Undergraduate Courses for Japanese

Objective: Students with B. A. shall command the basics of Japanese language and culture, become talents with Japanese expertise, and be competent for positions of diplomacy, international business, cultural exchange, publications, education, academic studies, and administration.

Features: Through four years of study, the Japanese majors shall command the basic theories and knowledge in Japanese language, literature, history, politics, economy, diplomacy, social culture, etc., shall be specially trained in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation. The Japanese specialty highlights the training of language skills and educational capability, paying special attention to the training of students’ capability of self-study. The Japanese majors shall be competent in processing the Japanese language with computers, master basic methods for scientific research, and command professional skills for translation, research and management, an excellent professional quality and a strong capability for Japanese communication.

Core Courses: Basic Japanese, Advanced Japanese, Selected Readings in Japanese Newspapers and Periodicals, Audio-Visual Japanese, Translation Theory and Practice, Japanese Writing, Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Rhetoric, A Survey of Japan, Introduction to Japanese Literature, A Comparative Study on the Chinese and the Japanese Language and Culture, Japanese for Science and Technology and Business, etc.

Further Study: The Japanese majors may choose to further their studies by applying for the MA program in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics offered by the School of Foreign Languages.

Job Opportunities: This program has attained a stable employment rate of more than 98%. Graduates are mainly employed by concerned employers as translators, foreign trade assistants or coordinators, tourists, or program editors, etc.