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COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
{Note: Please
refer to the next page for
Curriculum, Beyond Second Year, Students with Previous Japanese
Study, Heritage Language Learner, Japanese Language Courses in Summer
Session and Placement Test}
(Please click
the course name with number for its description)
Japanese
1: First-Year Japanese I  |
| Designed to develop speaking
and listening proficiency to carry out simple everyday conversations,
reading skills to comprehend short, simple written materials, and
writing skills to write short memos and letters using appropriate
Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji scripts. |
- Prerequisite: None.
This course is for students without prior Japanese study.
- Units: 5
- Quarter: Fall
- Class meetings: MTWRF
9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00
- Instructors:
Staff
- Main textbook: Genki
I, Japan Times.
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| Japanese
2: First-Year Japanese II |
| Continuation of Japanese
1. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
1 with a grade of C or above
- Units: 5
- Quarter: Winter
- Class meetings: MTWRF
9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00
- Instructors: Staff
- Main textbook: Genki
I, Japan Times.
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| Japanese
3: First-Year Japanese III |
| Continuation of Japanese
2. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
2 with a grade of C or above
- Units: 5
- Quarter: Spring
- Class meetings: MTWRF
9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00
- Instructors: Staff
- Main textbook: Genki
I&II, Japan Times.
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| Japanese
4: Second-Year Japanese I |
| Designed to develop an
intermediate-level of oral-aural skills to carry out conversations
about familiar topics, reading skills to understand important information
in authentic materials, and writing skills to convey information with
grammatical and orthographic accuracy. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
3 with a grad of C or above
- Units: 5
- Quarter: Fall
- Class meetings: MTWRF
10:00, 12:00, 1:00
- Instructors: Shinagawa
and Furukawa
- Main textbook: Genki
II, Japan Times.
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| Japanese
5: Second-Year Japanese II |
| Continuation of Japanese
4 |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
4 with a grad of C or above
- Units: 5
- Quarter: Winter
- Class meetings: MTWRF
- Instructors: Shinagawa
and Furukawa
- Main textbook: Genki
II, Japan Times
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| Japanese
6: Second-Year Japanese III |
| Continuation of Japanese
5 |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
5 with a grad of C or above
- Units: 5
- Quarter: Spring
- Class meetings: MTWRF
- Instructors: Shinagawa
and Furukawa
- Main textbook: Topic
ni yoru Nihongo soogoo-enshuu, Three A Network
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| Japanese
7H: Japanese for Heritage Language Learners |
| Designed for students
who grew up speaking Japanese at home and have functional speaking
and listening abilities but lack reading and writing skills. Provides
training in reading and writing necessary to join a third-year level
course. |
- Prerequisite: Consent
of instructor
- Units: 4
- Quarter: Varies (Spring
in 2007)
- Class meetings: MW
- Instructor: Sugawara
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| Japanese
8A: Basic Conversational Japanese I |
| Designed for those who
completed the first year Japanese language course but who will not
be pursuing further full-year courses. Designed to further develop
basic communicative skills focusing on oral-aural proficiency. The
course may not be taken concurrently with a second-year of
third-year level Japanese language course. |
- Prerequisites: Japanese
3 and consent of instructor
- Units: 3
- Quarter: Varies (Winter
in 2007)
- Class meetings: MW
- Instructor: Shinagawa
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| Japanese
120A: Third-Year Japanese I |
| Develops an intermediate
to advanced level of aural-oral skills to carry out conversations
on diverse topics including social and cultural phenomina with linguistic
accuracy, wide range of vocabulary, and cultural appropriateness
as well as reading skills to comprehend authentic materials and
writing skills with grammatical accuracy and increasing number of
Kanji. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
6 with a grade of C or above
- Units: 4
- Quarter: Fall
- Class meetings: MTWR
11:00 ,12:00
- Instructor: Furukawa
- Main textbook: Topic
ni yoru Nihongo soogoo-enshuu, Three A Network
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| Japanese
120B: Third-Year Japanese II |
| Continuation
of Japanese 120A. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
120A with a grade of C or above
- Units: 4
- Quarter: Winter
- Class meetings:
MTWR 9:00, 11:00
- Instructor:
Furukawa
- Main textbook: Topic
ni yoru Nihongo soogoo-enshuu, Three A Network
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| Japanese
120C: Third-Year Japanese III |
| Continuation
of Japanese 120B. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
120B with a grade of C or above
- Units: 4
- Quarter: Spring
- Class meetings:
MTWR 9:00, 11:00
- Instructor:
Furukawa
- Main textbook: Topic
ni yoru Nihongo soogoo-enshuu, Three A Network
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| Japanese
125: Intermediate Japanese Readings |
| Designed
to develop skills in written Japanese through translation and continued
focus on grammatical points. Follows Japanese 124 and complements
Japanese 120A-B-C series. |
- Prerequisites: Japanese
124 with a grade of C or above, or permission of instructor.
- Quarter: Spring
- Units: 4
- Class meetings: MW
- Instructor: Saltzman-Li
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| Japanese
126: Business Japanese |
| Designed
to develop the Japanese language skills necessary for communication
in business contexts. Emphasis on verbal, reading and writing skills.
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- Prerequisite: Japanese
120B with a grade of C or above.
- Quarter: Varies (Not
Offered in 2006-2007)
- Units: 4
- Class meetings: TBA
- Instructor: Staff
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| Japanese
130A: Reading and Composition in Practical Japanese |
| Provides
students with training in reading practical Japanese on current
topics as well as writing compositions on related subject matter.
Classes conducted in Japanese. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
120C with a grade of C or above, or consent of instructor
- Quarter: Winter
(Not offered in 2006-2007)
- Units: 4
- Class meetings: MW
- Instructor: Sugawara
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| Japanese
144: Advanced Japanese Readings I |
| Designed
to further develop skills in reading by focusing on analysis of
Japanese sentence structure. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
120C (Japanese 125 starting Fall 2003) with a grad of C or above
- Quarter: Fall
- Units: 4
- Class meetings: TR
- Instructor: Iwasaki
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| Japanese
145: Advanced Japanese Readings II |
| Introduces
advanced students to selected short pieces of prose and poetry from
post-WWII texts. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
144 with a grade of C or above.
- Quarter: Winter
- Unit: 4
- Class meetings: TR
- Instructor: Iwasaki
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| Japanese
146: Advanced Japanese Readings III |
| Introduces
advanced students to selection of texts, both fiction and non-fiction,
by representative authors from the Meiji period to the present. |
- Prerequisite: Consent
of instructor
- Quarter: Spring
- Unit: 4
- Class meetings:TBA
- Instructor: Nathan
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| Japanese
181: Classical Japanese I (Bungo) |
| Introduction
to classical Japanese grammar, which continued to influence the
writings of modern Japan through WWII. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
125 or 120C with grade of C or above, or consent of instructor
- Unit: 4
- Quarter: Fall
- Class meetings: TR
- Instructor: Staff
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| Japanese
182: Classial Japanese II (Kanbun) |
| Introduction
to Kanbun, a hybrid of classical Chinese and Japanese that remained
essential in formal writings through WWII. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
181
- Unit: 4
- Quarter: Winter
- Class meetings: TR
- Instructor: Buckus
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| Japanese
183/283: Special Reading in Prewar Japanese Texts |
| Readings
of a broad range of prewar texts, including works that contain classical
elements. |
- Prerequisite: Japanese
181 or consent of instructor
- Unit: 4
- Quarter: Spring
- Class meeting:
MWF
- Instructor:Buckus
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