Japanese Online Summer Session Courses
Summer 2025 (May 2025 - August, 2025)
Whether you are planning to begin your Japanese language study with us or are continuing on from a previous semester, we have multiple online courses available to choose from this summer:
Non-Intensive Elementary Japanese - Professor Yuki Yoshimura
Session 1 (May 19 - July 1)
- Japanese 110: Non-Intensive Elementary Japanese I
- Japanese 120: Non-Intensive Elementary Japanese II
Session 2 (July 7 - August 15)
- Japanese 120: Non-Intensive Elementary Japanese II
These courses are the first and second parts of Non-Intensive Elementary Japanese, which is designed to teach the fundamental skills to read, write, listen, and speak in elementary level Japanese. Contact us for information on continuing your Japanese language study at UMass.
Please contact Professor Yuki Yoshimura with any questions about the UMass Japanese Program.
Register at University+ Session! https://www.umass.edu/uww/classes/explore
- UMass and Five College students: Please contact the course instructors for information on how to continue your language learning from summer to fall
- Parents and guardians: Please view relevant enrollment information here: https://www.umass.edu/uww/resources/who-can-enroll
- UWW’s general registration process: https://www.umass.edu/uww/class-enrollment
Undergraduate Studies in Japanese
After completing a major in Japanese, you'll be able to communicate in Japanese comfortably and in a socially appropriate manner. At UMass Amherst, rigorous language courses are led by experienced and dedicated instructors.
Our faculty teach a variety of courses with topics ranging from literature and linguistics to history, film, religion, women’s studies, theater, diplomacy, and gay/queer studies. Through these courses, you'll learn how to think and write critically, how to present and discuss Asia intelligibly to others, and how to apply what you've learned through studying Japanese at UMass Amherst to a career beyond graduation.
Graduate Studies in Japanese
East Asian Languages & Cultures offers a course of study leading to the Master of Arts degree in Japanese.
Our program has two principal foci. One is the study of Japanese literature, culture, linguistics, and/or pedagogy. The second is the acquisition of practical language skills to enhance future work in such fields as translation, interpretation, teaching, journalism, business, or government.
By pursuing graduate studies in Japanese at UMass Amherst, you'll join the ranks of graduate students who have gone on to work in foreign services and diplomacy, as high school teachers and college professors, as professional translators and interpreters, and in many other careers.
