Japanese Studies (CJS), Center for

Center for Japanese Studies

1080 South University Avenue
Suite 4640
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285

Professor Ken Ito (Asian Languages and Cultures), Director

Phone: (734) 764-6307

Department Information

Fax: (734) 936-2948

Website: http://www.ii.umich.edu/cjs

 

email: umcjs@umich.edu

 

 

Not a concentration program. Undergraduates may pursue Japanese Studies through the Asian Studies concentration or academic minor of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

Undergraduate Course List

Related Undergraduate Concentration Programs

Asian Studies

Related Undergraduate Academic Minors

Asian Studies

  • Japanese Studies track
  • discipline or lines of inquiry track

Asian Languages and Cultures

  • Japanese

 

 

Graduate Course List

Graduate Courses (Rackham Bulletin course list)

Graduate Programs

 

Related Graduate Programs
Japanese Studies Department Information

 

The Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) promotes and disseminates research on Japan, fosters communication among diverse disciplines, and encourages new approaches in the understanding of Japan and its place in the world. Founded in 1947, CJS is the oldest interdisciplinary center in the United States devoted exclusively to Japanese Studies. CJS is also part of The University of Michigan's East Asia U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center, along with the Center for Chinese Studies and the Center for Korean Studies. The Center supports a community of over forty Japan area specialists who teach and pursue research in the University's various departments and professional schools.

The Center for Japanese Studies offers a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the study of Japan at the Master's Level. Undergraduates may pursue Japanese Studies through the Asian Studies concentration or Asian Studies academic minor of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

 

Overseas Study.

The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) is an undergraduate academic year program in Kyoto co-sponsored by fourteen universities in the United States, including the University of Michigan. This center, developed in cooperation with Kyoto University, opened in September of 1989. The program provides a select group of undergraduates and graduating seniors with an academically challenging course of study in Japanese language and culture. Prerequisites: at least two years of prior enrollment in Japanese language courses at the college level (five hours per week minimum). A limited number of students may be admitted for single semester study in the fall or spring. Applications are available from the Office of International Programs (OIP). KCJS also offers a six-week intensive summer program in advanced and classical Japanese for highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students who have completed three years of Japanese or equivalent. Application deadline: March 1. For more information and application, see kcjssummer.columbia.edu.

The Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU) is an opportunity for undergraduates currently enrolled at the University of Michigan to study Japanese language, society, and culture in Japan. Located in Shiga Prefecture, on Lake Biwa (near Kyoto and Osaka), the JCMU offers academic courses and programs for university credit. The program is open to undergraduates from any of the fifteen state-supported universities in Michigan, as well as students from Shiga Prefecture. Prerequisites: applicants must have been enrolled full-time for at least one year at one of the state-supported universities in Michigan. Applicants must apply through their home institution. Applications are available from the Office of International Programs (OIP).

Undergraduate Courses in the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) *

Undergraduate Courses in the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

Graduate Courses in the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) *

Graduate Courses in the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

Japanese Studies Center Grade Grievance Procedures