Diploma in Modern Languages (Japanese)

The Diploma in Modern Languages (DML) enables students to gain a diploma in language study while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne. The diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and adds one year to the duration of your degree course. You take language subjects alongside your degree subjects in an integrated sequence. The diploma will only be awarded on the completion of your degree course. Students who do not commence the Diploma concurrently with the first year of their degree studies may not be able to complete the Diploma at the same time as the degree. This means that graduation from one of the courses may be delayed until the other course is completed.

The DML is not equivalent to a BA language major.

The DML does not qualify you to enter programs for which a BA language major is required. However, high-achieving DML students wishing to complete the equivalent of a BA language major (those with honours entry standard marks) may, with Faculty and School approval, complete an additional subject. The additional subject may be completed within your degree course if sufficient space is available and if your home Faculty approves the enrolment. Otherwise, it must be taken as an over-enrolment in the DML.

Students wishing to undertake an honours or postgraduate diploma program on completion of the DML (100 points) should note that they are required to complete the equivalent of a BA language major (112.5 points) before being eligible for entry to a fourth year level program.

Diploma graduates with the equivalent of a BA language major must have completed a BA degree to be eligible to apply for the BA (Honours), otherwise they may apply to enter the postgraduate diploma.

At the completion of the Diploma, students should:

• have acquired a mastery of both oral/aural and writing/reading skills comparable to that of a student majoring in a language discipline;

• have gained a basic understanding of selected aspects of the culture (or cultures) and of the society (or societies) associated with the language.

The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of study in one language (totalling 100 points). The language subjects will be taken concurrently with an undergraduate degree in an integrated sequence and will normally add one year to the duration of a student's degree course.

It is the student's responsibility to ensure that s/he meets the requirements of the Diploma by enrolling in the correct number of subjects at the appropriate year level and within the rules outlined for the relevant language stream of the DML.

Students need to keep in mind that the points requirement for the DML (100 points) is not equivalent to a language major (112.5 points), see Diploma in Modern Languages above.

Beginners Stream

The beginners stream is for students who have little or no knowledge of Japanese. It is available at first and second-year level and is an intensive stream to accelerate students towards professional competence.

The institute determines the language stream in which a student is to enrol. Placement is based on VCE results, other language study record and a placement test. Students who have had some prior experience with the language take a placement test held in the week preceding the first week of semester to determine the appropriate enrolment level.

Stream enrolment remains provisional until confirmed or, alternatively, altered according to the student's needs as determined by the institute during the first two weeks of teaching. As far as possible, the institute will notify students of any changes to their stream enrolment in the first two weeks of semester. Where a change is made in the third or fourth week of semester it will be reported to the Associate Dean (Academic Programs).

First Year Subjects

Second Year Subjects

Third Year Subjects

Post-VCE Stream

The post-VCE stream is usually only available to students who have obtained a pass in VCE Japanese, or its equivalent.

The institute determines the language stream in which a student is to enrol. Placement is based on VCE results, other language study record and a placement test. Students who have had some prior experience with the language take a placement test held in the week preceding the first week of semester to determine the appropriate enrolment level.

Stream enrolment remains provisional until confirmed or, alternatively, altered according to the student's needs as determined by the institute during the first two weeks of teaching. As far as possible, the institute will notify students of any changes to their stream enrolment in the first two weeks of semester. Where a change is made in the third or fourth week of semester it will be reported to the Associate Dean (Academic Programs).

First Year Subjects

Second Year Subjects

Third Year Subjects

Advanced Stream

The advanced stream is usually only available to students who have obtained a pass in VCE Japanese or equivalent, and who have undertaken some additional study in Japanese at a more advanced level.

The institute determines the language stream in which a student is to enrol. Placement is based on VCE results, other language study record and a placement test. Students who have had some prior experience with the language take a placement test held in the week preceding the first week of semester to determine the appropriate enrolment level.

Stream enrolment remains provisional until confirmed or, alternatively, altered according to the student's needs as determined by the institute during the first two weeks of teaching. As far as possible, the institute will notify students of any changes to their stream enrolment in the first two weeks of semester. Where a change is made in the third or fourth week of semester it will be reported to the Associate Dean (Academic Programs).

First Year Subjects

Second Year Subjects

Third Year Subjects

First Year Subjects

Second Year Subjects

Third Year Subjects

The Diploma in Modern Languages (DML) is only available to students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree course at the University of Melbourne. The DML must be completed alongside your degree studies and can only be awarded on the completion of your degree.

For continuing students, selection into the Diploma is based upon the weighted average of subjects across your entire course. For first-year students, eligibility is based on your ENTER score. The entry cut-off fluctuates from year-to-year. It is determined by the number of places available and the number of applications received.

For combined degree students and students from faculties other than arts, entry to the Diploma requires the approval of both the Faculty of Arts and the other faculty.