Special Topics
  10. JAPAN 4422Special Topics

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on JAPAN sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Eriko Akamatsu
• Mayu Muller
• Misako Suzuki
• Naomi Larson
• Sahoko Ichikawa

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JAPAN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

JAPAN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.