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  • 3.00 Credits

    Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Restricted to students with no previous formal or informal training in Japanese. Development of proficiency in receptive and productive skills and beginning understanding of Japanese culture. Emphasis on comprehending and producing the language at the sentence level, and handling simple, everyday life situations and familiar topics. An introduction to the writing system will cover hiragana, katakana, and 50 kanji (Chinese characters).
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course builds on Beginning Japanese I and offers further development of proficiency in receptive and productive skills and beginning understanding of Japanese culture. Students will learn all four skills (speaking, listening, writing, reading) in this course, with an emphasis on grammar, reading, writing, and conversation. 100 new kanji will be introduced, bringing the total number to 150. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in JAPAN 1010 OR equivalent
  • 4.00 Credits

    Combines courses 1010 and 1020 of the language into one semester. Continued intensive focus on development of listening and reading strategies with an emphasis on oral and written forms of communication. Prerequisites: JAPAN 1010
  • 1.00 Credits

    This one-credit introductory course provides foundational skills for effective communication in real-life situations in Japan. Students will learn survival Japanese, basic elements of the writing system, essential travel phrases, and an introduction to Japanese culture and customs. While designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of Japanese, it is open to all students. This course is particularly beneficial for those preparing for the faculty-led summer Tokyo program or planning to take JAPAN1010 in the following semester.
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course builds on Beginning Japanese I & II, and offers continued development of the four skills (speaking, listening, writing, reading) and an introduction of Japanese culture and customs. The course will focus on expanding the elementary grammatical structures of the Japanese language through aural-oral practices for more complicated everyday-life situations. 100 new kanji will be introduced, bringing the total number to 250. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in JAPAN 1020 OR equivalent
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course builds on Intermediate Japanese I and offers further development of proficiency in all areas at the sentence- and paragraph-level, and of cultural knowledge for a broader range of everyday situations. The course focuses on mastery of elementary grammatical structures of the Japanese language through aural-oral practices as well as reading and writing. 100 new kanji will be introduced, bringing the total number to 350. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in JAPAN 2010 OR equivalent
    General Education Course
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course combines 2010 and 2020 levels of the language into one semester. Restricted to students with two semesters of classroom experience with the language, or an experience that places them at an equivalent level of proficiency who will be able to move through material quickly especially early in the semester. Completion of this course with a C- or better fulfills the BA Language Requirement. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in JAPAN 2010 OR equivalent
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course provides students the opportunity to improve their skills in speaking and listening through sentence-building and speaking drills based on current lesson material from the 1010 class. It also aims to solidify the knowledge of grammar and increase students' self-confidence in language learning. This course is an optional course for students enrolled in 1010. Corequisites: JAPAN 1010 OR Instructor Consent
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course provides students the opportunity to improve their skills in speaking and listening through sentence-building and speaking drills based on current lesson material from JAPAN1020 class. It also aims to solidify the knowledge of grammar and increase students' self-confidence in language learning. This course is an optional course for students enrolled in JAPAN1020. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in JAPAN 1010 OR Instructor Consent Corequisites: JAPAN 1020