Japanese

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1028 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010
Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for Japanese honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in Japanese or a related discipline and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%).

Objectives: See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in Japanese must complete:

  • Japanese Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • Honours Japanese A (12.5 points); and
  • Honours Japanese B (12.5 points); and
  • 25 points of elective subjects: selected from Supervised Reading (Asia Institute), Topics in Japanese Studies, World War Two in Asia & the Pacific, Cultural Studies in Asia, Asia Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace?

Students undertaking combined honours in Japanese and another discipline must complete:

  • Japanese Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • Two Japanese studies honours language subjects (25 points); and
  • Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points)

or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
  • Two honours subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and
  • Two advanced Japanese language subjects (25 points); and
  • One advanced Japanese language subject from or one Japanese studies honours elective subject (12.5 points).
Total 100 points
Subject Options:

Compulsory Subjects:

75 points for students in pure honours
Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Elective subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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