Diploma in Modern Languages (Japanese)

Course 888JA (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011 - Parkville
CRICOS Code:	022053E
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level:	Undergraduate
Duration & Credit Points:	100 credit points taken over 12 months full time. This course is available as full or part time.

Coordinator

Dr Ikuko Nakane
Email: inakane@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts and Music Student Centre

Course Overview:	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 DML is only available to students completing a heritage degree. Students in a new generation degree may apply for the Diploma of Languages please refer to the following website: http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/ug-courses-programs/diploma-in-languages.html The DML consists of a three-year sequence of first- second- and third-year language study and adds one year to the duration of your degree coon urse. 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. Students enrolled in the DML must complete the course before, or at the same time as their concurrent degree. Students wishing to undertake an honours or postgraduate diploma program on completion of the DML (100 points) should note that they may be required to complete the equivalent of a BA language major (112.5 points) if they commenced prior to 2007 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.
Objectives:	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.
Course Structure & Available Subjects:	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.
Subject Options:	Beginners Stream The beginners stream is for students who have little or no knowledge of Japanese. Students majoring in this stream must do a sequence of level 1, level 2 and level 3. The Institute determines the language stream in which a student is to enrol. Placement is based on VCE results or equivalent and a placement test. Students who have had some prior experience with the language must 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. The Institute will notify students of changes to their stream within the first two weeks of semester. Where a late change is made in the third and fourth week, it will be reported to the Director of Academic Programs. Japanese Beginners Stream: First Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN10001 Japanese 1A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN10002 Japanese 1B Not offered in 2011 12.50 Japanese Beginners Stream: Second Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN20007 Japanese 2A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN20008 Japanese 2B Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN20002 Introduction to Japanese Communication Semester 2 12.50 Japanese Beginners Stream: Third Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN30007 Japanese 3A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN30008 Japanese 3B Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN30010 Sign and Symbols in Japanese Semester 1 12.50 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). Japanese Post-VCE Stream: First Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN10007 Japanese 2A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN10008 Japanese 2B Not offered in 2011 12.50 Japanese Post-VCE Stream: Second Year Subjects Students must undertake JAPN20013 Japanese 3A and JAPN20014 Japanese 3B and select one of the other subjects listed below: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN20013 Japanese 3A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN20014 Japanese 3B Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN20009 Sign and Symbols in Japanese Semester 1 12.50 Japanese Post-VCE Stream: Third Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN30005 Japanese 4A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN30006 Japanese 4B Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN30013 Japanese Grammar in Action Semester 2 12.50 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). Japanese Advanced Stream: First Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN10003 Japanese 3A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN10004 Japanese 3B Not offered in 2011 12.50 Japanese Advanced Stream: Second Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN20003 Japanese 4A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN20004 Japanese 4B Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN20010 Japanese Grammar in Action Semester 2 12.50 Japanese Advanced Stream: Third Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN30004 Japanese through the Media Semester 1 12.50 JAPN30011 Reading Japanese Literature Semester 2 12.50 JAPN30012 Variation in Japanese Language Semester 1 12.50 Super Advanced Stream Japanese Super Advanced Stream: First Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN10005 Japanese 4A Not offered in 2011 12.50 JAPN10006 Japanese 4B Not offered in 2011 12.50 Japanese Super Advanced Stream: Second Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN20011 Reading Japanese Literature Semester 2 12.50 JAPN20012 Variation in Japanese Language Semester 1 12.50 ASIA20001 Media and Everyday Life in Asia Semester 1 12.50 Japanese Super Advanced Stream: Third Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN30003 Japanese Through Translation Semester 2 12.50 JAPN30004 Japanese through the Media Semester 1 12.50 JAPN30002 Social Problems in Japan Semester 2 12.50
Entry Requirements:	The Diploma in Modern Languages (DML) is only available to students who are currently enrolled in a non-New Generation undergradute degree (with the exception of Bachelor of Engineering) 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 DML 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. Students in a New Generation degree should enrol in a Diploma of Languages, please refer to the following website: http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/ug-courses-programs/diploma-in-languages.html
Core Participation Requirements:	The Diploma will be available to students with no prior knowledge of a language as well as to those who have completed several years of study (for instance, as part of the VCE). Your stream enrolment depends on your previous language experience and is determined by the relevant School. For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Description, Course Objectives and Generic Skills of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/
Further Study:	Postgraduate study options are available to high achieving students completing the DML.
Graduate Attributes:	See course objectives
Generic Skills:	All arts subjects provide students with transferable generic skills that prepare them for further study and the workplace. As a result of attendance at scheduled classes, participation in planned activities and discussion groups, and timely completion of essays and assignments, arts graduates should acquire transferable generic skills in the following areas: research through competent use of the library, electronic databases, and other information sources, and the definition of areas of inquiry and methods of research; critical thinking and analysis through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by determining the strength of an argument; thinking in theoretical terms through lectures, tutorial discussion, essay writing and engagement in the methodologies of the humanities and social sciences; thinking creatively through essay writing, creative writing, tutorial discussions and presentations, conceptualising theoretical problems, forming judgements and arguments from conflicting evidence and by critical analysis; understanding of social, ethical and cultural context through the contextualisation of judgements, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and possibilities and by constructing an argument; communicating knowledge intelligibly and economically through essay writing and tutorial and seminar discussion; written communication through essay preparation and assignment writing; public speaking through tutorial and seminar discussion and class presentations; attention to detail through essay preparation and writing, and examination revision; time management and planning through managing and organising workloads for recommended reading, essay and assignment completion and examination revision; teamwork through joint projects and group discussions.

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