Japanese
JPN 1000 Beginning Japanese I
First course in a sequential series; basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Basic greetings, numbers, time expressions; “desu” (be), its conjugation and sentence pattern; verbs and sentence pattern for movement; transitive and intransitive verbs for daily activities; how to write and read in Hiragana letters. (Course is open to students who have no knowledge of Japanese.)
Credit: 3 units.
JPN 1001 Beginning Japanese II
This is the second course in a sequential series. The attempts to master basic language skills continue: mentioning, means, period of time, various types of quantity; adjectives; verbs for existence; non-volitional verbs; superlative and comparative sentences; how to read and write in Katakana letters.
Prerequisite: JPN 1000
Credit: 3 units.
JPN 2000 Intermediate Japanese I
The course focuses on further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral-aural and written. Among others, it focuses on Te-form, Nai-form and basic verb forms, and their uses in expressing wishes, requests, prohibitions, obligations, capabilities, repeated actions etc. (Course not open to native speakers of Japanese.)
Prerequisite: JPN 1001 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units.
JPN 3000 Intermediate Japanese II
This is the second course of Intermediate Japanese in a sequential series. It focuses on further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral, aural and written. It centers on Ta-form and Plain form of verbs and on the mastery of various phrases that go with the forms. Various types of compound sentences, relative clauses and conditional are also included. (Course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 2000 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units
JPN 4000 Advanced Japanese I
This is the first course of Advanced Japanese in a sequential series. It focuses on further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral-aural and written. Among the contents covered are verb forms such as potential / ability form, volitional form, conditional form, various applications of all the forms learned, and conjectural expression. (The course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 3000 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units
JPN 4001 Advanced Japanese II
This is the second course of Advanced Japanese in a sequential series; further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral-aural and written. Passive verb, nominalization, polite request, causative verb, various expressions that go with different verb forms are among other topics covered. (Course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 4000 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units
JPN 4002 Culture and Civilization of Japan
This is the last course of Japanese for the minor. Polite, deferential, and humble expressions of Japanese are explored. Some aspects of Japanese culture, society and civilization are delved into. Students may participate in Windows to the World Program as part of the course. (Course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 4001 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units.
First course in a sequential series; basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Basic greetings, numbers, time expressions; “desu” (be), its conjugation and sentence pattern; verbs and sentence pattern for movement; transitive and intransitive verbs for daily activities; how to write and read in Hiragana letters. (Course is open to students who have no knowledge of Japanese.)
Credit: 3 units.
JPN 1001 Beginning Japanese II
This is the second course in a sequential series. The attempts to master basic language skills continue: mentioning, means, period of time, various types of quantity; adjectives; verbs for existence; non-volitional verbs; superlative and comparative sentences; how to read and write in Katakana letters.
Prerequisite: JPN 1000
Credit: 3 units.
JPN 2000 Intermediate Japanese I
The course focuses on further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral-aural and written. Among others, it focuses on Te-form, Nai-form and basic verb forms, and their uses in expressing wishes, requests, prohibitions, obligations, capabilities, repeated actions etc. (Course not open to native speakers of Japanese.)
Prerequisite: JPN 1001 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units.
JPN 3000 Intermediate Japanese II
This is the second course of Intermediate Japanese in a sequential series. It focuses on further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral, aural and written. It centers on Ta-form and Plain form of verbs and on the mastery of various phrases that go with the forms. Various types of compound sentences, relative clauses and conditional are also included. (Course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 2000 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units
JPN 4000 Advanced Japanese I
This is the first course of Advanced Japanese in a sequential series. It focuses on further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral-aural and written. Among the contents covered are verb forms such as potential / ability form, volitional form, conditional form, various applications of all the forms learned, and conjectural expression. (The course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 3000 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units
JPN 4001 Advanced Japanese II
This is the second course of Advanced Japanese in a sequential series; further development of grammar and communication skills, both oral-aural and written. Passive verb, nominalization, polite request, causative verb, various expressions that go with different verb forms are among other topics covered. (Course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 4000 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units
JPN 4002 Culture and Civilization of Japan
This is the last course of Japanese for the minor. Polite, deferential, and humble expressions of Japanese are explored. Some aspects of Japanese culture, society and civilization are delved into. Students may participate in Windows to the World Program as part of the course. (Course is not open to native speakers of Japanese)
Prerequisite: JPN 4001 or permission from the instructor.
Credit: 3 units.