26 courses with the subject JAPN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
JAPN 121Elementary Japanese I1.00
Introduces the four basic skills of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Emphasis is on thorough mastery of the basic structures of Japanese through intensive aural-oral practice and extensive use of audiovisual materials. The two kana syllabaries and about 60 kanji (characters) are introduced with the goal of developing reading skills and reinforcing grammar and vocabulary acquisition. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
Builds on speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills acquired in JAPN 121. Emphasis is on thorough mastery of the basic structures of Japanese through intensive aural-oral practice and extensive use of audiovisual materials. By the end of this course, students can read and write in Japanese with a total of about 150 kanji. When there is sufficient demand, the department may also offer an intensive version of Elementary Japanese that covers a full year of instruction in one spring semester. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
JAPN 195Elementary-Level Japanese Language Abroad1.00
Elementary-level language course taken abroad with a Colgate study group, an approved program, or in a foreign institution of higher learning. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None
The first semester of intermediate-level study of Japanese, this course completes the presentation of basic structures of the language. There is continued emphasis on oral communication, with practice in reading simple texts and acquisition of additional kanji. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
The second semester of intermediate-level study of Japanese, this course completes the presentation of basic structures of the language. There is continued emphasis on oral communication, with practice in reading simple texts and acquisition of additional kanji. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
Introduces major works of Japanese literature from the classical, medieval, and modern periods, including novels, short stories, poetry, and drama. Films spanning genres such as samurai, new wave, and anime illuminate the historical periods and their cultural contexts. No knowledge of Japanese is required. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
Examines how media are rooted in popular cultures and popular cultures in media. Students will draw on media theories from Japan and elsewhere, critically evaluating those theories and applying them to a range
JAPN 240Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Culture1.0
Explores how gender identities and sexualities have been constructed and contested in Japanese culture, as expressed through novels, poetry, manga, films, television, music, video games, and the visual arts. Students first examine Japan's diverse premodern philosophical, religious, and political conditions of cultural production and reception. Focus then shifts to how gender and sexuality have intersected with race, ethnicity, class, ability, and age in the past 150 years. Specific themes will include evolving gender roles in a rapidly industrializing empire; the changing stakes of coming out in different times and different media; and selling transgender hero(in)es to straight, cisgender audiences. All materials will be in English. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation and The Process of Writing Core Component: None
JAPN 251Intermediate Japanese III (Study Group)1.00
This is an intensive course designed to facilitate student participation in a variety of study group contexts, including individual study and research. Emphasis is on oral comprehension, honorifics, social contexts, and reading and writing skills. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
"The way of tea," chanoyu or chado/sado, was established by Sen no Rikyu in the 16th century in Japan, with "harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility" (wa kei sei jaku) as its principles. Chanoyu is the most direct
Required co-requisite for JAPN 255. Credits: 0 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Increasing emphasis on written Japanese, with guided practice in reading unedited modern texts. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
Intensive course designed to facilitate student participation in a variety of study group contexts, including individual study and research. Emphasis is on oral comprehension, honorifics, social contexts, and reading and writing skills. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Focuses on reading in literary and non-literary modern texts and mastery of the remaining characters on the list of about 2,000 jōyō kanji. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
Focuses on reading in literary and non-literary modern texts and mastery of the remaining characters on the list of about 2,000 jōyō kanji. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
Intensive course designed to facilitate student participation in a variety of study group contexts, including individual study and research. Emphasis is on oral comprehension, honorifics, social contexts, and reading and writing skills. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Focuses on a systematic study of advanced grammar necessary for oral and written communication in Japanese at the native speaker level. At this level of advanced study, possibilities of one-on-one correspondences between Japanese and English are few, and simply consulting dictionaries could easily result in insufficient or misleading information. Grammar structures that appear beyond JAPN 402 are covered and extended so that students understand systematic and comprehensive usages. Students concentrate on these kinds of advanced grammar patterns through textbooks and authentic reading materials, and learn to use them actively, accurately, and systematically in context. In addition, the study of kanji characters and vocabulary accompanies the study of grammar in order to reach the native-level fluency. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Language Study Core Component: None
JAPN 481Topics in Japanese Culture (Study Group)1.00
Offered in a field of the study group director's expertise. Takes advantage of museums, libraries, and historical sites in and around Kyoto, as well as guest lectures by Japanese and Western experts, to enrich classroom instruction. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
JAPN 482Cultural Studies: The Japanese Village (Study Group)1.00
This study group course examines the foundations of Japanese social interaction through a series of readings, guest lectures, and discussions, followed by several weeks of intensive study and documentation of life in one or more village settings. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
JAPN 485Kyoto in Japanese Culture and Thought (Study Group)1.0
"Even in Kyoto, / I always long for Kyoto." These lines from a haiku by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō epitomize the importance and the allure of the city that was the capital of Japan for more than a millennium. Students trace the image of Kyoto in Japanese literature and culture, with texts by non-Japanese travelers to Kyoto for contrast. Primary texts are set in and around Kyoto from the eighth century CE to the present. Those readings are paired with lectures by site-specific experts and excursions to the original settings. Students analyze how Kyoto's self-image is used, both in Japan and internationally, to serve a variety of agendas. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Credits: variable Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Students pursuing honors research enroll in this course. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
