UMass Amherst
Students pursuing the Japanese major must take required language courses that are designed to make them proficient in the target language as well as a certain number of culture courses. For the latter, they can choose from the broad array of courses in literary history, linguistics, teaching Japanese as a second language, classical language and literature, philosophy, cinema and pop culture, and so on.
CIP Code:
16.0302
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Interpreters and Translators
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the largest public research university in New England. With more than 28,000 students and over 200 distinct academic programs – including highly ranked programs in business, computer science, health care and the social sciences – UMass Amherst is one of the most comprehensive institutions in the Northeast.
