JAPAN

Japanese

37 courses on record · 6 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

37 courses

Lower division 10

Lower division courses in Japanese
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
1	Elementary Modern Japanese	3.70 n=486	6 sections
2	Elementary Modern Japanese	3.60 n=361	—
3	Elementary Modern Japanese	3.62 n=300	—
4	Intermediate Modern Japanese	3.60 n=168	3 sections
5	Intermediate Modern Japanese	3.64 n=165	—
6	Intermediate Modern Japanese	3.64 n=160	—
50	Japanese Civilization GE	3.79 n=910	—
70	Images of Japan: Literature and Film GE	3.50 n=378	—
75	Anime GE	3.86 n=899	1 section
80	How Does It Move? Action and Moving Image in Modern Japan GE	3.74 n=381	—

Upper division 24

Upper division courses in Japanese
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
100A	Advanced Modern Japanese	3.63 n=92	—
100B	Advanced Modern Japanese	3.67 n=107	—
100C	Advanced Modern Japanese	3.71 n=93	—
100R	Third-Year Advanced Reading in Modern Japanese	3.67 n=22	—
101A	Fourth-Year Japanese: Advanced Reading	3.31 n=30	1 section
101B	Fourth-Year Japanese: Advanced Reading I	3.64 n=8 small sample	—
103A	Fourth-Year Japanese: Advanced Speaking I	3.66 n=14 small sample	—
103B	Fourth-Year Japanese: Advanced Speaking II	3.84 n=10 small sample	—
105B	Advanced Reading and Writing for Japanese-Heritage Speakers	3.82 n=8 small sample	—
110A	Introduction to Classical Japanese: Basic Grammar	3.67 n=60	—
110B	Introduction to Classical Japanese: Reading Proficiency	3.67 n=12 small sample	—
M120	Introduction to Japanese Linguistics	3.64 n=27	—
CM123	Structure of Japanese	3.58 n=64	—
124	Language and Culture of Ryukyu/Okinawa	3.82 n=17 small sample	—
130A	Readings in Modern Japanese Literature	3.83 n=56	—
130B	Readings in Modern Japanese Literature	3.83 n=44	—
130C	Readings in Modern Japanese Literature	3.83 n=13 small sample	—
154	Postwar Japanese Culture through Literature	3.75 n=69	—
155	Topics in Japanese Cinema	3.83 n=124	—
C159	Variable Topics in Culture and Society in Japan: Lecture 1	3.77 n=127	—
CM160	Japanese Buddhism	3.25 n=47	—
170	Japanese Tales of Supernatural	3.79 n=17 small sample	—
191A	Variable Topics Research Seminars: Classical Japan	3.56 n=25	—
191B	Variable Topics Research Seminars: Modern Japan	3.71 n=41	—

Graduate 3

Graduate courses in Japanese
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
200	Japanese Studies Seminar	3.81 n=26	1 section
240A	Seminar: Selected Topics in Japanese Literature	no letter grades	1 section
240B	Seminar: Selected Topics in Japanese Literature	3.88 n=15 small sample	—

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.