Japanese

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1025 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Dr Ikuko Nakane
Email: inakane@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

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

  • 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

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

  • Japanese 1A
  • Japanese 1B

Level Two

  • Japanese 2A
  • Japanese 2B

Level Three

  • Japanese 3A
  • Japanese 3B
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Post-VCE stream

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

Level One

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

  • 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

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

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

Level Three

  • Japanese 4A
  • Japanese 4B
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Advanced post-VCE stream

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

Level One

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

  • 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

The advanced post-VCE stream minor in Japanese is usually structured:

Level One

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

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

Level Three

  • Variations in Japanese Language
  • Reading Japanese Literature

OR

Level One

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

  • 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:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Super-advanced stream

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

Level One

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

  • 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

New students may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

  • 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:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
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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