# Japanese (JPNS) courses

Merced College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://catalog.mccd.edu/schools/programs/school-humanities-liberal-arts/courses/jpns-courses

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

### JPNS-01A — Elementary Japanese

- **Units:** 2.5
- **Hours:** 2.5 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- (CSU breadth area C2) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

This course will focus on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn to express in Japanese the most basic functions of everyday life. (10/19)

### JPNS-01B — Elementary Japanese

- **Units:** 2.5
- **Hours:** 2.5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JPNS-01A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- (CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 6) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

This course will continue to focus on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in Japanese the most basic functions of everyday life. (12/11)

### JPNS-02 — Elementary Japanese

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 5 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** JPNS-01B
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- (CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 6) [CSU-GE and IGETC are only for 2024-25 catalogs or earlier]

JPNS-02 is the continuation of JPNS-01B. This course will focus on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in Japanese basic functions of everyday life. (10/19)