I'm majoring in Japanese as part of International Studies but I didn't start at the beginner level because I studied it in high school. However I do have some friends who did and like you said, it is a bit of a rush at the first few weeks, going through hiragana and katakana etc. You could...
Hi gapathetic!
I did EUL101 last semester and while I wouldn't really call it a hard subject, it was horrible trying to get up on Friday mornings to go to the 9am lectures and printing readings, some rather pointless and unrelated to the tutes.
I don't know when the classes are scheduled...
My Jap tutor charges me $20/h, but its group tutoring, so i think she gets $80/h =___=
You should try tutorfinder.com.au instead
I know you probably won't find anything trustworthy, but it's way better than paying $60/h for a tute who doesn't know anything about the syllabus.