[Swordmaster]

Ai for being Canadian!

Aside from that - I advice against taking language classes in university - especially if you don't have any background.

1) They go rather quickly - if you get left behind, you're done for.

2) There are going to be people in your class that are pretty much fluent in Japanese - if they bell-curve grades, you don't want to be shot down by someone taking it as a joke course (GPA+ course)

3) It doesn't teach to practical Japanese - it's all formalized.