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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course develops students' speaking and aural comprehension abilities in Japanese. It deals with various aspects of spoken Japanese and integrates them into multi-purpose, oral communication skills. Main activities lead towards the development of speaking and listening skills sufficient to handle daily conversation. Other activities include the consideration of pronunciation and intonation, discussion, speech, interpretative reading, story telling, and dictation. These activities, involving a variety of topics regarding Japan, aim as well to deepen students' understanding of Japanese culture and behavior. Prerequisite: JPAN 211 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
The course develops the four skills of speaking, aural comprehension, reading, and writing with an increased emphasis on reading and writing at an advanced level. It fosters the development of vocabulary and an in-depth understanding of Japanese grammar through role play, conversation, and reading and writing exercises. Topics of discussion include diverse aspects of Japanese culture and society so as to enhance a greater understanding of Japan. Prerequisite: JPAN 221 or equivalency
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3.00 Credits
The course is the continuation of JPAN 222, Advanced Japanese I. It further develops a broad competency of the four skills: speaking, aural comprehension, reading, and writing, with an increased emphasis on the development of the functional abilities in authentic situations at a level substantially higher than that of JPAN 221. It fosters the development of vocabulary and an in-depth understanding of Japanese grammar through role play, conversation, and reading and writing exercises. These activities, involving a variety of topics regarding Japan, aim as well to deepen students' understanding of Japanese culture and society. Prerequisite: JPAN 222 or equivalency
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3.00 Credits
This course examines contemporary Japanese culture and society. Drawing upon a contemporary cultural studies approach, it covers a variety of topics, such as Japanese family and social organizations. (Cross-listed with ASN 301)
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3.00 Credits
This course fosters an understanding of major works of Japanese literature and cinema, both traditional and contemporary. Drawing upon novels, dramas, poetry, and film, it examines how these genres reflect Japanese ethics, aesthetics, and samurai and commoner societies in the Edo period. Furthermore, the course explores the influence on contemporary literature of Westernization in the postwar period, and reconciliation of individual expression with group conformity in today's society. (Crosslisted with ASN 302)
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended for students who are interested in deepening their understanding of contemporary Japanese society and culture. It develops students' knowledge of Japan through literature and fieldwork.
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended for students who are interested in developing knowledge of Japanese at an advanced level. It focuses on improving the learners' Japanese skills to Advanced-Low level as specified in the ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Proficiency Guidelines. Within this framework, instruction aims at integrating listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension, and writing skills in order to help the learners communicate meaningfully, effectively, and creatively in the Japanese language. Prerequisite: JPAN 223 or equivalent
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of JPAN 310 and is intended for students who are interested in developing knowledge of Japanese at an advanced level. It focuses on improving the learners' Japanese language skills to Advanced-Mid level as specified in the ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Proficiency Guidelines. Within this framework, instruction aims at integrating listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension, and writing skills in order to help the learners communicate meaningfully, effectively, and creatively in the Japanese language. Prerequisite: JPAN 310 or equivalency
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3.00 Credits
This course is for Study Abroad in Japan. The classes are mainly conducted in Japan and are partially held on the WPUNJ campus. The course develops students' understanding of contemporary Japanese culture through classroom and living experiences in Japan. (Cross-listed with ASN 316)
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3.00 Credits
The portrayal of women, gender and sexuality in contemporary Japanese literature. The course examines modern Japanese society and culture and the interplay between tradition and modernity through the prism of canonical and contemporary literature. Topics include notions of the self, national and gender identity, and the impact of Westernization, modernization, urbanization, industrialization, and globalization. In English.
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