This knowledge is a passport to opens the door to a world of opportunity, and our graduates work as teachers, translators, government policy analysts and businesspeople. UVM students who major in Chinese or Japanese graduate equipped with a broad range of transferable skills enabling them to succeed in any profession.
One fifth of the planet speaks Chinese. Japan has the third largest economy in the world. These facts alone transmit the abundance of options for those who learn the Chinese or Japanese languages and explore the rich cultural heritage of these countries.
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Colin Flinn '13 Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
"I began studying Japanese on a whim. Looking back now, that was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. After graduation, I was accepted as a participant in the JET Program (part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme). They placed me in rural Akita prefecture, far from any metropolitan centers. I worked there as an elementary school English teacher for fifth and sixth graders. It was a difficult transition period, as none of my co-workers spoke English and I was entrusted with many new responsibilities. However, the challenges presented opportunities to advance my language ability and gain new professional skills. Thanks to the necessity of Japanese in my daily life, I passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 level in July of 2016. My time teaching was fantastic. At the end of three years I decided to advance my career in a different direction. I now work for a tourism-based area revitalization company in my adopted home of Odate City. My day-to-day tasks include translation work, product development, and foreign outreach."
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