Italian B and Japanese

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

If you have little or no knowledge of Italian, this degree will allow you to learn the language from scratch and develop an understanding of the history, politics and rich culture of a major European economy. Core modules will develop your language skills and introduce you to Italian history and culture, but you’ll also choose from a wide range of optional modules to explore topics from medieval and Renaissance art and literature to cinema and specialised uses of Italian in business.
Japan is an important player on the world stage. This degree will combine core and optional modules so you can learn Japanese from scratch, as well as gaining an insight into the culture, history and politics of Japan and East Asia as a whole. You’ll spend a year studying at a Japanese university to improve your skills, as well as studying topics from translation to Japanese cinema, Sino-Japanese relations and East Asian religions.

Facilities

Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAB excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking.
GCSE: Grade 4/C in a foreign language
Other course specific tests:
When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ.
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Subjects

  • Italian Language
  • Translation
  • Politics
  • Communication Skills
  • Cinema
  • Communication Training
  • History Politics

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll study one of our cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.

Italian B

Core modules in your first year will develop your Italian language skills and introduce you to Italian culture and history. You will spend time abroad in Italy, before you return to continue your language study and also choose from optional modules such as Dante or regional identities in Italy. A variety of optional modules alongside these will allow you to continue pursuing your own interests. Your time abroad will bring a new perspective to advanced language classes in your final year.

Japanese

Core modules in your first year will develop your Japanese skills. You’ll also choose from optional modules on Japanese and East Asian culture and history. This will prepare you to study in Japan the following year, where you’ll build your language skills and gain first-hand experience of the culture. When you return you’ll take advanced language classes and choose from a wider range of optional modules on aspects of Japanese and East Asian politics, history and culture.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Basic Japanese Language (1) 20 credits
  • Basic Japanese Language (2) 20 credits
  • Beginners Italian 1 20 credits
  • Beginners Italian 2 20 credits
  • IT for LCS Students 5 credits
Optional modules
  • Japan in War and Peace 10 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Year Abroad in Japan 120 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Japanese 2A: Written Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Japanese 2B: Spoken Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Italian Language 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Japan's International Relations 20 credits
  • Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan 20 credits
  • Contemporary Southeast Asia 20 credits

Year 4

Compulsory modules

  • Year Abroad in Italy 120 credits

Year 5

Compulsory modules

  • Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Italian Language 3 20 credits
  • Final year project
Optional modules
  • Modern Japanese History 20 credits
  • East Asia's Regional Political Economy 20 credits
  • South East Asia in the Global Context

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