Hijiyama University
undergraduate programs
Department of Language
and Culture
Japanese Language
and Culture studies

Courses Offered

  • ・Language and Culture
  • ・Introduction to Japanese Language
  • ・Introduction to Japanese Literature
  • ・Introduction to Japanese History and Culture
  • ・Introduction to Japanese
  • ・Introduction to Japanese Literature
  • ・Introduction to Japanese History and Culture
  • ・Introduction to Linguistics
  • ・Introduction to British & American Literature
  • ・Introduction to Cross-Cultural Understanding
  • ・Introduction to English Linguistics
  • ・Introduction to British Literature
  • ・Introduction to American Literature
  • ・Basic Seminar I/II
  • ・Studies in Japanese Language I/II
  • ・History of the Japanese Language
  • ・Japanese Expression I/II
  • ・Studies in Japanese Expression
  • ・Seminar in Japanese Language
  • ・Studies in Japanese Literature I/II
  • ・The History of Japanese Literature
  • ・Japanese Movie Culture
  • ・Japanese Fantasy
  • ・Chinese Literature
  • ・Seminar in Japanese Literature
  • ・Local Culture and History
  • ・Japanese Archaeology
  • ・Japanese Folklore
  • ・Studies in Drama and Classical Art
  • ・Japanese Traditional Culture
  • ・Field Research in Japanese Language and Culture
  • ・Seminar in Japanese History and Culture
  • ・Calligraphy I/II
  • ・Creative Writing
  • ・Seminar in Creative Writing I/II/III/IV
  • ・Fundamentals of Translation
  • ・Sociolinguistics
  • ・Contrastive Linguistics
  • ・Reading Japanese Literature
  • ・Japanese Literature for Children
  • ・History of Japanese Culture I/II
  • ・Studies in British and American Music Culture
  • ・Comparative Culture of Japanese and English
  • ・Japanese Pop Culture
  • ・Basic Communication Skills I/II
  • ・Practical Study of Cross-Cultural Understanding
  • ・Cross-Cultural Communication I/II/III
  • ・Introduction to Japanese Language Teaching I/II
  • ・Methods of Teaching Japanese
  • ・A Critical Study of Japanese Language Texts
  • ・Japanese Language Practice Teaching
  • ・Research Seminar I/II/III
  • ・Graduation Thesis