| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
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| JAPANSE 1A | FUNDAMENTALS | CHINEN/SITHIAMNUAI/KIMURA/MATSUURA | The objective of Japanese 1A-1B-1C is to guide students in developing facility in basic Japanese. Studnts will be introduced to the fundamentals of the language needed to survive in Japan in basic daily life situations. Students will learn most of the basic grammar of Japanese and to read and write Hiragana, Katakana, and about 250 Kanji (Chinese characters). |
| JAPANSE 2A | INTERMEDIATE | MORIOKA/CHINEN | The objective of the Japanese 2A-2B-2C series is to help students to improve their communication skills in more complicated situations and on more abstract topics. Students will learn more advanced grammatical patterns and useful expressions in Japanese and to expand their vocabulary. Students will learn about Japanese culture and society, and are expected to express their thoughts orally and in writing. About 400 more Kanji will be introduced. Prerequisite: Japanese 1C or equivalent. |
| JAPANSE 3A | ADVANCED JAPANESE | SITHIAMNUAI, E. | In the Japanese 3A-3B-3C series, students learn more sophisticated expressions and Kanji compounds needed to work on more complex materials in Japanese. Students are exposed to more authentic materials in preparation for their further studies in Japanese. Various facets of reading and listening will be introduced through materials concerned with Japanese society, culture, tradition, history, economics, politics and current trends. Students will learn to read about and discuss these topics, and to express their thoughts in writing. About 300 new Kanji characters will be introduced, along with Kanji compounds formulated from both new and previously learned Kanji. |
| JAPANSE 101A | 4TH YEAR JAPANESE | MATSUURA, J. | Continued emphasis on comprehension, grammar, and proficiency in reading, compostion, and conversation through intensive study and analysis of a variety of texts. prerequisite: Japanese 3C or equivalent. |
| JAPANSE 115 | ADVANCED TEXTS | FOWLER, E. | A reading course designed for students with near-fluency in written Japanese. Texts will include both fiction and non-fiction by important writers, and may be supplemented and contextualized where needed by literary criticism and cultural-studies texts in English. Prerequisite: Japanese 101C or consent of instructor. May be taken for credit three times as topic varies. |
| JAPANSE 203 | RDGS MODERN JP LIT | FOWLER, E. | Texts include both fiction and nonfiction by important writers, and may be supplemented where needed by literary criticism and cultural-studies texts in English. Prerequisite: Japanese 101C or equivalent, or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. |