| Course Title: First Year Japanese I |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: Introduces listening, speaking, reading, and writing modern Japanese; hiragana, katakana, and approximately 50 Kanji. Supplements class work with audio and video. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:6.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Nari Matsushima   |   | nmatsushima@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Jinhwa Chang   | 413-538-2468   | jinhwachang@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026   | Lecture   | Monday, Wednesday and Friday   | 01:45PM - 03:00PM   | TBA   | TBA   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Coreq: ASIAN-120L. | Take concurrently   | Required   |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| EASIA0001   | EASIA: East Asian Studies major   | This course has been approved to count towards the East Asian Studies major.   |
| ASIAN0001   | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 10     | Enrollment: 0     | Available: 10     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |