Postgraduate Diploma in Japanese Language - PostGraduate/Graduate Coursework
The Postgraduate Diploma in Japanese Language is designed to allow graduates who have competence equivalent to at least a basic major in Japanese (Japanese 6) to extend their competence in the language.
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Course Fees
Please refer to the Monash University Fees and Costs page:
http://www.monash.edu.au/study/fees/
See also Information for Prospective Students.
Course Coordinator
Entry requirements
The postgraduate diploma is open to graduates of any undergraduate course who have competence in Japanese to at least the level of an undergraduate major in the beginner's stream (Japanese 6). Various entry points are available for students with more advanced competence. Native speakers of Japanese who have completed their secondary education in Japan will not be accepted into this course.
Course structure
The course consists of 48 points, which is equivalent to one year of full-time study. The course is available full-time or part-time. Most students will take the course part-time over two or three years in order to allow them to complete sequential units. Student will normally complete one or two six-point language units per semester.
In addition to language units (prefaced by JLG), students who have completed level 8 Japanese may also take JLG4100 Japanese 10 (6 points). Those who have completed Japanese 12 may be able to take interpreting and translation units associated with the Master of Interpreting and Translation.
Part-time students will have the option of taking postgraduate units in Applied Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Studies or Asian Studies up to the value of 24 points. Full-time students will normally take up to 24 points of language units and 24 points of postgraduate units. Further advice on suitable units for individual students can be obtained from the school.
Schedule of units
All units are offered subject to availability of staff and sufficient enrolments.
- Units in Japanese language:
- Units in applied Japanese linguistics:
- JAL4130 Japanese sociolinguistics (12 points)
- JAL4140 Asian languages in contact (12 points)
- JAL4210 Issues in Japanese Language Education (12 points)
- JAL4530 Teaching and Learning Japanese (12 points)
- JAL4590 Japanese linguistics (12 points)
- JAL4610 Research methodology in applied linguistics (12 points)
- JAL4730 Japanese systematic grammar (12 points)
- Units in Asian Studies
- Units in Japanese Studies (not offered in 2008)
- JST4050 Australia-Japan cultural interaction (6 points)
- JST4060 Projects in Australia-Japan cultural interaction (6 points)
- JST4110 Advanced studies in Japanese society (12 points)
- JST4120 Work and economic organization in Japan (12 points)
- JST4180 Advanced topics in Japanese culture (12 points)
- JST4190 Advanced studies in Japanese economics (12 points
Study in Japan
Subject to the approval of the School and Faculty certain units (but no more than 50 per cent of the total requirements for any course) can be taken in Japan. However, students who have not completed their last undergraduate year at Monash will not normally be eligible to study in Japan in the first year of their candidature. The school currently maintains university-to-university agreements with about 10 Japanese universities. Opportunities exist for scholarships , and interested students should inquire with the convenor of the School's scholarship committee. Faculty approval must be obtained before students can proceed to an overseas study program.
Exit Point
Students may be offfered an exit award of a Graduate Certificate of Arts after successful completion of 24 points.