• Offered by School of Culture History and Language
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Course subject Japanese
  • Areas of interest Asian Languages

Readings from representative works of pre-modern, modern and contemporary Japanese literature

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Students will build advanced language skills in reading, writing, literary analysis and debate in Japanese and an understanding of some of the features of Japanese literature and culture

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  • Understand Japanese material related to the course subject area;
  • Develop the confidence and expertise to engage in Japanese at an advanced level, and
  • Develop academic writing and presentation skills
  • Develop higher level comprehension skills

Develop information gathering, presentation and analytic skills – through group and individual activities

Indicative Assessment

Class Attendance/Preparation/Participation 5%

Recorded Reading (2 postings) 5%

Paired Oral Presentation & Report Essay 30%

  • Oral Presentation = 10%
  • Individual Report/Essay = 20%

Creative Writing Assignment  25%

Final Exam  35%

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Workload

Three hours of classes per week

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have previously completed JPNS2013 and JPNS2015. Incompatible with JPNS6508

Majors

Minors

Fees

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Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $2856
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $4080
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
8896 23 Jul 2018 30 Jul 2018 31 Aug 2018 26 Oct 2018 In Person N/A

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