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Japanese (JPN) Courses

Academic Unit: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

JPN 1011 - Beginning Japanese I

(5 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)

Equivalent courses: JPN 4001

Introduction to speaking, reading, writing Japanese.

JPN 1012 - Beginning Japanese II

(5 cr; Prereq-1011; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: JPN 4002

Introduction to speaking, reading, writing Japanese.

JPN 3021 - Intermediate Japanese I

(5 cr; Prereq-1012 or instr consent; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: JPN 4003

Intermediate speaking, reading, writing in Japanese.

JPN 3022 - Intermediate Japanese II

(5 cr; Prereq-3021 or instr consent; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: JPN 4004

Intermediate speaking, reading, writing in Japanese.

JPN 3031 - Third Year Japanese I

(4 cr; Prereq-3022 or instr consent; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: JPN 4006 (ending 02-SEP-08), JPN 4005

Advanced intermediate-level instruction in speaking, reading, writing Japanese. Development of reading proficiency in modern Japanese prose.

JPN 3032 - Third Year Japanese II

(4 cr; Prereq-3031 or instr consent; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring)

Equivalent courses: JPN 4006 (starting 02-SEP-08)

Advanced intermediate-level instruction in speaking, reading, writing Japanese. Development of reading proficiency in modern Japanese prose.

JPN 3162 - Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation [LIT]

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 3433 until 18-JAN-22, was ALL 3433W until 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3433 until 06-SEP-05

Survey of texts in different genres from the 8th to the early 19th centuries, with attention to issues such as "national" identity, gender and sexuality, authorship, and popular culture.

JPN 3163 - Early Modern Japanese Literature in Translation [LIT]

(3 cr; Student Option)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 3437 until 18-JAN-22, was ALL 3437 until 21-JAN-20

Survey of the principal authors and genres of the period spanning Japan's opening to the West (1860s) to World War II. Writers include Natsume Soseki, Shiga Naoya, Kawabata Yasunari, and Tanizaki Junichiro.

JPN 3164 - Postwar Japanese Literature in Translation

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 3436 until 19-JAN-21, was ALL 3436 until 21-JAN-20

Survey of the ideas and styles of recent Japanese literature. Writers include Dazai Osamu, Ibuse Masuji, Oe Kenzaburo, Mishima Yukio, and Yoshimoto Banana. All readings in English translation.

JPN 3165W - Japanese Theater [WI LIT IP]

(3 cr; Student Option)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 3441W until 06-SEP-22, was AMES 3441 until 06-SEP-22, was AMES 3441W until 19-JAN-21, was ALL 3441W until 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3441 until 03-SEP-19, was ALL 3441W until 04-SEP-18, was JPN 3165 until 02-SEP-03

Japanese performance traditions. Emphasizes noh, kabuki, and bunraku in their literary/cultural contexts. Relationship between these pre-modern traditions and modern theatrical forms (e.g., Takarazuka Revue).

JPN 3166 - Japanese Film [OH]

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 3456 until 16-JAN-24, was ALL 3456 until 21-JAN-20

Themes, stylistics, and genres of Japanese cinema through the work of classic directors (Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu) and more recent filmmakers (Itami and Morita). Particular attention to representations of femininity and masculinity.

JPN 3290 - Japanese Language Teaching Tutorial

(1 cr; Prereq-Grade of A in 4042; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Students tutor beginning students of Japanese and are part of department's Japanese language team.

JPN 3900 - Topics in Japanese Literature (Topics course)

(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 3 times)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 3400 until 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3400 until 21-JAN-20

Topics specified in Class Schedule.

JPN 3920 - Topics in Japanese Culture (Topics course)

(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 3 times)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 3420 until 21-JAN-25, was ALL 3420 until 21-JAN-20

Topics specified in Class Schedule.

JPN 4001 - Beginning Japanese I for Graduate Student Research

(5 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall & Summer)

Equivalent courses: JPN 1011 (starting 03-SEP-02)

Introduction to speaking, reading, writing Japanese. Meets with 1011.

JPN 4002 - Beginning Japanese II for Graduate Student Research

(5 cr; Prereq-4001; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: JPN 1012 (starting 03-SEP-02)

Introduction to speaking, reading, writing Japanese. Meets with 1012.

JPN 4003 - Intermediate Japanese I for Graduate Student Research

(5 cr; Prereq-4002; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: JPN 3021 (starting 05-SEP-00)

Intermediate speaking, reading, writing in Japanese. Meets with 3021.

JPN 4004 - Intermediate Japanese II for Graduate Student Research

(5 cr; Prereq-4003; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring)

Equivalent courses: JPN 3022 (starting 05-SEP-00)

Intermediate speaking, reading, writing in Japanese. Meets with 3022.

JPN 4005 - Third Year Japanese I for Graduate Student Research

(4 cr; Prereq-4004; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: JPN 4006 (ending 02-SEP-08), JPN 3031 (starting 02-SEP-08)

Advanced intermediate-level instruction in speaking, reading, writing Japanese. Development of reading proficiency in modern Japanese prose. Meets with 3031.

JPN 4006 - Third Year Japanese II for Graduate Student Research

(4 cr; Prereq-4005; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring)

Equivalent courses: JPN 3032 (starting 02-SEP-08)

Advanced intermediate-level instruction in speaking, reading, writing Japanese. Development of reading proficiency in modern Japanese prose.

JPN 4041 - Advanced Japanese Conversation and Composition I

(4 cr; Prereq-3032 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)

Practice in advanced spoken/written Japanese. Assignments include essays, summaries, formal interviews in Japanese.

JPN 4042 - Advanced Japanese Conversation and Composition II

(4 cr; Prereq-4041 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)

Practice in advanced spoken/written Japanese. Typical assignments include essays, summaries, formal interviews in Japanese.

JPN 5040 - Readings in Japanese Texts (Topics course)

(3 cr; Prereq-4042 or equiv or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)

Students read authentic materials of various types to increase reading and speaking ability. Topics specified in Class Schedule.

JPN 5171 - Women's Writing in Premodern Japan in Translation

(4 cr; A-F or Audit)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 5433 until 21-JAN-20, was ALL 5433 until 21-JAN-20

Genji monogatari, a lengthy narrative, Makura no soshi, a collection of vignettes, and poetry. Gendered writing system/authorship, narrative techniques, sexuality and the figure of the author, and strategies of fictionality.

JPN 5176 - Literature by 20th-Century Japanese Women in Translation

(4 cr; Student Option)

Equivalent courses: was AMES 5436 until 18-JAN-22, was ALL 5436 until 21-JAN-20

Literary and historical exploration of selected works by Japanese women writers in a variety of genres. All literary texts read in English.

JPN 5177 - "Minority Literature" in Japan

(4 cr; A-F or Audit)

Equivalent courses: was ALL 5476 until 04-SEP-12

Fiction and poetry by Okinawans, zainichi (Japanese of Korean descent) writers, and authors from outcaste burakumin. Interrogation of category 'minority literature' as theoretical construct. Alteration of what constitutes 'Japanese literature.' Relationships between a group's historical experiences and literary representation.

JPN 5211 - Introductory Classical Chinese I

(3 cr; Prereq-Two years of an East Asian language (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) or equivalent or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)

Equivalent courses: CHN 5211 (starting 06-SEP-11, was ALL 5211 until 02-SEP-14, was CHN 3111 until 04-SEP-07), KOR 5211

Reading excerpts from canonical Chinese texts. Transnational nature of Classical Chinese/its importance in study of East Asian cultures. Taught in English.

JPN 5993 - Directed Studies in Japanese

(1 cr [max 15]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 15 credits)

Individual study with guidance of a faculty member. Prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent.

JPN 8333 - FTE: Master's

(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)

(No description)

JPN 8444 - FTE: Doctoral

(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)

(No description)

JPN 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits

(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

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JPN 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's

(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required (Plan A only); No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)

(No description)

JPN 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral

(1 cr [max 24]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)

(No description)

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