Japanese Studies

As an institution of higher education on the Pacific Rim and with a student population praised for its diversity, the department of Language and Culture offers two semesters of Japanese to fulfill the language requirement. These courses can also be taken as electives.

JPN 1: Elementary Japanese I (4)
Develop fundamental skills for reading, writing, listening and speaking  Japanese. Students are also introduced to the cultural context of the language. GS-IV

JPN 2: Elementary Japanese II (4)
Further develops the fundamental skills, stressing on reading, and writing. Continuous attention is paid to pronunciation and cultural context. GS-IV

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