Winter 2023 Class Schedule

This page was last updated December 1, 2022. Information is subject to change.

Courses marked with an * are available for graduate credit.

Course

Title

Instructor

Day/Time

ASIAN LC 221

The Floating World

MW 11am-12:20pm

ASIAN LC 221 The Floating World

Overview of Course
This course examines the “floating world” (ukiyo) of early modern or Edo-period Japan: an ephemeral and eroticised world of urban leisure and consumption, simultaneously apart from and intertwined with the realities of everyday life. This “floating world” was also linked to the early modern media complex, a quasi-imaginary realm produced and existing through representations in literature, theater, and print culture; we aim to understand both the nature of this virtual world and the social realities behind it. We approach these issues as a form of popular culture: what social subjectivities constituted the “popular” in early modern Japan, what forms of culture did they use to express themselves, and how did, these dynamics result in the particular forms and functions of the “floating world”? We give particular attention to the stratification of society and culture by status, class, and gender, as well as the ways in which different subjectivities intersect and hybridize in cultural production and consumption. Topics include the rise of a merchant class and the emergence of a commercial marketplace for literature, theater, and sex; warrior identity and the culture of revenge; satire and social critique; illustrated narrative and early modern book culture; and more. No prerequisites. All readings are in English, no prior study of Japan required or expected.

Teaching Method
Lecture and Discussion

Evaluation Method
Attendance (10%), participation and discussion (10%), response postings (10%), extension essays (20%), quizzes (20%), final exam (30%)

Class Materials (required)
All required readings will be provided in PDF format.

ASIAN LC 240

Colonial Korean Literature and Culture

TTh 3:30pm-4:50pm

ASIAN LC 240 Colonial Korean Literature and Culture

Overview of Course
Why is the Korean-Japanese relationship so strained to this day? How might we think about the colonial period (1910-1945) on the Korean peninsula from our present and about intra-Asian colonialism? This introductory course offers students some snapshots of colonial era Korean literature and culture and tackle difficult but rewarding questions about this period. We will read feminist, socialist, and modernist short fictions from prominent authors of the time and discuss visual cultures (illustrations, art, films) surrounding New Woman, Indigeneity, race, and wartime mobilization. The course also invites students to consider the often-forgotten Korean diaspora and migrations created under the vast Japanese empire that exceed the limits of the peninsula: what does it mean to be “Korean” in the shifting identities of the colonized in these different places around the empire? Finally, the course examines more contemporary representations of the colonial period to think about how the colonial period haunts the present as we desire and consume the colonial. No prior knowledge of Korean language or culture is necessary to take this course. Course assignments include two short papers, a group presentation, and a final creative group project. Student participation, discussion, and peer collaboration are important aspects of this course, and all students are encouraged to speak in class.

Learning Objectives
Critical Thinking; Communication; Analysis

Teaching Method
Discussion Based, Mini Lectures

Evaluation Method
Students will be evaluated on two short papers, a group presentation, a final creative group project, and participation.

Class Materials (required)
All materials will be made available through Canvas.

ASIAN LC 260

Kings, Courtesans, and Khan Artists

TTh 2pm-3:20pm

ASIAN LC 260 Kings, Courtesans, and Khan Artists

Overview of Course
India is home to the second largest population of Muslims on earth. It’s also host to the world’s largest film industry, best known as Bollywood. Little wonder, then, that Bollywood films regularly feature Muslim characters, social spaces, and cultural references that are readily marked or coded as “Islamic.” But in spite of a large coterie of Muslims working within the industry – as actors, song writers, or producers – the representation of Muslims in Indian films has consistently raised complex issues around ideas of identity and belonging in a nation where they constitute a clear (and conspicuous) minority. We will read these films against the historical backdrop of the search for national identity in post-colonial India, as well as in the context of the so-called “war on terror.” Students will be given the opportunity not only to learn about Indian (particularly Bombay) cinema, but also to explore how cinematic representations intersect with issues of identity and belonging in the modern nation-state.

Learning Objectives
- Develop a familiarity with cinema traditions in India - Nurture skills in critically analyzing texts - Examine the relationship between art, culture and nationalism - Refine analytical and writing skills

Teaching Method
Seminar-style

Evaluation Method
In-class discussion and short essays

Class Materials (required)
None

ASIAN LC 300*

Religion and Politics in the People's Republic of China

TTh 12:30pm-1:50pm

ASIAN LC 300* Religion and Politics in the People's Republic of China

Overview of Course
This course will examine the role of religion in post-1980’s China with an emphasis on the political implications of the practice of religion in the People’s Republic of China. Students will read various forms of literature and policy documents to assess the extent to which Marxist theory is central to the interpretation of “religion” in Communist China. Primary sources will include Chinese constitutional articles, white papers, and editorials in English translation. Secondary sources will cover a wide range of interpretations and perspectives on the position of religious institutions and religious practices in the PRC. The first part of this course will investigate the expression of religiosity under Communism in China; the rehabilitation of Confucian values; the constitutional protection of religion and religious belief in China; the relationship between ethnicity and religious policies; the Sinicization of religion; and the administration of the five officially accepted religious traditions in the People’s Republic of China (Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Islam). The second part of the course will focus on the recent cases related to the Muslim Uyghurs of Xinjiang and the Tibetan Buddhists of Western China. The class will explore some of the most controversial issues related to these two ethnic minorities including terrorism, religious violence, nationalism, assimilation, foreign influence, and soft power.

Teaching Method
Lecture and discussion

Evaluation Method
In-class participation and presentation Weekly response papers Final paper

Class Materials (required)
Anna Sun, Confucianism as a World Religion: Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities, Princeton University Press, 2015 (2013) ISBN 978-0691168111 Adam Yuet-Chau, Religion in China. Polity Press, 2019 - ISBN 978-0745679150

Class Materials (suggested)
Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion after Mao. Pantheon Books, 2017 ISBN 978-1101870051 Fenggang Yang, Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule, Oxford University Press 2011 - ISBN 978-0199735648

ASIAN LC 321*

Paying For It: Sex, Money, and LIterature in Early Modern Japan

MW 2pm-3:20pm

ASIAN LC 321* Paying For It: Sex, Money, and LIterature in Early Modern Japan

Overview of Course
In early modern or Edo-period (1600-1868) Japan, the licensed prostitution quarters of the three main cities (Kyoto, Osaka, Edo) were among the most fertile sites of literary production, and the courtesan was one of the most complex literary figures. This course examines the relationship between prostitution and literature in Japan during this period: how was the commodification of literature, through the emergence of a commercial publishing industry, related to the commodification of sex? Topics addressed include representation and the use of the courtesan as a literary symbol; tensions between literary image, lived experience, and embodied performance; questions of agency and identity politics, and the methodological challenges of reconstructing marginalized historical subjectivities; the role of media in producing sexual desires and norms of gender; ideological functions of the figures of courtesan and “geisha” in modern cultural imaginaries; and more. Our orienting concern is with understanding the logics of commodification in the early modern context: what was the impact of the commodity form on cultural production and social relations in early modern Japan, and how was it shaped by hierarchies of gender, class, and status? All readings are in English; no knowledge of Japanese is required or expected.

Teaching Method
Lecture and Discussion

Evaluation Method
Attendance (10%), participation (10%), forum essays (15%), response comments (5%), working annotation (10%), midterm paper (20%), final paper (30%)

Class Materials (required)
All materials will be provided in PDF format.

ASIAN LC 340*

Feminist, Queer, Crip: South Korea and Its Discontents

TTh 11am-12:20pm

ASIAN LC 340* Feminist, Queer, Crip: South Korea and Its Discontents

Overview of Course
This course examines contemporary discussions on the topics of gender, sexuality, and disability in South Korea. The past decade has seen an explosion of popular interest in feminism in South Korea. Along with this were competing debates on social and economic inequalities and legislations, as well as debates on gender identity, everyday experiences of discrimination, and overlooked sites of intersectional violence. As the scholar Alison Kafer has poignantly shown, thinking through the entanglements of feminist, queer, and disability concerns is important to rethinking exclusionary claims and their attendant problems. Students will explore how queer and crip frameworks trouble and deepen feminist debates and situate these frameworks in relation to Korea’s history of militarism, war, and migration. Course materials include scholarship on feminist, queer, and crip theories beyond the Korean context, novel and short stories, TV show, news articles, and films. No prior knowledge of the Korean language or culture is necessary. Course assignments include an individual presentation, a group creative writing project, and a final research paper. Student participation, discussion, and peer collaboration are important aspects of this course, and all students will be encouraged to speak in class.

Learning Objectives
Theorizing; Communication; Korean Context

Teaching Method
Discussion Based

Evaluation Method
Students will be evaluated on an individual presentation, a group creative writing project, a final research paper, and participation.

Class Materials (required)
The Hole: A Novel by Pyun Hye-young. ISBN: 1628727802 Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin. ISBN: 9781529057676 All remaining materials will be available on Canvas.Class Materials (suggested)

ASIAN LC 390*

Buddhist Cultures and the Rhetoric of Violence

TTh 3:30pm-4:50pm

ASIAN LC 390* Buddhist Cultures and the Rhetoric of Violence

Overview of Course
This course investigates the intersections between religion and violence in the context of Buddhist Asia while also considering why in many religious traditions there seem to be a link between the two. The course will be structured in two parts: in the first part students will be encouraged to build expertise in the basic concepts, definitions, and general academic consensus (as well as debates) about categories including “religion,” “violence,” “sacrifice,” “ritual,” “martyrdom,” and also “nationalism,” “politics,” and “terrorism” through reading both primary sources (in English translation) and secondary sources (scholarly writings). We will then move into an analysis of case studies that focus on specific circumstances where Buddhist rhetoric, scriptural authority, and religious practices have played a role in violence including suicide, terrorist-related actions, and self-immolation predominantly in pre- and modern Asia. Some of the provocative questions that this course asks include: Why and how is religion involved in politics? Is Buddhism a pacifist religion? How does religion rationalize violence? How can some Buddhist leaders embrace terror as a political tool? Are the recent practices of self-immolation in Tibet acts of violence? Can non-violence be violent?

Teaching Method
Lecture and class discussion

Evaluation Method
In-class participation and presentation Weekly response papers Term paper

Class Materials (required)
Mark Juergensmeyer and Margo Kitts, Princeton Readings in Religion and Violence, Princeton University Press, 2011 - ISBN 978-0691129143 Michael Jerryson & Mark Juergensmeyer (eds), Buddhist Warfare. Oxford University Press, 2010 - ISBN 978-0195394849

Class Materials (suggested)
Michael Jerryson, If You Meet the Buddha on the Road: Buddhism, Politics, and Violence. Oxford University Press, 2010 - ISBN 9780190683566 Michael K. Jerryson, Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand. Oxford University Press, 2011 - 978-0199793242 Brian Victoria. Zen at War, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; 2nd edition (June 28, 2006) - ISBN 978-0742539266

ASIAN LC 390*

Fate, Fortune, and Karma in East Asia

MW 11am-12:20pm

ASIAN LC 390* Fate, Fortune, and Karma in East Asia

Overview of class
Are our actions free or fated? What larger forces shape the choices we make? To what do we owe our successes, and what is to blame for our mistakes? In East Asian religions, such questions have been answered with reference to a variety of different concepts of fate, fortune, and karma. These concepts shape not only how people have viewed the world, but also how they have made their way through life. This class focuses on religious approaches to questions of destiny in premodern East Asia. We begin by studying Indian Buddhist ideas of karma and early Chinese notions of fate and fortune preceding Buddhism's arrival in China, then turn to the ways people in China and Japan negotiated these various concepts over the many centuries following the arrival of Buddhism. In the end, we discover important throughlines amid the diversity of religious responses to the problem of destiny in East Asian history.

Learning Objectives
1. Learn about the history of religion in East Asia by studying concepts of fate, fortune, and karma 2. Engage with key themes and methods in the academic study of religion 3. Develop skill in analyzing textual and visual primary sources, as well as in engaging with secondary scholarship 4. Build skill in critically and constructively analyzing complex subjects through reading, writing, discussing, undertaking research, and formulating original arguments

Class Materials (Required)
All assigned readings will be uploaded to Canvas.

ASIAN LC 390*

Chan/Zen Buddhism

MW 3:30-4:50pm

ASIAN LC 390* Chan/Zen Buddhism

Overview of class
The Chinese Chan (Japanese Zen) Buddhist tradition is one of the most famous branches of Buddhism in the world, but also one of the most widely misunderstood. This course explores the history, literature, philosophy, visual culture, and monastic practices of Chan/Zen Buddhism in East Asia. We pay special attention to the ways Chan/Zen innovated within the Buddhist tradition to establish a uniquely East Asian school of Buddhism. Along the way we consider the changing place of meditation in Chan/Zen practice, closely read Chan/Zen sermons and koans, analyze the role of women and gender in Chan and Zen, and conclude by considering the modern reception of Zen in the West.

Learning Objectives
- Understand the history of Chan/Zen Buddhism from its origins in China to its spread across East Asia and transmission to the US - Become familiar with the main genres of Chan/Zen literature through close reading of primary sources in English translation as well as secondary scholarship - Engage with key themes in the study of religion, including how religious authority operates, how religious traditions construct and remember their own histories, and how religious ideals relate to everyday practice - Develop skill in critically and constructively analyzing complex subjects through reading, writing, discussing, undertaking research, and formulating original arguments

Class Materials (Required)
All readings will be uploaded to Canvas as PDFs.

ASIAN LC 397

Senior Seminar

W 1pm-3:50pm

ASIAN LC 397 Senior Seminar

Overview of Course
This course will offer an focused and in-depth introduction to research methodology in the humanities with a focus on Asian languages and cultures. Course meetings will pair secondary readings on theoretical approaches to the field with structured exercises designed to hone students’ understanding of the research and writing process. These exercises will lead students toward the completion of a major research paper which is to be submitted at the end of the quarter. Though each student will pursue their own individual projects, they will engage one another’s ideas and questions collectively. Each week, students will present their progress, discuss their difficulties, and explore potential avenues of thought through collective discussion. In the final weeks of the course students will exchange drafts and provide commentary and feedback. Students whose projects do not engage South Asia, the field in which I focus, are encouraged to identity a faculty member working in their field with whom they will consult on their projects independently.

Teaching Method
Seminar

Evaluation Method
Writing assignments; final research paper

Class Materials (required)
None

ASIAN LC 492*

Readings in Tibetan Texts: Historical texts and Biographies

MW 3:30pm-4:50pm remote

ASIAN LC 492* Readings in Tibetan Texts: Historical texts and Biographies

1) Overview of Course

This class over three quarters is designed to assist students who already have the equivalent of at least two-years of Tibetan language study. The course is intended to build on this foundation so that students gain greater proficiency in reading a variety of classical Tibetan writing styles and genres, including (especially in the third quarter) texts relevant to their research.

We will explore various genres: canonical and other religious texts, religious songs (mgur), poetry (snyan ngag), biographies (rnam thar), avadanas (rtogs brjod), and histories. We will also look at administrative documents (gzhung yig), other manuscripts and scrolls to become familiar with the most common forms of Tibetan calligraphy. Students will gain facility in the use of Tibetan dictionaries essential for reading classical texts, in particular for understanding kāvya-derived ornamental vocabulary and rhetorical devices.

2) Learning Objectives

Students will learn to identify commonly found vocabulary, grammatical constructions and other conventions appearing in Classical Tibetan texts, including religious, literary, and historical genres. In the third quarter, students will be introduced to texts in dbu-med scripts and the abbreviated words (skung yig) often employed in these. They will learn how to identify texts helpful for their research and begin reading those texts.

3) Teaching Method:

Online only
4) Evaluation Method:
Class participation & Homework	Percentage of Final Grade 30%
3 Short quizzes	15%
Mid-Term	25%
Final Examination	30%

Class materials (required)

མར་པ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བའི་རང་རྣམ་མགུར། Autobiographical Song of Marpa the Translator

Author: མར་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས། Marpa Chokyi Lodroe, 1036-1102

Selected Excerpts from བཀའ་ཐང་སྡེ་ལྔ། (Five Chronicles)

Terma by ཨོ་རྒྱན་གླིང་པ། Ogyen Lingpa (b. 1323-1360/67/74?)

རྣམ་ཐར་ཁོག་འབུབ། (An overview of Tibetan life-writing forms)

Author: ཀརྨ་ཆགས་མེད། Karma Chakmé (1613-1678)

གཏེར་འབྱུང་ལོ་རྒྱུས་བསྡུས་པ། Brief of history of Terma

Terma by Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorjé, 1800-1859?

རྩེ་སློབ་གྲྭའི་བཅའ་ཡིག The regulations or guidelines (bca' yig) for the Rtse School

Author: 13th Dalai Lama, 1876-1933

ཚིགས་བཅད་ཀྱི་རྩོམ་སྟངས། The rules for metrical verse composition

Author: དུང་དཀར་བློ་བཟང་འཕྲིན་ལས། Dungkar Lozang Trinlé, 1927-1997

ASIAN LC 492*

Approaches to Asia

W 1pm-3:50pm

ASIAN LC 492* Approaches to Asia

Overview of Course

This seminar considers methods of cultural analysis that have shaped the field of Asian Studies and questioned its status as an academic discipline and institutional formation. We begin with a brief history of the field, examining its roots in the philological practices and colonial knowledge production of its various subfields, before moving through the critique of area studies and into contemporary developments. While attending to the epistemological and political stakes of producing scholarship about literature, media, theory, and other forms of cultural production in Asia, we will explore the efficacy of particular practices of interpretation: from modes of theorization and historicization to close reading and translation. In terms of praxis, we will consider how we position ourselves within and between fields through the methods we use in our research. We will ask, for example: how can we make our work legible to scholars in overlapping disciplines and areas while remaining focused on a specific project? How and why might we put our work into dialogue with scholarship from academic fields outside of the Euro-American context? What role does translation play in the interpretive and writing process? How do we identify our audiences and how do we speak to them? Designed for students whose research involves studying aesthetic media and cultural practices in Asia, this seminar will approach these issues by examining the methods employed in recent and past scholarship in the fields that constitute Asian studies.

Registration requirements
Open to graduate students; undergraduate students with permission of the instructor

Teaching Method
Seminar discussion, student presentations

Evaluation Method
Attendance and participation, in-class presentations, final assessment

Class Materials (required)
All materials will be available on Canvas for download

CHINESE 111-2

Chinese I

MTWTh 10am-10:50am

CHINESE 111-2 Chinese I

Overview of class
This three-quarter sequence of beginning college level Chinese is designed for true beginners with no previous background in the language. This course is an introduction to Chinese, its basic grammar, pinyin system, vocabulary, usage, and the Chinese writing system. It also focuses on developing basic communicative skills and knowledge of the Chinese culture. There will be extensive student-oriented practice in pronunciation, conversations, listening comprehension, and sentence structures in class. Our goal is to lay the solid ground work for your study of Chinese whether you plan to have a concentration in Chinese or to satisfy a language requirement. Upon satisfactory completion of the course, students are expected to reach Novice-High level of the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. (http://actflproficiencyguidelines2012.org)

Registration Requirements 

Except for Chinese 111-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Have a good command of the pronunciation system of Mandarin Chinese.
Have a good command of Chinese characters in both handwriting and typing.
Use Mandarin Chinese to carry out conversations on daily-life topics (e.g., food preference, hobbies and activities, shopping, visiting a doctor, Chinese culture and relationships.
Write short passages on the topics above.
Gain and demonstrate cultural knowledge discussed in the units.

Teaching Method
There will be extensive student-oriented practice in pronunciation, conversations, listening comprehension, and sentence structures in class. English will be used mainly for instruction on sentence structures and patterns. Interaction between instructor and among students will be in Chinese.

Evaluation Method
Attendance and participation
Written assignments
Dictations
Oral quizzes
Written quizzes
Final exam

Class Materials (Required)
Fall quarter and Winter quarter
Textbook and Workbook: Modern Chinese 1A Simplified Characters (second edition)
Publisher: Better Chinese ISBN: 978-1-60603-573-3 (textbook); 978-1-60603-572-6 (workbook) 
Price:$59.95(textbook) $ 29.95(workbook)

Spring quarter
Textbook and Workbook: Modern Chinese 1B Simplified Characters (second edition)
Publisher: Better Chinese ISBN: 978-1-60603-578-8 (textbook) 978-1-60603-579-5 (workbook)
Price:$59.95(textbook) $ 29.95(workbook)

CHINESE 111-2

Chinese I

MTWTh 11am-11:50am

CHINESE 111-2 Chinese I

Registration Requirements 

Except for Chinese 111-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Have a good command of the pronunciation system of Mandarin Chinese.
Have a good command of Chinese characters in both handwriting and typing.
Use Mandarin Chinese to carry out conversations on daily-life topics (e.g., food preference, hobbies and activities, shopping, visiting a doctor, Chinese culture and relationships.
Write short passages on the topics above.
Gain and demonstrate cultural knowledge discussed in the units.

CHINESE 111-2

Chinese I

MTWTh 1pm-1:50pm

CHINESE 111-2 Chinese I

Registration Requirements 

Except for Chinese 111-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Have a good command of the pronunciation system of Mandarin Chinese.
Have a good command of Chinese characters in both handwriting and typing.
Use Mandarin Chinese to carry out conversations on daily-life topics (e.g., food preference, hobbies and activities, shopping, visiting a doctor, Chinese culture and relationships.
Write short passages on the topics above.
Gain and demonstrate cultural knowledge discussed in the units.

CHINESE 115-2

Chinese I - Accelerated

MTWTh 11am-11:50am

CHINESE 115-2 Chinese I - Accelerated

Overview of class

Accelerated Chinese 115 (115-1, 2, 3) is designed for advanced beginners who demonstrate higher levels of listening and speaking proficiency. This course aims to help students further hone all four skills with an emphasis on reading and writing. The literacy goal is to master around 350 characters and to reach the intermediate-low to intermediate-mid level of literacy proficiency.

Registration Requirements 

Except for Chinese 115-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:  

Carry out daily conversations with Chinese native speakers using appropriate wordings and manners for various contexts
Read and comprehend short notes and simple stories written in Chinese
Write short, simple communications, compositions, and requests for information in Chinese about personal topics
Master the Chinese phonetic symbols (pinyin) for typing in Chinese

Teaching Method 

This course meets four days a week and is conducted in Chinese. Class time mainly focuses on discussion based on the reading and/or writing assignments students complete before class.

Evaluation Method 

Classroom attendance and participation, reading and writing assignments, presentations, dictations, written quizzes and one final exam

Class Materials (Required)
Fall quarter:

Textbook Integrated Chinese (Volume I, 4th edition),
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company.
ISBN: 978-1622911356
Price: $59.99

Winter quarter & Spring quarter:
Textbook Integrated Chinese (Volume II, 4th edition),
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company.
ISBN: 978-1622911417
Price: $63.99

CHINESE 115-2

Chinese I - Accelerated

MTWTh 12pm-12:50pm

CHINESE 115-2 Chinese I - Accelerated

Overview of class

Registration Requirements 

Except for Chinese 115-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:  

Carry out daily conversations with Chinese native speakers using appropriate wordings and manners for various contexts
Read and comprehend short notes and simple stories written in Chinese
Write short, simple communications, compositions, and requests for information in Chinese about personal topics
Master the Chinese phonetic symbols (pinyin) for typing in Chinese

Teaching Method 

This course meets four days a week and is conducted in Chinese. Class time mainly focuses on discussion based on the reading and/or writing assignments students complete before class.

Evaluation Method 

Classroom attendance and participation, reading and writing assignments, presentations, dictations, written quizzes and one final exam

Class Materials (Required)
Fall quarter:

Textbook Integrated Chinese (Volume I, 4th edition),
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company.
ISBN: 978-1622911356
Price: $59.99

Winter quarter & Spring quarter:
Textbook Integrated Chinese (Volume II, 4th edition),
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company.
ISBN: 978-1622911417
Price: $63.99

CHINESE 121-2

Chinese II

MTWTh 10am-10:50am

CHINESE 121-2 Chinese II

Overview of class:

This year-long course is designed for students who have completed Chinese 111 at Northwestern or the equivalent elsewhere. It aims to further develop students’ Chinese proficiency through: (1) consolidating the foundation built in students’ beginning modern Chinese courses; (2) introducing them to more complex grammatical structures, varieties of language styles, and cultural information. Upon satisfactory completion of the course, students are expected to be able to handle various types of more complex daily conversational situations and short passages on familiar topics. Successful completion of CHINESE 121-3 will satisfy the WCAS foreign language requirement. In addition, they will reach Intermediate mid to Intermediate high in reading, writing, listening and speaking according to ACTFL proficiency guidelines.

Registration Requirements  

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to

Speak in full sentence-length on topics of daily life with relative ease.
Give descriptions and presentations in a short paragraph on topics covered in the course.
Comprehend written texts on the topics covered in the course.
Demonstrate knowledge of Chinese culture covered in the course.

Teaching Method 

This course is conducted mostly in Chinese. Class time mainly focuses on speaking and listening skill development. There will also be reading and writing activities and assignments. Students are expected to be fully prepared for each lesson.

Evaluation Components 

Class attendance and participation, assignments, quizzes, oral tests, presentations, midterm and final exam.

Class Materials (Required) 
Fall quarter
1. Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 1B (Second Edition) Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-578-8 (textbook): 978-1-60603-579-5 (workbook) 
Price: $59.95 (textbook); $29.95(workbook)

Modern Reader vol.1 （ebook）: $35

Winter quarter

Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 1B (Second Edition) Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-578-8 (textbook): 978-1-60603-579-5 (workbook) 
Price: $59.95 (textbook); $29.95(workbook)

Note to students who join Chinese 121-2 in fall through the placement test: You may purchase the textbook and workbook ebooks instead of the physical ones on the publisher's website: betterchinese.com

Modern Reader vol.1 （ebook）: $35
3. Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 2A Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-487-3(textbook); 978-1-60603-488-0 (workbook)
Price: $69.95 (textbook); $34.95(workbook)

Spring quarter

Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 2A Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-487-3(textbook); 978-1-60603-488-0 (workbook)
Price: $69.95 (textbook); $34.95(workbook)

CHINESE 121-2

Chinese II

MTWTh 12pm-12:50pm

CHINESE 121-2 Chinese II

Overview of class:

Registration Requirements  

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to

Speak in full sentence-length on topics of daily life with relative ease.
Give descriptions and presentations in a short paragraph on topics covered in the course.
Comprehend written texts on the topics covered in the course.
Demonstrate knowledge of Chinese culture covered in the course.

Teaching Method 

Evaluation Components 

Class attendance and participation, assignments, quizzes, oral tests, presentations, midterm and final exam.

Modern Reader vol.1 （ebook）: $35

Winter quarter

Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 1B (Second Edition) Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-578-8 (textbook): 978-1-60603-579-5 (workbook) 
Price: $59.95 (textbook); $29.95(workbook)

Modern Reader vol.1 （ebook）: $35
3. Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 2A Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-487-3(textbook); 978-1-60603-488-0 (workbook)
Price: $69.95 (textbook); $34.95(workbook)

Spring quarter

CHINESE 121-2

Chinese II

MTWTh 1pm-1:50pm

CHINESE 121-2 Chinese II

Overview of class:

Registration Requirements  

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to

Speak in full sentence-length on topics of daily life with relative ease.
Give descriptions and presentations in a short paragraph on topics covered in the course.
Comprehend written texts on the topics covered in the course.
Demonstrate knowledge of Chinese culture covered in the course.

Teaching Method 

Evaluation Components 

Class attendance and participation, assignments, quizzes, oral tests, presentations, midterm and final exam.

Modern Reader vol.1 （ebook）: $35

Winter quarter

Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 1B (Second Edition) Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-578-8 (textbook): 978-1-60603-579-5 (workbook) 
Price: $59.95 (textbook); $29.95(workbook)

Modern Reader vol.1 （ebook）: $35
3. Textbook and workbook: Modern Chinese 2A Simplified Characters 
Publisher: Better Chinese 
ISBN: 978-1-60603-487-3(textbook); 978-1-60603-488-0 (workbook)
Price: $69.95 (textbook); $34.95(workbook)

Spring quarter

CHINESE 125-2

Chinese II - Accelerated

MTWTh 10am-10:50am

CHINESE 125-2 Chinese II - Accelerated

Overview of class:

Accelerated Chinese 125 (125-1, 2, 3) is an intermediate course primarily designed for students at ACTFL intermediate-mid level of proficiency in listening and speaking, and intermediate-low in literacy skills. This course aims to help students further hone all four skills with an emphasis on reading and writing. The literacy goal is to master 1500-2000 characters and to reach an intermediate-high level of literacy proficiency.  

Registration Requirements:

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve a basic level of reading competency; (b) express themselves clearly in written Chinese on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary; (c) reinforce their speaking proficiency on a broad range of topics; (d) cultivate their intercultural competence and ability to juxtapose and communicate across different cultures.

Teaching Method:

Four regular class hours are for learning of the key vocabulary, analysis of sentence structure, familiarity with Chinese culture, awareness of different registers, and discussion of topics related to the texts and supplementary readings. Students are expected to write and report on topics that have been covered in the texts and supplementary readings. 

Evaluation Method:

Class performance, written assignments, oral reports, written quizzes, and a final exam.

Class Materials (Required):

Fall quarter:
Textbook and workbook : Integrated Chinese, Level 2, Part1 (3rd ed.); 
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company.
ISBN: 9780887276798 (textbook); 9780887276835 (workbook)
Price: $58.99(textbook); $27.99 (Workbook)

Winter quarter & Spring quarter:
Textbook and workbook : Integrated Chinese, Level 2, Part2 (3rd ed.); 
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company.
ISBN: 9780887276880 (textbook); 9780887276927 (workbook)
Price: $59.99(textbook); $28.99

CHINESE 125-2

Chinese II - Accelerated

MTWTh 11am-11:50am

CHINESE 125-2 Chinese II - Accelerated

Overview of class:

Registration Requirements:

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

Teaching Method:

Evaluation Method:

Class performance, written assignments, oral reports, written quizzes, and a final exam.

Class Materials (Required):

CHINESE 125-2

Chinese II - Accelerated

MTWTh 12pm-12:50pm

CHINESE 125-2 Chinese II - Accelerated

Overview of class:

Registration Requirements:

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

Teaching Method:

Evaluation Method:

Class performance, written assignments, oral reports, written quizzes, and a final exam.

Class Materials (Required):

CHINESE 211-2

Chinese III

MTWTh 2pm-2:50pm

CHINESE 211-2 Chinese III

Overview of class 

CHINESE 211 is a year-long intermediate-level course, designed to further develop students' communicative competence in listening, speaking, reading and writing in modern Chinese as well as to deepen understanding of Chinese culture and social issues. The course systematically expands students' vocabulary and help them produce paragraphs, particularly in the area of description, comparison and introduction. The goal of the course is to effectively build descriptive and comparative skills through rigorous activities and discussion on various topics. Chinese is the language used in this course. Upon satisfactory completion of the whole sequence course, students are expected to reach Intermediate-High level of the ACTFL proficiency guidelines.

Registration Requirements

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will be able to

Describe exterior features of objects, and discuss spatial layouts in a clear and structured manner.
Use specific and vivid expressions to describe impressions pertaining to a person’s appearance, manner and style.
Describe in detail weather conditions and natural disasters, personal feelings specifically and vividly.
Introduce and compare climate features and prepare reports of weather in paragraph(s).
Discuss some social and cultural topics in the given contexts.

Teaching Method 

Bottom-up approach to expand progressively from words to sentences, and sentences to paragraphs with student-centered communicative and task-based activities. Class conducted in Chinese.

Evaluation Method 

Class attendance and participation, homework/projects, quizzes, oral presentations, and written exams. 

Class Materials (Required)

Developing Chinese Fluency Textbook ($64) and Workbook ($43); Author: Phyllis Zhang; Publisher: Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1-111-34223-4

CHINESE 215-2

Chinese III - Accelerated

MTWTh 9am-9:50am

CHINESE 215-2 Chinese III - Accelerated

Overview of class

This is a year-long three-quarter course in advanced modern Chinese (Mandarin). Students will transition from basic, functional communicative skills to more in-depth academic exchanges with themes about the real Chinese world. Besides rigorous training in oral proficiency, it focuses on upgrading reading and writing skills. Topics include Chinese cultural concepts, social change, economic development, and human relationships. Students will discuss the above-mentioned topics from a cross-cultural perspective. Proficiency goals (per ACTFL guidelines): Advanced-Low in oral skills and Intermediate-High to Advanced-Low in literacy skills

Registration Requirements

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

(1) Increase students’ awareness and knowledge of social issues in Modern China.

(2) Expand vocabulary, improve fluency, and enhance the accuracy in output.

(3) Students will learn to, in written and spoken Chinese, organize ideas better, produce coherent paragraph-level outputs, make solid arguments, and express themselves formally.

Teaching Method

We use Chinese to discuss our readings. Students are also expected to write short essays based on the topics discussed in class.

Evaluation Method 

Attendance and Participation, essays, oral presentations, quizzes or exams

Class Materials (Required)

Textbook “ Reading Into a New China” by Duanduan Li & Irene Liu,
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Company, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-88727-627-9
Price: $49.99

CHINESE 315-2

Chinese IV - Accelerated: Advanced Reading and Writing

TTh 2pm-3:20pm

CHINESE 315-2 Chinese IV - Accelerated: Advanced Reading and Writing

Overview of Class

Chinese 315 is a quarter-long series of advanced modern Chinese courses composed by the following independent courses: Chinese 315-1: Academic writing and speaking; Chinese 315-2: Advanced Reading and Writing, Chinese 315-3: Media and Society. The content of these three courses covers contemporary social and media issues in China. The curricular goals for these courses are to help students learn to use academic language to write essays and give oral presentations on topics related to social and economic issues. Class activities and assignments include discussions and presentations. Upon satisfactory completion of these courses, students are expected to be able to give oral presentation and write short essays about Chinese social and cultural issues in the Chinese language. They will reach Advanced low to Advanced high in reading, writing, listening, and speaking according to ACTFL proficiency guidelines.

Registration Requirements

Chinese 215-3 with grade C- or above or by placement.

Three courses of Chinese 311-1, 2, 3, 312-1, 312-2 with C- or above, or by placement test.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to

Conduct research in primary sources
Understand the main messages and most supporting details on a wide variety of general topics
Maintain conversations and discussions on various cultural and social topics
Deliver detailed cohesive presentations and elaborate on various cultural and social topics using organized paragraphs

Teaching Method

Discussions on preassigned readings. Students are required to complete the preparation before class. 

 Evaluation Components
Attendance, participation, assignments, quizzes, presentations, projects 

Class Materials (Required) 
Textbook: Chinese for Working Professionals
Publisher: Routledge

Author: Yi Zhou, Haidan Wang 
Price: $39.96

ISBN-9781138370883

CHINESE 311-2

Chinese IV - Formal Writing

MW 2pm-3:20pm

CHINESE 311-2 Chinese IV - Formal Writing

Overview of class

Chinese 311 is a quarter-long series of Chinese courses composed by the following independent courses: Chinese 311-1: Formal Speaking, Chinese 311-2: Formal Writing, and Chinese 311-3: Formal Reading. The courses are designed to develop students’ abilities to speak and write formal Chinese respectively, as well as to read short literary works in Chinese. The content of the courses cover argumentations and articles on various topics, including Chinese culture, society and contemporary history. Student will also read authentic Chinese literary works in different written forms and language styles by various authors, with a focus on their cultural and social background. The goal of the courses is to train students to use written vocabulary and formal expressions as well as know how to arrange a structured speaking/writing with complete format and logical connections. Students will reach advanced low in reading, writing, listening and speaking based on ACTFL proficiency guidelines.

Registration Requirements

CHINESE 211-3 with grade C- or above.

Students may be placed into this course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

Upon satisfactory completion of 311-1, students will be able to use formal expressions to deliver a structured speech with logical arguments. Upon satisfactory completion of 311-2, students will be able to write essays in a formal style in depth about complex topics. Upon satisfactory completion of 311-3, students will be able to comprehend in depth authentic literary works in Chinese language and communicate efficiently their understanding in speaking and written forms.

Teaching Method

Class meets twice per week, 80 minutes per class. The course is designed with intensive student-oriented activities through reading various class materials, including essays, media reports and authentic Chinese literature works. Students are expected to read materials ahead of class, participate in in-class discussions led by the instructor, and make formal statements, arguments, speeches and debates about social and cultural phenomena in paragraphs. With instructor’s necessary corrections and suggestions on students’ papers, they are expected to present their works as formal oral presentations. Chinese is used for instruction.

Evaluation Method
Attendance
Classroom participation
Homework
Papers
Oral Presentations

Class Materials (Required)

Fall quarter & Winter quarter:
Textbook: Crossing Culture Boundaries (second edition)
Author: Kunshan Carolyn Lee, Hsin-hsin Liang, Liwei Jiao, Julian K Wheatley
ISBN: 978-0-415-77407-9

Spring quarter:
Textbook: Reading Chinese Short Short Stories Author: Aili Mu, Ling Mu, Rongzhen Li Printed by www.lulu.com ISBN: N/A

HINDI URDU 111-2

Hindi-Urdu I

MTWTh 10am-10:50am

HINDI URDU 111-2 Hindi-Urdu I

Overview of the class
This course is a year long, three quarter sequence, and is meant for students with no Hindi-Urdu background. At the beginning of the three quarter sequence, the students are not expected to be able to speak, understand, read or write any Hindi-Urdu. In the first quarter (Hindi-Urdu 111-1) the students are introduced to the Hindi (Devanagari) script and to aspects of Hindi-Urdu grammar. By the end of this quarter the students are be able to talk about their family, their routines, their likes and dislikes, and also describe actions in progress. In the second quarter (Hindi-Urdu 111-2), the students continue to learn new grammatical constructions. By the end of the second quarter the students are able to talk about events in the past and the future. In the third quarter (Hindi-Urdu 111-3) students learn to express possibilities, wants, abilities and capabilities. They also learn finer aspects of grammar. The third quarter culminates in a cooking project, which requires the students to use the cumulative language skills that they would have honed over the period of the academic year. By the end of this quarter students achieve intermediate-low language skills in Hindi-Urdu.

Registration Requirements
None for Hindi-Urdu 111-1, Hindi-Urdu 111-1 with a C- or better for Hindi-Urdu 111-2, Hindi-Urdu 111-2 with a C- or better for Hindi-Urdu 111-3, and by placement test or with instructor consent.

Teaching Method
Textbook, word-games, YouTube videos, internet and in-class materials

Evaluation Method
Assessment is based on weekly quizzes, attendance, classroom participation and presentations, home assignments, mid-terms and an oral interviews. No final exam.

Class Materials (Required)

Richard Delacy and Sudha Joshi Elementary Hindi ISBN-13: 978-0804845038

Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary* ISBN-13: 978-0198643395

Oxford English-Hindi Dictionary ISBN-13: 978-0195648195

Class Materials (Recommended)

Introduction to Hindi Grammar by Usha R. Jain ISBN-13: 978-0944613252

HINDI URDU 121-2

Hindi-Urdu II

MTF MF 2pm-3:20pm T 12pm-12:50pm

HINDI URDU 121-2 Hindi-Urdu II

Overview of class
This is a year long, three quarter language sequence. Students start the year by working on reinforcing all the language skills attained the year before, and adding the Nastaliq (Urdu) script to their skill set. They continue developing speaking skills and listening comprehension, as well as expanding the Hindi-Urdu grammar and vocabulary. We do so by reading poems, short stories, blogs, watching and discussing movie clips, short films and videos, and making in-class presentations. Some of the topics that we touch upon during the year are short Hindi-Urdu stories, stories from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the tales of Akbar and Birbal, etc. By the end of the three quarter sequence students attain intermediate-mid or higher language proficiency in Hindi-Urdu.

Note: Please purchase all the required textbooks in the fall quarter, as this is the only quarter that they are ordered during the year.

Registration Requirements
C- or better in Hindi-Urdu 111-3 for Hindi-Urdu 121-1, Hindi-Urdu 121-1 for Hindi-Urdu 121-2, Hindi-Urdu 121-2 for Hindi-Urdu 121-3, and by placement test or with instructor consent.

Teaching Method
Textbook, extra materials, movies.

Evaluation Method
The students are graded on the basis of home assignments, weekly quizzes, midterm, attendance, oral interviews and class participation. No final.

Class Materials (Required)
Advanced Hindi Grammar (2007) by U. Jain. Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies; ISBN-10: 094461342X ISBN-13: 978-0944613429

Oxford Urdu-English Dictionary* ISBN-13: 978-0195979947

Oxford English Urdu Dictionary ISBN-13: 978-0195793406

Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary* ISBN-13: 978-0198643395

Oxford English-Hindi Dictionary ISBN-13: 978-0195648195

Class Materials (Recommended)

Intermediate Hindi Reader (1999) by U. Jain with K. Schomer. Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies; ISBN-10: 087725351X ISBN-13: 978-0877253518

Intermediate Hindi (1996) by Y. Kachru and R. Pandharipande Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN-10: 8120805585 ISBN-13: 978-8120805583

HINDI URDU 125-1

Accelerated Hindi-Urdu I

MTWTh 12pm-12:50pm

HINDI URDU 125-1 Accelerated Hindi-Urdu I

Overview of class
The accelerated Hind_Urd 125-1 course has been designed for students with existing proficiencies in speaking and listening skills in Hindi-Urdu (beginner-high/intermediate-low), and more limited reading and writing abilities in the Devanagari/Hindi script (beginner-low/mid). This course condenses the 3 quarter beginners Hind_Urd 111 course into a single quarter, and focuses on the development of students’ reading and writing skills in Hindi-Urdu, while enhancing their range of vocabulary from basic to intermediate-low/mid. We do so by exploring the South Asian culture and doing task-based projects.

Registration Requirements
Prerequisite: Hind_Urd 116-0 OR Ability to understand and speak basic Hindi-Urdu AND limited reading-writing skills in the Devanagari/Hindi script (proficiency test/permission of the instructor)

Teaching Method
Texts, movie clips, blogs, songs, stories, etc.

Evaluation Method
Students will be given weekly vocabulary quizzes (to be completed via Quizlet), biweekly grammar quizzes, weekly Padlet writing assignments, daily home assignments, in-class presentations as well as a Final at the end of the quarter. They will also be assessed for attendance and class participation.

Class Materials (Required)
Introduction to Hindi Grammar by Usha R. Jain ISBN-13: 978-0944613252

Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary* ISBN-13: 978-0198643395

Oxford English-Hindi Dictionary ISBN-13: 978-0195648195

JAPANESE 111-2

Japanese I

MTWF 9am-9:50am

JAPANESE 111-2 Japanese I

Overview of class

Japanese I (JAPANESE 111-1, 2 and 3) is a yearlong course that covers the first half of college level elementary Japanese. In Japanese I, students will build a solid foundation while developing the four skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will also learn various aspects of Japanese culture and society through in-class activities, written assignments, and projects. Careful and thorough review and preparation for each class session is required.

Registration Requirements

Except for JAPANESE 111-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives  

The goal of Japanese I is to bring students’ overall Japanese proficiency to the Intermediate-Low level defined by the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines. Upon the satisfactory completion of the course, students will be able to greet, introduce themselves, describe their families and friends, and discuss their daily routines and experiences.

Teaching Method  

This course is conducted mostly in Japanese, and class hours are spent mainly on oral proficiency development. Written assignments are given for reading and writing proficiency development.   

Evaluation Method

Class participation and performance; assignments; quizzes; oral, listening, and written examinations.  

Class Materials (Required)

Oka, M. et al. (2021). TOBIRA 1: Beginning Japanese. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishers. ISBN 978-4-87424-870-6.

Class Materials (Suggested) 

Endo-Hudson, M (1994). English Grammar for Students of Japanese. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press. ISBN: 0-934034-16-8; Makino, S. & Tsutsui M. (1989). Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN 4-7890-0454-6; Kodansha (2012). Kodansha's Essential Kanji Dictionary. Tokyo: Kodansha. ISBN: 978-1568363974.

JAPANESE 111-2

Japanese I

MTWF 10am-10:50am

JAPANESE 111-2 Japanese I

Overview of class

Registration Requirements

Except for JAPANESE 111-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives  

Teaching Method  

This course is conducted mostly in Japanese, and class hours are spent mainly on oral proficiency development. Written assignments are given for reading and writing proficiency development.   

Evaluation Method

Class participation and performance; assignments; quizzes; oral, listening, and written examinations.  

Class Materials (Required)

Oka, M. et al. (2021). TOBIRA 1: Beginning Japanese. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishers. ISBN 978-4-87424-870-6.

Class Materials (Suggested) 

JAPANESE 111-2

Japanese I

MTWF 11am-11:50am

JAPANESE 111-2 Japanese I

Overview of class

Registration Requirements

Except for JAPANESE 111-1, students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives  

Teaching Method  

This course is conducted mostly in Japanese, and class hours are spent mainly on oral proficiency development. Written assignments are given for reading and writing proficiency development.   

Evaluation Method

Class participation and performance; assignments; quizzes; oral, listening, and written examinations.  

Class Materials (Required)

Oka, M. et al. (2021). TOBIRA 1: Beginning Japanese. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishers. ISBN 978-4-87424-870-6.

Class Materials (Suggested) 

JAPANESE 121-2

Japanese II

MTThF 12pm-12:50pm

JAPANESE 121-2 Japanese II

Overview of class

Japanese II (JAPANESE 121-1, 2 and 3), sequel to Japanese I (JAPANESE 111), is a yearlong course that covers the second half of college level elementary Japanese and prepares students for intermediate Japanese (JAPANESE 211). In this course, students will continue developing the four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and learn various aspects of Japanese culture and society through readings, video viewing, written assignments, and in-class activities. The emphasis will be on developing the skills necessary to use auxiliary verbs and complex sentences to express subtle differences in meaning and accuracy appropriate to the given contexts. Students will also practice cohesively describing their experiences and summarizing a story that they heard, read, or watched. Careful and thorough review and preparation for each class session are required. With consistent oral and written feedback from the instructor, students will enhance their language and cultural awareness, leading to increased understanding, appreciation, and utilization of the target language, to become autonomous learners.

Registration Requirements

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives

The year-end proficiency goal of Japanese II is for the students to reach the Intermediate-Mid level defined by the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines and A2 - B1 defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR). Upon the satisfactory completion of the course, students will be able to handle various types of more complex daily conversational situations and passages.

Teaching Method

This course is conducted mostly in Japanese. Class hours are spent mainly on oral proficiency development, and written assignments are given for reading and writing proficiency development.

Evaluation Method

Class participation and performance, assignments, quizzes, oral and written examinations, and essays

Class Materials (Required)

Oka, M. et al. (2022). TOBIRA II: Beginning Japanese. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishers. ISBN 978-4-87424-900-0.

Class Materials (Suggested)

Kodansha's Essential Kanji Dictionary. Tokyo: Kodansha. ISBN 978-1568363974; Endo-Hudson, M. (1994). English Grammar for Students of Japanese. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press. ISBN 978-0934034166; Makino, S. & Tsutsui, M. (1989). Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN 978-4789004541.

JAPANESE 121-2

Japanese II

MTThF 1pm-1:50pm

JAPANESE 121-2 Japanese II

Overview of class

Registration Requirements

Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives

Teaching Method

This course is conducted mostly in Japanese. Class hours are spent mainly on oral proficiency development, and written assignments are given for reading and writing proficiency development.

Evaluation Method

Class participation and performance, assignments, quizzes, oral and written examinations, and essays

Class Materials (Required)

Oka, M. et al. (2022). TOBIRA II: Beginning Japanese. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishers. ISBN 978-4-87424-900-0.

Class Materials (Suggested)

JAPANESE 211-2

Japanese III

MTThF 2pm-2:50pm

JAPANESE 211-2 Japanese III

Overview of class
Japanese III (JAPANESE 211-1, 2, 3) is a yearlong course, sequel to Japanese II (JAPANESE 121-1, 2, 3), that covers college-level intermediate Japanese. In Japanese III, students will continue developing the four skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and learning various aspects of Japanese culture and society through reading materials, TV dramas, class discussions and an interview project (211-2, 3). A large number of intermediate to advanced-level expressions and Kanji is introduced to prepare students to the advanced-level Japanese. The casual speech and formal writing styles are also introduced, and students will become familiarized with different language styles for different settings. Students are expected to prepare for each class session through assignments and quizzes. JAPANESE 211-1 aims to finetune grammatical roughness and bring overall proficiency to the Intermediate-Mid level proficiency defined by the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines. JAPANESE 211-2 and -3 aim to bring students’ proficiency to ACTFL’s Intermediate-High level as close as possible.

Registration Requirements
Students must pass the preceding course with C- or above, or must be placed into the course by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives
Upon the successful completion of the year-long course, the students will be able to 1) comfortably and appropriately handle daily situations, 2) describe and narrate daily events and personal experiences in an organized manner, 3) summarize the main points of what is read, seen, or heard, 4) use casual/formal speech and written styles, 5) use approximately 500 basic kanji characters in context and attain working knowledge of additional kanji that are frequently used in media, and 6) communicate with native speakers on familiar topics in informal settings. The students are also expected to 7) deepen their understanding of customs, culture, and social phenomena of contemporary Japan, and 8) learn to study independently.

Teaching Method
In-class discussion. Review and preparation for each class session are expected. This course is conducted in Japanese.

Evaluation Method
Class participation and performance, assignments, quizzes, oral and written examinations and projects.

Class Materials (Required)

JAPANESE 211-1

Yasui et al. (2019). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.1 (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789016957

Yasui et al. (2019). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.1, Workbook (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789016964

JAPANESE 211-2

Yasui et al. (2019). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.1 (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789016957

Yasui et al. (2020). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.2 (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789017459

Yasui et al. (2019). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.1, Workbook (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789016964

Yasui et al. (2020). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.2, Workbook (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789017466

JAPANESE 211-3

Yasui et al. (2020). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.2 (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789017459

Yasui et al. (2020). QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, Vol.2, Workbook (English Edition). Tokyo: The Japan Times. ISBN: 978-4789017466

JAPANESE 310*

Japanese Modernism

TTh 2pm-3:20pm

JAPANESE 310* Japanese Modernism

Overview of class

This is an advanced course in reading and translation of modern Japanese, focusing on the literature of the Taisho and early Showa periods. We will examine a range of different genres, styles, and texts to consider what modernism was as an aesthetic, cultural, and intellectual movement within the literary arts. Through an examination of representative short stories, novels, poetry, and criticism the course will explore a series of questions including but not limited to: How can we define Japanese modernism? What are the aesthetic bases of modernist literature? How did writers and artists respond to contemporary political trends such as Marxism, feminism, imperialism, and nationalism? In what ways did modernist works reflect rapidly changing conceptions of space, time, and self in the early to mid-20th Century? Primary readings are in Japanese with discussion and theoretical readings in English.

Registration Requirements

Students must have completed JAPANESE 211-3 with C- or above, or must be placed into the class by the departmental placement test.

Learning Objectives:

To develop understanding of Japanese vocabulary and grammatical structures appropriate to authentic, historical texts, and to gain familiarity with reference resources for self-learning and independent reading
To move from accurate linguistic parsing of the Japanese language to analysis of literary style and form (from what is written to how and why)
To develop strategies for context-sensitive translation, and begin to grasp conceptual problems surrounding the translation of cultural texts.
To understand the problems of representing urban experience in language and to survey the strategies used by Japanese writers to address those problems.

Teaching Method
Discussion, workshopping of translations, lecture

Evaluation Method
Attendance and participation, weekly translation assignments, midterm exam, final project

Class Materials (Required)
All materials will be available for download on Canvas

KOREAN 111-2

Korean I

MTWTh 12pm-12:50pm

KOREAN 111-2 Korean I

Overview of class
This is a year-long first-year course designed for beginning learners without previous knowledge in Korean language. The course aims to build students' all-around communicative ability in speaking, reading, listening and writing with a great emphasis on developing the conversational skill. Students will learn various aspects of Korean culture and society throughout the course.

Registration Requirements
None for Fall Quarter

Completion of 111-1 or a departmental placement test for Winter Quarter; Completion of 111-2 or a departmental placement test for Spring Quarter

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to have students reach their oral proficiency at the Intermediate Low level of the ACTFL guideline by the end of year as well as to achieve the competency in interpersonal, presentational and interpretive communication and culture in conjunction with the National Standards.

Teaching Method
Students will learn the basic elements of Korean language such as pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure. In this student-centered class, students will actively participate in speaking, reading, writing and listening activities. Related supplemental materials such as video clips and reading texts will be incorporated to enhance students' listening and reading skills as well as the cultural understanding.

Evaluation Method
Grade will be based on attendance and participation, vocabulary quizzes and lesson tests, assignments, oral tests and performance, and final examination.

Class Materials (Required)

Integrated Korean (3^rd edition): Beginning 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-7619-7 & 978-0-8248-8331-7

Workbook (3^rd edition): Beginning 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-7650-0 & 978-0-8248-8336-2

KOREAN 111-2

Korean I

MTWTh 1pm-1:50pm

KOREAN 111-2 Korean I

Registration Requirements
None for Fall Quarter

Completion of 111-1 or a departmental placement test for Winter Quarter; Completion of 111-2 or a departmental placement test for Spring Quarter

Learning Objectives

Integrated Korean (3^rd edition): Beginning 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-7619-7 & 978-0-8248-8331-7

Workbook (3^rd edition): Beginning 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-7650-0 & 978-0-8248-8336-2

KOREAN 111-2

Korean I

MTWTh 2pm-2:50pm

KOREAN 111-2 Korean I

Registration Requirements
None for Fall Quarter

Completion of 111-1 or a departmental placement test for Winter Quarter; Completion of 111-2 or a departmental placement test for Spring Quarter

Learning Objectives

Integrated Korean (3^rd edition): Beginning 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-7619-7 & 978-0-8248-8331-7

Workbook (3^rd edition): Beginning 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-7650-0 & 978-0-8248-8336-2

KOREAN 121-2

Korean II

MTWTh 11am-11:50am

KOREAN 121-2 Korean II

Overview of class
This is a year-long second-year Korean course for continuing students who finished Korean I or who have the equivalent proficiency. The course aims to further develop students' four skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing to the intermediate level and also to bring up the competency of Communication, Comparisons and Cultures in conjunction with the National Standards.

Registration Requirements
Completion of 111-3 or the departmental placement test for Fall Quarter; Completion of 121-1 or a departmental placement test for Winter Quarter; Completion of 121-2 or a departmental placement test for Spring Quarter

Learning Objectives
This course is designed to have students reach their oral proficiency at the Intermediate Mid level of the ACTFL guideline by the end of year as well as to achieve the competency in interpersonal, presentational and interpretive communication and culture in conjunction with the National Standards.

Teaching Method
Various communicative activities will be employed to develop the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills. Also, authentic reading, writing, and visual materials that cover a wide spectrum of socio-cultural and academic themes will be provided to enhance student’s overall competency and cultural understanding.

Evaluation Method
Grades will be given based on attendance and class participation, vocabulary quizzes, lesson tests, assignments, oral test and performance, and final examination.

Class Materials (Required)
Integrated Korean (3^rd edition): Intermediate 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-8677-6 & 978-0-8248-8682-0

Workbook (3^rd edition) : Intermediate 1 & (University of Hawaii Press)
978-0-8248-8676-9 & 978-0-8248-8683-7

KOREAN 121-2

Korean II

MTWTh 12pm-12:50pm

KOREAN 121-2 Korean II

KOREAN 125-2

Korean II - Accelerated

MTWTh 11am-11:50am

KOREAN 125-2 Korean II - Accelerated

Overview of class
This is a two-quarter-long second-year Accelerated Korean course designed for Korean heritage students with basic oral proficiency and literacy skills. The objectives of this class are to reinforce the aspects that heritage students are usually weak - - vocabulary and spelling - - and to enhance their reading and writing skills so that they can develop a more balanced proficiency in four language areas.

Registration Requirements
A departmental placement test for Fall Quarter

Completion of 125-1 or a departmental placement test for Winter Quarter

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to have students reach their oral proficiency at the Intermediate High level of the ACTFL guideline by the end of year as well as to achieve the competency in interpersonal, presentational and interpretive communication and culture in conjunction with the National Standards.

Teaching Method
This class is conducted exclusively in Korean with minimal grammar instruction. Students will be doing extensive writing practice, reading authentic materials, class discussion, and learning various cultural aspects of Korea.

Evaluation Method
Grades will be given based on attendance and performance, vocabulary quizzes and lesson tests, assignments, written assignments, oral presentations, and final examination.

Class Materials (Required)
Integrated Korean: Accelerated 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press, 2020)
978-0-8248-8277-8 & 978-0-8248-8278-5

Integrated Korean Workbook: Accelerated 1 & 2 (University of Hawaii Press, 2020)
978-0-8248-8629-5 & 978-0-8248-8630-1

KOREAN 211-2

Korean III

MTWTh 1pm-1:50pm

KOREAN 211-2 Korean III

Overview of class
This is a year-long third-year course designed to further develop students’ linguistic and cultural ability, particularly to enhance the overall communicative skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing to the Intermediate-Advanced level. The vocabulary, contents, tasks, and topics covered in class are to address a wide spectrum of linguistic and socio-cultural aspects and students will gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of Korean culture and society.

Registration Requirements
Completion of 121-3, 125-2 or the departmental placement test for Fall Quarter; Completion of 211-1 or a departmental placement test for Winter Quarter; Completion of 211-2 or a departmental placement test for Spring Quarter

Learning Objectives
This course is designed to have students reach their oral proficiency at the Advanced Low level of the ACTFL guideline by the end of year as well as to develop the competency in interpersonal, presentational and interpretive communication and culture in conjunction with the National Standards.

Teaching Method
Various communicative activities will be employed with the emphasis on developing three modes of communication in advanced proficiency: Interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communication. Related authentic and cultural materials will be incorporated to enhance comparison and intercultural competence.

Evaluation Method
Grades will be given based on attendance and class participation, vocabulary quizzes, lesson tests, assignments, essays, oral presentations, and final project.

Class Materials (Required)
Sogang Korean 4A & 4B Students’ Book (2015) Sogang University
978-89-92491-84-6 18710 and 978-89-92491-88-4 18710

Sogang Korean 4A & 4B Workbook (2015) Sogang University
978-89-92491-92-1 13710 and 978-89-92491-91-4 13710