Japanese

Please note that PD-ARTS Postgraduate Diploma in Arts will no longer be accepting new applications as of the 1st January 2015, the program from 2015 will be offered as GDA-ARTS Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced). Please refer to the correct handbook entry for program information for commencing students from 2015.

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Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation 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 15,000 words, comparable with that appropriate to an Honours degree.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

• thesis subject (50 points)
• three compulsory subjects (37.5 points)
• one elective subjects (12.5 points)

Total 100 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Thesis Subject

50 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Compulsory Subjects

37.5 points

Elective Subjects

12.5 points