Academic Credit
Earn credit for Japanese language immersion.
The College of New Jersey has approved for academic credit courses taught at KCP International Japanese Language School. You can earn one year or more of language credit (either semester or quarter) each KCP semester term.
For students who have completed the KCP program, if you would like to receive a transcript, please see The College of New Jersey transcript policy.
KCP courses have been approved for credit by this university but it is up to each student to determine transferability of credit by your home school before you attend the program.
In the first week of class, you choose from three grading options: Grade (four-point scale), Pass/Fail, or Audit. Students who choose the Audit option participate fully in the course but do not earn academic credit.
Please note that TCNJ grants credit only to students enrolled full-time at TCNJ. Students attending as guests of TCNJ will have to arrange for transfer credit from their home institution.
COURSE HOURS AND CREDITS
| Course | Semester program | Summer Short Term program |
|---|---|---|
| Semester credits | Semester credits | |
| Japanese Language | ||
| Credits | 12 | 10 |
| Classroom hours | 200 | 165 |
| Japanese Culture and Civilization | ||
| Credits | 2 | N/A |
| Classroom hours | 25 | Approx. 10 |
| Excursion hours | Approx. 20 | Approx. 20 |
KCP Grade Report
KCP International uses the following information to report your grades to TCNJ. TCNJ decides how these credits will be labeled, evaluated, or count towards your major or minor.
Course Names and Numbers
| Level | Title | Course | Credit* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intensive Japanese I | Japanese 110 | 12 | |
| 2 | Intensive Japanese II | Japanese 210 | 12 | |
| 3 | Intensive Japanese III | Japanese 310 | 12 | |
| 4 | Intensive Japanese IV | Japanese 410 | 12 | |
| 5 | Intensive Japanese V | Japanese 420 | 12 | |
| 6 | Intensive Japanese VI | Japanese 430 | 12 | |
| Japanese Culture and Civilization | Japanese 315 | 2 | ||
*For summer short-term, 10 semester credits are granted for the Japanese Language course. While the Japanese Culture and Civilization course is not offered for credit during summer short-term, students can participate in any lectures or excursions that are available during their time at KCP.
As a KCP Affiliate University, The College of New Jersey offers academic credit for the KCP program to students who are enrolled within its school.
The College of New Jersey, founded in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, is primarily an undergraduate and residential college with targeted graduate programs. TCNJ’s exceptional students, teacher-scholars, staff, alumni, and board members constitute a diverse community of learners dedicated to free inquiry and open exchange, to excellence in teaching, creativity, scholarship, and citizenship, and to the transformative power of education in a highly competitive institution. The College prepares students to excel in their chosen fields.
TCNJ has been recognized nationally for its excellence in Money magazine, U.S. News and World Report, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges, and Peterson’s Competitive Colleges.
The modern languages curriculum at TCNJ is designed to increase a student’s proficiency in another language by developing four skill areas: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The knowledge of another language and culture is a cornerstone of a liberal arts education and a key to interacting in a complex, multicultural world. TCNJ students study abroad, participate in global student teaching, pursue international internships, and go on exchange study.
The department offers beginning and intermediate language instruction in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Classes are conducted in the target languages, and a language laboratory supplements classroom instruction. Advanced courses in linguistics, literature, history, and culture are offered. TCNJ’s core language teaching philosophies blend seamlessly with those of KCP.
Testimonials
The office staff were incredible. Tanaka-san and Michiko-san were very involved with the American students, following up on any problems. They escorted me to doctors (more than once) and helped me get my medication. Without their kindness, I would’ve been in a lot of trouble.
—Sam Piehl