Japanese Studies
- What is Japanese Studies?
- What is a major or minor in Japanese?
- Units offered in 2009
- Other Japanese/Asian Studies units
What is Japanese Studies?
Most students who are studying Japanese language have a keen interest in the country where that language is spoken. The Monash Japanese Studies program offers students a major or minor in Japanese studies (JPS), as well as in Japanese language (JPL). It is a great advantage to do some units which allow you to learn about the culture and society of the country of the language you are studying, or more about the language and communication system itself. You can also include units in Asian studies, which have a broader regional focus, but include substantial content about Japan.
Because the Japanese and Asian Studies units are conducted entirely in English, you can study a variety of issues at greater depth than can be achieved in language classes. You can also study the issues at your current intellectual level, unrestricted by limited language. The Japanese Studies major is interdisciplinary, exposing you to a variety of academic approaches. It is an excellent preparation for Honours and for Postgraduate study in Japanese.
As an alternative to a full major or minor in Japanese studies, one or two units of Japanese studies at second or third year level can be taken as electives towards your language major, or towards your overall degree.
What is a major or minor in Japanese Studies?
The major in Japanese Studies draws on units from the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, and from some other Schools in the Faculty of Arts. Japanese studies units can also be counted towards a major / minor in Asian studies.
Like any other Arts major, you take two six-point units in first year, twelve or eighteen points at second-year level, and eighteen or twenty-four points at third-year level, making a total of forty-eight points. Up to three units (18 points) in Japanese language may be counted towards the major in Japanese Studies. See the Monash University Handbook for further details.
The minor can consist of a sequence of two units at first and two at second year level, or a sequence of two units at second and a further two at third year level.
Japanese Studies & Asian Studies Units offered in 2009
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JPS2140 /JPS3140 : Touring Japanese Culture may be offered in Japan, for 3 weeks in January 2009, subject to sufficient enrolments.
Study Abroad units (e.g. JPS2990 /JPS3990 : Japanese Studies in Japan etc.) are also available with approval. These units can count towards a major in Japanese Studies or Asian Studies, and second and third year units can be taken as electives in the Japanese major.
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Other Japanese / Asian studies second and third year level units
Japanese/Asian Studies units are offered on a rotational basis every second or third year. The following units are not offered in 2008 but may be offered in 2009 or 2010.
JPS2110/JPS3110 Japanese Society and the New Millennium
JPS2130/JPS3130 Japanese Sociolinguistics
JPS2150 /JPS3150 Japanese Culture: Identity and Tradition
JPS2190 /JPS3190 Japan Management and the Economy
JPS2590/JPS3590 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
JPS2710/JPS3710 Australia-Japan Relations
INT2015/INT3015 Production, Consumerism and the Environment in the Contemporary World