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 |