2014 Spring Courses
CHINESE 110
Yi Feng
Yi Feng
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NON-INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY CHINESE I
10:10 am - 11:00 am Mon
Wed
Fri
1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Wed
Fri
This is a beginning course of modern Mandarin Chinese for students with no prior exposure to the language.
The content of this course includes: 1) An introduction to the Romanization phonetic system of Chinese
(Pinyin); 2) Essential sentence structures and basic vocabulary in the area of greeting, self-introduction, family,
hobbies and visiting friends; 3) Approximately 180 characters in simplified form. The major goal of this course
in to help students develop the basic skill in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Equivalent to the first half of Chinese 126 in content. No prerequisites. 3 credits. *Offered in Spring only.
CHINESE 138
David Schneider
Religion in Chinese Culture (General Education G and I)
10:10 am - 11:00 am Mon
Wed
Fri
In this course we will explore the profound and important religious traditions of China – the Three Teachings of
Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism – and their relationships to Chinese civilization and culture. You will
meet Confucian sages, Chan/Zen Buddhist monks, and Taoist hermits and magicians as we study some of the
world’s greatest meditations on the nature of both the Divine and the human. Along the way we will experience
many of the riches of Chinese art and literature as we seek to understand their significance as religious
expressions. Readings will be in English translation.
CHINESE 150
Zhongwei Shen
PEOPLES AND LANGUAGES OF CHINA
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Tues
Thurs
Social and cultural diversity in Chins through the elns of language. Three foci: classification of the minorities
and their languages, language language contact and the formation of Chinese dialects, and the role of language
in identifyling in identity ethnic groups and in maintaining distinct cultures. Conducted in English. No
prerequisites and no knowledge of Chinese is required.
CHINESE 197Q
Suet-Ying Chiu
Late Imperial Chinese Literature and Culture
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Tues
Thurs
This course is an introduction to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) through various genres of literature, including
the novel, classical short story, bannermen tale (zidishu), and poetry, with an emphasis on the cultural
interaction that took place between the Manchu and Han peoples. 3 credits.
CHINESE 241
CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LITERATURE
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9.:30 am - 10:45 am
Tues
Thurs
The development of modern China as seen through its literature covering the period 1915-1989. Exploration of
the relationship between writing and political change, the role of dissident writers, and the politics of gender in
texts from mainland China and Taiwan. All readings are in English translation. This is a GenEd AL/G course. 3
credits
CHINESE 246
INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY CHINESE II
LEC
Yi Feng
9.:30 am - 10:45 am
Tues
Thurs
LEC
Yi Feng
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Tues
Thurs
DIS
10:10 am - 11:00 am Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
Wed
Fri
Mon
This is a continuation of Chinese 120 or 126. The content of this course includes: 1) training in pronunciation
and tones, accuracy and fluency in speaking; 2) Approximately 350 Chinese character in simplified form; 3)
Essential grammar and sentence structures; 4) Basic vocabulary and conversations in both formal and informal
settings, and 5) Various aspects of Chinese culture, lifestyle and social-cultural conventions. The major goal of
this course is to further develop students’ communicative competence in listening, speaking, reading and
writing. Prerequisite: Chinese 120/126. 6 credits. *Offered in Spring only.
CHINESE 247 INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY CHINESE II: READING & WRITING (6 Credits)
LEC
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
DIS
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Tues
Thurs
Wed
Fri
This is a continuation of Chinese 127 designed for students with significant Chinese background in listening
and speaking. This course provides advanced-beginning students with Mandarin Chinese language skills
training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Reading and writing will be emphasized. Students will
learn both Chinese language culture through content-based teaching materials and task-oriented activities. By
the end of the semester, students will be able to comprehend and engage in basic conversations, to read simple
authentic materials, and to write sentences and paragraphs. 6 credits.
Prerequisite: Chinese 126/127/120 or instructor’s permission. * Offered in spring semester only.
CHINESE 285
THATCHER LANGUAGE HOUSE
Ping Geng
The Thatcher Chinese Language House offers the opportunity to live in a residence hall dedicated to learning
and exploring foreign cultures. Participants live together on a floor which includes a classroom/lounge, where
they can socialize in the language. Also, they meet regularly during the week for a specially‐designed, two
credit conversation/culture course. To qualify for the Chinese Language Program, you must have some
proficiency in Chinese and a willingness to become more fluent. You must make a year’s commitment to the
program; enroll in a 2 credit conversation/culture course each semester, taught on the floor; enroll concurrently
in a 3‐credit departmental course; speak the language as much as possible on the floor.
Email rap@acad.umass.edu for an application. 2 credits.
CHINESE 327
INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II
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LEC
Yu Liu
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Tues
Thurs
LEC
Yu Liu
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Tues
Thurs
DIS
Yu Liu
9.:05 am - 9.:55 am
Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
Develops student's reading and speaking ability in Mandarin. Students should recognize approximately 1800
characters by year's end. Course will be centered around reading, as well as viewing and discussing several
short plays from the People's Republic of China. Other assignments include frequent quizzes, unit exams,
homework assignments, and class attendance. Prerequisite is Chinese 326 or permission of the instructor. 6
credits. *Offered in Spring only.
CHINESE 391G
David Schneider
JUNIOR YEAR WRITING
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
All undergraduates are required by the
University to complete a course in their major for the Junior Year Writing program in order to graduate. The
principal thrust of the course will be toward the development of the student's skill in writing English academic
and analytical prose, as well as the research that accompanies this writing. Prerequisite for the course is the
successful completion of the University's College Writing (CW) requirements (English 112 or 113). 3 credit (1
credit as add on).
CHINESE 394PI
Enhua Zhang
CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Tues
Thurs
This comprehensive survey of popular culture in modern China has two main purposes: first, providing a
structured context for students to reflect on their learning in Chinese language, literature, and culture; second,
enabling the students to explore and integrate the connections between their lived experience of Chinese culture
and training through General Education in literature, film, history, sociology, political science, anthropology
and communications. Students will engage with learning and experience through multiple ways. We will
examine various forms of popular culture: newspaper, magazines, advertisements, popular literature, film,
television, music, theater, folk arts, posters, fashion, festivities, digital media, etc. We will apply theories to
actual cases and look at these cases contextually through a multifaceted perspective: cultural, socio-political,
psychological, and ideological. Issues to consider throughout this course will cover: how to define popular
culture in modern China? What is the relationship between popular and elite culture? How does popular culture
work in structuring and shaping Chinese life? What role does popular culture play in Chinese pursuit of
modernity and global membership? Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Chinse majors.
Chinese 427 ADVANCED CHINESE II (3 Credits)
Yu Liu
1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
This is the second semester of the third-year
Chinese language course. It is a comprehensive course at the advanced level that intends to further develop
students’ aptitudes in the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) of Mandarin Chinese, as
well as discourse and/or pragmatic competence. In addition, the course focuses on the formal written Chinese.
Prerequisite: Chinese 427 or instructor’s permission. *Offered in fall semester only.
CHINESE 433
Zhijun Wang
BUSINESS CHINESE
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Tues
Thurs
Introduction to the terminology and the basic business language skills for doing business in Chinese. Emphasize
formal language style in business language use. Develops practical, cultural and social skills in doing business
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with and in China, as well as fluency in reading authentic texts and documents of business Chinese.
Prerequisite: Chinese 426 or permission of the instructor.
CHINESE 498T
Zhijun Wang
PRACTICUM & TUTORIAL
1.:00 am - 1.:00 am
Non-native advanced students or native speakers of Chinese are assigned to work with one of the
faculty/graduate students and assist in teaching beginning or intermediate Chinese by hosting conversation
tables outside of class. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. 1-3 credits.
CHINESE 577
Zhongwei Shen
CHINESE DIALECTOLOGY
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Tues
Thurs
Develops the ability to use source materials in Chinese linguistics. An historical survey of the nature and
developments of Chinese grammatical and phonological students in three stages: Archaic, Ancient and Modern.
Prerequisite: Chinese 375 or permission of the instructor.
CHINESE 581
Zhijun Wang
TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Tues
Thurs
Introduction to the theory and research related to Chinese and other foreign language teaching methods with
emphasis on their application to Chinese teaching. Other topics include language pedagogy, lesson planning,
teaching techniques, materials development, and testing and teacher development.
CHINESE 597K
David Schneider
Buddhist and Taoist Literature
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Wed
Fri
In this course we will read some of the greatest literature in the Chinese tradition, Buddhist and Taoist literature,
much of which has spread throughout Korea and Japan, and has become increasingly recognized as profound
contributions to the history of world literature. First we will explore the classics of the Taoist tradition,
philosophers such as Laozi 老子, Zhuangzi 莊子, and Liezi 列子, poets such as Tao Qian 陶潛 and Li Bai 李白,
and the eccentric Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove 竹林七賢. Then, we will turn to the classics of Buddhist
literature. We will start with passages from crucial sutras (sacred and philosophical writings that convey the
teachings of the Buddha) – the Heart Sutra 心經, the Lotus Sutra 蓮花經, and the Chan/Zen 禪宗 Platform
Sutra 六祖壇經, and the teachings of Linji/Rinzai 臨済 – and move on to poets such as Xie Lingyun 謝靈運,
Wang Wei 王維 and Hanshan/Kanzan 寒山 (Cold Mountain). The prerequisite for this course is Chinese 450
Elementary Classical Chinese or the equivalent. *This course may be taken as the second semester of premodern Chinese required for the Chinese Major.
CHINESE 597P
Suet-Ying Chiu
Traditional Chinese Drama and Performing Arts
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Tues
Thurs
This course introduces the major aspects of Chinese theater from its origins in early Chinese history to the
present. Through a survey of traditional opera and storytelling, this course aims to explore both the artistic
values intrinsic to the Chinese theatrical tradition and the social values or forces related to this tradition. 3
credits.
CHINESE 691A
GRADUATE SEMINAR
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3:35 pm - 6:35 pm
Wed
Topic determined by the fields and interests of the students enrolled in the course. Prerequisite: permission of
the instructor.
JAPANESE 110
NON-INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY JAPANESE
LEC
Yuki Yoshimura
10:10 am - 11:00 am Mon
Wed
Fri
LEC
Yuki Yoshimura
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Wed
Fri
LEC
Yuki Yoshimura
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm
Wed
Fri
Mon
Beginning non-intensive course in modern standard Japanese. Students will develop basic skills in speaking,
listening, reading and writing. Equivalent to the first half of Japanese 126 in content. Textbook: Genki I
(Lessons 1-4). No prerequisites. 3 credits. *Offered in Spring only.
JAPANESE 143
Doris Bargen
LIT-CLASSICAL & MEDIEVAL
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Tues
Thurs
Japanese 143 is a lecture survey course with as much time as possible devoted to discussion. Students will read,
in English translation, the supreme masterpiece of Japanese literature, The Tale of Genji (ca. 1010), which is
also the world's first novel and the only world classic written by a woman. Startlingly different from Murasaki
Shikibu's subtle romance about the elegant Heian court is The Tale of the Heike, a warrior epic inspired by the
political intrigues and the horrors of the Genpei War (1180-1185). This second monumental work of Japanese
literature was first transmitted orally by blind itinerant monks who recited episodes pitching the rise of a
samurai honor culture against the fall of courtly society to the percussive sound of the lute-like biwa. The Tale
of the Heike (compiled in 1371) belongs, like Homer's Iliad, to a male oral tradition. Students are encouraged to
link humanistic, aesthetic, and religious values to literary expression, visual culture, and cultural transformation.
Class participation (depending on class size) and four quizzes; three papers. There are no prerequisites. This is a
General Education AL/G course. 4-credits
JAPANESE 197G
BUDDHIST CULTURES IN THE WORLD
LEC
Reiko Sono
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
DIS
Reiko Sono
10:10 am - 11:00 am
Wed
Fri
DIS
Reiko Sono
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Fri
In this course, students will first examine some of the basic teachings of Buddhism and then look at how
Buddhism has been practiced in Tibet, Cambodia, Japan, and the US. As such, the course is also designed to
promote logical thinking and broader perspectives. During the first half when we try to understand the basic
teachings of this analytical religion, we will be mindful of how logic works. As we examine different Buddhist
cultures in the latter half, we will focus on the differences in the cultural contexts on the one hand and the
universal human needs that penetrate them on the other.
JAPANESE 197L
Manga/Anime
LEC
Scott Mehl
1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
Mon
LAB
Scott Mehl
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
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After antagonizing much of the rest of the world in World War II, and then waging a struggle for economic
supremacy in the 1980’s, Japan now finds itself in the curious position of being a phenomenally successful
exporter of pop-culture. The face of this wave of cultural exports has been manga (cartoons, comic books, and
graphic novels) and anime (animation). This course has three fundamental aims. First, to give students tools to
understand manga and anime on their own terms. Second, to investigate the role manga and anime play in
Japan. Third, to examine the ways that manga and anime flow from one place to another and see what
assumptions control or constrain that flow. To that end, we will examine manga and anime in their various
forms such as newspaper comics, serialized graphic novels, made-for-television animation, OVA (original
video animation), and feature length cinematic animation.
JAPANESE 246
INTENSIVE ELEMENTARY JAPANESE II
LEC
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Tues
Thurs
LEC
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
DIS
9:05 am - 9:55 am
Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
10:10 am - 11:00 am Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm
Wed
Fri
Tues
Mon
Thurs
A continuation of Japanese 120 and 126. Students will further develop basic skills in speaking, listening,
reading and writing with an emphasis on the practical use of the Japanese language in various contexts.
Textbook: Genki I (Lessons 9-12) & Genki II (Lessons 13-16). Prerequisite: Japanese 120 or 126. 6 credits.
*Offered in Spring only.
JAPANESE 285
Yuko Takahashi
LANGUAGE SUITE CONVERSATION
1.:00 am - 1.:00 am
The Thatcher Japanese Language House offers the opportunity to live in a residence hall dedicated to learning
and exploring foreign cultures. Participants live together on a floor which includes a classroom/lounge, where
they can socialize in the language. Also, they meet regularly during the week for a specially‐designed, two
credit conversation/culture course. To qualify for the Japanese Language Program, you must have some
proficiency in Japanese and a willingness to become more fluent. You must make a year’s commitment to the
program; enroll in a 2 credit conversation/culture course each semester, taught on the floor; enroll concurrently
in a 3‐credit departmental course; speak the language as much as possible on the floor. Email
rap@acad.umass.edu for an application. 2 credits.
JAPANESE 327
INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II
LEC
Mako Koyama
9.:30 am - 10:45 am
Tues
LEC
Mako Koyama
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Tues
DIS
Mako Koyama
10:10 am - 11:00 am Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
Mako Koyama
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Wed
Fri
DIS
Mako Koyama
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm
Wed
Fri
Mon
Thurs
Thurs
A continuation of Japanese 326. Students will further develop skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing
at an intermediate level with an emphasis on natural communication in various contexts and discussion of
cultural and contemporary issues. Textbook: Tobira. Prerequisite: Japanese 326. 6 credits. *Offered in Spring
only.
JAPANESE Course# TBD
MODERN JAPANESE POETRY
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Scott Mehl
This course covers major works in modern Japanese lyric poetry, beginning with the earliest Meiji-era longform poems and ending with Wago Ryoichi's poems on the disasters of March 11, 2011. We will pair the
poems with critical essays that highlight crucial issues in modern poetics. All readings are available in English,
although graduate students will have the opportunity to engage with the poems in the original.
JAPANESE 375
Yuki Yoshimura
INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LINGUISTICS
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
Introduction to the nature of Japanese phonology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics. Following a brief survey
of basic linguistic concepts, the course focuses on the structure of modern Japanese, comparative linguistics,
Japanese language acquisition, and controversial issues in Japanese linguistics. Prerequisite: Japanese 326.
JAPANESE 391T
Tokyo through Literature and Film
Amanda Seaman 9.:30 am - 10:45 am
JAPANESE 494SI
Stephen Forrest
Tues
Thurs
SHINBUN: NEWSPAPERS AS MODERN CULTURE
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Tues
Thurs
Since the late 19th century newspapers have been a vital element in the shaping and dissemination of culture as
well as news. Mass media in Japan are now entering a new phase shaped by the internet and attendant
technologies. Major topics will include: technology transfer and its impact on culture; the role of mass media in
script and education reform; nationalism, latent and overt; censorship and political involvement; the newspaper
novel; coverage of sports and celebrities; reader presence on newspaper pages; the cultural and economic role of
the newspaper publisher; and the debate about the place of print media in the internet era. We will also pay
attention to comparative aspects, reading coverage of historic and contemporary events and topics in U.S.
newspapers as well. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Japan majors.
JAPANESE 497C
Stephen Forrest
READINGS IN MODERN JAPANESE II
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Tues
Thurs
Longer readings from a selection of authentic modern Japanese literary materials, essays, and newspaper
articles; also integratingreadings from textbook covered in Japanese 497D. Emphasis continues from Japanese
497A on readingcomprehension, kanji acquisition, and development of independence in grammatical and
lexical analysis. Prerequisite: Japanese 497A or permission of instructor. 3 credits. *Offered in Spring only.
JAPANESE 497D
Reiko Sono
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE II
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
A continuation of Japanese 497B. Students will further develop skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing
at an intermediate-high level with an emphasis on natural communication in various contexts and discussion on
cultural and contemporary issues. Further emphasis on oral fluency and development of compositional skills.
Preparing students for working exclusively with authentic materials. Instruction and discussion are in Japanese.
Prerequisite: Japanese 497B. 3 credits. *Offered in Spring only.
JAPANESE 498T
PRA
TUTORIAL AND PRACTICUM
Yuki Yoshimura
1.:00 am - 1.:00 am
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Non-native advanced students or native speakers of Japanese are assigned to work with one of the faculty and
assist in teaching beginning or intermediate Japanese. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. 1-3 credits.
JAPANESE 498Y
PRACTICUM
JAPANESE 499D
HONORS THESIS SEMINAR: REBELS AND MARTYRS
IND
Doris Bargen
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Tues
Thurs
This is the second half of the yearlong honors thesis seminar JAPANESE 499C/D. For a description of the first
half, see under JAPANESE 499C. The spring half of the honors thesis seminar addresses issues of rebellion and
martyrdom in Premodern and Modern Japan under the rubric of “sacrifice.” We will analyze primary and
secondary literature as well as films on a variety of topics. For Premodern Japan, we will focus on human
sacrifices in Noh drama, rebels following the Way of Tea, Japanese Christian martyrs, blood avengers, children
as rebels and martyrs, peasant rebels, social rebels committing double suicide, and common folk calling the
shots through religious world-renewal movements. For Modern Japan, we will explore the motivations of
assassins in the late Tokugawa (Bakumatsu) and Meiji periods, of rebels in 20th-century feminist and proletarian
movements, and of soldiers in the Pacific War.
JAPAN 499D fulfills the IE (Integrative Experience) requirement. No prerequisites. 4 credits
JAPANESE 537
Reiko Sono
ADVANCED MODERN JAPANESE II
1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
A continuation of Japanese 532 and 536. Students will further develop skills in reading and analyzing quality
Japanese texts, listening to conversations and debates, and expressing opinions clearly and logically in writing
and in verbal discussions. As such, this course is designed to help students gain proficiency in academic
situations. Prerequisite: Japanese 532/536. 3 credits. *Offered in Spring only.
JAPANESE 557
Stephen Forrest
INTRODUCTION OF CLASSICAL JAPANESE II
11:15 am - 12:05 pm Mon
Wed
Fri
Pre Requisite: Japanese 556
Students must enroll in JAPANESE 597A.
JAPANESE 556 (or 556K ) or permission of the Instructor
JAPANESE 570
Stephen Miller
INTRO JAPANESE REF& BIBLOGR
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
JAPANESE 591T
Mon
Wed
Fri
S-Tokyo Through Lit & Film
Amanda Seaman 9.:30 am - 10:45 am
Tues
Thurs
JAPANESE 592
PROSEMINARS GRADUATE FACULTY
Various proseminars are offered by faculty as a requirement for the Master’s degree in Japanese, sometimes in
parallel with existing undergraduate courses. Enrollment is open to graduate students only.
JAPANESE 593B
S-INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LINGUISTICS
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2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
Introduction to the nature of Japanese phonology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics. Following a brief survey
of basic linguistic concepts, the course focuses on the structure of modern Japanese, comparative linguistics,
Japanese language acquisition, and controversial issues in Japanese linguistics.
JAPANESE 597A
Stephen Forrest
ST-MANUSCRIPT JAPANESE
4:40 pm - 5:30 pm
Wed
A repeatable 1-credit course that may be taken in conjunction with both Japanese 556H and Japanese 557H.
Designed as a critical supplement to the study of bungotai, this course introduces the script forms and
orthography that most Japanese texts—whether manuscript, woodblock printed or moveable type—used prior to
the twentieth century. Students will become familiar with the basic elements of that script system, from
derivation and method to deciphering letters (fall semester) and reading complete texts (spring semester).
Prerequisite: enrolment in/completion of J556 or knowledge of classical grammar.
JAPANESE 597C
PROBLEMS AND METHODS IN TRANSLATION
Amanda Seaman 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Tues
Thurs
Advanced training in practical techniques associated with the translation of modern Japanese; familiarization
with appropriate glossaries, dictionaries, and other translator’s tools. Discussion of specific problems in
Japanese-English translation and practice with a variety of prose styles used in journalistic, political,
commercial, literary and other forms of modern writing. For undergraduate students only.
JAPANESE 660
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
PROBLEMS AND METHODS IN TRANSLATION
Tues
Thurs
Advanced training in practical techniques associated with the translation of modern Japanese; familiarization
with appropriate glossaries, dictionaries, and other translator’s tools. Discussion of specific problems in
Japanese-English translation and practice with a variety of prose styles used in journalistic, political,
commercial, literary and other forms of modern writing. For graduate students only.
ASIAN-ST 197C
ST-Beginning Korean II
Chan Young Park 1:25 pm - 2:15 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
This course is the second part of the Beginning Korean sequence, which is designed to teach the fundamental
skills to read, write, listen and speak in elementary level Korean. Prior to taking this course, students are
expected to read Hangul and to be able to talk about simple daily activities and carry a limited conversation
with memorized phrases. Compared to the first semester, more advanced vocabulary and grammar patterns will
be introduced, and the students will learn how to integrate them into developed forms of application. By the
end of the course, students will be able to handle a variety of uncomplicated communicative tasks successfully
and will be able to ask a few formulaic questions. In addition to the textbook study in the classroom, audiovisual materials and activities will be used in class.
ASIAN-ST 297C
ST-Intermediate Korean II
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Chan Young Park 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
Mon
Wed
Fri
This course aims at the acquisition of language skills to read, write, listen, and speak in intermediate-level
Korean. It is designed for students who have taken Intermediate Korean I (Asian-St 297B at UMass, KOR 201
at Smith, or Asian ST 262 at MHC) or proven to be at the equivalent level by the placement test. In addition to
the textbook study in the classroom, audio-visual materials and class activities are employed by the instructor.
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ASIAN-ST 491A
SENIOR SEMINAR
SEM
1.:00 am - 1.:00 am
C. Le
Required of all students working toward the completion of the Certificate in Asian and Asian American Studies.
Contact the Certificate Advisors for details. Professor C.N. Le in the Sociology Dept., in Thompson Hall or
Professor James Hafner in the Geosciences Dept., in Morrill Science Center.
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