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Fall 2009 Courses
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LOWER DIVISION COURSES
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Japanese 1 - Elementary Japanese (5 Units)
Miyo Uchida, Lecturer (sec. 1, M-F 8:00-8:50, 107 Wellman) CRN 28763
Miyo Uchida, Lecturer (sec. 2, M-F 9:00-9:50, 107 Wellman) CRN 28764
Miyo Uchida,
Lecturer (sec. 3, M-F 10:00-10:50, 107 Wellman) CRN 28765
Ritsuko Shigeyama-Heath, Lecturer (sec. 4, M-F 11:00-11:50, 1120 Hart) CRN 28766
David Fahy, Lecturer (sec. 5, M-F 12:10-1:00, 1120 Hart) CRN 28767 New Instructor
David Fahy, Lecturer (sec. 6, M-F 1:10-2:00, 1120 Hart) CRN 28768 New Instructor
Kazue Chavez, Lecturer (sec. 7, M-F 3:10-4:00, 129 Wellman) CRN 28769
Kazue Chavez, Lecturer (sec. 8, M-F 2:10-4:00, 129 Wellman) CRN 28771
Ritsuko Shigeyama-Heath, Lecturer (sec. 9, M-F 10:00-10:50, 1120 Hart) CRN 28772
Kazue Chavez, Lecturer (sec. 10, M-F 1:10-2:00, 1116 Hart) CRN 43505
Course Description: This is an introduction to spoken and written Japanese in cultural contexts, with emphasis on communication.
Course Placement: Students who have successfully completed, with a C- or better, Japanese 2 or 3 in the 10th or higher grade in high school may receive unit credit for this course on a P/NP grading basis only. Although a passing grade will be charged to the student's P/NP option, no petition is required. All other students will receive a letter grade unless a P/NP petition is filed. For more information, please contact the instructor or the Japanese staff adviser (gjhart@ucdavis.edu) directly.
Course Format: Lecture/Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- Makino, et. al., Nakama 1: Japanese Communication, Culture, Context (Audio CD)
- Makino, et. al, Nakama 1: Workbook/Laboratory Manual
- Makino, et. al, Japanese Communication, Culture, Context: Volume 1.
Japanese 4 - Intermediate Japanese (5 Units)
Mayumi Saito, Lecturer (sec. 1, M-F 9:00-9:50, 105 Wellman) CRN 28773
Mayumi Saito, Lecturer (sec. 2, M-F 10:00-10:50, 105 Wellman) CRN 28774
Haruko Sakakibara, Lecturer (sec. 3, M-F 3:10-4:00, 227 Olson) CRN 28775
Haruko Sakakibara, Lecturer (sec. 4, M-F 4:10-4:00, 227 Olson) CRN 28776
Haruko Sakakibara, Lecturer (sec. 5, M-F 2:10-3:00, 227 Olson) CRN 28777
Course Description: Japanese 4 is the first of the three 2nd-year courses in which students are expected to further develop their basic language skills, and continue to
learn about Japanese culture and society. Students will learn to communicate in Japanese effectively using a variety of more complex, sophisticated functions and strategies. The
students will study Chapter 1 - Chapter 4 of Nakama II by Seiichi Makino (Houghton Mifflin). The students will continue to build up their kanji knowledge and learn to express
intentions, opinions, degrees of politeness in requests, unacceptable actions, obligations, conditions, etc.
Prerequisite: course 3 (with a grade of a C- or better) or be placed into this level by a placement test. For more information about course placement, please click HERE.
Course Format: Lecture/Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- Halpern, Kodansha Kanji Learners Dictionary
- Makino, et.al, Mina no Nihongo Shokyu II: Syokyu de yomeru topikku 25
- Hatasa, Hatasa-Nakama 2 Audio Program 2 CD: Part 1
- Hatasa, Hatasa-Nakama 2 Audio Program 2 CD: Part 2
- Nakama, Nakama 2 Workbook/Laboratory Manual
- Hatasa, et.al, Nakama 2: Japanese Communication, Culture, Context: Text 2 with Audio CD.
Japanese 10 - Masterworks of Japanese Literature (4 Units)
Joseph Sorensen, Assistant Professor
(MW 10:00-11:50, 147 Olson) CRN 28778
Course Description: This course introduces Japanese literature of important works from earliest times to the present. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Prerequisite: None (The course will be conducted in English).
Course Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- Kawabata, Snow Country
- Shikibu, Tale of the Genji
- Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
- Oe, A Personal Matter
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UPPER DIVISION COURSES
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Japanese 101 - Japanese Literature in Translation (4 Units)
Robert Borgen, Professor
(TR 10:00-11:50, 118 Olson) CRN 28803
Course Description: This course surveys early Japanese literature from the Nara to the end of the Heian period. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Course Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- Stephen Carter, Traditional Japanese Poetry: Anthology
- Helen McCullough, Genji and Heike
- Marian Ury, Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Stories from Medieval Japan
- Helen McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose: An Anthology
Japanese 111 - Modern Japanese (4 Units)
Junko Ito, Lecturer New Instructor
- Sec. 1 - CRN 28804
Lecture: MWF 9:00-9:50, 1342 Storer
Discussion: R 9:00-9:50, 1342 Storer - Sec. 2 - CRN 28805
Lecture: MWF 12:10-1:00, 1128 Hart
Discussion: R 12:10-1:00, 227 Olson - Sec. 3 - CRN 28806
Lecture: MWF 2:10-3:00, 261 Olson
Discussion: R 2:10-3:00, 217 Olson
Course Description: Readings in modern Japanese short stories, newspaper articles, and essays.
Course Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Prerequisite: course 6 or consent of instructor
Textbooks:
- Halpern, Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
- Oka et al, Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese
Japanese 135 - Readings in the Humanities: Modern Period (4 Units)
Miki Wheeler, Lecturer
(TR 12:10-1:30, 1006 Giedt) CRN 43524
Course Description: This is fourth-year level reading of authentic modern writings on Japanese culture, history, philosophy, society, religion, and law by prominent critics, commentators, and scholars.
Course Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Prerequisite: course 113 or consent of instructor.
Textbooks:
- A Course Reader
