38 Faculty of Department in Japanese
Have you talked to your friends about what your major is? And did you answer it correctly? If you are a student at a college, you would have to talk about it. Let me introduce how you correctly answer what your major is today!
学部 /学科(gakubu/gakka)
Faculty(School) of / Department(Division)
“学部 and学科” mean “Faculty(School) of and Department(Division)” and which has been used for people who are college/university students. The basic phrase for them is “専攻は何ですか?(What’s your major?)”, and “___学部で勉強しています。(I study at the faculty(school) of ___.)”, “専攻は___です。(My major is ___)”, etc. Bachelor of Arts is “文系” and Bachelor of Science is “理系“. For your information, a graduate student is 大学院生 and graduate school is 大学院. Additionally, Freshman is 大学1年生, Sophomore is 大学2年生, Junior is 大学3年生 and Senior is 大学4年生.




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文系(bunkei)
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
理系
Bachelor of Science (BS)
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