JAPAN 105AAdvanced Reading and Writing for Japanese-Heritage Speakers
Japanese · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Not open to students who have taken 100 series, 101 series, and/or 103 series courses or 104. Designed for advanced-level Japanese-heritage learners or nonheritage learners who are fluent in daily spoken Japanese. Emphasis on building vocabulary knowledge of Kanji , reading and writing, and honorific/humble style of Japanese. May be taken independently for credit.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced preparation: Japanese placement test.
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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.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.