Japanese

[Important Announcements for the summer 2025 and the 2025-2026 academic year]

There will be no Japanese language course offered in summer 2025.

Starting in the 2025-2026 academic year, ALL Japanese language course codes will be renewed. Additionally, year-long courses at the 100 and 200 levels will be split into two H courses. The 300 level course will remain a Y course.

  • EAS120Y1Y -> [NEW] EAS151H1F & [NEW] EAS152H1S
  • EAS220Y1Y -> [NEW] EAS252H1F & [NEW] EAS253H1S
  • EAS320Y1Y -> [NEW] EAS350Y1Y
  • EAS461H1F -> [NEW] EAS451H1F
  • EAS460H1S -> [NEW] EAS453H1S

 

Japanese Course Enrolment Instructions

Enrolment Instructions for 2025-2026 Academic Year (Last updated March 24, 2025)

Important Notes: 

  • Students must submit the Japanese Course Enrolment Request Form (Details will be posted in early May 2025) in order to enroll in a Japanese language course. Enrollment through ACORN for any Japanese Language course is NOT available.

    • All Japanese language courses, except EAS151H1, have prerequisite courses and grades.

    • If you completed the prerequisite Japanese language course in the 2024-2025 academic year and met the prerequisite grade, please submit the Japanese Course Enrolment Request Form as soon as your enrolment period begins in July/August 2025.

    • If you did not take the prerequisite course in the 2024-2025 academic year or if you took the course but did not meet the prerequisite grade, you MUST take the placement test. Refer to the section titled “Students with background (informal or formal study of Japanese)” below.

    • If you wish to take EAS151H1, please refer to the section titled “Students with no/little background” or “Students with background (informal or formal study of Japanese)” below.

  • The department reserves the right to remove students from Japanese courses at any time of the academic year if it turns out they have intentionally underperformed their Japanese skills during the screening process.

  • EAS151H1 and EAS152H are not eligible for the CR/NCR option.

  • Auditing is not available for all Japanese courses.

Level Checks & Forms (See details below.)

Step 1: Submit Level Check A. This is a requirement.

Step 2: 

  • If Level Check A indicates that you must take the placement interview and test, register for the interview and test.

  • If Level Check A indicates you don’t need to take the placement interview and test, submit the Japanese Course Enrolment Request Form as soon as your enrolment period begins in July/August 2025.

  • Students who completed a prerequisite course between Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 and achieved the required grade:

    • Submit the Japanese Course Enrolment Request Form.

    • Minimum grade in the prerequisite:

      • EAS252H1: EAS120Y/EAS121H 67%

      • EAS350Y1: EAS220Y/EAS221H 70%

      • EAS451H1/EAS453H1: EAS320Y 70%

  • Students who completed a prerequisite course between Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 but did not achieve the required grade:

    • Register for the placement interview & test.

  • Student who took a prerequisite course before Fall 2024:

    • Register for the placement interview & test regardless of your grade.

  • Students who have never taken a prerequisite course:

    • Register for the placement interview & test.

 

Registration for the Placement Interview & Test

Important Notes:

  • You may take the placement interview & test either in May or August for all Japanese courses, and in December for EAS152H1, EAS253H1, and EAS453H1. However, those who took the prerequisite course in the 2024-2025 academic year are not allowed to take the May Placement Interview & Test.
  • Placement in a course does not guarantee a spot. Enrollment is based on the submission order of Japanese Course Enrolment Request Form. Those who received their placement in May have a higher chance of securing a spot.
  • Those who took the May Test are not allowed to take the August Test. However, those who took the August Test but did not receive a placement may take the December Test.
  • You must submit Level Check B (and Level C, if instructed upon your submission of Level Check B) before registering for the interview & test.

 

  • Registration Period: April 10, 2025, at 9 am – April 23, 2025, at 5 pm.
    • Please submit May Placement Interview & Test Registration Form. Your score(s) on Level Check B (and C, if applicable) will be required for registration.
    • You will receive an email containing instructions for signing up for the placement interview within a few days after the registration period ends on April 23, 2025. Please remember to check your email regularly. Failure to sign up for the interview will result in the cancellation of your placement test registration.
  • Interview Sign-up Period: April 25 – April 29, 2025
  • Interview: May 1 & 2, 2025
  • Test: May 7, 2025, 10am - 12pm
  • Results: You will receive an email on May 12, 2025.
  • Registration Period: July 14, 2025, at 9 am – July 25, 2025, at 5 pm.
    • Please submit August Placement Interview & Test Registration Form. Your score(s) on Level Check B (and C, if applicable) will be required for registration.
    • You will receive an email containing instructions for signing up for the placement interview within a few days after the registration period ends on July 25, 2025. Please remember to check your email regularly. Failure to sign up for the interview will result in the cancellation of your placement test registration.
  • Interview Sign-up Period: July 29 – August 1, 2025
  • Interview: August 5 – 8, 2025 (Tentative)
  • Test: August 12, 2025, 10am - 12pm
  • Results: You will receive an email on August 15, 2025.
    • Note: You may not submit your Japanese Course Enrolment Request Form before your placement results are published.
  • Registration Period: November 12, 2025, at 9 am – November 24, 2025, at 5 pm.
    • Please submit December Placement Interview & Test Registration Form. Your score(s) on Level Check B (and C, if applicable) will be required for registration.
    • You will receive an email containing instructions for signing up for the placement interview within a few days after the registration period ends on November 24, 2025. Please remember to check your email regularly. Failure to sign up for the interview will result in the cancellation of your placement test registration.
  • Interview Sign-up Period: November 27 – December 1, 2025
  • Interview: December 3 & 4 (Tentative)
  • Test: December 9, 2025, 10am - 12pm
  • Results: You will receive an email on December 12, 2025.
    • Note: You may not submit your Japanese Course Enrolment Request Form before your placement results are published.

 

Graduate students from within and outside the department who need knowledge of Japanese for their research may take a Japanese course with the approval of EAS. To request enrolment, please submit the Language Course Add/Drop Request Form (The link will be available in early May 2025.) for Graduate Students and register for the placement interview. If placed in a course, you will be enrolled in a graduate course code though the credit does not normally count towards graduate programs. The course is graded as credit/non-credit (CR/NCR); 70% or above is required for a CR. Auditing is not an option.

Japanese Language Program Coordinator

Name: Professor Ikuko Komuro-Lee
Office: RL 14-143
Email Address: japanese@utoronto.ca