1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

equired to complete appropriate subjects of the Bachelor
of Arts degree course, or undertake a preliminary reading
course before being accepted for enrolment.
Course structure
The course may be completed part-time in the evening over
two years. It comprises eight semester subjects in all and
each subject involves four hours of class meetings per
week. Usually students enrol for two subjects concurrently
in each of the four semesters but may, in special
circumstances, enrol for only one subject per semester.
Reading material and tapes will be available at the
Swinburne Bookshop approximately one week before the
commencement of the semester. In all assignments,
students are required to complete four minor tests, weekly
assignments, one research essay and one major test per
subject. All classes are conducted in Japanese.
The subjects offered are:
Japanese Society A
Japanese Society B
Japanese Culture A
Japanese Culture B
Japanese Business and Industry A
Japanese Business and Industry B
Japanese Politics A
Japanese Politics B
Preliminary reading
Machida, T. A Collection oflapanese Newsaper Articles, 1987-
1991. Melbourne, Swinburne Press, 1991
References
Masuda, K. (ed.) Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary.
4th edn, Tokyo, Kenkyusha, 1974
Kindaichi, K. (ed.) Shinmeika Kokugo Jiten. 2nd edn, Tokyo,
$ Sanseido, 1979
rn Nelson, A. Modern Readers: Japanese English Character
Dictionaflev. edn, Tokyo, Tuttle, 1978
s - Spahn, M. Japanese Character Dictionary, Tokyo, Nichigai, 1989
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Tsunahiko Nawano on 9214 8057
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F NO87 Graduate Diploma in
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Japanese for Professionals
2. =. The Graduate Diploma in Japanese for Professionals is an
intensive language course designed for graduates with no
previous studies in Japanese. It provides vocational
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language skills and basic knowledge of the cultural, social,
g, political and economic aspects of contemporary Japan.
The course is planned so that graduates in business, law,
medicine, engineering, etc., who are working or planning
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to undertake employment in an area requiring Japanese
' language skills and knowledge of Japan can acquire the
main principles of the written and spoken language as well
as vocabulary and expressions pertinent to their
professional needs.
Entrance requirements
Applicants must have a degree or equivalent, from a
recognised university, college or institute.
Course structure
The Graduate Diploma in Japanese for Professionals is
offered as a part-time evening course.
The language component consists of six hours per week
over four semesters.
Year 1
The language component in first year includes basic
grammar, situational dialogues, aural comprehension and
reading/writing sections which provide students with the
basic knowledge of the mechanics of the language.
Semester 1
AJ420 Graduate Diploma in Japanese for Professionals 1A
Semester 2
AJ421 Graduate Diploma in Japanese for Professionals 1B
Year 2
The language component at the second year level is divided
into a core segment of advanced grammar and a segment in
which language pertinent to the students' professional
needs is studied through reading and conversation.
Semester 1
AJ422 Graduate Diploma in Japanese for Professionals 2A
Semester 2
AJ423 Graduate Diploma in Japanese for Professionals 2B
Supporting components
Equivalent to two hours per week over four semesters.
The four supporting components are culture, society,
communication and economy.
These components take the form of five three-hour
seminars per semester, at times to be arranged.
Course convener
Alina Skoutarides on 9214 8051
No88 Graduate Diploma in Korean
The Graduate Diploma in Korean is an intensive language
course based on an examination of Korean current affairs.
It is designed to enable students to develop their language
skills through reading recent Korean newspaper articles
and listening to media broadcasts, and to extend their
knowledge of contemporary Korea. Specific training is
focused on reading, aural comprehension and speaking.
The course is planned so that students who have completed
a three-year undergraduate program in Korean can further
their knowledge of the Korean language to a stage where
they are competent to deal with a wide variety of topics in
the written and spoken language. Training in the various
styles and speech levels which characterise modern spoken
Korean is also a part of the course.
Language development is focused on four major areas of
Korean studies: social, cultural, business and political.
Students consider: