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JPN-1105: Elementary Japanese

Description: Fundamentals of the Japanese language with emphasis on developing proficiency in practical language use and cultural competency. 1105 is for students with no prior knowledge of the language; 1106 is for students who have completed 1105, or more than one year, but less than three years of high school Japanese.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: JPN-1106

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 39

Average GPA: 3.60 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 51.99%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.79%

Yumiko Younos202173.8%19.0%5.2%0.5%0.5%1.1%3.6311
Teruyo U Mercer202478.7%15.9%2.6%0.4%1.3%1.0%3.6613
Sylvain L Simmerman202474.0%19.0%5.5%1.6%0.0%0.0%3.639
Henry Aberle202473.9%19.1%7.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.612
Jeremy A Sather202457.6%20.5%13.2%0.0%6.3%2.6%3.282
Masako Onakado202356.1%25.3%7.7%11.0%0.0%0.0%3.182

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Summer I 2024Fall 2024Term050% W