Programme name: Credit-based Undergraduate Programme

Level of training: Undergraduate

Field of study: Japanese Language Studies

Type of training: Full-time

Institution: University of Foreign Languages, Hue University

(Issued under Decision No 856, 21/09/ 2016 of the Rector of University of Foreign Languages, Hue University)      

 

1. Training Objectives:

- General Objective:

Provide students of BA in Japanese Language Studies with political awareness and professional ethics, good health, the ability to handle well specialisation-related work, meeting the requirements of the society and of the economy in the process of international integration.

- Specific Objective:

+ Ethical qualities:

Students will have basic qualities of a graduate of Japanese Language Studies, who has deep understanding of Marxist-Leninist Worldview and Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, who is patriotic with a love for socialism, who loves his/her students and career, and who has a high sense of responsibility, good ethics and exemplary style of a prospective officer.

+ Knowledge:

Students will have relatively broad and profound knowledge of the Japanese language, culture and literature, develop and improve a command of communicative skills in Japanese, allowing for a relatively stable professional level such as translators and interpreters in the field of economics, culture, society.

+ Skills:

Skills in applying knowledge of Japanese Language and Culture to solve problems encountered during professional practice and research.

Foundational skills in conducting research into Japanese language, literature or culture, as well as the ability to perform professionally in some other services such as tourism and museum.

 

2. Training duration: 4 years

 

3. Volume of knowledge: 139-141 credits (including 7 credits for non-specialised language, but not including the content of Physical Education (4 credits) and Defence Education (165) periods).

 

4. Candidates for Recruitment: Based on the recruitment regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

 

5. Training process and Graduation condition: In accordance with the Regulation 43 of the Ministry of Education And Training.

 

6. Grading Scale: In accordance with the Regulation 43 of the Ministry of Education and Training.

 

7. Programme Content

7.1. Programme Structure

 

7.1.1. General knowledge                   

7.1.1.1. Theories of politics                

7.1.1.2. Natural Sciences                     

7.1.1.3. Social Sciences                        

7.1.1.4. Humanities                              

7.1.1.5. Non-specialised language     

7 .1.1.6. General 2nd foreign language      

7 .1.2. Professional knowledge          

7.1.2.1. Linguistics                                

7.1.2.2. Culture -Literature                 

7.1.2.3. Practical Language Skills       

7.1.2.4. Knowledge of Specialised field      

7.1.2.5 Practicum and Internship                

7.1.2.6. Thesis (or alternatives)         

41 credits

10 credits

05 credits

08 credits

04 credits

07 credits

07 credits

98-100 credits

08 credits

06 credits

48 credits

24-26 credits

05 credits

07 credits

7.2. List of courses:            

                

 

No.

Subject Code

 Subject

Number of credits

1

2

3

4

A

1

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

41

I

1

Theory of Politics

10

1

LCT1012

Basic principles of Marxism and Leninism 1

2

2

LCT1063

Basic principles of Marxism and Leninism 2

3

3

LCT1022

Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology

2

4

LCT1033

Revolutionary Strategies of Vietnamese Communist Party

3

II

1

Natural Sciences

05

 

 

Compulsory:

05

5

KTN1013

Basic informatics

3

6

KTN1022

Environment and Human beings

2

III

1

Social Sciences

08

 

 

Compulsory:

08

7

KXH1012

Vietnamese in use

2

8

KXH1022

Contrastive linguistics

2

9

KXH1072

Research methodology

2

10

KXH1042

Introduction to linguistics

2

IV

1

Humanities

04

 

 

Compulsory:

04

11

KNV1012

History of World civilisation

2

12

KNV1022

Introduction to Vietnamese culture

2

V

NNT5

General second foreign language: Select one of the foreign languages currently taught at the University (excluding Japanese).

7

Compulsory (7 out of 11 credits could be chosen)

7/11

13

NNT(5)012

General second foreign language 1 (Listening)

2

14

NNT(5)022

General second foreign language 2 (Speaking)

2

15

NNT(5)032

General second foreign language 3 (Reading)

2

16

NNT(5)042

General second foreign language 4 (Writing)

2

17

NNT(5)053

General second foreign language 5 (Grammar/ Translation practice)

3

VI

 

Non-specialised Foreign Language

7

VII

 

Physical education

4

VIII

 

National Defence Education

165 periods

B

 

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

96

IX

NHA2

Linguistics

8

 

 

Compulsory:

6/2

18

NHA2012

Japanese phonetics

2

19

NHA2022

Japanese lexicology

2

20

NHA2032

Japanese grammar 1                

2

 

 

Elective:

2/4

21

NHA2042

Japanese grammar 2

2

22

NHA2052

Textual grammar

2

 

NHA3

Culture – Literature

6

 

 

Compulsory:

4

23

NHAA072

Cross-cultural communication

2

24

NHA3052

Japanese studies

2

 

 

Elective:

2/12

25

NHA3012

Japanese culture and civilisation

2

26

NHA3062

Japanese literature 1

2

27

NHA3042

Introduction to Japanese literature

2

28

NHA3072

Japanese literature 2

2

29

NHAA052

History and geography of Japan

2

X

NHA4

Practical Language Skills

48

 

 

Compulsory:

48

30

NHA4012

General Japanese I.1

2

31

NHA4022

General Japanese I.2

2

32

NHA4032

General Japanese I.3

2

33

NHA4042

General Japanese I.4

2

34

NHA4052

General Japanese I.5

2

35

NHA4062

General Japanese II.1

2

36

NHA4072

General Japanese II.2

2

37

NHA4082

General Japanese II.3

2

38

NHA4092

General Japanese II.4

2

39

NHA4102

General Japanese II.5

2

40

NHA4112

Listening I

2

41

NHA4122

Listening II

2

42

NHA4132

Listening III

2

43

NHA4142

Speaking I

2

44

NHA4152

Speaking II

2

45

NHA4162

Speaking III

2

46

NHA4172

Reading I

2

47

NHA4182

Reading II

2

48

NHA4192

Reading III

2

49

NHA4202

Writing I

2

50

NHA4212

Writing II

2

51

NHA4222

Writing III

2

52

NHA4232

Listening – Speaking

2

53

NHA4242

Listening – Speaking

2

XI

NHAA

Specialisation knowledge for Literature

24

 

 

Compulsory:

24

54

NHAA023

Interviewing

3

55

NHAA263

Textual writing skill

3

56

NHAA272

Textual reading skill

2

57

NHAA082

Listening to news

2

58

NHA4232

Basic translation practice 1

2

59

NHA4242

Basic translation practice 2

2

60

NHAB012

Theoretical translation 1

2

61

NHAB033

Oral translation practice 1

3

62

NHAB043

Written translation practice 1

3

 

 

Elective:

 

63

NHAA202

Discourse analysis

2

64

NHAA042

Social and Cultural Lifestyles

2

 

 

Graduation thesis and Alternatives

 

65

NHAA245

End-of-programme practicum

5

 

 

Alternatives to practicum

(5)

66

NHAA182

Communicative Japanese

(2)

67

NHAA163

Japanese for office work

(3)

 

 

Graduation thesis and alternatives

7

68

NHAA257

Graduation thesis

7

 

 

Alternatives to graduation thesis

(7)

 

 

Compulsory:

3

69

NHAA153

Japanese for Business

(3)

 

 

Elective:

4/10

70

NHAA212

Report writing

(2)

71

NHAA142

Japanese for tourism

(2)

72

NHAA172

Japanese for IT

(2)

73

NHAA222

Japanese for nursing – Healthcare

(2)

74

NHAA232

Japanese for economics – business

(2)

 

Total number of credits

138