# Japanese (JPN) courses

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://butte.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/25393/28400/28016

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### JPN 1 — First Semester Japanese

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 68 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/jpn.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/jpn.md)

This course is a study of beginning Japanese emphasizing reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. It also introduces the student to various aspects of Japanese culture. Students who have completed at least one, but fewer than two years of high school Japanese (or equivalent) with a letter grade of "A" or "B" within one year of the present date, should register for Second Semester Japanese.

### JPN 2 — Second Semester Japanese

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 68 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JPN 1
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/jpn.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/jpn.md)

This course is the second half of beginning Japanese, which further develops language skills: reading, writing, listening comprehension and speaking. In addition, this course introduces the student to various aspects of the Japanese culture. Students who have completed at least two, but fewer than three years of high school Japanese (or equivalent) with a letter grade of "A" or "B" within one year of the present date, should register for Third Semester Japanese.

### JPN 3 — Third Semester Japanese

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 68 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JPN 2
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/jpn.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/jpn.md)

This course is the first half of intermediate Japanese, which further develops language skills: reading, writing, listening comprehension and speaking. Through written analysis and discussion of both modern and classical Japanese texts, students further increase their fluency and grammatical accuracy in the four skill areas. Students who have completed at least three, but fewer than four years of high school Japanese (or equivalent) with a letter grade of "A" or "B" within one year of the present date, should register for Fourth Semester Japanese.

### JPN 4 — Fourth Semester Japanese

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 68 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JPN 3
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/jpn.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/jpn.md)

This course is the second half of intermediate Japanese, which further develops language skills: reading, writing, listening comprehension and speaking. Through continued study of Japanese language and culture students further increase their fluency and grammatical accuracy in the four skill areas in expanded written analysis and discussion of both modern and classical Japanese texts.

### JPN 95 — Special Studies-JPN

- **Units:** 1-3
- **Hours:** 51-153 hours independent study
- **Prerequisite:** Permission of instructor
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

Supervised study in researching an area in the student's academic major. Any student interested in registering for a Special Studies course should contact a full-time instructor or chair/coordinator in the appropriate area no later than the last day of the tenth week of instruction. Students may not petition for a Special Studies course until they have completed satisfactorily 12 units of study at Butte College. 51-153 hours Independent Study. This course may be repeated to a maximum of 3.00 units to complete the entire curriculum of the course.