Welcome to the Japanese Bachelor's Degree Course !

In this course you will carry out an independent research project related to your previous studies within any of the fields Japanese linguistics, cultural anthropology, literature or translation studies. Presenting this project in the form of an academic paper, you will show that you are able to argue logically and analytically, and that you manage the conventions of academic writing.

Forms of teaching

The course begins with a seminar in which you present the plans for your research project. At the end of the course, you will defend your finished thesis at a public seminar. Besides these seminars, the course mainly consists of independent work and meetings with your supervisor for comments and feedback on your work. You are entitled to meet your supervisor 3-4 times, and to receive comments, orally or in writing, on your preliminary and finished text. If the thesis is not passed at the end of the course, you may not receive further supervision, but you are entitled to get a revised and finished text evaluated and graded.

Examination

The course is examined in writing, by the completion of an academic thesis and an abstract, and orally, by the presentation and defense of this thesis and by making a critical reading of a thesis written by one of the other students. The thesis should have a length of about 8 000 - 10 000 words and may be written in English or, if your language proficiency is sufficient, in Japanese.

Schedule and course outline

The schedule and course outline is available here: GJP23Y-Outline-Spring-24.pdf

It is also published in this course's information module, which will be available once you have registered.

Contact

For questions about the course, please contact the course coordinator Herbert Jonsson: <hjn@du.se>.