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Degree Programme Table: Japanese and Linguistics (MA Hons) (UTJAPLI)

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

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

    Progression into second year requires a pass of all compulsory courses.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LASC08015 Linguistics & English Language 1 As available 40
    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 2016/17, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 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
    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  

     

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

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ASST08049     Researching Japan: Skills, Methods and Critiques     (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 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Progression to Honours normally requires a pass at 50 or above at the first attempt in Japanese Language 2, including a pass at 50 or above in the degree exam, 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 2016/17, 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 Language Sciences Level 10 courses, as available

     

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


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST10117    Japanese Performing Arts 4   20  
    ASST10113    Classical Japanese Fiction 4   20  
    ASST10120    Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues   20  
    ASST10119    The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan   20  
    ASST10131    Contemporary Japanese Cinema   20  
    ASST10140    Korean-Japanese Relations: Historical and Contemporary Issues   20  
    ASST10142    Japanese Cyberpunk: Non-Western futuristic fantasy in popular visual genres   20  
    ASST10143    Japanese Religions in the Modern Era   20  
    ASST10141    Language Communities and Variation in Japanese   20  
    ASST10110    Modern Japanese Literature 4   20  
    ASST10139    Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan¿s ¿Long 1960s¿   20  
    ASST10144    The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism   20  

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses, as available

     



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