Japanese Courses

JAPA 1P00
Japanese I
Elementary conversational Japanese. Focus on developing listening skills, basic grammatical structure, and understanding customs. Introduction to essential grammar and hiragana and katakana syllabaries.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Note: open to students with limited or no background in the language.

JAPA 1P01
Japanese II
Conversational Japanese with emphasis on cultural knowledge and customs. Introduction of approximately 200 kanji (Chinese characters).
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: JAPA 1P00 or permission of the instructor.

JAPA 1P80
Japanese III
Everyday communication skills. Focus on vocabulary building, grammatical structure and reading skills.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: JAPA 1P01 or permission of the instructor.

JAPA 1P81
Japanese IV
Oral and written communication skills. Focus on writing skills and further development of grammatical structure.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: JAPA 1P80 or permission of the instructor.