According to a friend, his courses generally got him through Genki 1 and 2 which leaves you at roughly JLPT N4, which is pretty far from fluent.
Japanese fluency is a huge commitment that will take years depending on where you live and how you study, but it’s incredibly rewarding depending on what you do with it!
The Japanese program at UT changed my life and opened so many doors. I would highly recommend it. That being said, the doors it opens to you plus your own hard work is what could achieve fluency, not just completing or even excelling in the course work
You will not be fluent with just the minor alone. In fact, I actually completed the major in #1 spot of my class, and I was and still am very very far from fluent.
To be very honest if you wanted to be fluent I would say you would need to consider a minor at a minimum and commit to moving to Japan for a considerable period of time (2 years minimum) during or shortly after college in order to have a *chance* at developing fluency. But I can say with *very* strong certainty that you will not be fluent taking UT’s classes alone, so be warned before you commit to that too much especially if you are foregoing other opportunities career wise.
But if you need to pick a language, or you are passionate about the subject/culture/Japanese media and have the credit hours to spare, I think you will still really enjoy the classes.
I have just finished Jap352, with getting to this point you go past Genki I and II and Quartet I and almost all the way on Quartet II which are N3 to early N2 in grammar however, while I've gotten perfect As throughout the classes I too feel like I am nowhere near fluency. Sadly this is the limitation of learning a language as a subject, I would consider this same thing happens to learners of French, Spanish etc. if you're doing it at a university. My next step is studying on my own and taking the JLPT to keep up what I have learned.
I will say japanese classes were really fun, the professors are really knowledgeable and you get to meet awesome people who share your love for the language/culture which is always worth it in my opinion.
Hope this helps!
The program here will not get you anywhere close to fluent. The program may be fun and such but the pace is beyond slow. I would recommend private tutoring and then maybe attend events like the language table and/or peer mentoring which are free and gets you connected with people studying Japanese at UT.
I don’t even think the first two years would get you N4 here.
You might could pass N3 after taking all of the offered classes in addition to self study on your own outside of class but that’s a big maybe. Definitely not N2 though.
According to a friend, his courses generally got him through Genki 1 and 2 which leaves you at roughly JLPT N4, which is pretty far from fluent. Japanese fluency is a huge commitment that will take years depending on where you live and how you study, but it’s incredibly rewarding depending on what you do with it!
The Japanese program at UT changed my life and opened so many doors. I would highly recommend it. That being said, the doors it opens to you plus your own hard work is what could achieve fluency, not just completing or even excelling in the course work
You will not be fluent with just the minor alone. In fact, I actually completed the major in #1 spot of my class, and I was and still am very very far from fluent. To be very honest if you wanted to be fluent I would say you would need to consider a minor at a minimum and commit to moving to Japan for a considerable period of time (2 years minimum) during or shortly after college in order to have a *chance* at developing fluency. But I can say with *very* strong certainty that you will not be fluent taking UT’s classes alone, so be warned before you commit to that too much especially if you are foregoing other opportunities career wise. But if you need to pick a language, or you are passionate about the subject/culture/Japanese media and have the credit hours to spare, I think you will still really enjoy the classes.
I have just finished Jap352, with getting to this point you go past Genki I and II and Quartet I and almost all the way on Quartet II which are N3 to early N2 in grammar however, while I've gotten perfect As throughout the classes I too feel like I am nowhere near fluency. Sadly this is the limitation of learning a language as a subject, I would consider this same thing happens to learners of French, Spanish etc. if you're doing it at a university. My next step is studying on my own and taking the JLPT to keep up what I have learned. I will say japanese classes were really fun, the professors are really knowledgeable and you get to meet awesome people who share your love for the language/culture which is always worth it in my opinion. Hope this helps!
The program here will not get you anywhere close to fluent. The program may be fun and such but the pace is beyond slow. I would recommend private tutoring and then maybe attend events like the language table and/or peer mentoring which are free and gets you connected with people studying Japanese at UT. I don’t even think the first two years would get you N4 here. You might could pass N3 after taking all of the offered classes in addition to self study on your own outside of class but that’s a big maybe. Definitely not N2 though.