Section Info: ASIAN-120-02

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

REGISTRATION DETAILS

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.