Japanese

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D23-AA-SPC+1026 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Year and Campus:	2012

Coordinator

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

Contact

The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Email: arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:	see course overview
Objectives:	Students who complete the postgraduate diploma should: discuss a wide range of current issues in Japanese; appreciate language styles and major points of selected readings in Japanese; demonstrate an understanding of Japan and contemporary Japanese society; write a thesis of 12,000 words, comparable with that appropriate to an Honours degree.
Structure & Available Subjects:	The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires: 12000 word thesis (37.5 points) Three compulsory subjects (37.5 points) Two elective subjects (25 points) Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Subject Options:	Thesis subject Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: JAPN40006 Japanese Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 18.75 Compulsory subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ASIA90004 Critical Asian Perspectives Semester 1 12.50 JAPN90002 Postgraduate Japanese A Semester 1 12.50 JAPN90003 Postgraduate Japanese B Semester 2 12.50 Elective subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MULT90002 Supervised Reading (Asia Institute) Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 JAPN40003 Topics in Japanese Studies Not offered in 2012 12.50 CULS40006 Cultural Studies in Asia Semester 2 12.50 POLS40016 Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? Semester 2 12.50 HIST40023 World War Two in Asia and the Pacific Not offered in 2012 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Postgraduate Diploma in Arts

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