Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister japonologije in …/magistrica japonologije in …Add to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts in Japanese studies and ...
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A completed first-cycle two-subject study programme in the same disciplines; or
  • any completed first-cycle study programme in another field, if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for second-cycle studies; these are determined with reference to how different the professional field is and consist of 10–60 credits; or
  • a completed professional higher education programme (under the former programme), if prior to enrolment the candidate has completed course units essential for second-cycle studies; these are determined with reference to how different the field is, and consist of 10 to 60 credits.
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: language acquisition
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to:
  • go beyond a Eurocentric understanding of the world,
  • work autonomously in a Slovene-Japanese interlingual and intercultural environment,
  • demonstrate passive and, to a lesser extent, active knowledge of characters, vocabulary and grammatical patterns at approximately the level of the stage 1 standard examination in Japanese as a foreign language (Nihongo nouryoku siken 1 kyu), i.e. use around 10,000 of the most common words (of which around 50% actively) and around 2,000 characters used to write these words (of which around 1,200 actively), and all basic grammatical structures and patterns of modern Japanese,
  • demonstrate in-depth knowledge of and apply the principles of using suitable forms of Japanese in various social contexts,
  • demonstrate in-depth understanding of texts in modern language on general social and popular science topics,
  • translate more complex texts from Japanese into Slovene,
  • undertake interlingual mediation and, in the event of having completed course units in a relevant subject, consecutive interpreting between Slovene and Japanese,
  • use ICT in connection with Japanese: computer processing of texts, internet, electronic dictionaries,
  • demonstrate knowledge of the basics of teaching Japanese as a starting point for a later teaching specialisation (in the event of having completed course units in a relevant subject),
  • demonstrate knowledge of the principal characteristics of the structure of Japanese society and the principal characteristics of Japanese culture and tradition via analysis of systematically selected media and specialist texts.

Assesment and completion:
Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

In order to progress to the second year of the programme, students must have completed course units totalling 90% of the credits prescribed by the curriculum for the individual year (i.e. 54 out of 60 credits).

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete the programme, students must complete all course units prescribed by the study programme and individual subject syllabuses, for a total of 60 credits. Since this is a two-subject study programme, in order to complete the overall programme students must also complete all course units in the other discipline, amounting to 60 credits, for a total of 120 credits.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://as.ff.uni-lj.si/en/japonologija-dvodisciplinarni-program-2-stopnje
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