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JPN 1111 - Introductory Japanese I

Description: Functional use of Japanese for students with no prior knowledge of Japanese. Communication skills (speaking and listening), reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 6.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2007

JPN 1112 - Introductory Japanese II

Description: Functional use of Japanese for students with no prior knowledge of Japanese. Communication skills (speaking and listening), reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 6.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Summer 2008, Spring 2008

JPN 1121 - Intermediate Japanese I

Description: Further practice of communication skills (speaking and listening), reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 5.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005

JPN 1122 - Intermediate Japanese II

Description: Further practice of communication skills (speaking and listening), reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 5.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006

JPN 1123 - Intermediate Japanese I

Description: Further practice of communication skills (speaking and listening), reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002

JPN 1124 - Intermediate Japanese II

Description: Further practice of communication skills (speaking and listening), reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005, Spring 2004, Spring 2003

JPN 1131 - Advanced Japanese I

Description: Advanced practice of communication skills - oral, speech and discussion skills, reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005

JPN 1132 - Advanced Japanese II

Description: Advanced practice of communication skills - oral, speech and discussion skills, reading and writing skills. Supplementary practice with computer.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006

JPN 2100 - Japanese Lit Eng Trans

Description: The masterpieces of Japanese literature with a component on women writers. Fulfills cultural diversity requirement. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. Conducted in English, writing enriched.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005

JPN 2102 - Japanese Film

Description: Introduction to Japanese film to those who are interested in but not necessarily exposed to Asian culture and language. Fulfills requirements for writing enriched, Diversity 3, and minor in Japanese.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009

JPN 2143 - Japanese Animation

Description: Explores how anime is a refection of Japanese society, art & culture. Introduction to rich & varied world of Japanese animated films by considering anime as medium, art, culture, & industry. Introduction to history, theory, aesthetics & cultural aspects of anime, with emphasis on 'the art of communication' with the medium. Writing enriched. Fulfills requirement for Japanese minor.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008

JPN 2144 - Japanese Culinary Culture

Description: General introduction to Japanese culinary culture, relationship to Japanese society & culture in general, & historical & cultural reasons it has developed as it has. Familiarizes students with historical & modern Japanese cuisine. Discusses historical, geographical & religious background as well as foreign influences. Writing enriched. Fulfills requirement for Japanese minor.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009

JPN 2215 - Women in Asia

Description: Current interdisciplinary feminist scholarship on Asian women dealing with current status of Asian women and the various factors that shaped it. Fulfills requirements for writing enriched, Diversity 2, Women's Studies, and minor in Japanese.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2005

JPN 3412 - Special Topics

Description: Advanced study of topics of special interest in Japanese literary and/or cultural studies. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. Fulfills core requirements for diversity 3 and Japanese minor and concentration in East Asian Studies. Taught in English.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007

JPN 5900 - JPN: Independent Study

Description: Supervised study, activity or research. May be taken more than once. Prior approval of chair and instructor.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2005