Japanese

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

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Students undertaking pure honours in Japanese must complete:

• Japanese Thesis (50 points); and
• Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
• Honours Japanese A (12.5 points); and
• Honours Japanese B (12.5 points); and
• 12.5 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 (50 points); and
• Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
• Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points)

or

• Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
• One honours subjects in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
• Three subjects in Japanese studies (37.5 points). Normally students would take Honours Japanese A, Honours Japanese B and one of: Topics in Japanese Studies; Critical Asian Perspectives, Supervised Reading (Asia Institute); Cultural Studies in Asia; Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace?; or World War Two in Asia and the Pacific.

Total 100 points

Thesis Subject:

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Compulsory Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in Japanese are required to take the following 37.5 points.

Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above.

Elective subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in Japanese need to select one of the following subjects (12.5 points).