Japanese

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1025 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010

Coordinator

Dr Jun Ohashi
Email: juno@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
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Overview: see course overview
Objectives: see the course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

Japanese is available as a major or minor area of study in beginners, post-VCE, advanced post-VCE and super-advanced streams.

A major in Japanese usually consists of 100 points comprising:

  • two level one subjects in Japanese (25 points); and
  • three level two subjects in Japanese (37.5 points); and
  • three level three subjects in Japanese (37.5 points).
Total 100 points

A minor in Japanese usually consists of 75 points comprising:
  • two level one subjects in Japanese (25 points); and
  • two level two subjects in Japanese (25 points); and
  • two level three subjects in Japanese (25 points).
Total 75 points
Subject Options:

Beginners stream

The beginners stream of the Japanese major is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 1A
  • Japanese 1B

Level Two

  • Japanese 2A
  • Japanese 2B
  • Introduction to Japanese Communication

Level Three

  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B
  • Signs and Symbols in Japanese

A beginners stream minor in Japanese is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 1A
  • Japanese 1B

Level Two

  • Japanese 2A
  • Japanese 2B

Level Three

  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2010
12.50

Post-VCE stream

The post-VCE stream of the Japanese major is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 2A
  • Japanese 2B
Level Two
  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B
  • Signs and Symbols in Japanese

Level Three

  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B
  • Japanese Grammar in Action


A post-VCE stream minor in Japanese is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 2A
  • Japanese 2B
Level Two
  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B

Level Three

  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2010
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Advanced post-VCE stream

The advanced post-VCE stream of the Japanese major is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B
Level Two
  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B
  • Japanese Grammar in Action

Level Three

  • Variations in Japanese Language
  • Reading Japanese Literature
  • Japanese through the Media

A post-VCE stream minor in Japanese is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B
Level Two
  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B

Level Three

  • Variations in Japanese Language
  • Reading Japanese Literature

OR

Level One

  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B
Level Two
  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B
  • Japanese Grammar in Action

Level Three

  • Variations in Japanese Language or Reading Japanese Literature
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Super-advanced stream

The super-advanced stream of the Japanese major is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B
Level Two
  • Variation in Japanese Language
  • Reading Japanese Literature
  • One level two Japanese studies subject

Level Three

  • Japanese Through the Media
  • Japanese through Translation
  • One level three Japanese studies subject

A post-VCE stream minor in Japanese is usually structured:

Level One

  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B
Level Two
  • Variation in Japanese Language
  • Reading Japanese Literature

Level Three

  • Japanese Through the Media
  • Japanese through Translation
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Japanese studies subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Links to further information: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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