JAPN 101: Elementary Japanese (First Semester)

Units: 4
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in JAPN 102, JAPN 201, or JAPN 202.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course introduces contemporary Japanese and the Japanese writing system (hiragana, katakana, and selected kanji characters). It examines the language’s structure and emphasizes the development of language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn about Japanese history, geography, and customs as well as about the relationship between language and culture. This course corresponds to the first two years of high school Japanese.

JAPN 102: Elementary Japanese (Second Semester)

Units: 4
Prerequisites: JAPN 101 or two years of high school Japanese with a C or better.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in JAPN 201 or JAPN 202.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course continues to develop Japanese language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It introduces more advanced kanji characters and reviews (recycles) first semester Japanese vocabulary and grammar. The course also continues to develop the student’s ability to read, interpret, and discuss Japanese-language narratives about newly introduced cultural aspects of the Japanese-speaking world. This course corresponds to the third year of high school Japanese.

JAPN 121: Introduction to Japanese Culture

Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Summer

This course introduces students to various aspects of Japanese culture and society. Areas of study include history, music, literature, philosophy, political ideas, customs, and Japan's influence on and contribution to the civilization of America and the world. The course does not require prior study of the language or culture.

JAPN 201: Intermediate Japanese (Third Semester)

Units: 4
Prerequisites: JAPN 102 or three years of high school Japanese with a C or better.
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in JAPN 202.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall

This third course in the Japanese language sequence continues to develop Japanese language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the intermediate-mid level. It introduces more advanced kanji characters and reviews (recycles) first-year Japanese vocabulary and grammar. The course also continues to develop the student’s ability to read, interpret, and discuss Japanese-language narratives about newly introduced cultural aspects of the Japanese-speaking world. This course corresponds to the fourth year of high school Japanese.

JAPN 202: Intermediate Japanese (Fourth Semester)

Units: 4
Prerequisites: JAPN 201 or four years of high school Japanese with a C or better.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours.
Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This fourth semester course in the Japanese language sequence continues to develop Japanese language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the intermediate-high level. Students practice writing in Japanese with kanji characters, review grammar and syntax, and expand their vocabulary and knowledge of idiomatic constructions. The course also continues to develop the student’s ability to read, interpret, and discuss Japanese-language narratives about Japanese history, geography, and culture.

JAPN 210: Intermediate Conversation and Reading

Units: 3
Prerequisites: JAPN 102 or three years of high school Japanese with a C or better.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course stresses oral communication and reading comprehension through cultural materials in order to improve and expand the student's conversational skills in Japanese. It emphasizes practical topics, fundamental and expanded vocabulary, and commonly used idioms. Students learn to employ Japanese in general discussions of assigned topics and simple dialogues. The course also reviews communicative functions.

JAPN 292: Internship Studies

Units: 0.5-3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per unit.
Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or internship studies concurrently.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance.

JAPN 296: Topics in Japanese

Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 1 hour.
Lecture 2 hours.
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in Japanese that are not included in regular course offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number designation in the class schedule.