The Department of Japanese began to enroll the undergraduates majoring in Japanese Language and Literature (one of the early set-up batch of Japanese Language and Literature programs in China) in 1978. It began to enroll the postgraduates majoring in Japanese Language and Literature in 2002 and those majoring in Translation of Japanese in 2013.
At present, there are ten full-time Japanese teachers, who all have been to Japan. Apart from the teaching of Japanese majors (both undergraduates and postgraduates), they also undertake the task of teaching the postgraduates (both master and doctoral candidates) from other departments and the task of teaching English majors who take Japanese as a second foreign language and Japanese double majors.
1、Introduction
The Department of Japanese aims to train its students to be specialized in Japanese and obtain a broad range of knowledge, thus enabling the undergraduates to be competent for careers that range from foreign affairs, trade, cultural exchange, press and publication, education, scientific research, tourism to other fields. Students are qualified not only with their language proficiency in translation and interpretation, research, teaching and management, but with their academic competence for further study in postgraduate programs.
2、Main Courses
Japanese Reading, Japanese Learning: Viewing, Listening and Speaking, Japanese Writing, Practical Japanese Grammar, History of Japanese Literature, Classical Grammar, Translation and Interpretation, National Conditions and Culture of Japan, An Introduction to Linguistics, etc.
3、Career Potentialities
The undergraduates from the Department of Japanese have promising prospects in employment. With excellent professional skills and practical abilities, the undergraduates are competent in various fields, such as administration, foreign and diplomatic affairs, press and publication, translation and interpretation, economy, international trade, cultural exchange, education, tourism and foreign enterprises, etc. Besides, in recent years, nearly 26% of the undergraduates are admitted to different universities for their master’s degree.