After JAPN 102
Gateway: JAPN 102
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate JAPN coursework.
Generated from Western Kentucky University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 JAPN 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 6 JAPN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 2 more JAPN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on JAPN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Religion (6 Hours)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two of the following courses:
Language (6 Hours)choose 1
History and Politics (6 Hours)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two of the following courses:
Electives (9 Hours)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select three of the following courses not already counted toward the major from at least two different areas of study:
Senior Seminar (3 Hours)choose 1
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in JAPN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at JAPN 202
1 course from1 required
All JAPN courses in the WKU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under JAPN yet.
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