Undergraduate Foundation Program + Bachelor of Arts - Foreign Languages and Cultures - Japanese

Undergraduate Foundation Program

WSU’s Undergraduate Foundation program provides additional academic and/or English language support and personalized advising to help students smoothly transition to full university study. Students are unconditionally admitted to the university and graduate in the same amount of time as direct-entry students – they are just provided with additional support courses.

Bachelor of Arts - Foreign Languages and Cultures - Japanese

The Japanese program follows other foreign language programs in offering students a choice between a standard Japanese (34 credits) and a Japanese for the Professions major (25 credits; second major only).

The Japanese degree option prepares students to enter the teaching profession and/or continue their study of the language at the graduate level. The Japanese for the Professions degree option offers a skills-based, proficiency-oriented second major that prepares students to communicate in Japanese in professional settings.

The professional major focuses on both language proficiency and intercultural proficiency to provide students entering today’s global, diverse workplace with the communication skills necessary to work effectively within and across different language communities, increasing their employability.

Currently, WSU offers three years of Japanese language study and several English-language courses on Japanese and Asian culture. Students can minor in Japanese or major in Asian Studies with an emphasis on Japan. The Japanese minor complements a range of majors and professions and creates greater opportunities to learn, work, and study abroad.