Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Area of Study

Supervision of research candidates, as well as coursework-based studies are available in the following areas:

• applied linguistics
• child language acquisition and language planning
• gender studies
• history of the Asia-Pacific wars
• industrial relations
• intercultural communication
• Japanese culture and society
• Japanese history (20th century)
• Japanese interpreting and translation
• Japanese linguistics
• Japanese sociolinguistics
• languages in contact

Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)

Students complete 48 points selected in consultation with the course coordinator, including:

• 12 or 24 points of research
• no more than 12 points of Japanese language units
• a research methods unit from an appropriate discipline
• the remaining units required from level four units in appropriate disciplines

It may be possible to include study in Japan as part of this program.

Course coordinator

Dr Beatrice Trefelt

Master of Arts by Research and Coursework

The entry below only details the coursework component of this degree. For all requirements including the research/thesis component refer to the full course entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2011handbooks/courses/2846.html.

Students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Japanese studies are expected to develop research skills through the completion of a thesis as well as acquiring advanced knowledge of Japanese society, culture or langauage.

Units

Students normally complete two level five units in Asian studies or other appropriate discipline.

Course coordinator

Dr Beatrice Trefelt

Further courses

For a list of units studied or course outlines, refer to the relevant courses.

• 0108 Graduate Diploma in Applied Japanese Linguistics
• 3937 Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)
• 3073 Master of Applied Japanese Linguistics
• 2846 Master of Arts by research and coursework
• 2695 Master of Arts*
• 0020 Doctor of Philosophy*

* By research.