Apr 11, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

JPN 112 - Elementary Japanese II


An introduction to spoken and written Japanese with equal attention to speaking, reading, and writing. Linguistic analysis of the characters provides cultural and historical background of the language. This course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of the language. A student who has had two or more years of Japanese in high school (or who has otherwise acquired an equivalent proficiency) may not take JPN 112 without written permission from the supervisor of the course.

4 credits

Prerequisite(s): C or better in JPN 111  or placement into 112. See https://llrc.stonybrook.edu/placement-exams for more information.

DEC: S3

SBC: LANG