Head: Professor Ross Mouer
Graduate coordinator: Professor Ross Mouer
The Department of Japanese Studies offers a variety of postgraduate programs: graduate diploma, MA and PhD in Japanese studies and in applied Japanese linguistics, graduate diploma and MA in Japanese business communication, and an MA in Japanese interpreting and translation.
There is a strong Japanese language component in the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Asian Studies) offered by the Monash Asia Institute. Other programs that have an optional Japanese language component are the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Australian Tourism) offered by the National Centre for Australian Studies and a Master of Business Administration in International Business.
Courses at beginner and intermediate levels of the Japanese language can be included in the programs of students who did not cover these in their undergraduate degrees. Japanese 1, 2 and 3 are also available in an off-campus mode.
Members of staff and their fields of special interest
The fields of research which will be represented in 1995 among members of staff and graduate students are Japanese political economy, international relations, business-government relations and business behaviour, sociology, Japanese science and technology, Japanese culture and literature, Japanese linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, interpreting and Japanese language teaching.
Japanese language and linguistics Elisabeth Cunningham, Sanae Enomoto, Hiroko Hashimoto, Yoji Hashimoto, Yuki Itani-Adams, Catriona McKenzie, Mariko Muraki, Kyoko Ogawa, Mariko Okabe, Amanda Ralph, Hiroko Rowe, Hiroshi Tajika, Jun Yano-James
Japanese applied linguistics and language teaching Sau Kuen Fan-Muraoka, Hidehiro Muraoka, Robyn Spence-Brown and Kuniko Yoshimitsu
Japanese linguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and business communication Helen Marriott.
Interpreting, translation and business communication Yoko Pinkerton
Japanese applied linguistics, language teaching and business communication Satoshi Miyazaki
Japanese society, work organisation, industrial relations, business-government relations: Ross Mouer.
Japanese political economy, international relations, business-government relations: Takamichi Mito.
Japanese culture and literature Alison Tokita.
History of Japanese science and technology Morris Low.
Doctor of Philosophy
The degree of PhD in the Department of Japanese is normally by thesis only. Students are required to possess an approved MA. Local applicants who do not satisfy this requirement may be accepted initially into MA candidature and may, with the approval of the department, transfer to PhD candidature after a period of not less than one year.
Master of Arts programs
All four MA programs in the Department of Japanese Studies may be taken by different ways: (1) by thesis only; (2) by coursework and thesis; or (3) by coursework . The MA by coursework only or coursework and thesis is a two-year program, consisting of Part I and Part II. To be accepted to Part II, the student must have completed each component of the respective Part I with credit or better. Students who have completed an honours degree with a grade of H2A or above, or the equivalent, may be exempted from Part I of the program. All MA programs can be taken on a part-time basis.
Master of Arts in Japanese studies
The MA in Japanese studies by thesis only requires that a thesis of 40,000-60,000 words be submitted and accepted.
The MA in Japanese studies by coursework and thesis or by coursework only, requires the completion of Parts I and II.
Part I is identical with the program for the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Studies). In Part I students who have not completed a major in Japanese language will normally include a minimum of twelve points from schedule A (language and communication subjects). Students who possess an honours degree in Japanese studies with a grade of H2A or above (or its equivalent) are normally exempted from Part I.
Part II can be taken in two ways:
* by coursework only, which requires taking forty-eight points from schedule A or C. Students who did not complete a major in the Japanese language must include twelve points of language coursework at the 5000 level; or
* by coursework and thesis, which requires each student to submit a thesis of 25,000 to 35,000 words (66 per cent thesis worth thirty-two points) or a thesis of 35,000 to 40,000 words (75 per cent thesis worth thirty-six points). The remaining sixteen or twelve points will come from coursework subjects in schedule A or C .
Only those students who have demonstrated that they are satisfactorily prepared for research can proceed to do a thesis.
Master of Arts in applied Japanese linguistics
The MA in applied Japanese linguistics by thesis only requires that a thesis of 40,000-60,000 words be submitted and accepted. To qualify for this option, a student must have completed a major in the Japanese language.
The MA in applied Japanese linguistics by coursework and thesis, or by coursework only, requires the completion of Parts I and II.
Part I is identical with the program for the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Japanese Linguistics). Students with an honours degree with a grade of H2A or above (or its equivalent) may be exempted from the whole or a part of Part I of the program.
Students proceeding to Part II by coursework only will be required to consult with the postgraduate coordinator for a progran comprising forty-eight points taken from the subjects in schedule A or C which are relevant to applied Japanese linguistics.
In the case of students proceeding to Part II by coursework and thesis, they must submit a 66 per cent thesis of 25,000 to 35,000 words (thirty-two points) or a 75 per cent thesis of 35,000 to 40,000 words (thirty-six points). The remaining sixteen or twelve points will come from coursework subjects in schedule A or C .
Students who have not studied the Japanese language must complete the language component in consultation with the postgraduate coordinator. Only students who have demonstrated that they are satisfactorily prepared for research can proceed to do a thesis.
Master of Arts in Japanese business communication
This degree is available by coursework only and consists of Parts 1 and II. Part I is identical with the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Business Communication). Part II consists of forty-eight points of coursework in business-related subjects from schedule A or C. Candidates with an honours degree with a grade of H2A or above (or the equivalent) may be exempted from the whole or a part of Part I of the program.
Master of Arts in Japanese interpreting and translation
This program is designed for graduates who wish to develop advanced competence in interpreting and/or translation. The course does not automatically lead to NAATI qualifications.
Part I of this program is identical with the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Business Communication) or Part I of the MA in Japanese business communication but will normally include JAM4840 (Newspaper Japanese A) or JAM4920 (Newspaper Japanese B), JAM4930 (Translation from Japanese to English) and JAM4940 (Business interpreting and translation). Candidates who have an honours degree with a grade of H2A or above (or the equivalent) or the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Business Communication) may be exempted from the completion of Part I of this program.
Part II of the program will consist of:
(i) JAM5940 Business interpreting and translation (for students who did not complete JAM4940);
JSM5970 Theories and principles of interpreting and translation;
JAM5950 Advanced interpreting
or
JAM5960 Advanced translation;
(ii) twelve points from schedule C;
(iii) the remaining points from schedule A or C.
Postgraduate diploma programs
All diplomas offered by the department require full-time work over two semesters, or equivalent work on a part-time basis (normally not more than three years). To complete the program, students must pass subjects with a total value of forty-eight points. Subject to the approval of the faculty, a candidate who has qualified for a diploma can sometimes proceed to Part II of an MA program provided that all subjects were completed at a credit or higher level. However, the department recommends that local students apply to enter the MA directly.
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Studies)
The Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Studies) is a postgraduate qualification suitable for pass or honours graduates who did not have the opportunity to pursue Japanese studies as a part of their first degree, or who wish to undertake further study of Japan in greater depth. The only prerequisite for admission is an approved degree. It is not compulsory to study the Japanese language although it is strongly recommended that one language subject be included in the course.
Candidates are required to complete thirty-six of the forty-eight points for the diploma in subjects offered in the Department of Japanese Studies. The remaining twelve points can be taken, with the approval of the faculty, in another related discipline.
Students who did not study the Japanese language can, for example, take JAM4010 (Japanese I, part 1) followed by JAM4020 (Japanese I, part 2) (six points each), JSM4190 (Japanese economics) (twelve points), JSM4110 (Japanese society) (twelve points) and JSM4150 (Japanese culture) (twelve points). If the course is spread over two or three years, some of the non-language subjects can be replaced by further language coursework, and the student can complete, as a component of the diploma, the equivalent of a university minor or major in the Japanese language. However, the diploma can be composed entirely of non-language subjects. Students who have studied Japanese can include in their course Japanese language subjects at higher levels (see schedule A below). They can also take subjects which have language prerequisites such as JSM4130 (Japanese sociolinguistics) (twelve points) or JSM4530 (Introduction to teaching Japanese as a foreign language) (twelve points). A full list of all suitable non-language subjects can be found in schedule B below.
Language subjects corresponding to components of the undergraduate major generally require five to six hours of coursework per week. A typical non-language twelve-point course usually implies three to four contact hours per week over one semester.
With the approval of the department, a schedule B subject may be replaced by a schedule C subject.
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Japanese Linguistics)
Like the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Studies), this program is available to graduates, irrespective of the discipline in which they obtained their first degree. The course is suitable for those who wish to become teachers of Japanese or for teachers of Japanese who wish to upgrade their qualifications. Prospective teachers must realise that this diploma does not replace the Diploma of Education which is required by most employers in Victoria as a necessary qualification for secondary teachers. The diploma consists of forty-eight points of coursework.
Qualified language teachers who have no previous knowledge of the Japanese language can undertake Japanese language studies as a part of this program. They must complete not less than the equivalent of a minor in Japanese (twenty-four points). This requirement cannot be satisfied in fewer than four semesters of study. If the course is spread over six semesters, a further twelve points of language study will bring the students' competence in the Japanese language to the level of a major. The remaining twenty-four or twelve points will be acquired by taking one or more subjects from schedule B below, and must include JSM4530 (Introduction to teaching Japanese as a foreign language).
Students with previous knowledge of Japanese at the level of an undergraduate minor or major must include twelve points of further language work and select an additional thirty-six points of coursework from schedule B, including the core subject JSM4530 (Introduction to teaching Japanese as a foreign language) and may include a twelve-point approved subject offered for another diploma or MA program within the faculty.
Native or semi-native speakers of Japanese select their subjects from schedule B. JSM4530 (Introduction to teaching Japanese as a foreign language) must be included. The program may include a twelve-point approved subject offered for another diploma or MA within the faculty.
With the approval of the department a schedule B course may be replaced by a schedule C course.
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Business Communication)
This program is suitable for graduates who intend to work in the area of Australian-Japanese business relations. The prerequisite is a BA in the Japanese language or competence equivalent to that achieved in such an undergraduate major. Native speakers of Japanese are not accepted for this program. Candidates are required to complete subjects valued at forty-eight points as follows:
* twenty-four points in language subjects from schedule A, including JAM4820 (Japanese business communication) and JAM4910 (Administrative and business Japanese);
* JSM5710 (Japanese institutions) and JSM5720 (Japanese companies overseas) (six points each);
* an additional twelve points from schedule B or subjects approved by the department.
Schedule of postgraduate subjects offered in the Department of Japanese
All subjects are available subject to the availability of staff and satisfactory enrolments.
Schedule A: Japanese language and communication subjects
* JAM4010/5010 Japanese I part 1
* JAM4020/5020 Japanese I part 2
* JAM4030/5030 Tourism Japanese 1
* JAM4040/5040 Tourism Japanese 2
* JAM4050/5050 Japanese I off-campus part 1
* JAM4060/5060 Japanese I off-campus part 2
* JAM4210/5210 Japanese II part 1
* JAM4220/5220 Japanese II part 2
* JAM4250/5250 Japanese II off-campus part 1
* JAM4260/5260 Japanese II off-campus part 2
* JAM4330/5330 Japanese III part 1
* JAM4340/5340 Japanese III part 2
* JAM4350/5350 Japanese III off-campus part 1
* JAM4360/5360 Japanese III off-campus part 2
* JAM4410 Advanced Japanese language in Melbourne
* JAM4420 Advanced Japanese language in Japan
* JAM4810/5810 Advanced postgraduate expression
* JAM4820/5820 Japanese business communication
* JAM4830/5830 Japanese postgraduate reading
* JAM4840/5840 Newspaper Japanese A
* JAM4850/5850 Special Japanese postgraduate expression
* JAM4910/5910 Administrative and business Japanese
* JAM4920/5920 Newspaper Japanese B
* JAM4930/5930 Translation from Japanese to English
* JAM4940/5940 Business interpreting and translation
Japanese I, II and III are available both in an on-campus and in an off-campus mode.
Note that all students who are enrolling for subjects equivalent to components of the undergraduate major will enrol for JAM4010 and JAM4340, irrespective of whether they will in fact take Comprehensive Japanese or Business Japanese.
Schedule B: Basic Japanese studies subjects
* JSM4050 Australia-Japan cultural interaction
* JSM4110 Japanese society
* JSM4120 Work and economic organisation in *Japan
* JSM4130 Japanese sociolinguistics
* JSM4140 Japanese language and society
* JSM4150 Japanese culture
* JSM4160 Advanced topics in Japanese culture
* JSM4190 Japanese economics
* JSM4200 Economic policy in contemporary Japan
* JSM4210 History of Japanese science and technology
* JSM4530 Introduction to teaching Japanese as a foreign language
* JSM4570 Modern Japanese literature
* JSM4580 Japanese literary analysis
* JSM4590 Japanese linguistics
* JSM4591 Advanced Japanese linguistics
* JSM4610 Research seminar in Japanese studies
* JSM4630 Japanese anthropology
* JSM4680 Research paper A in Japanese studies (either semester)
* JSM4690 Research paper B in Japanese studies (either semester)
* JSM4700 Dissertation in Japanese studies( either semester)
* JSM4710 Japanese institutions
* JSM4720 Japanese companies overseas
* JSM4860 Japanese discourse acquisition
* JSM4890 Japanese systematic grammar
* JSM4910 Australia-Japan economic relations
Schedule C: Specialised Japanese studies subjects
* JSM5050 Australian-Japanese cultural interaction
* JSM5120 Work and economic organisation in Japan
* JSM5140 Language and society in Japan
* JSM5160 Advanced topics in Japanese culture
* JSM5200 Economic policy in contemporary Japan
* JSM5540 Methods in teaching Japanese
* JSM5580 Japanese literary analysis
* JSM5590 Advanced Japanese linguistics
* JSM5610 Research seminar in Japanese studies
* JSM5680 Research paper A in Japanese studies (either semester)
* JSM5690 Research paper B in Japanese studies (either semester)
* JSM5700 Dissertation in Japanese studies (either semester)
* JSM5710 Japanese institutions
* JSM5720 Japanese companies overseas
* JSM5860 Japanese discourse acquisition
* JSM5890 Japanese systematic grammar
* JAM5950 Advanced interpreting
* JAM5960 Advanced translation
* JAM5970 Theories and principles of interpreting and translation
Study in Japan
Subject to the approval of the department certain subjects can be taken in Japan. However, students who have not completed their last undergraduate year at Monash will not normally be eligible to study in Japan in the first semester of their candidature.
Research seminars
Seminars in Japanese studies are held weekly. Postgraduate students in the department are strongly encouraged to attend seminars within their own and related disciplines.
Library facilities
The Japanese collection of the Monash University library provides an adequate coverage for the areas of research in which the department has taken special interest. In addition, students have access to the Japanese collection at the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, and also, through inter-library loans, to the collections of the Australian National University and the National Library in Canberra.
Japanese Studies Centre
The Japanese Studies Centre has been created to stimulate and further develop Japanese studies in Victoria. Some of the members of the centre are internationally accepted as leaders in their academic disciplines and the fact that the centre is located on the campus of Monash University provides a very favourable environment for postgraduate students in the department. Students can attend seminars, participate in some of the research projects of the centre, and consultations and joint supervision can be arranged. The centre also offers a summer school in Japanese studies, at which additional courses are available, and publishes three series of publications.
Postgraduate students who are enrolled for the degree of MA or PhD are eligible to become ordinary members of the centre. Office space may be available in the centre for postgraduate students who are members.