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Registration guide for Japanese Language Courses
All modern Japanese language courses are available on the Student Information System (SIS). Students are responsible for registering themselves for course(s) appropriate for their levels and there is no need for an interview or placement exam for most of the students except three groups. To ensure that 1) you know whether you need to attend an advising session and/or take a placement exam and 2) you enroll for an appropriate course if you do not need to attend an advising session, please read the Registration Categories below carefully. Any student who does not follow the procedure may be removed from the course at the beginning of term upon a background check conducted by the instructor. Please read the following Frequently Asked Questions for additional information.
** Note - New Curriculum for Japanese 200 Level
Registration Categories
No advising or placement exam necessary | Must attend | |||
UBC continuing students in Japanese
Students who have already taken and successfully completed a modern Japanese language course at UBC should proceed to register for the next level course(s). Students are strongly recommended to
a) take the following pairs of courses consecutively in the same academic year.:
JAPN 150/151, JAPN 100/101, JAPN 102/103, JAPN 200/201, JAPN 202/203,
JAPN 300/301, JAPN 302/303 and
b) take the following set of courses concurrently in the same academic year
JAPN 200/201 and JAPN 202/203; JAPN 300/301 and JAPN 302/303.
College transfer students with Japanese language transfer credits
(equivalent to JAPN 100, 101, 102, 103, 150, 151, etc. at UBC).
Enroll in the next higher level. See Description of Courses for prerequisites. Please bring record of UBC transfer credits and previous transcript on first day of class.
New students who have studied Japanese at high school
a) New students who have taken Japanese 9 and/or 10, or Beginners' (Introductory) Japanese 11 in secondary school.
JAPN 100 (Non-intensive, Term 1, 3 credits /JAPN 101 (Non-intensive, Term 2, 3 credits) or
JAPN 150 (Intensive, Term 1, 6 credits) / JAPN 151 (Intensive, Term 2, 6 credits).
b) New students who have taken Japanese 11 (not Beginners' Japanese11), but have not taken Japanese 12 in secondary school.
JAPN101 (Non-intensive, Term 2, 3 credits).
c) New students who have taken Japanese 12 in secondary school.
JAPN 102 (Non-intensive, Term 1, 3 credits) / JAPN103 (Non-intensive, Term 2, 3 credits) or
JAPN 151 (Intensive, Term 2, 6credits).
Notes:
a) All secondary school students whose parent(s) speaks Japanese must attend one of the advising/placement exam sessions, regardless of your level of prior studies. See below for details.
b) All secondary school students MUST bring their secondary school transcripts on the first day of class.
c) Those who have taken Japanese 12 but want to take JAPN 100 and/orJAPN 101 for review need to get special approval from their instructor and WILL NOT BE GRANTED ANY CREDITS for those courses since Japanese 12 is considered the equivalent of JAPN 100 and JAPN 101 at UBC.
New students with no prior Japanese language background
Enroll in one of our two streams of beginner courses:
a) Intensive: JAPN 150 (Term 1, 6 credits) /JAPN 151 (Term 2, 6 credits) or
b) Non-intensive: JAPN 100 (Term 1, 3 credits) / JAPN 101 (Term 2, 3 credits).
**Please note that JAPN 150/151 are strongly recommended for students intending to major in Japanese.
Students who must attend an advising/placement exam session:
New students with other background
a) students who have a parent (or both parents) who speaks Japanese (including those who have studied or are currently studying Japanese at high school, heritage language school,etc., regardless of the level of their prior studies);
b) students who have studied Japanese elsewhere but do not have transfer credits; and
c) students who have spent considerable time (one year or more) in Japan.
Dates for Advising/Placement Exam:
No appointment is necessary.
Japanese Language Proficiency Test for language exemption
DATES FOR JAPANESE TEST FOR LANGUAGE EXEMPTION (UBC Faculty of Arts only):
Date | Time | Location |
Mon., Sept. 12 | 4:00 - 6:00 pm | SCRF 208 |
Fri., Jan. 6, 2012 | 4:00 - 6:00 pm | ANGU 254 |
**Please check frequently in case of date and time changes:
Note:
1) To ensure that you register yourself in a course appropriate for your level, you should make every effort to attend an advising session/placement exam before your registration date.
2) Although a recommendation will be given by an advisor on the advising/placement exam days listed above, a student may be placed at another level at the discretion of the course instructor after classes have begun. In such a case, a space will be guaranteed in the appropriate course.
3) If you are unable to attend any advising session or take a placement exam during summer, you should try to register into a course which you think is most appropriate for your level. However, in such a case, if you are referred to another course at the discretion of the instructor at the beginning of term, a space will not be guaranteed.
4) A set of textbooks for the Japanese 100 and 200 level courses are reserved at the Asian Library for your reference. You may also consult Course Descriptions for information on textbooks.
Waiting List
Due to the demand for our courses, we have a wait list for classes that are full. The Waiting list can be found online here. We do not take phone calls or email requests.
For wait listed students, please note the following:
1) You are not permitted to sign up until after your registration date and only if the class is full.
2) You are allowed to sign up for a maximum of two sections per course.
3) The wait list does not guarantee you a seat and works on a priority basis; if seats do become available after classes have begun, they are given to students who are in their 4th year and need the course to guaduate or to students who have declared either a major or minor in Asian Studies/Japanese Studies.
4) Please check the Student Service Centre periodically for available seats. Some students do change their mind before the term begins and it is your responsibility to register for a course as it becomes available and to not rely on the wait list for a placement.
5) As the wait list will take effect the first day of class, you are asked to attend the first day/week of class to see if seats open up.Ifyou do not show up in class, your name will be deleted from the list.
Switching of Session:
If you want to switch session after registering for a course due to time conflict or any other reason, you need to sign up for the waitlist for the section of your choice and follow the standard procedure for maintaining your wait-listed status (see above). Having registered for a section does not mean that you can make a request to switch the section due to the high demand of our classes. Please do not contact the instructors about the possibility of switching as they have to be fair to everyone on the wait list and therefore will only comply to the departmental policy on switching and the handling of waitlist.