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JPN-1106: 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, but less than three, units of high school Japanese.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: JPN-1105

Required By: JPN-2105, JPN-2114

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 35

Average GPA: 3.52 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.77%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.94%

Masako Onakado202437.8%50.0%3.3%3.3%0.0%5.6%3.313
Teruyo U Mercer202371.2%20.1%5.7%0.5%2.5%0.0%3.5010
Sylvain L Simmerman202468.7%20.9%9.5%1.1%0.0%0.0%3.556
Yumiko Younos202271.2%21.0%5.0%0.4%1.4%1.0%3.5716

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W