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Vice Chancellor
Professor Paul Webley School responsible for Japanese Faculty of Languages and Cultures Head of School Prof. Andrew Gerstle, Head of Department Person responsible for Japanese Prof. Andrew Gerstle Japanese first offered 1946 as a degree RAE Score 65% of the work of the department was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent, an assessment that ranked the Department first in the UK in Asian Studies External Examiner Ms Kaori Nishizawa (language courses), Ms Reiko Abe-Austad (non-language courses) Courses offered Since 2009-10, in addition to the 4-year BA Japanese, we have offered an alternative degree, BA Japanese Studies, a three year course that still requires study of the Japanese language, but not as intensively as in the BA Japanese programme. The three-year degree does not require a year abroad in Japan. BA Japanese Studies may be taken as a single subject degree, or in combination with the same subjects available to BA Japanese joint degree students. Entry Requirement ABC-BBB at A-Level. A foreign language at A level (or equivalent) is preferred. Teacher/Student ratio approximately 1:10 |
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