Japanese

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Japan is one of the world’s biggest economies, but it’s also home to a rich and varied culture and a complex, changing society. This degree will allow you to develop your Japanese language skills while exploring the diversity of Japanese society – and you’ll spend a year at a Japanese university to gain first-hand experience.
Core modules will allow you to develop your spoken and written Japanese, while optional modules are the starting point for you to choose the elements of Japanese culture, history or politics that interest you. You could also take modules on Chinese society, or explore East Asia more generally.
Leeds is one of Europe’s largest centres for East Asian Studies. That means we can offer flexible degree programmes with a wide range of options, covering topics that stretch across the Asia Pacific region.
We focus on modern Japanese life, but we don’t ignore the complex history that brought it to this point. This Japanese degree will allow you gain a real insight into a fascinating country.
This course is intended for non-native speakers of Japanese only.
Specialist facilities
An array of facilities are available to language students at Leeds. They include our fully equipped Language Centre, including digital language labs, audio/video practice booths and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
We also have our Electronic Resource Information Centre, which features specialised computing facilities for translation studies, and Interpreter Training Suites offering you the chance to explore a career in interpreting.

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: ABB-AAB excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. A foreign language is preferred.
GCSE: 4/C in a foreign language
Other course specific tests:
Where 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 BBB at A Level (preferably including a foreign language, excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ. cants, regardless of personal circumstances or...

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Subjects

  • Japanese Language
  • Translation
  • Politics
  • Communication Skills
  • University
  • Communication Training

Course programme

Our first-year language tuition is aimed at beginners, but we also have post-beginner level modules for those with some knowledge of Japanese language: self-study, GCSE or A-level. Either way, you’ll develop your knowledge of the Japanese language while choosing optional modules allowing you to explore the country’s fascinating history, as well as its social and cultural life.

This is the perfect way to prepare for your Residence Abroad, which you’ll spend at a Japanese university building your language skills and gaining a new perspective on the topics you have studied.

You’ll bring all of this back to Leeds with you for your final two years, where you’ll take advanced language classes to refine your spoken and written Japanese. At the same time you’ll be cultivating critical and research skills, as you choose further optional modules exploring aspects of life in Japan, from religion to cinema, modern Japanese history to Sino-Japanese relations.

In your final year, you can put these skills into practice with an independently researched dissertation or final year project.

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
  • LCS Academic Essentials
Optional modules
  • History and Culture of Imperial China 20 credits
  • Chinese Culture in the Twentieth Century 10 credits
  • Japan in War and Peace 10 credits
  • Japan: History and International Politics 10 credits
  • Japan: A Cultural History from Buddhism to Murakami Haruki 10 credits
  • Foundations of East Asia 20 credits
  • Introduction to East Asian Religions 20 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
Optional modules
  • Japan's International Relations 20 credits
  • Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan 20 credits
  • Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World 20 credits

Year 4

Compulsory modules

  • Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Final Year Project
Optional modules
  • Modern Japanese History 20 credits
  • Japanese Cinema in the World 20 credits
  • Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present 20 credits

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