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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 characterise modern
spoken Korean is also a part of the course.
Language development is focused on four major areas of
u Korean studies: social, cultural, business and political.
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Entrance requirements
2. Applicants must have a degree with a major in Korean
language, or equivalent, from a recognised university, college
w or institute. All applications are assessed by a selection
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n committee and in certain cases applicants may be required to
g complete appropriate subjects of the Bachelor of Arts degree
". course, or undertake a preliminary reading course before
ar 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.
Subjects on Korean society and culture, and on business and
politics are offered in alternate years.
The subjects offered are:
AK400 Korean Society A
AK401 Korean Society B
AK402 KoreanCultureA
AK403 Korean Culture B
AK404 Korean Business and Industry A
AK405 Korean Business and Industry B
AK406 Korean Politics A
AK407 Korean Politics B
~081 Graduate Diploma in Korean for
Professionals
The Graduate Diploma In Korean for Professionals is an
intensive language course specifically designed for graduates
w~th 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
readinglwriting 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 hours per week over four semesters.
The four supporting components are culture, society, politics/
economy and communication.
These components take the form of five three hour seminars
per semester, at times to be arranged.
~085 Graduate Diploma in Urban
Research and Policy
This course 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 course is designed to provide knowledge of
and experience in:
the analysis of Australian urban development and the
social and economic problems that derive from this
development;
the formation and characteristics of national, state, and
metropolitan policies affecting the urban environment;
the use of techniques and skills relevant to urban
research and planning, policy formulation and evaluation.