Japanese
Japanese
Japanese Course Descriptions
JAPA 08.101 - 3 s.h.
Elementary Japanese I
(Offered during both Fall and Spring semesters)
This is a comprehensive foundation course for beginning students of modern Japanese. It offers an essential grounding for developing successful communication strategies by practicing listening comprehension and speaking skills, emphasizing the sounds and speech patterns of Japanese. It will also provide students with opportunities to read and write simple Japanese prose to meet their communication needs. It introduces students to the culture and history of the Japanese-speaking world.
JAPA 08.102 - 3 s.h.
Elementary Japanese II
(Prerequisite: JAPA 08.101, minimum grade of C-; or waiver) (Offered during Spring semesters and also during Summer sessions, depending on student demand)
This course provides an expanded overview of the syntax, structures and vocabulary of modern Japanese, including extended practices in the four skill areas of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. It introduces students to and amplifies their knowledge of the culture and history of Japan.
JAPA 08.201 - 3 s.h.
Intermediate Japanese I
(Prerequisite: JAPA 08.102, minimum grade of C-; or waiver) (Offered during Fall semesters)
This course continues to provide an expanded overview of the syntax, structures, and vocabulary of modern Japanese to students who have completed the Elementary Japanese course sequence and acquired basic knowlege of the Japanese language. It also provides students with enhanced opportunities to learn and experience the culture and history of Japan.
JAPA 08.211 - 3 s.h.
Intermediate Japanese II
(Prerequisite: JAPA 08.201, minimum grade of C-; or waiver) (Offered during Spring semesters)
This course is a contiunation of Intermediate Japanese I (JAPA 08.201) and focuses on learning modern Japanese with equal emphasis on speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing. It also provides students further opportunities to learn and experience in depth the culture and history of Japan.
JAPA 08.212 - 3 s.h.
Intermediate Japanese III
(Prerequisite: JAPA 08.211, minimum grade of C-)
This course focuses on the students' continued development of communicative competence in Japanese, with practice in the four skill areas of speaking, reading, writing and listening comprehension. The course also targets preparation and practice for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). In addition, it provides further opportunities for in-depth study of the culture and history of Japan.
JAPA 08.305 - 3 s.h.
Oral Japanese
(Prerequisite: JAPA 08.212, minimum grade of C-)
This course focuses on the students' continued development of spoken Japanese skills. The course aims to improve their communicative competence within a broader range of contexts through exercising grammatical accuracy and facility in the production of sentences and oral paragraphs.
JAPA 08.320 - 3 s.h.
Japanese Civilization and Culture
(Prerequisite: JAPA 08.212, minimum grade of C-)
This course aims to provide students with a profound insight into the varied aspects of Japan, its civilization and culture. Students will further refine their linguistic competencies as they study and discuss cultural topics in Japanese.
JAPA 08.440 - 3 s.h.
Special Topics in World Languages
(Prerequisite: JAPA 08.212, minimum grade of C-)
This course brings new perspectives and themes to the established World Languages curriculum by expanding options for upper-level electives in Japanese. The particular course topic offered may vary, depending on the scholarly interests of the faculty member as well as student interest and demand.
