Foothill College
JAPN 3
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE III · 5 units · used in 22 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Further development of material presented in JAPN 1 & 2. Oral and written practice in competencies in language functions: vocabulary essential to daily communicative situations, grammar necessary for carrying out various functions, signals for carrying out communicative tasks, and cultural skills in specific situations. Distinguishing formal and informal styles, and using honorifics. Making suppositions. Additional 120 Kanji pronunciation and recognition.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:30 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at Foothill College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
JAPN 2ELEMENTARY JAPANESE II- or
Catalog wording: “JAPN 2 or equivalent.”
What this course unlocks
Foothill courses that list JAPN 3 as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use JAPN 3
ASSIST maps JAPN 3 to a requirement in 22 published pathways from Foothill College.
- COMMUNICATION STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Leadership StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
- JapaneseFoothill → San Francisco State
- Japanese Language and CultureFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Language ScienceFoothill → UC Irvine
- Japanese Language and LiteratureFoothill → UC Irvine
- East Asian CulturesFoothill → UC Irvine
- Asian StudiesFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- JapaneseFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Language Studies MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Language StudiesFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- LinguisticsFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Applied Linguistics and MultilingualismFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Humanities B.A. Online Degree CompletionFoothill → CSU Chico
- HumanitiesFoothill → CSU Chico
- Asian StudiesFoothill → CSU Chico
- Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsFoothill → University of the Pacific
- Art HistoryFoothill → CSU Dominguez Hills
- Spanish B.A. Literature & Linguistics OptionFoothill → CSU Dominguez Hills
- Japanese StudiesFoothill → UC San Diego
- Chemistry, B.A. andFoothill → UC Berkeley
- Chemical BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
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