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JAPN Japanese( Arts and Humanities)Students with previous knowledge of Japanese who have not yet enrolled in a Japanese language course at UMCP must contact the Japanese program for a placement test prior to the first day of classes.
JAPN101
Elementary Japanese I;
(6 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
JAPN201 Intermediate Japanese I; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. Prerequisite: a grade C (2.0) or better in JAPN102 or permission of instructor. Contemporary spoken and written Japanese. JAPN301 Advanced Japanese I; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: a grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN202 or permission of instructor. Advanced conversation, oral comprehension, and selected readings. JAPN307 Kanji and Composition; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Not open to fluent/native writers of Kanji. Prerequisite: Grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN301 and permission of instructor. Study of Kanji in context; intensive writing practice. JAPN386 Experiential Learning; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: Learning Proposal approved by the Office of Experiential Learning Programs, faculty sponsor, and student's internship sponsor. Junior standing. JAPN402 Readings in Japanese Cultural Studies; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: a grade of C (2.0) or better in JAPN401 or permission of instructor. Development of advanced reading, vocabulary, grammar, and translation skills through selected readings in Japanese drawn from the fields of history, social sciences, cultural studies, film studies, and popular culture. JAPN408A Special Topics in Japanese: Newspaper Japanese; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in JAPN302. JAPN438A Topics in Japanese Pragmatics: Uchi/Soto (Inside/Outside) in Japanese Language and Culture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in JAPN201. Click here for more course information. JAPN498A Special Topics in Japanese Studies: The Atomic Bomb in Literature and Memory: Japan and the U.S.; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Fulfills the upper-division literature requirement for majors. Using literature, poetry, art, film and historical documents, this course examines the decision to use "the bomb," the ways Japanese writers and artists have attempted to convey the unprecedented experiences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the post-war historical narratives of the atomic bombs in Japan and the U.S. It will also explore apocalyptic visions in American and Japanese science fiction, the meaning of Godzilla, gender and sexuality in atomic metaphors, peace movements and other topics to understand how the threat of nuclear arms continues to play a role in the politics and the popular imagination of these two countries. Also offered as AAST498Z. JAPN499 Directed Study in Japanese; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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