JAPNS at Pennsylvania State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate JAPNS coursework.

• JAPNS 401Level Three Japanese Aopens 6 courses (4 directly)
• ASIA 474Early Modern Japanopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• HIST 474Early Modern Japanopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• JAPNS 426Early Modern Japanopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• JAPNS 12Step-by-Step Japaneseopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• JAPNS 402Level Three Japanese Bopens 2 courses (1 directly)

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 JAPNS 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 36 JAPNS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more JAPNS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on JAPNS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 5 courses deep, ending at JAPNS 404

  1. JAPNS 110Level Two Japanese B
  2. JAPNS 401Level Three Japanese A
  3. JAPNS 402Level Three Japanese B
  4. JAPNS 403YLevel Four Japanese A
  5. JAPNS 404Level Four Japanese B

• 4 courses deep, ending at JAPNS 22

  1. JAPNS 11Step-by-Step Japanese
  2. JAPNS 12Step-by-Step Japanese
  3. JAPNS 21Step-by-Step Japanese

• 4 courses deep, ending at JAPNS 426

  1. ASIA 474Early Modern Japan
  2. JAPNS 426Early Modern Japan

• 3 courses deep, ending at JAPNS 430

  1. ASIA 430Japan in the World
  2. JAPNS 430Japan in the World

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for JAPNS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JAPNS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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