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~088 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 enough to deal with a wide variety of
topics in the written and spoken language. Training in the
various styles and speech levels which charaderise 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:
(a) general problems and trends as they are analysed by
Korean wriiers within the framework of the society as a
whole; and
(b) 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 units 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 yean. kt 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.
Subjects on Korean society and culture, and on business and
politics are offered in alternate pars.
The subjects offered are:
AK400 Korean Society A
AK401 Korean Society 8
AK402 Korean Culture A
AK403 Korean Culture B
AK404 Korean Business and Industry A
AK405 Korean Business and lndustry B
AK406 Korean Politics A
AK407 Korean Politics B
~0801 Graduate Diploma in Korean for
Professionals
The Graduate Diploma in Korean for Professionals is an
intensive language coune specifically designed for graduates
with no previous studies in Korean. It provides vocational
language skills and basic knowledge of the cultural, social,
political and economic aspects of contemporary Korea.
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 Korean
language skills and knowledge of Korea, 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
This is offered as a part-time evening course.
The language component is six hours per week over four
semesters.
Year 1
The language component in the first year includes basic
grammar, situational dialogues, aural comprehension and
readinghriting sections which provide students with the
basic knowledge of the mechanics of the language.
Semester 1
AK420 Graduate Diploma in Korean for Professionals 1A
Semester 2
AK421 Graduate Diploma in Korean for Professionals 1 B
Year 2
The language component of the second year level is divided
into a "core" segment of advanced grammar and a segment
in which language pertinent to students' professional needs
is studied through reading and conversation.
Semester 1
AK422 Graduate Diploma in Korean for Professionals 2A
Semester 2
AK423 Graduate Diploma in Korean for Professionals 20
Supporting components:
Equivalent to two houn per week over four semesters.
The four supporting components are culture, society,
politicsleconomy and communication.
These components take the form of five three hour seminars
per semester, at times to be arranged.
NO85
Graduate Diploma in Urban
Research & Policy
This coune provides students with the practical and conceptual
skills necessary to work more effectively or secure
employment in the fields of urban and social planning,
urban administration, community development and research.
More specifically the coune is designed to provide
knowledge of and experience in:
(a) the analysis of Australian urban development and the
social and economic problems that derive from this
development;
(b) the formation and characteristics of national, state, and
metropolitan policies affecting the urban environment;
(c) the use of techniques and skills relevant to urban
research and planning, policy formulation and
evaluation.
Entrance requirements
Applicants must hold a degree or diploma from an apprwd
tertiary institution, including major studies in at least one of
sociology, politics, economics, geography, planning or
contemporary history. Students with majors in discipline
other than those listed may also be considered.
Course structure
The course entails one year of full-time study or two years'
part-time study, involving six semester subjects and a
research report. Each subject usually involves three hours of
class meetings per week for one semester.
The following subjects are offered:
AS400 Urban Social Theory
AS402 Urban Policy
AS403 Research Report
AS404 Advanced Urban Research