Japanese
Certificate in the College of Liberal Arts
The Japanese language is spoken by close to 125 million people, most of who live in Japan.
It is a member of the Japanese-Ryukyuan language family, but little is known of its prehistory. Though the Chinese writing system was imported to Japan through the spread of Buddhism, Japanese has no genealogical relationship with Chinese. It makes extensive use of Chinese characters, or kanji, but the writing system also includes two syllabic scripts: hiragana, used to write native words for which there are no kanji, and katakana, used for words that have been introduced to Japanese from other languages.
Declaration Requirements
ShowThe transcript-recognized certificate must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin. A minimum of 12 hours must be completed in residence.
How to Declare
ShowThe Japanese certificate is auto-approved. Your academic advisor in your school or college can help you declare a minor.
Required Courses
ShowVisit the College of Liberal Arts minors page for more information on required courses.
