Japanese 350 - Contemporary Texts I
Contemporary Texts I
Fall
2025
01
4.00
Atsuko Takahashi
W F 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Smith College
JPN-350-01-202601
Hatfield 202
atakahas@smith.edu
This course focuses on contemporary texts from different genres including newspaper and magazine articles, fiction and short essays from print and electronic media. This course further develops advanced reading, writing and discussion skills in Japanese and enhances students’ understanding of various aspects of contemporary Japanese society. Students work on group and individual projects such as translation of a text from Japanese to English. With the instructor’s permission, advanced language courses may be repeated when the content changes. Prerequisite: JPN 302 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 15.