Japanese Courses

Japanese (JPN) courses

• JPN 101 Elementary Japanese I

  This course is the first part of the introductory sequence in Japanese. Students acquire Novice Mid-level proficiency in the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative modes and begin to explore the cultural perspectives, products, and practices of Japanese-speaking peoples.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered	CORE 42 (MOTR) equivalent
  3	3	0	Fall	LANG 105 - Foreign Language I.

  Access the CORE 42 portal

• JPN 102 Elementary Japanese II

  Prerequisite: C or better in JPN 101.

  This course is the second part of the introductory sequence in Japanese. Students reinforce Novice Mid-level proficiency and acquire Novice High-level competence in the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative modes while continuing to explore the cultural perspectives, products, and practices of Japanese-speaking peoples.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered	CORE 42 (MOTR) equivalent
  3	3	0	Spring	LANG 106 - Foreign Language II.

  Access the CORE 42 portal

• JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I

  Prerequisite: C or better in JPN 102.

  This course is the first part of the intermediate sequence in Japanese. Students reinforce Novice High-Level proficiency and acquire Intermediate Low-level competence in the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative modes while continuing to explore the cultural perspectives, products, and practices of Japanese-speaking peoples.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Fall

• JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II

  Prerequisite: C or better in JPN 201.

  This course is the second part of the intermediate sequence in Japanese. Students reinforce Intermediate Low-Level proficiency and acquire Intermediate Mid-level competence in the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative modes while continuing to explore the cultural perspectives, products, and practices of Japanese-speaking peoples.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Spring

• JPN 297 Special Topics in Japanese

  Prerequisite: permission of instructor and department head.

  Topics of selected interest in Japanese studies, including travel courses to Japanese-speaking countries. The specific subject matter and/or international component may change from semester to semester according to resources and demand. Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours as topics change.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  1-6			Upon demand

• JPN 311 Japanese Reading and Conversation

  Prerequisite: JPN 202.

  This course is designed to further develop and refine students' reading and speaking skills through readings of short texts, group discussions, and free conversation. Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours as content changes.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• JPN 312 Japanese Reading and Composition

  Prerequisite: JPN 202.

  This course is designed to help students strengthen and expand their reading and writing skills in Japanese through the reading of authentic Japanese articles, grammar review, writing and Kanji practice.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• JPN 498 Seminar Course in Japanese

  Prerequisite: JPN 312 or permission of instructor or department head.

  Supervised independent study in Japanese literature, linguistics, current events or other restricted topics. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand