Meguro River, Japan by Sora Sagano
Japanese
The Japanese language program offers courses in a variety of focuses and levels to meet your goals of learning Japanese. All courses are designed to build a solid foundation of language proficiency and promote your further development of all-around skills in Japanese.
Shinjuku, Japan by Jezael Melgoza
Japanese Language, Culture & Communication Courses (5-unit Track)
This track is for those who wish to become fully proficient in the Japanese language. Students’ four skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking) are equally focused on in everyday instruction from Day 1. Recommended for those who are interested in majoring or minoring in Japanese, studying abroad, and understanding and embracing Japanese cultures.
- First-Year: JAPANLNG 1, 2, 3
- Second-Year: JAPANLNG 21, 22, 23
- Third-Year: JAPANLNG 101, 102, 103
Oirase River, Japan by Erika H. Lowdermilk
Graduate Level Course
This course is for graduate students and undergraduate students who successfully completed Japanese 103 or the equivalent. Reading and discussion of authentic writings both classical and contemporary, newspaper articles, documentaries and TV programs.
- Advanced / 4th Year Level: JAPANLNG 211, 212, 213
Kyoto, Japan by Erika H. Lowdermilk
Japanese Language Essentials Courses (3-unit Track)
This track is for those who wish to build communication skills in Japanese but can’t fit in the 5- unit Japanese courses due to unit overload or other restrictions. This course sequence focuses on developing basic language skills in listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
- First-Year: JAPANLNG 4A, 4B, 4C
- Second-Year: JAPANLNG 14A, 14B, 14C
Fujiyoshida, Japan by David Edelstein
Conversation Courses
These courses are for those who wish to focus solely on further developing their oral proficiency.
- Intermediate Conversation: JAPANLNG 11A, 11B, 11C
- From Intermediate to Advanced: JAPANLNG 31A, 31B, 31C
- Advanced Conversation: JAPANLNG 111A, 111B, 111C
Coordinator & Lecturers
Courses
- JAPANLNG 1 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 1 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 1 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 2 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 2 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 2 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 3 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 3 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 3 : First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 11A : Intermediate Japanese Conversation, First Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 11B : Intermediate Japanese Conversation, Second Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 11C : Intermediate Japanese Conversation, Third Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 15 : Japanese Calligraphy (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 21 : Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 22 : Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 23 : Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 100 : Reading in Japanese (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 101 : Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 102 : Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 103 : Third-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 111A : Advanced Japanese Conversation, First Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 111B : Advanced Japanese Conversation, Second Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 111C : Advanced Japanese Conversation, Third Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 114F : Japanese Through Film, Second Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 115F : Japanese Through Film,Third Quarter (Spring)
- JAPANLNG 211 : Fourth-Year Japanese, First Quarter (Autumn)
- JAPANLNG 212 : Fourth-Year Japanese, Second Quarter (Winter)
- JAPANLNG 213 : Fourth-Year Japanese, Third Quarter (Spring)