# Japanese (JAPAN) courses

Laney College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://lan.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/44166/44231/44204/44402/44403

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

### JAPAN 1A — Elementary Japanese

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/japan.md)
- This course is equivalent to two years of high school study.
- AA/AS area 3;

Study of practical vocabulary, grammar, sentence patterns, and aural-oral skills in Japanese: Practice of reading, writing of hiragana, katakana and kanji; introduction to Japanese culture.

### JAPAN 1B — Elementary Japanese

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JAPAN 001A.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Continuation of JAPAN 1A: Study and practice in speaking and understanding; vocabulary, grammar, and sentence patterns; practice of reading and writing hiragana and katakana; continued building of kanji vocabulary; Japanese culture.

### JAPAN 2A — Intermediate Japanese

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JAPAN 001B .
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Continuation of JAPAN 1B: Study and practice in speaking and understanding; vocabulary, grammar, and sentence patterns; practice of reading and writing hiragana and katakana; continued building of kanji vocabulary; Japanese culture.

### JAPAN 2B — Intermediate Japanese II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JAPAN 002A.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Continuation of JAPAN 2A: Study and practice of intermediate level of Japanese; acquisition of casual to formal speech, increased vocabulary, grammar, and sentence patterns; reading and writing Kanji, more knowledge of Japanese culture and customs.

### JAPAN 50A — Conversational Japanese and Culture

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 3;

Speaking in simple modern Japanese: Use of modern Japanese conversation to develop basic knowledge of culture and its people.

### JAPAN 50B — Conversational Japanese and Culture

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JAPAN 050A.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 3;

Continuation of JAPAN 50A: Emphasis on more proficient speaking patterns and appreciation of additional cultural aspects.