May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. This course helps students to develop reading skills necessary to conduct research in Japanese social science topics. Readings are assigned from newspapers, books, and journals in a variety of fields. The emphasis is on the acquisition of kango vocabulary that arises in understanding these readings. Class attendance is mandatory.
Homework includes a minimum of two hours of preparation per class hour.
Students are expected to prepare for the readings and for frequent quizzes so that they can participate actively in discussion in Japanese in class. Japanese essays will be assigned. Check Times, Location, and Availability 541. Japanese 406 and 408. An introduction to the classical language aimed at mastery of the basic vocabulary, grammar, and syntax necessary to read all Japanese writing, literary or otherwise, before the twentieth century.