Japanese Courses
101 Communicating in Japanese I. 4. Basic building blocks of grammar, emphasis on oral communication and culture. Culture/Laboratory Day required. Fulfills foreign language requirement.
102 Communicating in Japanese II. 4. Continuation of Japanese I with more emphasis on grammar and developing writing skills. Emphasis still on oral communication and culture. Culture/Laboratory Day required. Prerequisite: JAPN 101 or placement. Fulfills foreign language requirement.
150 Special Topics. 4. May also be offered at 250, 350 and 450 levels.
201 Intermediate Japanese I. 4. Advanced grammar study, conversation practice and increased emphasis on reading and writing. Prerequisite: JAPN 102 or permission of instructor.
202 Intermediate Japanese II. 4. Continuation of JAPN 201.
220 Women in Modern Japan. 4. Examines the lives of Japanese women within the contexts of such social institutions as education, marriage, family, work and mass media. Taught in English. Fulfills humanities and intercultural requirements.
221 Contemporary Japanese Society. 4. Interdisciplinary course examines popular American attitudes toward Japan and social construction of national identity in contemporary Japan (as well as challenges to this identity). Studies social conditions, popular culture and racial and ethnic minorities in Japan. Taught in English. Fulfills humanities and intercultural requirements.
260 Independent Study. 1-4. May also be offered at 360 and 460 levels.
290 Internship, 1-4. May also be offered at the 390 level.
310 Media, Gender, and Nation in Japan. 4. Examines the roles of mass media in the construction of gendered national identity in Japan. Fulfills intercultural requirement.