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Japanese Language and Culture H1JPN005

This cluster introduces students to basic language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) as well as the cultural context for Japanese. One language course is supplemented by two related courses in English which will open up the study of this linguistic-cultural area by looking at the evolution of Japan's civilization, the dynamics of contemporary life, or in some other way add depth to the study of this area.

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This cluster introduces students to basic language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) as well as the cultural context for Japanese. One language course is supplemented by two related courses in English which will open up the study of this linguistic-cultural area by looking at the evolution of Japan's civilization, the dynamics of contemporary life, or in some other way add depth to the study of this area.

Fulfills the Humanities area of the Rochester Curriculum.
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Choose one of the following
JPNS101 Elementary Japanese I
JPNS102 Elementary Japanese II
JPNS151 Intermediate Japanese I
JPNS152 Intermediate Japanese II
JPNS201 Advanced Intermed. Japanese I
Valid Starting Fall 2017
JPNS202 Adv Intrmediate Japanese II
Valid Starting Spring 2017
JPNS203 Adv Conversational Jpn I
Valid Starting Fall 2017
JPNS205 Advanced Japanese I
JPNS206 Advanced Japanese II
Choose one of the following
JPNS101 Elementary Japanese I
JPNS102 Elementary Japanese II
JPNS151 Intermediate Japanese I
JPNS152 Intermediate Japanese II
JPNS201 Advanced Intermed. Japanese I
Valid Starting Fall 2017
JPNS202 Adv Intrmediate Japanese II
Valid Starting Spring 2017
JPNS203 Adv Conversational Jpn I
Valid Starting Fall 2017
JPNS205 Advanced Japanese I
JPNS206 Advanced Japanese II
Choose two of the following
JPNS210 Anxiety, Identity, Fantasy: Topics In Traditional Japanese Culture
JPNS211 Fictions Of Interiority: Modern Japanese Literature In Translation
JPNS217 Mirror Of The Modern: Traditional Japanese Literature
JPNS219A Tourist Japan
JPNS227 Body Politics: Negotiating Public And Private Discourses Of The Body In Japanese Culture
JPNS229 Japanese Calligraphy And Graphology
JPNS245 Japanese Science Fiction And Planetary Possible Futures
Crosslisted as FMST236, JPNS245, JPNS445.
JPNS254 The Rises And Falls Of Modern Japanese Literature
JPNS273 Fictions Of Femininity: Modern Japanese Women Writers
JPNS294 Hayao Miyazaki And Planet Ghibli
Choose two of the following
JPNS210 Anxiety, Identity, Fantasy: Topics In Traditional Japanese Culture
JPNS211 Fictions Of Interiority: Modern Japanese Literature In Translation
JPNS217 Mirror Of The Modern: Traditional Japanese Literature
JPNS219A Tourist Japan
JPNS227 Body Politics: Negotiating Public And Private Discourses Of The Body In Japanese Culture
JPNS229 Japanese Calligraphy And Graphology
JPNS245 Japanese Science Fiction And Planetary Possible Futures
Crosslisted as FMST236, JPNS245, JPNS445.
JPNS254 The Rises And Falls Of Modern Japanese Literature
JPNS273 Fictions Of Femininity: Modern Japanese Women Writers
JPNS294 Hayao Miyazaki And Planet Ghibli