JAPAN 201 - Intermediate Japanese 1
Designed for students with credit in JAPAN 101 and 102. Further develops skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Japanese, and increases knowledge of Japanese culture. Prerequisite: JAPAN 102 or its equivalent.
JAPAN 202 - Intermediate Japanese 2
Designed for students with credit in JAPAN 201. Further enhances skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Japanese, and increases understanding of Japanese culture. Prerequisite: JAPAN 201 or its equivalent.
JAPAN 301 - Advanced Japanese 1
Designed for students with credit in JAPAN 202. Further skill development in the idiomatic use of the Japanese language and increased understanding of Japanese culture. Prerequisite: JAPAN 202 or its equivalent.
JAPAN 302 - Advanced Japanese 2
Designed for students with credit in JAPAN 301. Enhances skills in fluent idiomatic use of the Japanese language, understanding of Japanese culture. Includes an introduction to some of the masterpieces of Japanese literature in translation. Prerequisite: JAPAN 301 or its equivalent.
JAPAN 334 - Japanese Culture and Civilization
Survey of the origins and development of Japanese culture: art, literature, religion, philosophy, political and social institutions from earliest to modern times. An overview of cultural traditions for those with a general interest in Japan. Taught primarily in English. Prerequisite: JAPAN 202 or its equivalent or permission of the instructor.
JAPAN 337 - Japanese Linguistics
Introduction to Japanese linguistics, particularly phonological and syntactical structures and communication patterns. Readings and discussions include an examination of the similarities and differences between Japanese and English. Prerequisite: JAPAN 202 or permission of the instructor.
JAPAN 401 - Contemporary Masterpieces
Reading and discussion of selected modern Japanese literary texts concentrating on selections from poetry, short stories, essays, and novels such as "Snow Country" by Kawabata and "Golden Temple" by Mishima. Readings in English translation and Japanese. Prerequisite: JAPAN 202 or its equivalent or permission of the instructor. A total of 6 hours of credit may be earned, but no more than 3 in any one semester or term.
HIST 496 - Modern Japan, 1600 to the Present
Descriptive and analytical survey of political and economic developments, foreign policy, and social and cultural change in modern Japan with emphasis on conditions contributing to its rapid modernization, nationalist and expansionist movements, and dynamic postwar recovery.
6 hours from 300 and 400 level courses