Japanese B.A.
Preparation: Lower-Division Courses:
- JPN 1A Elementary Japanese (5 units)
- JPN 1B Elementary Japanese (5 units)
- JPN 25A Intermediate Japanese (5 units)
- JPN 25B Intermediate Japanese (5 units)
THE ABOVE COURSES ARE NOT OPEN TO NATIVE SPEAKERS OF JAPANESE.
Required Upper-Division Courses:
- JPN 101A Advanced Japanese (4 units)
- JPN 101B Advanced Japanese (4 units)
- JPN 102 Japanese Culture (3 units)
Five courses selected from the following:
- JPN 120A Modern Japanese Literature (3 units)
- JPN 120B Classical Japanese Literature (3 units)
- JPN 140A Modern Japanese Drama and Lyric (3 units)
- JPN 140B Classical Japanese Drama and Lyric (3 units)
- JPN 103 Japanese Ideography and Calligraphy (3 units)
See students' final projects [pdf] - JPN 107 Japanese for Business Professionals (3 units)
- JPN 110 Japanese Linguistics (3 units)
- JPN 130 Readings in Japanese Culture (3 units)
- JPN 160 Special Topics in Japanese Studies (3 units)
Other Requirements:
- FL 100W Writing Workshop (3 units)
- 1 year of a second foreign language (10 units)
- Language majors are required to have a minor.
A minor in a second language is recommended, which will simultaneously satisfy the requirement of one year of a second language.
Minor in Japanese
Minor Requirements (21 units)
Preparation for Minor
- JPN 1A Elementary Japanese (5 units)
- JPN 1B Elementary Japanese (5 units)
THE ABOVE COURSES ARE NOT OPEN TO NATIVE SPEAKERS.
Lower Division Courses
- JPN 25A Intermediate Japanese (5 units)
- JPN 25B Intermediate Japanese (5 units)
THE ABOVE COURSES ARE NOT OPEN TO NATIVE SPEAKERS.
Upper Division Courses
- JPN 101A Advanced Japanese (4 units)
- JPN 101B Advanced Japanese (4 units)
- JPN 102 Japanese Culture (3 units)
Japanese B.A. Learning Objectives and Outcomes
- To develop the students' four Japanese language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in three modes of communication (interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational).
- To develop the students' understanding of some aspects of Japanese culture, including the relationships among cultural products, practices, and perspectives.
- To acquaint students with business manners and customs for developing communication skills useful in conducting business in Japanese.
- To develop the students' understanding of not only traditional arts but also contemporary Japanese culture and society.
- To develop the students' understanding of phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of contemporary Japanese.
- To develop experience and skills in reading and discussing Japanese modern literature from 1868 through the present.
- To develop the students' understanding of traditional theater in Japan, as well as modern and post-modern Japanese drama.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Seiichiro Inaba
Coordinator and Advisor
Clark Hall 418K
408-924-4593
Seiichiro.Inaba@sjsu.edu
Dr. Yasue Kodoma (Yanai)
Assistant Professor in Japanese, Japanese Advisor
Clark Hall 410L
408-924-4063
yasue.yanai@sjsu.edu
Dr. Yoshimitsu Shimazu
Clark Hall 410P
408-924-4625
ymshimazu@gmail.com
J001A greensheet fall 2009
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/y.shimazu/09faj001a-syl.html
J025A greensheet fall 2009
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/y.shimazu/09faj025age-syl.html
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