1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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AJ404
AJ405
AJ406
AJ407
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 of Japanese 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
Nelson, A. MO& Readers: Japanese English Character
Dictionary. Rev. edn, Tokyo, Tuttle, 1978
Spahn, M. Japanese Character Dictionaly, Tokyo, Nichigai, 1989
Course Convener
Alina Skoutarides
Telephone: 9214 8051
~087 Graduate Diploma in Japanese
for Professionals
The Graduate Diploma in Japanese for Professionals is an
intensive language course designed for graduates with no
previous studies in Japanese. It provides vocational
language skills and basic knowledge of the cultural, social,
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
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 l
AJ420 Graduate Diploma in Japanese for
ProfessiondslA
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
Telephone: 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:
general problems and trends as they are analysed by
Korean writers within the framework of the society as
a whole; and
the validity of assertions and generalisations which are
made by Korean, as well as foreign writers.
Entrance requirements
Applicants must have a degree with a major in Korean
language, or equivalent, from a recognised university,
college or institute. All applications are assessed by a
selection committee and in certain cases applicants may be
required to complete appropriate subjects of the Bachelor
of Arts degree course, or undertake a preliminary reading
course before being accepted for enrolment.