Course Descriptions

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Japanese Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
JAPN 101 First Semester Japanese (5) Fall 2009
JAPN 102 Second Semester Japanese (5) Fall 2009
JAPN 103 Third Semester Japanese (5) Fall 2009
JAPN 200 Art of Japanese Writing and Calligraphy (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 250 Intensive Study of Kanji (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 301 Japanese Conversation (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 302 Japanese Reading and Grammar (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 305 Advanced Conversation and Composition I (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 306 Advanced Conversation and Composition II (3) Spring 2009
JAPN 309 Advanced Readings in Japanese (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 330 Proverbs and Idiomatic Expressions in Japanese (3) Spring 2007
JAPN 350 Introduction to Translation (3) Fall 2007
JAPN 395 Advanced Business Japanese: Business Writing (3) Effective Spring 2010
JAPN 395 Business Writing (3) Spring 2008
JAPN 401 Topics in Japanese Culture (3) Effective Spring 1981
JAPN 401 Variable topics:
  JAPN 401 Heian Culture: Culture of Peace (3) Fall 2007
  JAPN 401 Japanese Identity (3) Spring 2009
  JAPN 401 Japanese Way of Living (3) Spring 2007
  JAPN 401 Life and Thought of Medieval Japan (3) Fall 2009
  JAPN 401 Modern Cultural History of Japan (3) Spring 2008
  JAPN 401 Tea Ceremony and Tea Culture (3) Effective Spring 2010
JAPN 510 Modern Japanese Literature (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 590 Topics in Japanese Literature (3) Effective Summer 2009
JAPN 590 Variable topics:
  JAPN 590 Contemporary Japanese Literature (3) Spring 2008
  JAPN 590 Japanese Women Writers (3) Spring 2009
JAPN 600 Topics in Japanese Culture and Literature in English (3) Effective Spring 1981
JAPN 600 Variable topics:
  JAPN 600 Effects of Zen (3) Fall 1989
  JAPN 600 Japanese Motifs in English (3) Fall 1991
  JAPN 600 Masterpieces of Japanese Literature (3) Spring 1989
JAPN 690 Introduction to Consecutive Interpretation (3) Fall 2008
JAPN 699 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
JAPN 699 Variable topics:
  JAPN 699 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  JAPN 699 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  JAPN 699 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 710 Japanese Language Workshops (3) Effective Spring 1988
JAPN 710 Variable topics:
  JAPN 710 Current Topics: Radio and Television (3) Spring 2009
  JAPN 710 Magazines & Periodicals (3) Fall 2009
  JAPN 710 Newspapers (3) Fall 2007
  JAPN 710 Translation Workshop (3) Fall 2008
JAPN 750 Seminar in Japanese Linguistics (3) Spring 2009
JAPN 760 Seminar in Pedagogical Japanese Linguistics (3) Spring 2008
JAPN 765 Second Language Acquisition (3) Fall 2008
JAPN 770 Seminar in Teaching Japanese (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 775 Seminar: Materials Development for Teaching Japanese (3) Fall 2008
JAPN 780 Practicum in Teaching Japanese (3) Fall 2007
JAPN 800 Seminar in Analysis of Japanese Cultural Studies (3) Spring 2008
JAPN 860 Seminar: Topics in Japanese Literature (3) Effective Fall 1986
JAPN 860 Variable topics:
  JAPN 860 Hyakunin Isshu: 100 Poems by 100 Poets (3) Effective Spring 2010
  JAPN 860 The Tale of Genji and No Plays (3) Spring 2008
JAPN 890 Integrative Seminar: Japanese Language and Culture (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 895 Applied Research Project (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 897 Research (1-3) Effective Fall 1996
JAPN 897 Variable topics:
  JAPN 897 Research (1) Fall 2009
  JAPN 897 Research (2) Fall 2009
  JAPN 897 Research (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
JAPN 899 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
JAPN 899 Variable topics:
  JAPN 899 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  JAPN 899 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  JAPN 899 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
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