Undergraduate Catalog 2009-2011

Japanese

JAPN 111    Elementary Japanese I   3

Open only to to students with one year or less of high school study. Basic sounds and structure patterns of Japanese are established through a direct audio lingual approach. Skill Area III

JAPN 112    Elementary Japanese II  3

Prereq.:  JAPN 111 or equivalent (normally, two years high school study). No credit given to students with previous credit for more advanced course work in Japanese except by permission of the department chair. A continuation of JAPN 111. Spring. Skill Area III

JAPN 125    Intermediate Japanese I 3

Prereq.:  One year of college Japanese or equivalent. Continuation and review of grammar and structure. Development of reading skills. Fall. Skill Area III [I]

JAPN 126    Intermediate Japanese II      3

Prereq.:  JAPN 125 or equivalent. Further study of grammar and structure. Readings in literary and cultural areas. Spring. Skill Area III [I]

JAPN 225    Japanese Composition and Diction    3

Prereq.:  JAPN 126 or permission of instructor. To train students in self-expression by means of frequent compositions, systematic drills in pronunciation and intonation, and readings in Japanese literature and culture. Fall. Skill Area III [I]

JAPN 226    Japanese Structure and Idiom  3

Prereq.:  JAPN 126 or permission of instructor. To develop correct idiomatic usage and fluency of expression. Readings in Japanese literature. Spring. Skill Area III [I]

JAPN 335    Advanced Composition and Diction    3

Prereq.:  JAPN 226 or equivalent. Further study of sentence and discourse structure in Japanese and analysis of the Japanese communicative style. Designed to expand the student's speaking and listening skills. Fall. [I]

JAPN 336    Advanced Structure and Idiom  3

Prereq.:  JAPN 335 or permission of instructor. Continuation of JAPN 335 with emphasis on development of reading comprehension skills. Spring. [I]