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Japanese Studies
Japanese Studies

Description

The Japanese Studies Program offers qualified applicants the opportunity to undertake the research degrees of MA (Research) or PhD within the broad field of Japanese Studies. All aspects of Japanese culture and society are encompassed, including language, history, politics, sociology, economics and law.

Postgraduate Japanese Studies aims to advance the knowledge and understanding of Japan, the Japanese people and the Japanese language. The program aims to provide distinct educational opportunities, developing Japanese skills that meet the needs of graduates who will actively engage in professional intercultural communciation and academic research in both the global and domestic arenas.

Supervision is offered by staff members of Japanese studies across the Faculty in their areas of research expertise. Areas include:

Languages and Linguistics Studies
  • Issues of Gender
  • Applied Educational Linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Linguistics
  • Functional Grammar
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Language-based Intelligent Computing
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Second Language Acquisition

Communication Studies
  • Cross-cultural Adaptation
  • Organisational Communication
  • Intercultural Business Communication
  • Issues of Identities

Area Studies
  • Pedagogy
  • History
  • Theatre
  • Popular Culture
  • Gender
  • Religious Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Literature
  • International Relations
Studying Japanese at UNSW

Postgraduate study in Japanese Studies is through the Japanese Studies Program in the School of International Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au). Please refer to the table below.



Japanese Studies can be studied as 

Specialisation At the Level of Plan
Japanese Studies Research JAPNAR2353
   

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