Courses of Instruction

Japanese — JAPN

111F. Beginning Japanese. Lecture 3 hours; drill 3 hours; 6 credits. Oral drill and discussion of grammar principles, written exercises, and reading assignments. This course requires extensive work in the language laboratory. All four skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, are implemented from the beginning of the course.

212. Intermediate Japanese. Lecture 3 hours; drill 3 hours; 6 credits. Prerequisite: JAPN 111F or satisfactory score on the placement test. More grammar principles are discussed; written exercises with more kanji. Introduction to culture with graded readings of essays.

250. Kanji I. Lecture 2 hours; 2 credits. Prerequisite: JAPN 212. Prerequisite: JAPN 111F. This course is designed for students who finished the first semester of Beginning Japanese I. The main focus of this course is on training students how to use a kanji dictionary efficiently and guiding them to become an independent scholar of the Japanese
language.

295/296. Topics in Japanese. 1-3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: 6 hours at the 100 level. A study of selected topics designed as electives for non-majors. These courses will appear in the course schedule booklet, and will be more fully described in a booklet distributed to all academic advisors.

310W. The Faces of Japan. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the instructor. Lectures in English, films and slides provide an introduction to the literature, culture, contemporary life style and geography of Japan. Cross-listed with FLET 310W. Offered only in the spring or summer term.

311. Advanced Japanese Language and Culture I. Lecture 3 hours; drill 1 hour; 4 credits. Prerequisites: JAPN 212 and 250. Emphasis on the development of aural-oral skills. An intensive study of the principles of the Japanese grammar and syntax accompanied by oral and written
exercises.

312. Advanced Japanese Language and Culture II. Lecture 3 hours; drill 1 hour; 4 credits. Prerequisite: JAPN 311 or satisfactory score on the placement test. Emphasis placed on the development of writing skills. Analysis of linguistic structure and their application to personal expression.

395/396. Topics in Japanese. 1-3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: JAPN 212 or the equivalent. A study of selected topics in Japanese. These courses will appear in the course schedule booklet and will be more fully described in a booklet distributed to all academic advisors.

495/595, 496/596. Topics in Japanese. 1-3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: third-year Japanese or permission of the instructor. A study of selected topics in Japanese. These courses will appear in the course schedule booklet and will be more fully described in a booklet distributed to all academic advisors.