DPT: Japanese and Linguistics (MA Hons) (UTJAPLI)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

Progression into second year requires a pass of all compulsory courses.

Compulsory courses

Linguistics & English Language 1

Japanese Language 1

Practical Japanese 1

Elective courses

Thinking Through Japan

Politics and the Economy of Japan

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English

Must be taken during Semester 1

LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories

Must be taken during Semester 2

Japanese Language 2

Practical Japanese 2- Year Abroad Preparation

Elective courses

Thinking Through Japan

Politics and the Economy of Japan

Researching Japan: Skills, Methods and Critiques

It is recommended that students take at least a further 20 credits of LEL2 courses.

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Progression to Honours normally requires a pass at 50 or above at the first attempt in Japanese Language 2, including a pass at 50 or above in the degree exam, and an *average* of 50 across all obligatory LEL2 courses taken and a minimum of 40 in each, on the first sitting.

Compulsory courses

Third-year Project in Language Sciences

Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Combined)

Japanese Language 3

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Final Assessment Weightings: 1-2. (Third-year Project in Language Sciences). 3. (Japanese Language 3). 4-5. (Japanese Language 4A). 6. (Japanese Language 4B.1). 7. (Japanese 4 Oral). 8-10. (Courses in Language Sciences). 11-12. (Further courses in Japanese or Language Sciences).