Courses

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Introduces elementary or intermediate East Asian language, culture, and language pedagogy. Prereq., department approval.

Introduces elementary or intermediate East Asian language, culture, and language pedagogy. Prereq., department approval.

Introduces elementary or intermediate East Asian language, culture, and language pedagogy. Prereq., department approval.

Introduces elementary or intermediate East Asian language, culture, and language pedagogy. Prereq., department approval.

Matches students with supervised internships in which they share academic learning of topics in Asian culture, history, or language with, for example, teachers and students in the Boulder Valley School District. Students work with Center for Asian Studies research and teaching faculty to, for example, research and prepare lessons they will present in BVSD K-12 classes on world cultures, world geography, world history, and Asian languages. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., Asian language and culture courses.

Selected students are matched with supervised internships in business, public and private service organizations, and educational institutions. Internships focus on opportunities to apply language and cultural skills. Students meet regularly with instructor and supervisor, keep a journal, and submit a final paper. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., JPNS 2120 or CHIN 2120. Recommended prereq., JPNS 3120 or CHIN 3120.

Focuses on practical issues in Japanese language pedagogy for students who will serve as teaching assistants in Japanese language class. Examines the connection between theory and practice as well as practical methods for teaching Japanese. Discusses how to teach Japanese as a second language in a communicative approach and how to assess student language learning. Prereq., JPNS 4120 or equivalent. JPNS 4980 and 5980 are the same course.

Provides training in research methods for graduate work in Sinology. Regular exercises require students to use standard bibliographic sources and tools, such as leishu, congshu, specialized dictionaries, dynastic histories, geographical treatises, gazetteers, and private historiography. Prereq., CHIN 4220 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces research materials on Japan in Japanese and Western languages, including bibliographic tools, style sheets, and library resources. Overview of secondary sources and publication outlets/methods of disseminating research. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Surveys pedagogical theory and methods for the teaching of Japanese as a second language, including issues of presentation, interaction, and evaluation. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Introduces the field of pre-modern Chinese literary theory and its relevance in Chinese intellectual history. Based on the close reading of primary sources, i.e. typically on selected core texts of Chinese literary thought, as well as on the reading of secondary literature. Texts and topics vary from year to year. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Surveys past achievements and current research concerns of Japanese sociolinguists in areas such as speech varieties, language behavior and attitude, and linguistic contact and change, as well as their guiding theories and central fieldwork methods. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Examines controversial syntactic topics that have inspired a variety of explanations. Alternative linguistic explanations are sought within the framework of an analytical investigation from the viewpoint of language dynamics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereqs., JPNS 4030 or instructor consent.

Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Same as JPNS 4070. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Same as JPNS 4080.

Surveys, with readings in primary and secondary sources, major landmarks in various areas of ancient and medieval literature. Focuses on the classic and most influential works of the Zhou through Tang dynasties. Gives attention to matters of historical fact and actuality as well as to textual and interpretive history. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Explores theories and practice of translation of literary texts as applied to Japanese-English translation; strategies for handling a variety of texts; and professional standards and ethics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

An accelerated course in modern scholarly Japanese for students with a basic foundation in Japanese and an advanced knowledge of Chinese. Focus is on materials in Japanese that relate to Chinese civilization and includes an introduction to kanbun. Prereq., one year of modern Japanese, graduate-level command of Chinese, or instructor consent.

Studies selected pre-imperial and Han prose texts important in their own time and for the influence they exercised on the later development of Chinese literary history. Focuses on works such as the Lun yu, Mengzi, Zhuangzi, Huainanzi, Shiji, Hanshu, and Lunheng. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq.,CHIN 4220 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines selected prose works and authors from the Classical, or Heian, period (784-1185). Texts may include selections from diaries, tale literature, and zuihitsu such as Izumi Shikibu Nikki, Genji Monogatari, and Makura no Soshi. Texts and selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., two semesters of classical Japanese language.

Studies selected pre-imperial and Han poetic works important in their own time and for the influence they exercised on the later development of Chinese literary history. Focuses on the Shijing and the Chu ci, as well as the fu and shi of Han writers. Texts and selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., CHIN 4220 or instructor consent.

Studies the three most important poetic forms in Japanese literary history. Emphasizes the reading and analysis of selected texts and authors that best represent these genres. Readings include selections from the first eight imperial poetry anthologies (hachidaishu), famous renga sequences (Minase Sangin Hyakuin, for example), and the haiku of Basho. Texts and selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., two semesters of classical Japanese language.