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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016
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Degree Programme Table: Japanese (MA Hons) (UTJAPNS)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST08042 Modern East Asian History A As available 20
    ASST08043 Modern East Asian History B As available 20
    ASST08046 Japanese Language 1 As available 40
    ASST08045 Practical Japanese 1 As available 0




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



    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST08041    Politics and the Economy of Japan   20  
    ASST08040    Thinking Through Japan   20  

     

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

     



    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST08047 Japanese Language 2 As available 40
    ASST08049 Researching Japan: Skills, Methods and Critiques As available 40
    ASST08044 Practical Japanese 2- Year Abroad Preparation As available 0




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



    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST08041    Politics and the Economy of Japan   20  
    ASST08040    Thinking Through Japan   20  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ASST08039     Pre-modern East Asia to 1600     (40 credits)

     

    OR   

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

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

     




    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Japanese 2A and Japanese 2B.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST10065 Japanese 3 Dissertation (Preparation) As available 20
    ASST10127 Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Single) As available 80
    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 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Final Assessment Weightings: 1.(Japanese Language 3). 2-3. (Japanese Language 4A). 4-5. (Japanese Language 4B). 6. (Japanese 4 Oral). 7-10. (Option courses in Japanese Studies).11-12. (Japanese Dissertation)


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST10066 Japanese 4 Dissertation (Completion) As available 20
    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.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    CLLC10002     Film Criticism and Analysis     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST10117    Japanese Performing Arts 4   20  
    ASST10112    Modern Japanese Society   20  
    ASST10116    Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early Heian Period to the Late Edo Period   20  
    ASST10072    Short Essay on an Aspect of Japanese Culture   10  
    ASST10113    Classical Japanese Fiction 4   20  
    ASST10091    Short essay on an aspect of Japanese culture: 2   10  
    ASST10120    Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues   20  
    ASST10131    Contemporary Japanese Cinema   20  
    ASST10119    The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan   20  
    ASST10110    Modern Japanese Literature 4   20  
    ASST10139    Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan¿s ¿Long 1960s¿   20  
    ASST10140    Korean-Japanese Relations: Historical and Contemporary Issues   20  

    Notes:Please note not all of these courses will run each year.
     

    OR   

    Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST10117    Japanese Performing Arts 4   20  
    ASST10112    Modern Japanese Society   20  
    ASST10116    Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early Heian Period to the Late Edo Period   20  
    ASST10072    Short Essay on an Aspect of Japanese Culture   10  
    ASST10113    Classical Japanese Fiction 4   20  
    ASST10091    Short essay on an aspect of Japanese culture: 2   10  
    ASST10120    Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues   20  
    ASST10131    Contemporary Japanese Cinema   20  
    ASST10119    The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan   20  
    ASST10110    Modern Japanese Literature 4   20  
    ASST10139    Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan¿s ¿Long 1960s¿   20  
    ASST10140    Korean-Japanese Relations: Historical and Contemporary Issues   20  

    Notes:Please note not all of these courses will run each year.
     



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