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Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Graduate coordinator:Yoko Pinkerton
The Department of Japanese Studies offers a variety of postgraduate programs leading to the graduate diploma, MA and PhD in Japanese studies and in applied Japanese linguistics, to the graduate diploma and MA in Japanese business communication, and to the MA in Japanese interpreting and translation.
There is a strong Japanese language component in the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Asian Studies) which is offered by the Monash Asia Institute. Other programs that have an optional Japanese language component are the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Tourism) which is offered by the National Centre for Australian Studies and the Master of Business Administration in International Business.
Subjects in the Japanese language at the beginner and intermediate levels can be included in the programs of students who did not cover these in their undergraduate degrees. Japanese I, II and III are also available in an off-campus mode.
The fields of research which will be represented in 1996 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 translation and Japanese language teaching.
Japanese language and linguistics Elisabeth Cunningham, Sanae Enomoto, Yoji Hashimoto, Mariko Muraki, Yuka Nakayama, Amanda Ralph, Hiroko Rowe, Hiroshi Tajika, Jun Yano and Noriko Yoshida.
Japanese applied linguistics and language teaching Hiroko Hashimoto, Catriona McKenzie, Kyoko Ogawa, Mariko Okabe, Helen Marriott, Satoshi Miyazaki, Gary Peters, Robyn Spence-Brown and Kuniko Yoshimitsu
Japanese linguistics and sociolinguistics Helen Marriott
Japanese interpreting and translation Yoko Pinkerton and Ross Mouer
Japanese business communication Helen Marriott, Satoshi Miyazaki, and Yoko Pinkerton
Japanese society, work organisation, industrial relations, business-government relations: Ross Mouer and Wendy Smith
Japanese political economy, international relations, business-government relations Takamichi Mito and Wendy Smith
Japanese culture and literature Alison Tokita
History of Japanese science and technology Morris Low
Computer-assisted language learning Mariko Okabe, Gary Peters and Christopher Yuan
All core subjects listed in each program must be taken.
Part I is identical with the program for the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Studies) (see below). In Part I students who have not completed a major in Japanese language will normally include a minimum of twelve points from language and communication subjects listed in schedule A (see below). The remaining thirty-six points are taken from subjects listed in schedule B. Students who possess an honours degree in Japanese studies with a grade of HIIA 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 of fifth-year level subjects listed in schedules A or C. Students who did not complete a major in the Japanese language must include twelve points of language coursework at the fifth-year level; or
+ by coursework and research, 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 fifth-year level coursework subjects listed in schedules A or C .
Only those students who have demonstrated that they are satisfactorily prepared for research may proceed to do the thesis. Students intending to include research work (either the 66 per cent thesis or the 75 per cent thesis) are required to apply to the graduate coordinator and must receive approval of the department's Postgraduate Program Committee before being enrolled for the research.
The MA in applied Japanese linguistics by coursework and research, 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) (see below). Students with an honours degree with a grade of HIIA or above (or its equivalent) may be exempted from the whole or from part of Part I of the program.
Students proceeding to Part II by coursework only will be required to consult with the graduate coordinator for approval of a program comprising forty-eight points taken from the subjects in schedules A or C which are relevant to applied Japanese linguistics, such as JAL5140 (Language and society in Japan), JAL5210 (Methods in teaching Japanese), JAL5591 (Advanced Japanese linguistics), JAL5610 (Research seminar in applied Japanese linguistics), JAL5710 (Japanese discourse acquisition) and JAL5730 (Japanese systematic grammar).
Students proceeding to Part II by coursework and research 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 fifth-year level coursework subjects listed in schedules A or C.
Students who have not studied the Japanese language must complete a number of language subjects in consultation with the graduate coordinator. Only students who have demonstrated that they are satisfactorily prepared for research may proceed to do the thesis. Students intending to include research work (either the 66 per cent thesis or the 75 per cent thesis) are required to apply to the graduate coordinator and must receive the approval of the department's Postgraduate Program Committee before being enrolled for the research.
+ JBC4622 Japanese companies overseas (6 points)
+ JBC4711 Japanese instituitions (6 points)
+ JIT4622 Introduction to Japanese business interpreting (6 points)
The remaining twenty-four points may be taken from fourth-year level subjects listed in schedule A or B to make a total of forty-eight points in the MA Part I.
+ JBC5841 Survey of Japanese business practices (8 points)
+ JLG5861 Newspaper Japanese A (8 points)
+ JLG5862 Newspaper Japanese B (8 points)
Either
+ JBC5930 Research project in Japanese business communication (8 points) or
+ JBC5940 Internship in Japanese business communication (8 points)
The remaining eight points may be chosen from a wide range of subjects either in the department or outside.
This degree is available by coursework only and consists of Parts I and II. Part I is identical with the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese business communication) (see below). Candidates with an honours degree with a grade of HIIA or above (or the equivalent) may be exempted from the whole or from part of Part I of the program. Part II consists of forty-eight points of coursework.
+ JBC4622 Japanese companies overseas (6 points)
+ JBC4711 Japanese instituitions (6 points)
+ JBC4832 Translation of Japanese business documents (4 points)
+ JIT4622 Introduction to Japanese business interpreting (6 points)
+ JIT4811 Theories and practice of Japanese language translation (4 points)
The remaining sixteen points may be taken from fourth-year level subjects listed in schedule A or B to make a total of forty-eight points in the MA Part I.
+ JIT5842 Advanced Japanese interpreting (6 points)
+ JIT5843 Advanced Japanese translation (6 points)
+ JIT5940 Projects in Japanese interpreting and translation (12 points)
The remaining twelve points may be chosen from a wide range of subjects either in the department's applied linguistics stream (JAL subjects) or Japanese language stream (JLG subjects), or an approved subject offered by the Department of Linguistics.
This program is designed for highly motivated graduates who have completed four years of undergraduate Japanese language and who wish to develop advanced competence in interpreting and/or translation. The course does not automatically lead to NAATI qualifications.
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 in other related disciplines. Approval has to be sought from the department's Postgraduate Program Committee.
Students who did not study the Japanese language can, for example, take JLG4110 (Japanese I part 1) followed by JLG4120 (Japanese I part 2) (six points each), JST4190 (Advanced studies in Japanese economics) (twelve points), JST4110 (Advanced studies in Japanese society) (twelve points) and JST4150 (The arts in 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 students 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 JAL4130 (Advanced studies in Japanese sociolinguistics) (twelve points) or JAL4530 (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's Postgraduate Program Committee a schedule B subject may be replaced by a schedule C subject.
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 student's 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 JAL4530 (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 JAL4530 (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 all their subjects from schedule B. JAL4530 (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's Postgraduate Program Committee a schedule B subject may be replaced by a schedule C subject.
Students planning to apply for entry into the MA Part II in Japanese interpreting and translation must take JIT4811 Theories and practice of Japanese language translation (4 points) and JBC4832 Translation of Japanese business documents (4 points).
+ JBC4622/5622 Japanese companies overseas
+ JBC4711/5711 Japanese institutions
+ JBC4830/5830 Administrative and business Japanese
+ JBC4832/5832 Translation of Japanese business documents
+ JBC5841 Survey of Japanese business communication practices
+ JBC5930 Research project in Japanese business communication
+ JBC5940 Internship in Japanese business communication
+ JIT4622/5622 Introduction to Japanese business interpreting
+ JIT4811/5811 Theories and practice of Japanese language translation
+ JIT5731 Theories and practice of Japanese interpreting
+ JIT5842 Advanced Japanese interpreting
+ JIT5843 Advanced Japanese translation
+ JIT5940 Projects in Japanese interpreting and translation
+ JLG4110/5110 Japanese I part 1
+ JLG4120/5120 Japanese I part 2
+ JLG4150/5150 Japanese I (off-campus) part 1
+ JLG4160/5160 Japanese I (off-campus) part 2
+ JLG4210/5210 Japanese II part 1
+ JLG4220/5220 Japanese II part 2
+ JLG4250/5250 Japanese II (off-campus) part 1
+ JLG4260/5260 Japanese II (off-campus) part 2
+ JLG4310/5310 Japanese III part 1
+ JLG4320/5320 Japanese III part 2
+ JLG4350/5350 Japanese III (off-campus) part 1
+ JLG4360/5360 Japanese III (off-campus) part 2
+ JLG4410/5410 Japanese IV part 1
+ JLG4420/5420 Japanese IV part 2
+ JLG4510/5510 Japanese V part 1
+ JLG4520/5520 Japanese V part 2
+ JLG4710/5710 Advanced Japanese language in Melbourne
+ JLG4720/5720 Advanced Japanese language in Japan
+ JLG4730/5730 Advanced Japanese postgraduate expression
+ JLG4740/5740 Special Japanese postgraduate expression
+ JLG4805/5805 Tourism Japanese 1
+ JLG4806/5806 Tourism Japanese 2
+ JLG4851/5851 Japanese postgraduate reading
+ JLG4861/5861 Newspaper Japanese A
+ JLG4862/5862 Newspaper Japanese B
Japanese I, II and III are available both in an on-campus and an off-campus mode.
Note that all students who are enrolling for subjects equivalent to components of the undergraduate major will enrol for JLG4110 and JLG4310, irrespective of whether they will in fact take comprehensive Japanese or business Japanese.
+ JAL4140 Japanese language and society
+ JAL4530 Teaching Japanese as a foreign language
+ JAL4590 Advanced studies in Japanese linguistics
+ JAL4591 Advanced Japanese linguistics
+ JAL4610 Research seminar in applied Japanese linguistics
+ JAL4710 Japanese discourse acquisition
+ JAL4730 Japanese systematic grammar
+ JST4050 Australia-Japan cultural interaction
+ JST4110 Advanced studies in Japanese society
+ JST4120 Work and economic organisation in Japan
+ JST4150 The arts in Japanese culture
+ JST4180 Advanced topics in Japanese culture (1997)
+ JST4190 Advanced studies in Japanese economics
+ JST4200 Economic policy in contemporary Japan
+ JST4210 History of Japanese science and technology (1998)
+ JST4570 Advanced studies in modern Japanese literature
+ JST4580 Japanese literary analysis (1997)
+ JST4630 Japanese anthropology (1997)
+ JST4680 Research paper A in Japanese studies
+ JST4690 Research paper B in Japanese studies
+ JST4700 Dissertation in Japanese studies
+ JST4910 Advanced studies in Australia-Japan economic relations (1997)
+ JAL5210 Methods in teaching Japanese
+ JAL5591 Advanced Japanese linguistics
+ JAL5610 Research seminar in applied Japanese linguistics
+ JAL5710 Japanese discourse acquisition
+ JAL5730 Japanese systematic grammar
+ JST5050 Australia-Japan cultural interaction
+ JST5120 Work and economic organisation in Japan
+ JST5180 The arts in Japanese culture (1997)
+ JST5200 Economic policy in contemporary Japan
+ JST5580 Japanese literary analysis (1997)
+ JST5630 Japanese anthropology (1997)
+ JST5680 Research paper A in Japanese studies
+ JST5690 Research paper B in Japanese studies
+ JST5700 Dissertation in Japanese studies
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.