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  • JAPN 1020: Beginning Japanese II (FL)

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For beginning students interested in the Japanese language who have completed JAPN 1010 or who have equivalent experience (approximately two years of high school Japanese). Native-speakers and students who have acquired proficiency in this language through extended residence, military service, church missions, or other methods may not enroll in this class. Continued emphasis on gaining communicative competence by focusing on the development of speaking and listening comprehension skills. Several teaching methods are employed, including lecture, drill practice, conversation exchanges, videos, lab tapes, and group work. Students using 1020 as an entry level class may receive vertical credits for JAPN 1010 upon passing 1020 with a C grade or higher. This course partially qualifies students to receive an Associate of Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree. Successful completers are prepared to take JAPN 2010. Placement in foreign language classes is at the discretion of the Department Chair. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Manage successfully a number of uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward situation. 2. Express personal meaning by relying heavily on learned phrases or recombinations of these and what they hear from their interlocutor. Prerequisite: JAPN 1010 or instructor permission. SP
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  • JAPN 2010: Intermediate Japanese I

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For intermediate-level students who have taken JAPN 1020, or for students who have had equivalent experience (four or more years of high school Japanese). Native-speakers and students who have acquired proficiency in this language through extended residence, military service, church missions, or other methods may not enroll in this class. Continued emphasis on communicative competence. Grammatical structures will be reviewed, conversation will be emphasized, and reading and writing will receive increased focus, as well as cultural awareness. A variety of teaching methods are employed, including drills, videos, conversational activities, reading, and lecture. Students using 2010 as an entry level class may receive vertical credits for lower level classes upon passing 2010 with a C grade or higher. This course partially qualifies students to receive an Associate of Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree. Successful completers are prepared to take JAPN 2020. Placement in foreign language classes is at the discretion of the Department Chair based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Handle successfully a limited number of uncomplicated communicative tasks. 2. Create with the language. 3. Ask and answer simple questions in straightforward survival situations. Prerequisite: JAPN 1020 or instructor permission. FA
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  • JAPN 2020: Intermediate Japanese II

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For intermediate-level students who have taken JAPN 2010. Continued emphasis on communicative competence. Grammatical structures will be reviewed, conversation will be emphasized, and reading and writing will receive increased focus, as well as cultural awareness. A variety of teaching methods are employed, including drills, videos, conversational activities, reading, and lecture. Students using 2020 as an entry level class may receive vertical credits for lower level classes upon passing 2020 with a C grade or higher. This course partially qualifies students to receive an Associate of Arts or Bachelor of Arts degree. Placement in foreign language classes is at the discretion of the Department Chair based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Handle successfully a variety of uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward survival situations. 2. Maintain a conversation limited to predictable and concrete exchanges. 3. Express personal meaning by creating with the language. ?? Prerequisite: JAPN 2010 or instructor permission.?? ?? SP
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  • JAPN 3060: Intermediate Japanese Conversation and Language

    2.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Focus on the development of all language skills and improvement of pronunciation along with emphasis on grammar review, reading and writing. For non-native Japanese speakers who have a good command of basic Japanese obtained through previous coursework or extended exposure to the Japanese language through military or mission service, etc. Students using JAPN 3060 as an entry level class may receive vertical credits for lower level courses upon passing JAPN 3060 with a C grade or higher. Placement in foreign language classes is at the discretion of the Department Chair. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Handle successfully uncomplicated tasks and social situations requiring an exchange of basic information. 2. Narrate and describe in all major time frames, but not all the time. FA
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  • JAPN 3070: Japanese History and Culture

    2.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Focuses on readings in Japanese history and literature with essential characters (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) and vocabulary, and grammatical points. Students using JAPN 3070 as an entry level class may receive vertical credits for lower level courses upon passing JAPN 3070 with a C grade or higher. Students who register for this class will have had extended exposure to the Japanese language through previous coursework or military or mission service, etc. Placement in foreign language classes is at the discretion of the Department Chair. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Discuss Japanese history and culture. 2. Produce writing reports on Japanese history and culture. 3. Communicate orally on specific Japanese history and culture. 4. Compare and contrast elements of Japanese culture with the student's own culture. SP
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  • JAPN 3990: Seminar in Japanese

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For students wishing instruction that is not available through other regularly scheduled courses in this discipline. Occasionally, either students request some type of non-traditional instruction, or an unanticipated opportunity for instruction presents itself. This seminar course provides a variable credit context for these purposes. As requirements, this seminar course must first be pre-approved by the department chair; second, it must provide at least nine contact hours of lab or lecture for each credit offered; and third, it must include some academic project or paper (i.e., credit is not given for attendance alone). This course may include standard lectures, travel and field trips, guest speakers, laboratory exercises, or other nontraditional instruction methods. Note that this course in an elective and does not fulfill general education or program requirements. Fees may be required for some seminar courses and instructor permission will be optional at the request of the instructor. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Handle a variety of communicative tasks. 2. Participate in most informal and some formal conversations on topics of their interests and some matters of public and community interest. 3. Narrate and describe in all time frames in paragraph-length discourse. 4. Handle appropriately linguistic challenges presented by a complication or unexpected turn of events.
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  • LLS 1000R: The Trailblazing Speaker Series

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For all students. Introduces students to a variety of speakers presenting lectures or performances on artistic, historic, business, scientific, and other academic topics. Successful completers will attend at least 10 presentations and write brief response papers for each. Repeatable up to 8 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Engage in critical thinking analysis and reflection on each topic exposed to at The University Forum. 2. Supplement analysis and reflection of each topic presented at The University Forum through the use of the library and its resources to research topics presented at The University Forum to learn more about each topic. 3. Communicate this analysis, reflection, and research in formal course writing assignments effectively and efficiently with proper use of grammar, spelling, and punctiuation. FA, SP
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  • LLS 1010: Beginning Research

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Introduces students to university-level research in an online course. Students will learn to determine the extent of information needed; access the needed information effectively and efficiently; evaluate information and its sources critically; incorporate selected information into one's knowledge base; use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose; understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information; and access and use information ethically and legally. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful completion of this course students will be able to: 1. Articulate information needs and develop search strategies that productively engage with existing knowledge and debates. 2. Recognize the factors determining how information is created, presented, and disseminated in the current environment. 3. Evaluate diverse formats of information for credibility, relevance, and validity as evidence in the context of constructing new knowledge. 4. Apply ethical considerations to all aspects of the research and dissemination process, including through proper source attribution. 5. Develop the algorithmic literacy to utilize advanced research tools, such as generative artificial intelligence, effectively and responsibly. FA, SP, SU
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  • LLS 2795: Foundations of Effective Tutoring for Library Research Tutors

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For students who want to be employed as library research tutors. This course fulfills the training requirement to work in the Utah Tech University library as a tutor. It also fulfills the requirements for CRLA (College Reading and Learning Association) national tutor certification. The course gives a practical background for academic assistance and teaches student tutors how to empower other students with the skills and the confidence needed to succeed academically. It also teaches research and citation skills and methodology. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to... 1. Apply tutoring best practices. 2. Facilitate effective tutoring sessions by tailoring strategies to meet the needs of diverse learning groups. 3. Formulate their own philosophy of tutoring. FA, SP
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  • LLS 4890R: Library and Learning Services Internship

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For students who are granted and accept an internship that provides an extensive learning experience within tutoring, supplemental instruction, or research areas. Internships offer students the opportunity to work with government, a nonprofit agency, a private agency, an employer, or an instructor. Through arrangements with the department chair, director, or dean, a student may earn up to 3 credits per semester for satisfactory completion of terms of the internship. Students must be supervised by an agency representative and/or a faculty advisor. Written contracts must be completed and signed. Students are also required to submit a written evaluation of their experience before the end of the semester. Approval from LLS department chair, director, or dean required before enrolling. Variable Credit: 1.0 - 3.0 Repeatable up to 6 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Apply research and writing skills to compose materials as well as informational documents, email, and solicitations. 2. learn how to use information ethically, responsibly, and legally. 3. Analyze conventions, recognizing when researchers and writers successfully meet industry protocols. 4. Develop and analyze collaborative learning skills by organizing and managing information. 5. Perform investigative and/or observational research, focus relevant details, and integrate research. 6. Investigate and partake in the process of publication. Prerequisite: Instructor permission required. FA, SP, SU
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