Japanese Language Degrees in Sheffield

...Complex, unique, endlessly fascinating, Japan embraces modernity and technology while maintaining its rich traditional culture. To truly understand Japan, you have to experience it. You have to immerse yourself in it. We teach Japanese intensively, from scratch. You will study the phonetic scripts... Learn about: Japanese Politics, Understanding Japan, Japanese Society...

..., listening, reading and writing. You learn phonetic scripts (kana) from the outset, and learn roughly 2,000 Sino-Japanese characters (kanji) needed over the four years of the course. By the end of the first year you will have covered most of the core grammar of the language. From the second year you start... Learn about: Japanese Language, Linguistic Theory, Advanced Phonetics...

... societies from the Roman to the Modern period. Outside the seminar room, you'll work on projects that bring history to life, like our student-run New Histories blog and WikiAmerica. You will spend your third year studying at one of our partner universities in Japan. More than just a chance to put... Learn about: Japanese Society, Japanese Language, Japanese Politics...

... such as history, culture or politics, and you'll spend a year studying in Seoul at one of our partner universities. Through optional modules you'll get the opportunity to study East Asia as a region, exploring Korean issues in a regional or global context. Modules on contemporary Japan are also available... Learn about: Korean language, Korean Society, North Korea...

... you'll continue your Japanese studies. You'll also look at other core areas of business management including marketing, organisational behaviour and strategy. Your third year, at a Japanese university, is an intensive year of language study. You return to Sheffield for your fourth year, to complete... Learn about: Organisational Behaviour, Digital Marketing, Japanese Language...

... linguistics, literature, society and politics, history, philosophy and film studies. We have recommended pathways through the languages and modules to enable you to create combinations that work well together. However, our flexible approach means you are not constrained by those pathways and we support... Learn about: Language Attitudes, Linguistic Theory, Japanese Language...