Oriental language degrees always chained to business

hachiroku

I have noticed that in Ireland most of the Korean/Japanese/Chinese languages are chained to business in third level institutions here in Ireland. Does anyone know why that is? Or provide some sort of logical answer?

There is a reason why I dropped business after junior cert and hated having to do it in Transition year :mad:

Konata

I'm studying the Applied Languages & Translation studies course in DCU with Japanese. No business involved in that one.

No idea why many of them are tied to business. Having language skills and business skills makes you a more employable person I guess?

hachiroku

That's interesting, afaik that course didn't show up on Halifax. It seems to me that Korean, Japanese - but particularly Chinese are tied with business, what I mean is that business is the focus of the course and the purpose of the language is so you can do business in that language.

There are a few courses over in England :rolleyes: but in UC Lancashire there is Korean and Japanese, all I need to do is get a C in LC Japanese. I was unfortunate in that the teacher who was in my school who did Japanese in transition [although not native] left the summer before my transition year!:mad:

Just Like Heaven

Korean and Japanese sounds like an awesome course.

Konata

hachiroku wrote: »

That's interesting, afaik that course didn't show up on Halifax. It seems to me that Korean, Japanese - but particularly Chinese are tied with business, what I mean is that business is the focus of the course and the purpose of the language is so you can do business in that language.

There are a few courses over in England :rolleyes: but in UC Lancashire there is Korean and Japanese, all I need to do is get a C in LC Japanese. I was unfortunate in that the teacher who was in my school who did Japanese in transition [although not native] left the summer before my transition year!:mad:

Here's the course page on the DCU site: http://www.dcu.ie/prospective/deginfo.php?classname=ALIS

Qualifax still has it listed under it's old name of "Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies": http://www.qualifax.ie/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=15?Mainsec=courses&Subsec=course_details&ID=3123

hachiroku

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Korean and Japanese sounds like an awesome course.

Yes I know :cool: so I will apply for it!

Konata wrote: »

Here's the course page on the DCU site: http://www.dcu.ie/prospective/deginfo.php?classname=ALIS

Qualifax still has it listed under it's old name of "Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies": http://www.qualifax.ie/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=15?Mainsec=courses&Subsec=course_details&ID=3123

Thanks for that link Konata, I didn't know anywhere let you study Japanese as part of a degree in Ireland. I'll check that out

Just Like Heaven

hachiroku wrote: »

I didn't know anywhere let you study Japanese as part of a degree in Ireland. I'll check that out

I also know people studying Japanese as part of Arts (twin major) and applied languages in UL. However I don't think they offer Chinese or any other Asian languages unfortunately.

If it's mainly Japanese you're interested in and just business that puts you off there are courses offering Japanese with media, politics etc. as well.

However, I'm biased and think that Japanese and Korean would be cooler :pac: so go for it if it's what you really want.

hachiroku

So it looks like I am off to do Japanese LC this September!