Asian Studies
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Asian Studies |
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| A major in Asian Studies requires at least 36 senior credit points from this table including at least 18 credit points from Core units of study of which 6 credit points must be at 3000 level. | |||
Junior units of study |
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| The completion of 12 credit points of junior units from Asian Studies, or other subject areas listed in Table A, is required before undertaking senior units in Asian Studies. | |||
| ASNS1101 Introduction to Chinese Civilisation |
6 |
No prior knowledge is assumed. All teaching and all assigned readings are in English; however, a Chinese-language tutorial option may be provided. |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ASNS1602 Modernity in Asia |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Senior units of study |
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Core |
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| ASNS2613 Chinese Thought |
6 | P 12 credit points from subject areas listed in Table A in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Handbook N CHNS3641 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2618 Remaking Chinese Society, 1949-Present |
6 | A Students with no prior knowledge of modern Chinese history are encouraged to read an introductory textbook (e.g., Edwin E. Moise. Modern China: A History. Second edition. Longman, 1994) before the start of the semester. P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Government and International Relations and GOVT2424) N ASNS2118 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2623 India: Tradition and Modernity |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 1 Winter Main |
| ASNS2627 India, China, Tibet: Cultural Relations |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2631 Origins of Japanese Tradition |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2632 Modern Japanese Social History |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) N ASNS2308 This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2636 The Enigma of Japanese Power |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) N ASNS2306, JPNS2316 This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit to students enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2641 Traditional Korea |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) or (12 Junior credit points of Korean Studies) N ASNS2501 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2642 Modern Korea |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) or (12 Junior credit points of Korean Studies) N ASNS2502 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2661 History of Modern Indonesia |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) or (12 Junior credit points of Indonesian Studies) N INMS2901, ASNS2401 This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2670 Mass Media in East Asia |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Korean Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from GCST, SCLG, ANTH, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013) N KRNS2600, ASNS2600 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia from 1840 until Today |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2677 Beyond the Geisha/Samurai Binary |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3619 China and Globalisation |
6 | P 12 senior credit points from Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3690 Approaches to Research in Asian Studies |
6 | P 12 senior credit points in Asian Studies N ASNS3902, JPNS3902, CHNS3902, INMS3902 |
Semester 2 |
Elective |
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| ANTH2601 The Ethnography of Southeast Asia |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Anthropology) or (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| ANTH2620 China: Contemporary Ethnographies |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Anthropology) or (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) |
Semester 1 |
| BDST3611 Buddhist Philosophical Traditions |
6 | P (12 senior credit points from Buddhist Studies) or (12 senior credit points of Asian Studies) or (12 senior credit points of Studies in Religion or World Religions) or (12 senior credit points from Philosophy) N ASNS2621 |
Semester 2 Summer Early |
| CHNS2613 Communication and Social Change in China |
6 | A No Chinese-language skill is required P (12 Junior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2614 Understanding News About China |
6 | A No Chinese-language skill is required P (12 Junior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) C CHNS1601 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3633 Lu Xun and China's Modern Literature |
6 | A No knowledge of the Chinese language or literature is required P (12 Senior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Senior credit points of Asian Studies) or (6 Senior credit points in ICLS) |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3640 Chinese History Through Chinese Eyes |
6 | A Basic knowledge of Classical Chinese P (12 Senior credit points from Chinese Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) N CHNS3561 This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit to students enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS3675 Japanese Cinema |
6 | P (JPNS2622) or (12 Senior intermediate credit points from Asian Studies) or (ARHT2656 and one of ARHT2652, ARHT2653, ARHT2655, ARHT2657, ENGL2627, ENGL2638, ENGL3604, FILM2601, HSTY2608, ICLS2637 or MUSC2663) or (12 Senior credit points from ICLS) This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit to students enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program |
Semester 1 |
| KRNS3675 Contemporary Korean Society and Culture |
6 | P (12 senior credit points of Korean Studies) or (12 senior credit points from ASNS2641, ASNS2642, 2670) N KRNS2500, KRNS2675 |
Semester 1 |
| GEOS3053 Southeast Asia Field School |
6 | P 6 credit points of Intermediate units of study in Geography. Department permission is required for enrolment. N GEOS3953 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than September in the year before taking this unit. |
Int July |
| GEOS3953 Southeast Asia Field School (Adv) |
6 | P 6 credit points of Intermediate units of study in Geography. Department permission required for enrolment. N GEOS3053 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than September in the year before taking this unit. |
Int July |
| GOVT2119 Southeast Asia: Dilemmas of Development |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Government and International Relations) or (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) N GOVT2109 |
Semester 1 |
| GOVT2424 Politics of China |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Government and International Relations) or (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) N GOVT2402 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2606 China in the Nineteenth-Century World |
6 | P (12 junior credit points of History) or (12 junior credit points of Asian Studies) N HSTY2006 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China |
6 | P (12 junior credit points of History) or (12 junior credit points of Asian Studies) N HSTY3071, HSTY3072 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2642 Beyond The Great Wall: China's Frontiers |
6 | P (12 junior credit points of History) or (12 junior credit points of Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
Exchange |
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| ASNS2651 Asian Studies Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS2652 Asian Studies Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS2653 Asian Studies Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS2654 Asian Studies Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS2655 Asian Studies Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS2656 Asian Studies Exchange |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours |
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| ASNS4011 Asian Studies Honours A |
12 | P Credit average or better in 48 senior credit points of Asian Studies, including completion of the major and ASNS3690 Approaches to Research in Asian Studies. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS4012 Asian Studies Honours B |
12 | C ASNS4011 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS4013 Asian Studies Honours C |
12 | C ASNS4012 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS4014 Asian Studies Honours D |
12 | C ASNS4013 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |