Graduate Programs in Japanese
To become an effective teacher of Japanese, you need to know pedagogical theory—and be able to apply it.
Graduate Degree Options
- Master of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture
- Master in Teaching (MAT) with Licensure (required online and practicum component)
- Doctor of Modern Languages (DML)
Students must have a BA (or equivalent) from a regionally accredited institution and graduate-level proficiency in Japanese to be eligible.
Master of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture
Students in the Master of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture complete their graduate degree in a year and a half. Students must successfully complete an initial 6-week graduate summer session on the Middlebury, Vermont campus before establishing their candidacy for the MA degree. The second and third semester are completed online during the academic year, followed by a 6-week summer on the Middlebury, Vermont campus and final online semester.
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with Licensure
The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with Licensure offers a secondary (7–12) teaching license in Japanese valid for teaching in the U.S. public school systems. Students spend a summer at the Language Schools, an academic year online, a second summer at the Language Schools, and a final teaching practicum in their preferred place of residence.
Doctor of Modern Languages
The DML in Japanese prepares excellent language educators who want to advance the field of teaching and learning Japanese as leading educators and researchers.
Students in the DML program spend the equivalent of three semesters at the School of Japanese or in another approved program (total of 9 units). An additional three courses are taken in the form of independent study over three academic years.
The DML degree in Japanese, launched in 2024, represents a new language pedagogy track in the DML program. Language pedagogy track requirements will differ in some respects from the requirements of the traditional DML in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. For more information, please contact the School of Japanese at japaneseschool@middlebury.edu.
Funding
Thanks to the support of generous donors including Language Schools alumni, and Middlebury’s commitment to provide an opportunity for as many students as possible, we are pleased to offer need-based financial aid and merit-based fellowships and scholarships.
Thanks to the generous donation from Mayumi and Masao Oka, we have established Tobira scholarship. Thanks also to the Japan Foundation for a grant to start the program in 2021. Please see more details on Master of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture fees and funding.