Japanese · Fall 2026

SDSU JAPAN 111 — Elementary Japanese I

Elementary language skills: fundamental grammar, idiomatic expressions, hiragana, katakana, and basic kanji characters. Reading, writing, speaking, oral-aural drills, and relationship between language and culture. Course uses language acquisition skills to help students understand cultural differences and develop a global perspective. Taught in Japanese. Native speakers of Japanese or students whose placement test results demonstrate educated native or near-native fluency will not receive credit for taking lower division courses. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Japanese course taught in Japanese. No credit will be given for JAPAN 111, JAPAN 112, JAPAN 211, JAPAN 212 taken out of sequence.