Japanese Studies Program
Browse course samples and faculty profiles for Japanese language study within our graduate programs.
Professor Matsuo presenting to her Japanese class.
Japanese Sample Courses
Aspects of Japanese Society
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Develops advanced Japanese language skills through reading articles and discussing topics on contemporary Japan in the areas of international relations, foreign policies, politics, economy, etc. |
Business Japanese
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Having oral communication as the mail goal of the course, aims to enable students to understand and use Japanese in a wide variety of business-related situations. Familiarizes them with customary expressions and frequently used terms in business/formal dialogues, documents, and articles. |
Current Issues in Japanese Media
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Studies Japanese newspapers and TV news. Familiarizes students with textual features of Japanese media through developing skills for scanning, skimming, summarizing, presenting, etc. |
Special Topics
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Examples of special topics are "International Gender Issues: Japan", "Contemporary Japanese Short Fiction", "Japan in the Period of Transition", “Security Issues of Current-Day Japan”, etc. |
Japanese Studies Faculty
 Naoko MatsuoAssistant Professor/Language Studies Advisor
Office: McCone Building 222 Japanese language and culture, pedagogy, Japanese for business, current issues in Japanese media |
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 Tanya Fumiko PoundAssistant Professor
Office: McCone Building 108 Translation of Japanese and English |
 Hideko RussellAssistant Professor and Program Coordinator Japanese T & I
Office: McCone Building 108 Translation |
 Kayoko TakedaAssociate Professor
Office: McCone Building Simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and translation of Japanese and English |
