JAPAN at University of California, Los Angeles

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate JAPAN coursework.

• JAPAN 2Elementary Modern Japaneseopens 33 courses (1 directly)
• JAPAN 3Elementary Modern Japaneseopens 32 courses (1.5 directly)
• JAPAN 4Intermediate Modern Japaneseopens 30 courses (1 directly)
• JAPAN 5Intermediate Modern Japaneseopens 29 courses (1 directly)
• JAPAN 6Intermediate Modern Japaneseopens 28 courses (3 directly)
• JAPAN 10Intermediate Modern Japanese: Intensiveopens 27 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate JAPAN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 51 JAPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 more JAPAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in JAPAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at JAPAN 110B

  1. JAPAN 1Elementary Modern Japanese
  2. JAPAN 2Elementary Modern Japanese
  3. JAPAN 3Elementary Modern Japanese
  4. JAPAN 4Intermediate Modern Japanese
  5. JAPAN 5Intermediate Modern Japanese
  6. JAPAN 6Intermediate Modern Japanese
  7. JAPAN 100SAdvanced Modern Japanese: Intensive
  8. JAPAN 110AIntroduction to Classical Japanese: Basic Grammar
  9. JAPAN 110BIntroduction to Classical Japanese: Reading Proficiency

• 9 courses deep, ending at JAPAN 201B

  1. JAPAN 1Elementary Modern Japanese
  2. JAPAN 2Elementary Modern Japanese
  3. JAPAN 3Elementary Modern Japanese

• 3 courses deep, ending at JAPAN 100C

  1. JAPAN 1Elementary Modern Japanese
  2. JAPAN 2Elementary Modern Japanese
  3. JAPAN 3Elementary Modern Japanese

• 3 courses deep, ending at JAPAN 188SC

  1. JAPAN 188SAIndividual Studies for USIE Facilitators
  2. JAPAN 188SBIndividual Studies for USIE Facilitators
  3. JAPAN 188SCIndividual Studies for USIE Facilitators

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for JAPAN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JAPAN yet.

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Department events

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