Lakeland University Japan Course List
Students at Lakeland University Japan must complete 60 units to graduate. This includes up to eight courses from four skills area, seven distributional studies courses, and the remaining units are filled out with and other courses, taken as electives.
In the skills courses, students can test out of Writing Workshop, Reading Workshop, Mathematics Workshop, and/or Intermediate Algebra.
There are eight distributional studies areas, shown in color in the chart below. Students must take one course from each of seven of the eight disciplines (one discipline may be opted out of).
All other units can be fulfilled by taking any other classes, including the electives, or any of the remaining interdisciplinary courses.
| Discipline | Course # | Course Name | Credits |
| Fundamental Skills | GEN 100 | Writing Workshop | 3 |
| GEN 101 | Reading Workshop | 3 | |
| GEN 102 | Mathematics Workshop | 3 | |
| Rhetorical Skills | GEN 110 | Composition I | 3 |
| GEN 112 | Composition II | 3 | |
| COM 111 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| Quantitative Skills | MAT 130 | Intermediate Algebra | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary Skills | GEN 130 | Core I: Foundations of Critical Thinking | 3 |
| Literature & Writing | ENG 260 | The Art of Film | 3 |
| GEN 134 | Humanities I | 3 | |
| Natural Sciences | BIO 100 | Introduction to Biology | 4 |
| Mathematics | MAT 162 | Pre-Calculus | 3 |
| MAT 220 | Probability & Statistics | 3 | |
| MAT 231 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| Art, Music, and Theatre | ART 101 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART 151 | 2-Dimension Design | 3 | |
| GDN 101 | Graphic Design I - Digital Illustration | 3 | |
| GDN 102 | Graphic Design II - Image Editing | 3 | |
| ART 264 | Art History II | 3 | |
| ART 280 | Web Design | 3 | |
| MUS 111 | Music Theory | 3 | |
| MUS 120 | Music in History and Culture | 3 | |
| THE 119 | Acting | 3 | |
| History and Political Science | HIS 101 | World History I | 3 |
| HIS 102 | World History II | 3 | |
| HIS 111 | U.S. History I | 3 | |
| HIS 112 | U.S. History II | 3 | |
| HIS 221 | History of Europe | 3 | |
| POL 221 | American Government I | 3 | |
| Social Sciences | ANT 110 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| ANT 280 | Anthropology of Japan | 3 | |
| DVS 150 | Introduction to Diversity Studies | 3 | |
| ECN 230 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| ECN 235 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| PSY 200 | General Psychology | 3 | |
| SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | |
| SOC 210 | Majority-Minority Relations | 3 | |
| SOC 250 | US-Japan Relations | 3 | |
| Philosophy & Religion | PHI 110 | Logic | 3 |
| PHI 221 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | |
| PHI 232 | Ethics | 3 | |
| REL 132 | Religious Diversity in America | 3 | |
| REL 232 | Eastern Religious Traditions | 3 | |
| REL 233 | Western Religious Traditions | 3 | |
| World Languages | CHI 101 | Elementary Chinese I | 4 |
| JPS 101 | Elementary Japanese I | 4 | |
| JPS 102 | Elementary Japanese II | 4 | |
| JPS 201 | Intermediate Japanese I | 3 | |
| JPS 202 | Intermediate Japanese II | 3 | |
| SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I | 4 | |
| SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II | 4 | |
| Electives | ACC 210 | Financial Accounting Principles | 3 |
| BUS 150 | Introduction to Business | 3 | |
| BUS 284 | Principles of International Business | 3 | |
| BUS 301 | Management Information Systems | 3 | |
| COM 130 | Introduction to Mass Media | 3 | |
| COM 211 | Interpersonal Communications | 3 | |
| CPS 100 | Introduction to Computers | 3 | |
| HSP 211 | Introduction to Hospitality Mamagement | 3 | |
| HSP 315 | Food and Beverage Management | 3 | |
| HSP 316 | Accommodations Management | 3 | |
| WRT 212 | New Media Writing Lab | 1 |
