Japanese Studies // Structure

Structure

100 credit points

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JAPANESE STUDIES 1 ENTRY POINT

Students who have never studied Japanese before or have rudimentary knowledge of the language usually enter the progression at Japanese Studies 1 entry point. Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Japanese Studies Program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required.

Students completing Japanese must do so through a progression of six language subjects and two electives consisting of 100 points (12.5 points x 8 subjects) as follows:

Japanese Studies 1 entry point - Level 1

Japanese Studies 1 entry point - Level 2

Japanese Studies 1 entry point - Level 3

Japanese Studies 1 entry point - electives

Students completing a Diploma in Japanese Studies 1 entry point are required to take two of the following electives (one at level 2 and one at level 3) to meet course requirements. Please note certain electives can only be taken concurrently and are co-requisites* and/or may have prerequisites**.

JAPN20002 Introduction to Japanese Communication* (concurrently with Japanese 4)
JAPN20005 Contemporary Japan
JAPN30010 Signs and Symbols in Japanese* (concurrently with Japanese 5)
JAPN30005 Japanese 7** (prerequisite Japanese 6)
JAPN30006 Japanese 8** (prerequisite Japanese 7)

JAPANESE STUDIES 3 ENTRY POINT

Students who have completed VCE Japanese (Second language), IB or have an equivalent language level usually enter the progression at Japanese Studies 3 entry point. Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Japanese Program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required.

Students completing Japanese in the DL must do so through a progression of six language subjects and two electives consisting of 100 points (12.5 points x 8 subjects) totalling 100 points as follows:

Japanese Studies 3 entry point - Level 1

Japanese Studies 3 entry point - Level 2

Japanese Studies 3 entry point - Level 3

Japanese Studies 3 entry point - electives

Students completing a Diploma at Japanese Studies 3 entry point are required to take two of the following electives (one at level two and one at level three) to meet course requirements.

Please note certain electives available at level two and three can only be taken concurrently and are co-requisites* and/or may have prerequisites**

JAPN20010/JAPN30013 Japanese Grammar in Action* (concurrently with Japanese 8)
JAPN20018/30004 Japanese Through the Media**(prerequisite Japanese 8)
JAPN20016/30003 Japanese Through Translation** (prerequisite Japanese Through the Media)
JAPN20009 Signs and Symbols in Japanese
JAPN20012/JAPN30012 Variation in Japanese Language
JAPN20011/JAPN30011 Reading Japanese Literature

JAPANESE STUDIES 5 ENTRY POINT

Students who perform at an intermediate level in Japanese, for example those who have completed VCE or IB with excellent results or have an equivalent language level usually enter the progression at Japanese 5. Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Japanese program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required.

Students completing Japanese in the Diploma must do so through a progression of six language subjects and two electives consisting of 100 points (12.5 points x 8 subjects) as follows:

Japanese Studies 5 entry point - Level 1

Japanese Studies 5 entry point - Level 2

Japanese Studies 5 entry point - Level 3

Japanese Studies 5 entry point- electives

Students completing a Diploma at Japanese 5 entry point are required to take two of the following electives (one at level two and one at level three) to meet course requirements. Please note certain electives available at level two and three can only be taken concurrently and are co-requisites* and/or may have prerequisites**

JAPN20010 Japanese Grammar in Action* (concurrently with Japanese 8)
JAPN20018/30004 Japanese Through the Media**(prerequisite Japanese 8)
JAPN20016/30003 Japanese Through Translation** (prerequisite Japanese Through the Media)
JAPN20005 Contemporary Japan (delivered in English)
JAPN30002 Social Problems in Japan (delivered in English)

JAPANESE STUDIES 7 ENTRY POINT

Students who perform at advanced level in Japanese, for example those who hold N3 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) or have lived or studied in Japan usually enter the progression at Japanese 7. Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Japanese Studies program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required.

Japanese Studies 7 entry point - Level 1

Japanese Studies 7 entry point - Level 2

Japanese Studies 7 entry point - Level 3

Links

http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/study/japanese

Last updated: 3 May 2024