Japanese JAPAN

JAPAN 1A Elementary Japanese

Units

5

Hours

5 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

JAPAN 1B Elementary Japanese

Units

5

Hours

5 hours lecture

Prerequisite

JAPAN 001A.

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

JAPAN 2A Intermediate Japanese

Units

5

Hours

5 hours lecture

Prerequisite

JAPAN 001B .

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

JAPAN 2B Intermediate Japanese II

Units

5

Hours

5 hours lecture

Prerequisite

JAPAN 002A.

Transfers to

CSU, UC

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.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

JAPAN 50A Conversational Japanese and Culture

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU

AA/AS area 3;

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

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

JAPAN 50B Conversational Japanese and Culture

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Prerequisite

JAPAN 050A.

Transfers to

CSU

AA/AS area 3;

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

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.