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Originally Posted by Red Herring
I have to take a language in college in order to get my BA. 4 semesters...I'm thinking Japanese but can anyone tell me what University Japanese is like? I mean I'm thinking they probably move at too fast a pace in order to learn anything...its probably more like "just learn what you need to know to pass the test."
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There's really no proper "test" (unless you mean the Japanese government-sponsored JLPT) but I doubt any college program would require you to take it.
I don't think it's possible, really, to learn a language "for the test" -- that is, to memorize without understanding it.
EDIT: Maybe words, but likely not grammar structure or the basic kanji.