By Declan Murphy,
Director - International Office

Yamasa's extension programs are offered all year round. We are the only accredited institute in Japan offering the wide range of programs listed below - and do so with small classes, an intensive curriculum, and professional faculty. The top priority is high quality - we also offer unmatched facilities, flexibility and choice - and as a non-profit organization, we provide all of our programs as affordably as possible.

All Yamasa programs, including all extension programs, are serious programs for academically oriented students. For the purpose of this catalog, we define Extension courses as being programs where the primary pedagogical emphasis is on teaching the oral communicative skills of listening, speaking and expression. ie we provide a concentration on conversation skills using modern Japanese. Students who enroll in Extension programs but who wish to also study wish to reading, writing or classical Japanese can still do so - however only via elective classes or after hours.

If you are enrolling in Yamasa for 3 months or less, please note that you can usually enroll in either an Extension or Academic program.

Our 3 full-time on-campus extension programs are:
1) Japan Discovery Program
2) SILAC - Short Intensive Language Acquisition Courses
3) Refresher Course
4) Internship Program

Our 3 on-demand/on-campus extension programs are:
5) Private/Semi-Private Lessons
6) C.A.L.L. - Computer Aided Language Learning Seminar
7) Corporate/Group**

Our on-demand/off-campus extension programs are:
7) Corporate/Group**
8) Online Center for Japanese Studies

(**Corporate programs - whether taught to NGO's, universities or companies, can be delivered on or off-campus)

Credit points towards Yamasa's Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are awarded for successful completion of your courses provided you fulfill eligibility, academic and attendance requirements.