Certificate of Language Proficiency in Japanese (9 hours)

Any full-time BYU student who meets the proficiency and course requirements may earn the Certificate in Language Proficiency. The proficiency requirement is met through the nationally recognized ACTFL Oral and Writing Proficiency Exams. Qualifying students will be awarded a certificate on one of three levels:

1. Advanced Certificate: ACTFL Oral/Writing average score of at least "Advanced Mid" and 9 hours of course work at the B level.
2. Mastery Certificate: ACTFL Oral/Writing average score of at least "Advanced High" and 9 hours of course work at the B level.
3. Professional Certificate: ACTFL Oral/Writing average score of at least "Superior" and 9 hours of course work at the B level.

Students are responsible for all fees requred to sit for the ACTFL exams (approximately $200) which may be taken only at those times specified by ACTFL testers. Students may pay for repeat ACTFL tests as often as they would like in order to earn a higher certification.

Required Courses:

1. Language:
   JAPAN 321 : Reading Modern Documentary Styles. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 321 : Reading Modern Documentary Styles. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Japan 302 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Readings in modern documentary styles, emphasizing reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary building.
   
   
2. Civilization:
   JAPAN 345 : Traditional Japanese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 345 : Traditional Japanese Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter; Spring On Demand
   DESCRIPTION:	General survey emphasizing aesthetics, religion, and value systems. All readings in English.
   
   
3. Literature - complete one course from the following:
   JAPAN 322 : Reading Modern Short Fiction. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 322 : Reading Modern Short Fiction. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Japan 302 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Readings in modern short fiction, emphasizing grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary building, and stylistic analysis.
   
   
   JAPAN 350 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Eighth Through Sixteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 350 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Eighth Through Sixteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 700 through 1600 (Nara, Heian, and medieval periods).
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
   JAPAN 351 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Seventeenth Through Nineteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 351 : Japanese Literature in Translation--Seventeenth Through Nineteenth Centuries. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from 1600 through 1900 (Edo and Meiji periods).
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
   JAPAN 352 : Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Era. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   JAPAN 352 : Japanese Literature in Translation: The Modern Era. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and discussing selected topics in Japanese literature (narrative, lyric, drama) from Meiji period to the present.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   

Students who successfully complete a certificate will receive an official document verifying their level of achievement. The certificate will be listed on the university transcript.