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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2014/2015
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Degree Programme Table: Japanese and Linguistics (MA Hons) (UTJAPLI)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Personal Tutor.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LASC08015 Linguistics & English Language 1 As available 40
    ASST08046 Japanese Language 1 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LASC08017 LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English Semester 1 20
    LASC08020 LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories Semester 2 20
    ASST08047 Japanese Language 2 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ASST08007     Japanese 2B     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:It is recommended that students take at least a further 20 credits of LEL2 courses.
     




    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Progression to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Japanese 2 and an *average* of 50% across all obligatory LEL2 courses taken and a minimum of 40% in each, on the first sitting.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LASC10059 Third-year Project in Language Sciences As available 40
    ASST10129 Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Combined) As available 60
    ASST10128 Japanese Language 3 As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.




    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Final Assessment Weightings: 1-2. (Third-year Project in Language Sciences). 3. (Japanese Language 3). 4-5. (Japanese Language 4A). 6. (Japanese Language 4B.1). 7. (Japanese 4 Oral). 8-10. (Courses in Language Sciences). 11-12. (Further courses in Japanese or Language Sciences).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST10121 Japanese 4 Oral As available 0
    ASST10133 Japanese Language 4 As available 10
    ASST10136 Approaches to translation from and into Japanese 4 As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10041    Honours Foundation: Phonology & Phonetics   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10002    Sociolinguistics   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10079    Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing   20  
    LASC10077    Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition   20  
    LASC10055    Corpus Linguistics   20  
    LASC10067    Pragmatics   20  
    LASC10078    The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism   20  
    LASC10084    Syntax: Theory and Practice   20  
    LASC10029    First Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10058    Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception (Honours)   20  
    LASC10081    Computational Phonology   20  
    LASC10070    Current Issues in Morphology   20  
    LASC10069    Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics   20  
    LASC10080    Early Germanic Dialects   20  

    Notes:"The LEL handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses."
     

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST10117    Japanese Performing Arts 4   20  
    ASST10111    Topics in Japanese History   20  
    ASST10112    Modern Japanese Society   20  
    ASST10116    Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early Heian Period to the Late Edo Period   20  
    ASST10113    Classical Japanese Fiction 4   20  
    ASST10120    Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues   20  
    ASST10124    Japanese Language 4B-2 (combined)   20  
    ASST10119    The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan   20  
    ASST10131    Contemporary Japanese Cinema   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10041    Honours Foundation: Phonology & Phonetics   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10002    Sociolinguistics   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10079    Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing   20  
    LASC10077    Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition   20  
    LASC10055    Corpus Linguistics   20  
    LASC10067    Pragmatics   20  
    LASC10078    The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism   20  
    LASC10084    Syntax: Theory and Practice   20  
    LASC10029    First Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10058    Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception (Honours)   20  
    LASC10081    Computational Phonology   20  
    LASC10070    Current Issues in Morphology   20  
    LASC10069    Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics   20  
    LASC10080    Early Germanic Dialects   20  

    Notes:"The LEL handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses."
     



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