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  • JPNS 3050: Advanced Japanese

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): It is recommended that students have passed JPNS 2020G, have had one year residency in Japan, or instructor approval. For non-native Japanese speakers who have attained basic mastery of Japanese and some Kanji reading skills. Focuses on the development of Japanese language skills with emphasis on grammar review, reading, and writing. Introduces Japanese culture and literature.. Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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  • JPNS 3150R: Advanced Japanese Conversation

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): JPNS 2020G or one year residency in a Japanese-speaking country, or instructor approval. University Advanced Standing.. Offers speaking opportunities to middle or upper division Japanese learners to enhance their speaking proficiency in high level language by focusing on oral and verbal production. Improves authentic pronunciation, reduces grammatical and structural errors, and aids student progression beyond translation to natural production. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits toward graduation.
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  • JPNS 3200: Business Japanese

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): JPNS 3050 and University Advanced Standing. For those who plan to pursue careers in international business or related fields, learn the business language for Japanese, and understand related cultural protocol in Japanese society. Prepares students to take the Business Japanese Proficiency Tests sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Explores how students can effectively and respectfully pursue business activities with Japanese companies within the framework of Japanese culture. Taught predominantly in Japanese.
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  • JPNS 3510G: Japanese Culture and Civilization

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): JPNS 3050 and University Advanced Standing. Explores chronologically the cultural formation and development of Japan. Examines and discusses the ethnic development and linguistic history from ancient to modern Japanese society. Analyzes and evaluates the differences and similarities between the Japanese and American cultures. Class instruction and presentations in Japanese. Fulfills the requirements for a G/I course.
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  • JPNS 3520: Society and Business in Japan

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): JPNS 3050 and University Advanced Standing. Builds upon the knowledge acquired in JPNS 3200, explores a multitude of aspects that contribute to Japanese national identity, focuses on Japan's complex vertical society, considers the intricacies of Japanese expressions and meanings relative to business and social applications, and studies the Japanese values and priority system. Also references Japan's national and global economic involvement and ways students can interface with it.
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  • LANG 1000: English Literacy for Deaf Students

    5.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Deaf students fluent in American Sign Language. Individually tailored English course taught entirely in ASL. Covers a variety of topics to prepare Deaf students for entrance to courses satisfying college English requirements. Topics of study, which vary by semester and by student need, include grammar, usage, reading comprehension and analysis, sentence construction, paragraph composition, and thematic approaches to writing. Uses students' experience with American Sign Language and Deaf culture as the basis for instruction in English as a Second Language.
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  • LANG 2810R: Language Internship

    1.00 - 8.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Department approval. Provides supervised, practical, and professional experience for students preparing for careers related to languages. May be repeated for a maximum of eight credit hours. May be graded credit/no credit.
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  • LANG 2910R: Independent Study

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Designed primarily for students who will travel or live in a foreign country for a period of time and want to participate in an instructor-directed academic experience worthy of one to three hours of credit. May also be used similarly for directed studies, either on or off campus, dealing with a foreign language or culture.
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  • LANG 3000: Language and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005, (ANTH 1010G or any foreign language 2010 course), Sophomore status, and University Advanced Standing. Introduces cultural linguistics. Analyzes features of human languages that make possible semantic universality. Examines distinction between phonetic and phonemic units. Explores relationship between language and culture. Studies how language shapes culture and how culture shapes language.
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  • LANG 3010: Introduction to Linguistics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Focuses on achieving an understanding of language as a group of distinct yet complementary systems which interact to enable human communication, e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Introduces implications of how languages reflect the cultures in which they are used, and discusses how language is learned, processed and interpreted and how languages change over time.
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