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JAPAN 302RAdvanced Japanese 2

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Japanese

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course is designed for students who completed JAPAN 301R or students with equivalent proficiency in Japanese to further enhance their Japanese grammatical knowledge and vocabulary to comprehend news articles and produce academic essays. Students will practice critically analyzing cultural phenomena and express their views. Students will learn to recognize and read more advanced kanji words in context. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to conduct discussions on social issues in the world, make formal presentations, and compose sophisticated writing in Japanese.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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From 8 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Great professor, always makes it interesting by engaging in conversation with you to practice your japanese. Great course.

    May 2021 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • After taking JAPAN 301R I was put off because of the jump in difficulty. I didn't have the motivation to continue, but in retrospect the material covered wasn't even that advanced.
    This course isn't a continuation of the previous one. We don't even use a grammar textbook this time, which I was disappointed to hear since I still had that brand new 新完全マスター book from back then...
    Most of the course was based on reading from articles, making presentations and then writing based on those presentations. The final group project is a group debate, so I think you need to be comfortable with speaking spontaneously in this course. Of course the people taking this course are generally at much higher…

    Apr 2018 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • なるべく諦めない！なせば大抵なんとかなる！
    Real talk though all you weebs who think you're hot クソ for breezing through anything prior to this, try this course on for size. If you're enough of a weeb this'll still be a bird course all the way through but if not you're in for a hell of a time ｗｗ

    Apr 2017 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention JAPAN 302R, October 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2016

Spring 2015

How well can you learn Japanese from the Japanese language courses 9 points, 21 comments

“Hey, I plan on going to waterloo in the upcoming fall and was planning on taking the Japan 101r or korean 101r as one of my electives and was curious as to how much I would be able to learn taking …”

u/not-inflammable: “I'm currently in JAPAN201R, and the Genki textbooks (mandatory for 101/102/201/202) are fairly good if you want to just do self study. …”

u/jaaytp: “Have you heard from anyone how well they learned japanese by the end of the JAPAN302R class? I want to know what I'll be getting into if I am going to be working hard and put that much time into learning japanese.”

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Fall 2012

Looking for a List C CSE 5 points, 5 comments

u/masasin: “I was originally going to do JAPAN 302R, but it turns out I need one more List C CSE. Anyway, I was thinking either EASIA 300R, or Music 100 if EASIA seems too hard. Mainly looking for high marks for this one. What do you think? …”

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