Japanese

Department Chair: Barbara W. Kim

Department Office: Faculty Offices FO3-340
Telephone: (562) 985‑4645
FAX: (562) 985‑1535
Website: http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/aaas/

Faculty: Ruixi Ai, Kiyomi Chinen, Masako O. Douglas (Emerita), Linda N. España-Maram (Emerita), Kyoungmi Ha, Hiroko Kataoka (Emerita), Barbara W. Kim, May Lin, Sophea Seng, Nana Suzumura, Dean S. Toji (Emeritus), Haiping Wu, Teri Yamada (Emerita)

Advisors:
Graduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Dean Toji, Emeritus (Asian American Studies)
Undergraduate: Teri Yamada Emeritus (Asian Studies)
Undergraduate: Ruixi Ai (Chinese Studies)
Undergraduate: Kiyomi Chinen (Japanese)

Associate Faculty: Azza Basarudin (Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Kendall Brown (Art History), Chi-Ah Chun (Psychology), Lisa Grobar (Economics), Betina Hsieh (Teacher Education), Jack W. Hou (Economics), Rajbir Judge (History), Mimi Kim (Social Work), Margaret Kuo (History), Guotong Li (History), Susan Nakaoka (Social Work), Jyotsna Pattnaik (Teacher Education), Xiaoping Liang (Linguistics), R. Varisa Patraporn (Sociology), Karen Quintiliani (Anthropology), Preeti Sharma (American Studies), Kristy Shih (Human Development), Michiko Takeuchi (History), Teresa Wright (Political Science), Kimberly Walters (International Studies), Oliver Wang (Sociology), R. Scott Wilson (Anthropology), Teresa Wright (Political Science)

Administrative Support Coordinator: Michelle Okawa

Students desiring information should contact the department office for referral to one of the faculty advisors.

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Related Departments:

• Asian and Asian American Studies  
• Asian Languages  
• Chinese Studies  

Courses: JAPN  

Career Possibilities

Customs Inspector • Immigration Officer • Importer/ Exporter • Foreign Service Officer • International Marketing Representative • Travel Guide • Social Worker • Linguist • Foreign Correspondent • Community Organization Worker • Lawyer • Librarian • International Student Advisor • Educator • Peace Corps Worker • Interpreter • Translator • Airline Employee • CIA/FBI Agent (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)

Courses

General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.

• JAPN 101 - Fundamentals of Japanese
• JAPN 102 - Fundamentals of Japanese
• JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese
• JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese
• JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese
• JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese
• JAPN 311 - Advanced Spoken Japanese
• JAPN 312 - Advanced Spoken Japanese
• JAPN 350 - Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication
• JAPN 371 - Survey of Japanese Literature
• JAPN 385 - Japanese Language and Culture for Heritage Learners
• JAPN 421 - Selected Readings/Writing in Japanese
• JAPN 422 - Technical Japanese
• JAPN 451 - Japanese Civilization
• JAPN 452 - Japan: Its Land, People and Culture
• JAPN 453 - Japanese Culture as Social Process
• JAPN 471 - Readings in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature
• JAPN 481 - Principles and Practice of Teaching Japanese
• JAPN 482 - Pedagogical Grammar
• JAPN 483 - Curriculum and Materials Development
• JAPN 490 - Selected Topics in Japanese
• JAPN 492 - Japanese Internship
• JAPN 497 - Directed Studies
• JAPN 521 - Selected Readings/Writing in Japanese
• JAPN 522 - Technical Japanese
• JAPN 551 - Japanese Civilization
• JAPN 581 - Principles and Practice of Teaching Japanese
• JAPN 582 - Pedagogical Grammar
• JAPN 583 - Curriculum and Materials Development
• JAPN 592 - Japanese Internship
• JAPN 681 - Practicum
• JAPN 695 - Directed Readings
• JAPN 697 - Directed Research