Honestly for the most part, not at all! When you enroll in the program, no matter what class you pick (Pop Culture in Anime, Japanese language, etc), the advisors will still teach everyone the basic phrases and etiquette ("thank you", "sorry", "how much is this?", etc) you need to know before classes start. Some of my classmates enrolled in the program knew little-to-no Japanese, yet they did just...
Honestly for the most part, not at all! When you enroll in the program, no matter what class you pick (Pop Culture in Anime, Japanese language, etc), the advisors will still teach everyone the basic phrases and etiquette ("thank you", "sorry", "how much is this?", etc) you need to know before classes start. Some of my classmates enrolled in the program knew little-to-no Japanese, yet they did just...