Japanese Studies with Foundation Year

About this course

Japanese studies is a discipline that combines the rigorous learning of one of the world's most complex languages with a deep engagement with Japan's cultural, historical, and social dimensions. Japanese is written with three interlocking scripts, has a grammatical structure quite unlike European languages, and deploys different registers and levels of formality for different social contexts. Achieving near-fluency in Japanese at undergraduate level is genuinely demanding and genuinely rewarding, opening access not only to a major world economy but to one of the richest literary, cinematic, and popular cultural traditions outside the English-speaking world. At Birkbeck College this four-year programme includes a foundation year and has been designed around Birkbeck's research strengths in Japanese culture, history, and society. The foundation year ensures that students who are new to Ja

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 65 / 100Web and Multimedia Design Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →

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