• JAPN 2010

    Second-Year Japanese
     Rating

    4.44

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.38

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Continuation of Elementary Japanese introducing more complex sentence patterns, idioms, and vocabulary to prepare students for an intermediate-level communication. Reinforces spoken Japanese skills with writing and reading exercises, and 250 kanji are introduced. Prerequisite: JAPN 1020 or equivalent.

  • KOR 2010

    Intermediate Korean I
     Rating

    4.17

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Builds on the foundations acquired in KOR 1010-1020 with further refinement of all four basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: KOR 1020 or equivalent background (as demonstrated in the department's placement test).

  • CHIN 2016

    Intensive Intermediate Chinese
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.94

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: CHIN 1016 & 1026 or equivalent.

  • CHIN 2020

    Intermediate Chinese
     Rating

    4.29

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.77

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Prerequisite: CHIN 2010, 2020 are the continuation of CHIN 1020. They are not intended for native or near-native speakers of Chinese. The goals of this course are to help students improve their spoken and aural proficiency, achieve a solid reading level, and learn to express themselves clearly in writing on a variety of covered topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. These goals are approached through grammar and reading-writing exercises, classroom drills, listening and speaking activities, and written quizzes and exams.

  • JAPN 2020

    Second-Year Japanese
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    4.50

     GPA

    3.28

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Prerequisite: JAPN 1020 or equivalent.

  • KOR 2020

    Intermediate Korean II
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.52

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    The second in a two-semester intermediate language sequence. Prerequisite: KOR 2010 or equivalent background (as demonstrated in the department's placement test).

  • CHIN 2026

    Intensive Intermediate Chinese
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.94

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: CHIN 1016, 1026 & 2016 or equivalent.

  • CHIN 2060

    Accelerated Intermediate Chinese
     Rating

    4.43

     Difficulty

    3.14

     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course is specifically designed for students with native or near-native speaking ability in Mandarin Chinese, but with reading and writing ability equivalent to a student who has completed CHIN 1020. The course focuses on reading and writing Chinese. The goals of this course are to help students: (a) achieve a basic level of reading competency with a vocabulary of 1000 characters; (b) express themselves clearly in written Chinese on a variety of topics using learned grammar patterns and vocabulary. Prerequisite: CHIN 1060 or equivalent (as demonstrated in the placement test).

  • KOR 2060

    Accelerated Intermediate Korean
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.50

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course is designed for students who already have speaking and listening ability in Korean equivalent to a student who has completed KOR 2020, but has basic literacy skills. The objective of this course is to help students further enrich communicative competence and accuracy in Korean in familiar Korean topics related to everyday life situations, basic social situations, as well as their reading and writing skills.

  • JAPN 2100

    Cultural Conversation in Japanese
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Designed for students who wish to improve their oral conversation skills beyond the beginning level through online conversation with college students in Japan. Students generate conversations examining their own and their partners' cultural values, perceptions, perspectives, and attitudes. Prerequisite: JAPN 1020