20 17 is it difficult for Japanese students to change majors?
After studying in Japan for a period of time, some students choose to change their majors, or find that they don't like their current majors, or want to study some other majors. In short, Japan is allowed to change majors, but there are some troubles.
According to statistics, more than 80% of the students who apply for interdisciplinary study are Japanese majors in universities. When chatting with teachers, many students will say that they don't want to report Japanese any more. After all, Japanese is a language, just a tool. I want to study in Japan and learn some real majors.
So, what are these majors?
Students who apply for Japanese majors in the same field account for a part of Japanese majors.
The so-called Japanese majors in the same field mainly include:
Japanese education major, Japanese ancient modern literature, Japanese history, Sino-Japanese cultural exchange, Japanese grammar, Japanese loanwords, etc.
Under normal circumstances, Japanese majors have studied these majors in universities and have a certain foundation, so it will be easier to write a plan when applying or to study in Japan after applying successfully.
The requirements for these professional applications are: Japanese 1, and TOEFL is not mandatory. It is recommended that TOEFL score be above 80.
Some Japanese majors apply for business majors.
The proportion of these students is not small. Many students have studied Japanese in college for four years, and especially want to learn a major that has little to do with Japanese. So the business major became the first choice.
Here, Japanese business majors are mainly embodied in: economics, marketing, human resource management, and enterprise strategy.
In addition, a small number of students apply for finance.
However, because the finance major needs a good mathematical foundation, it is difficult to apply and the number of applicants is relatively small. After all, most Japanese majors don't study math in college.
Students who apply for business from Japanese will have many restrictions when choosing institutions. Because in many imperial universities and universities famous for their business, the economics research departments of many schools stipulate that interdisciplinary students are not allowed, such as Kobe University.
Some schools require them to take courses related to economics during their college years, or to have a second degree in this field. For example, the Economics Research Department of Nagoya University requires 40 credits.
Compared with liberal arts majors, business majors are more difficult to apply for and have more restrictions when choosing schools. You need to apply for Japanese proficiency 1. In addition, students are also advised to make up some professional books on business.
In addition to the above three directions, there are the following majors, and many students have applied for cross-majors:
For example, Japanese majors or other liberal arts majors apply for education majors, media majors, psychology majors, history majors, archaeology majors, musicology majors, and painting illustration design majors.
The application of these majors is generally more difficult than that of general literary linguistics. Because even if these majors do not require credits and degrees, they at least require relevant professional foundations and professional qualities.
For example, if a Japanese student doesn't understand any musical instrument, staff and melody, it will be very difficult to apply for music major. A student majoring in Chinese language and literature wants to change his major and apply for illustration design, but he can't do it without any foundation of sketch and sketch.
There is generally no application for changing majors in science and engineering. Because science and engineering majors are too professional, if you don't have the relevant professional foundation, you must not apply. Even if you are lucky enough to apply successfully, your study will be extremely difficult.