Course GJP23S

Japanese I: Language Proficiency

15 Credits
First Cycle
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Starts week 46, 2025

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • communicate using basic vocabulary and express their thoughts and opinions about well-known topics
  • use communicative strategies to interact with other speakers in simple conversation
  • handle the difference between the standard level of politeness and informal language in speech and writing
  • express oneself in a way appropriate to the situation
  • use the most common informal inflections of the copula, verbs and adjectives
  • use a number of basic auxiliary verbs and endings
  • combine sentences using the most common conjunctions
  • read and write texts in which the most basic kanji ideographs are used.
Starts and ends:
week 46, 2025 - week 3, 2026
Study Rate:
100%
Location:
Varied
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
Japanese, can be given in English
Entry Qualifications :
  • General entry requirements (with the exemption of the requirement in Swedish for those with foreign grades)
    You also need: Japanese 3, English 6 or Japanese I: Basic Language Proficiency, 15 credits.
    Or: Japanese Further level 1, English level 2
Selection :
Final school grades (66 %) and Högskoleprovet - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34 %)
Application Code:
HDA-H3MTE
Main field of study:
Online Education

Mandatory online meetings will be held according to the schedule.

Compulsory meetings:
0 physical

Requirements for Computer Skills and Computer Capacity

Tuition Fee
First Tuition Fee Installment:
24,000 SEK
Total Tuition Fee:
24,000 SEK
EU/EEA Citizens or exchange students are not required to pay fees.
Information on application and tuition fees: www.universityadmissions.se.
Closed for late application
Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

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Ask us about studying at Dalarna University.
support@du.se
+46 23-77 80 00

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Course Coordinator
Yoko Kumagai

Starts week 14, 2026

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • communicate using basic vocabulary and express their thoughts and opinions about well-known topics
  • use communicative strategies to interact with other speakers in simple conversation
  • handle the difference between the standard level of politeness and informal language in speech and writing
  • express oneself in a way appropriate to the situation
  • use the most common informal inflections of the copula, verbs and adjectives
  • use a number of basic auxiliary verbs and endings
  • combine sentences using the most common conjunctions
  • read and write texts in which the most basic kanji ideographs are used.
Starts and ends:
week 14, 2026 - week 23, 2026
Study Rate:
100%
Location:
Varied
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
Japanese, can be given in English
Entry Qualifications :
  • General entry requirements (with the exemption of the requirement in Swedish for those with foreign grades)
    You also need: Japanese 3, English 6 or Japanese I: Basic Language Proficiency, 15 credits.
    Or: Japanese Further level 1, English level 2
Selection :
Final school grades (66 %) and Högskoleprovet - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34 %)
Application Code:
HDA-V3PTP
Main field of study:
Online Education

Mandatory online meetings will be held according to the schedule.

Compulsory meetings:
0 physical

Requirements for Computer Skills and Computer Capacity

Tuition Fee
First Tuition Fee Installment:
24,000 SEK
Total Tuition Fee:
24,000 SEK
EU/EEA Citizens or exchange students are not required to pay fees.
Information on application and tuition fees: www.universityadmissions.se.
Closed for late application
Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

To Literature List
How may we help you?

Ask us about studying at Dalarna University.
support@du.se
+46 23-77 80 00

Course Coordinator
Yoko Kumagai

Starts week 46, 2026

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • communicate using basic vocabulary and express their thoughts and opinions about well-known topics
  • use communicative strategies to interact with other speakers in simple conversation
  • handle the difference between the standard level of politeness and informal language in speech and writing
  • express oneself in a way appropriate to the situation
  • use the most common informal inflections of the copula, verbs and adjectives
  • use a number of basic auxiliary verbs and endings
  • combine sentences using the most common conjunctions
  • read and write texts in which the most basic kanji ideographs are used.
Starts and ends:
week 46, 2026 - week 2, 2027
Study Rate:
100%
Location:
Varied
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
Japanese, can be given in English
Entry Qualifications :
  • General entry requirements (with the exemption of the requirement in Swedish for those with foreign grades)
    You also need: Japanese 3, English 6 or Japanese I: Basic Language Proficiency, 15 credits.
    Or: Japanese Further level 1, English level 2
Selection :
Final school grades (66 %) and Högskoleprovet - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34 %)
Application Code:
HDA-H3R2U
Main field of study:
Online Education

Mandatory online meetings will be held according to the schedule.

Compulsory meetings:
0 physical

Requirements for Computer Skills and Computer Capacity

Tuition Fee
First Tuition Fee Installment:
24,000 SEK
Total Tuition Fee:
24,000 SEK
EU/EEA Citizens or exchange students are not required to pay fees.
Information on application and tuition fees: www.universityadmissions.se.
Application period
-
Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

To Literature List
How may we help you?

Ask us about studying at Dalarna University.
support@du.se
+46 23-77 80 00

Course Coordinator
Yoko Kumagai