JAPAN 1Elementary Modern Japanese
Japanese · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Japanese to qualify for more advanced courses. Introduction to modern Japanese with attention to conversation, grammar, and written forms. Conversation drill based on material covered in class.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
JAPAN 1
- JAPAN 2Elementary Modern Japanese
- JAPAN 3Elementary Modern Japanese
- LING M116Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
- JAPAN M120Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
- LING M176AJapanese Phonology and Morphology
- JAPAN C222Japanese Phonology and Morphology
1 course lists this as a requisite. Showing 9 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.