Special Japanese  Track

II.     Special Japanese Track:  Japanese as a First/Heritage Language

Overview

This track is mainly for native/heritage speakers of Japanese who can communicate orally but lack literacy skills in Japanese. If you regularly use Japanese at home with family members, this track may be for you.

The Special Japanese (hereafter “SJ”) track aims to facilitate students' gaining sufficient Japanese competence and academic skills to participate in ICU classes and easily lead university life.  There are tutorial sessions where students can receive individual attention.

The graduation requirement for the SJ track students is to complete SJ 3 and SJ Kanji 3, which will be a maximum of 17 credits.

Students will start taking "Gateway to Special Japanese" as a mandatory course, then a course assigned by the placement test. They can register for a one-level upper course in the next term if they pass the current one.  It will take one year and two terms to complete up to SJ 3 and SJ Kanji 3 if they start from Introduction to First/Heritage Speakers of Japanese.

Moreover...

ICU regular/transfer students taking the Special Japanese track (including those exempted from this program) must complete at least 18 credits of courses taught in Japanese (excluding JLP courses) to fulfill the graduation requirement.