Yes, the method involves learning how to WRITE all of the 2000+ common use kanji in a few months, and then focusing on reading (either continuing through RTK or with some other method.) It's considered more efficient in this method to divide and conquer. The book itself explains it's method, so you might consider reading it.
Using this method, by the way, you will want to approach kanji learning at an incredibly faster rate than your college courses will, otherwise you're kindof defeating the purpose (which is to learn them quickly and then move on). 15-20 a day is not beyond the reach of most people using this site, it seems. Some go quite a bit faster, and some, especially those of us who are doing this as more of a laid back hobby, go quite a bit slower. Let your goal and ability guide...

If you're interested in the effectiveness of dividing the writing/meaning with the readings like this, there are posts all about the forum that you can peruse which testify to it's successes and failings. In my personal experience, though I'm not quite finished with the book yet, I find new vocabulary items (and by extension readings) infinitely easier to pick up, and am able to remember their kanji makeup and how to write them with little to no additional strain. So I recommend.

Last edited by QuackingShoe (2008 June 08, 9:37 pm)

Thanks for the helpful answers everyone, and don't worry Nukemarine my Japanese class isn't really too hard and I'm just about to start the 4th quarter of it, which is the last here, and probably won't take it anywhere else. It hasn't really messed me up with trying to learn through 2+ sources but I'm not going too hardcore quite yet like the people who do a hundred kanji a week or a day.