Michigan Universities Offering Japanese

Michigan Colleges & Universities with Japanese Programs

Updated August 2011

If you find any errors, please contact me at tpollard@lakeviewspartans.org

Adrian College – Japanese language minor

Prof. Bryan Bott (bbott@adrian.edu)

Modern Languages & Cultures Department

110 South Madison Street, Mahan Hall

Adrian, MI  49221

Phone: 517.265.5161

http://www.adrian.edu/academics/MLC/japanese.php

Aquinas College – Japanese minor

Prof. Kayoko Matsumoto (matsukay@aquinas.edu)

Department of Modern Languages

1607 Robinson Road S.E.

Grand Rapids, MI 49506-1799

Phone: 616.632.8900

http://www.aquinas.edu

Calvin College – Japanese language major & minor and Japanese studies major

Prof. Yoshiko Tsuda (yt23@calvin.edu) & Prof. Kaori Schau (kschau@calvin.edu)

Department of Germanic and Asian Languages and Literatures

458 Hiemenga Hall, Calvin College

3201 Burton Street SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Phone: 616.526.8623

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/japanese/

Central Michigan University – beginning Japanese (2-4 semesters); no major or minor

Prof. Roger Hammer (hamme1rl@cmich.edu)

Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Pearce Hall 305, CMU

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

Phone: 989.774.3786

http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/FLLC/MAIN/Japanese/japaneseinfo.htm

Eastern Michigan University – Japanese major, minor, and teacher certification, group major in language and international trade

Prof. Motoko Tabuse (mtabuse@emich.edu)

Department of Foreign Languages and Bilingual Studies

219 Alexander Hall, EMU

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Phone: 734.487.0130

http://www.emich.edu

Grand Valley State University – beginning Japanese (2-4 years); East Asian studies minor

Prof. Jeremy Robinson (robinjer@gvsu.edu)

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

B-2-243 Mackinac Hall, GVSU

1 Campus Drive

Allendale, MI 49401

Phone: 616.331.3203

http://www.gvsu.edu/mll/courses-of-instruction-in-japanese-53.htm

Hope College  – Japanese studies major, Japanese language minor, Asian studies minor

Prof. Fumihito Andy Nakajima (nakajima@hope.edu) & Prof. Hazuki Segawa (segawa@hope.edu)

Department of Modern and Classical Languages

Martha Miller Center, Hope College

257 Columbia Avenue

Holland, MI 49422-9000

Phone: 616.395.7885

http://www.hope.edu/academic/language/japanese/index.html

Kalamazoo College – Japanese minor & East Asian studies major

Prof. Rose Bundy (bundy@kzoo.edu) & Prof. Noriko Sugimori (sugimori@kzoo.edu)

Foreign Languages Division

1200 Academy Street

Kalamazoo, MI  49006

Phone: 269.337.7326

http://www.kzoo.edu/programs/?id=20

Lake Superior State University– Japanese minor available through full-year study abroad program at Japan Center for Michigan Universities in Hikone, Japan

http://www.lssu.edu

Michigan State University – Japanese primary major, dual degree, additional major, and teacher certification (major & minor)

Prof. Mutsuko Endo Hudson (endo@msu.edu)

Department of Linguistics & Languages

A-633 Wells Hall, MSU

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517.432.7164

http://www.msu.edu/~endo/JPN/JPNhp.html

Oakland University – major and minor in Japanese and major in East Asian studies (emphasis on Japan)

Prof. Seigo Nakao (nakao@oakland.edu)

Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

418 Wilson Hall, Oakland University

Rochester, Michigan 48309-4401

Phone: 248.370.2060

http://www.oakland.edu/languages/

University of Michigan – major and minor in Japanese

Prof. Mayumi Oka (mayoka@umich.edu)

Department of Asian Languages & Cultures

202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111

Ann Arbor, MI  48104-1608

Phone: 734.764.8286

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/language/japanese/

Wayne State University – major and minor in Asian studies with concentration in Japanese

Prof. Rie Masuda (ad9560@wayne.edu) & Prof. Yoshika Ellicott (ei6201@wayne.edu)

Department of Near Eastern & Asian Studies

437 Manoogian Hall, WSU

Detroit, MI  48202

Phone: 313.577.3015

http://www.clas.wayne.edu/unit-inner.asp?WebPageID=1743

Western Michigan University – minor in Japanese; major in Japanese studies

Prof. Jeffrey Angles (jeffrey.angles@wmich.edu)

Department of Foreign Languages

410 Sprau Tower, WMU

Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5338

Phone: 269.387.3001

http://www.wmich.edu/languages/academics/japanese/index.html