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Browse through the database below to explore courses that will fulfill certain degree requirements in the Japanese Studies program.

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AP/JP 1000 6.00
ELEMENTARY MODERN STANDARD JAPANESE

Basics of spoken Japanese, with strong emphasis on immediate practical usefulness in everyday situations, the two kana syllabaries, approximately 150 Kanji (Sino-Japanese characters) and elementary reading are covered. Simple sentence grammar is focused on. No ...

AP/JP 2000 6.00
INTERMEDIATE MODERN STANDARD JAPANESE

Further study of common grammatical forms and structures. Situation and task oriented conversation, strategy-centred reading and structure-based writing are involved with emphasis on complex sentence grammar. Approximately 300 additional Kanji (Sino-Japanese characters) are introduced. Prerequisite: ...

AP/JP 2010 6.00
Intermediate Written Communication in Japanese

This course is intended for students with basic knowledge of structures and writing systems of Japanese who wish to advance their skills by engaging in communication with the Japanese-speaking community outside of the classroom context, ...

AP/JP 2700 6.00
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Provides an overview of contemporary Japanese culture and society, to help students in understanding Japan and its people in the age of globalization and cross-cultural communication.

AP/JP 3000 6.00
ADVANCED MODERN STANDARD JAPANESE

The course focuses on continuous texts; edited texts on various topics are read, summarized, translated and discussed with emphasis on discourse grammar. All Kanji (Sino-Japanese characters) in Education Characters (881) will be covered. Prerequisite: AP/JP ...

AP/JP 3070 6.00
JAPANESE LANGUAGE IN THE MEDIA

This course introduces students to an overview of the use of the Japanese language in Japan's current media. It analyzes how and why specific vocabulary, expressions, and styles are used characteristically in the media, such ...

AP/JP 3080 3.00
Food and the Japanese Language

This course investigates language use for food and foodways in Japanese, drawing on concepts and methods from theoretical linguistics. The topics covered include the structure of menus and recipes, semantic characteristics of the food vocabulary, ...

AP/JP 3100 3.00
JAPANESE LINGUISTICS I: THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN JAPANESE LANGUAGE

The course examines the linguistic structure of the modern standard Japanese language. Topics include lexicon, phonology (sound structure), morphology (word structure), and syntax (sentence structure).Prerequisites: AP/JP 1000 6.00 or AP/LING 1000 6.00. Course credit exclusions: ...

AP/JP 3200 3.00
Japanese Linguistics II: Language change and usage

This course is the continuation of AP/JP 3100 3.00 Japanese Linguistics I: Structure of Modern Japanese Language. Whilst AP/JP 3100 3.00 examines the structure of the Japanese language applying the methods and theories commonly used ...

AP/JP 3600 3.00
JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE: MANGA AND ANIME

Examines manga and anime, two of the most popular and influential genres of popular Japanese culture not only in Japan, but also in Asia and the West. These popular mediums are studied in a historical ...

AP/JP 3610 3.00
JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE: BEYOND MANGA AND ANIME

This course examines contemporary Japanese popular culture and its influence not only on its Asian neighbours, especially China and Korea, but also on the West. Not only are genres such as film, television, and popular ...

AP/JP 3620 3.00
JAPANESE RELIGIONS IN CANADA

Although religious identity did not loom strongly in the minds of most Japanese immigrants to Canada in the late nineteenth century, it often became a major connection to their cultural identity, language, and the social ...

AP/JP 3751 3.00
JAPANESE BUSINESS CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

Examines characteristics of Japanese corporate culture and aspects of management styles as well as patterns of Japanese communication styles, drawing on concepts from linguistics, communication, and cultural studies.Pre/Corequisite: AP/JP 2700 6.00. Course credit exclusions: None.

AP/JP 4000 6.00
Post-Advanced Modern Standard Japanese

In this course, students are expected to put their acquired knowledge and competence to use. Interpretation, translation, summarization, discussion, debate and web presentation will enable students to become familiar with various topics and use a ...

AP/JP 4600 3.00
The Japanese Immigration Experience in Canada

This course examines the Japanese immigration experience within the context of Canada's Asian diaspora focusing not only on first generation immigrants, but also on their descendants. It will take the form of a chronological survey ...