Course details

Summary

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) is Otago's most flexible undergraduate degree programme, enabling students to study from a selection of more than 40 arts and social science subjects, as well as papers offered elsewhere in the University. Academic breadth is complemented by in-depth knowledge gained through majoring in one or two subjects with the option of minors in one or two others.

Students are taught by research-active scholars, are expected to undertake a diverse range of learning tasks and are challenged to develop their intellectual independence. Graduates of the programme are well-informed, versatile, independent thinkers with the information literacy, communication, research and interpersonal skills necessary for a career or further academic study. The completed BA is an entry qualification for the PGDipArts in the major subject of the degree.

Japanese

Japanese papers offered at undergraduate level emphasize language acquisition and introduce Japanese culture through a variety of media, including literature, films and videos.

The Japanese section of the Department of Languages and Cultures offers a full Bachelor of Arts (BA) programme, and various postgraduate options in Japanese.

Programme Requirements

100-level

• JAPA 131 Introductory Japanese 1
• JAPA 132 Introductory Japanese 2
• One of ASIA 101, GLBL 101, LING 111

200-level

• JAPA 231 Intermediate Japanese
• JAPA 233 Business and Professional Japanese
• One of JAPA 242, JAPA 243, JAPA 244, ASIA 201, GLBL 201, GLBL 202

300-level

• JAPA 331 Advanced Japanese 1
• JAPA 332 Advanced Japanese 2
• Two of JAPA 334, JAPA 342, JAPA 343, JAPA 344, JAPA 351, ASIA 301, GLBL 301, GLBL 302

Note: Students with previous knowledge of Japanese will be placed in JAPA papers appropriate to their level. Students placed in 200- or 300-level language papers will still have to pass approved papers worth 180 points in order to major in Japanese.

Plus

• 198 further points; must include 54 points at 200-level or above.
• Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts
  

Entry criteria

The minimum requirement for students is the completion of a high school qualification plus satisfactory completion of one year's study at an approved tertiary institution or successful completion New Zealand Foundation Year programme.

We also accept the following International qualifications: International Baccalaureate: IB Diploma with a minimum of 26 points; GCE Advanced Levels: minimum grade of 8.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS score of 6.0 in the academic module (with no individual band below 6.0); Internet-based TOEFL Score of 80 (writing 20); Paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 (TWE 4.5); CIE Cambridge International Examinations Grade E or better in AS English; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) - Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); GCE 'A' Level or 'AS' Level English Language or English Literature - grade C or higher; GCE 'AS' Level General Paper (English) - grade C or higher; APIEL (Advanced Placement International English Language) Examination - grade 3 or higher; IB International Baccalaureate - English at Higher or Standard level in Language A: literature, Language A: language and literature, or at Higher level in Language B; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - Overall score of 58 with no communicative skills score below 50.