Emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn grammar, Hiragana and Katakana characters, and about 60 Kanji characters. All lessons include Japanese culture notes. Not open to native speakers.

Equal emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn grammar and 90 Kanji characters. Lessons include Japanese culture notes as well. Not open to native speakers.

Japanese language course with focus on reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Japanese for students beyond the beginning level.

Equal emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn grammar and about 100 Kanji characters. All lessons include Japanese culture notes as well. Not open to native speakers.

Equal emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn grammar and about 100 Kanji characters. All lessons include Japanese culture notes as well. Not open to native speakers.

Equal emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn grammar and about 220 Kanji characters. All lessons include Japanese culture notes as well. Not open to native speakers.

Equal emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn grammar and about 270 Kanji characters. All lessons include Japanese culture notes as well. Not open to native speakers.

Independent study and research under the direction of individual faculty members.

A continuation of Advanced Japanese II, with emphasis on improved proficiency in the four language skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, and concentration on the reading of literary texts in Japanese.

Selected readings of Japanese literature in the original language. Texts will vary, with focus on readings of works of literature and discussion of issues in literary criticism in Japanese.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.