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Degree Programme Table: Japanese Society and Culture (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCJAPSC1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Two options to be taken in each semester. Students may take option courses outside the DPT within LLC without the approval of their Programme Director. Before choosing an option outside the School of LLC, the approval of the Programme Director must be obtained.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ASST11069 MSc in Japanese Society and Culture Dissertation Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
    ASST11075 State, Society and National Identity in Japan after 1989 Semester 1 20
    CLLC11003 Research Skills and Methods Semester 1 20




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST11074    Japanese Religions in the Modern Era   20  
    CLLC11155    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Japanese 1   20  
    ASST11084    East Asian International Relations   20  
    ASST11096    Language Communities and Variation in Japanese   20  
    ASST11097    Japanese Performing Arts (PG Version)   20  
    ASST11057    Contemporary Japanese Cinema   20  

    Notes:Any students wishing to take CLLC11155 - Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Japanese 1 as optional course must also audit the lectures given in 'Translation Studies 1' (CLLC11039). Students must also have near native speaker competence which equates to JLPT2 for Japanese.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST11071    The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism   20  
    ASST11088    Modern Japanese Literature (Level 11)   20  
    CLLC11166    Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Japanese 2   20  
    ASST11051    Japanese Cyberpunk: Non-Western futuristic fantasy in popular visual genres   20  
    ASST11095    Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan's "Long 1960s" (PG Version)   20  
    ASST11094    The Role of Sub-State Actors in East Asian Politics   20  

    Notes:Any students wishing to take CLLC11166 - Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises in Japanese 2 as optional course must also audit the lectures given in 'Translation Studies 1' (CLLC11039). Students must also have near native speaker competence which equates to JLPT2 for Japanese.
     


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