Asian Studies
Unit of study table (Table A)
Major |
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| A major in Asian Studies requires 48 credit points from this table, including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | ||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units | ||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | ||
| (iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | ||
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | ||
Minor |
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| A minor in Asian Studies requires 36 credit points from this table, including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | ||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units | ||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | ||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units | ||
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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1000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures |
6 | |
| ASNS1602 Asia: Past, Present, Future |
6 | |
2000 level selective units of study |
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| ASNS2004 Korean Popular Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points from Korean Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies |
| ASNS2011 Buddhist Thought and Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient Greek, Ancient History, Anthropology, Arabic Language and Cultures, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew, Chinese Studies, Cultural Studies, Education, European Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Gender Studies, Germanic Studies, Hebrew, History, Indonesian Studies, International and Comparative Literary Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture, Korean Studies, Latin, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Studies in Religion, Visual Arts N BDST1602 |
| ASNS2613 Chinese Thought |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Chinese or Indonesian or Japanese or Korean Studies or Sanskrit or Philosophy N CHNS3641 |
| 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 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Sanskrit or History or Ancient History |
| ASNS2626 Religious Traditions of India |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or International and Global Studies or Sanskrit or History or Ancient History or Studies in Religion. N RLST2003 |
| ASNS2627 Tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Sanskrit or History |
| ASNS2628 Buddhism, Meditation, and Brain |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
| ASNS2634 Samurai and Merchants: Tokugawa Japan |
6 | N ASNS2304 P 12 credit points at 1000 level each in either Asian Studies or History |
| ASNS2642 Modern Korea |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level N ASNS2502 |
| ASNS2661 History of Modern Indonesia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A |
| ASNS2663 Social Activism in Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A |
| ASNS2665 Understanding Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
| ASNS2669 Field Study of Southeast Asia |
6 | P 24 credit points at 1000 level This unit requires departmental permission: students require approval to enrol in this course after having been through the selective interview process and been offered a place on this overseas field study. Note that this unit is subject to travel and health advice at the time the unit is offered and may be delivered virtually. For more information please contact the unit coordinator. |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from ASNS or JPNS or KRNS or CHNS or INMS or INGS or SANS or HSTY |
| ARHT2640 Contemporary Turns in Asian Art |
6 | N ARHT2040 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
| CHNS2004 Introduction to Chinese Literature |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in ICLS or CHNS1601 |
| CHNS2613 Communication and Social Change in China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000, 2000, or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
| CHNS2614 Understanding News About China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000, 2000, or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
| CHNS2633 Topics in Chinese Literature 1 |
6 | P 12 credit points of Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or International and Comparative Literary Studies |
| GOVT2119 Southeast Asian Politics |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
| HSTY2606 China's Last Dynasty: The Great Qing |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or 12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies N HSTY2006 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in either History or Asian Studies N HSTY3071 or HSTY3072 |
| KRNS2010 Korean Cinema |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Korean Studies |
| KRNS2641 Traditional Korea |
6 | P 12 credit points from Korean Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies N ASNS2641 |
3000-level core units of study |
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| ASNS3690 Researching Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies N CHNS3902 or INMS3902 or JPNS3902 or ASNS3902 |
3000-level selective units of study |
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| ASNS3001 Youth and Language in Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Indonesian Studies N ASNS2001 |
| ASNS3002 Modern Japan |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or History or Japanese Studies |
| ASNS3003 Buddhism: Historical Perspectives |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level from any combination of Ancient Greek, Ancient History, Anthropology, Arabic Language and Cultures, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew, Chinese Studies, Cultural Studies, European Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Studies, Hebrew, History, Indonesian Studies, International and Comparative Literary Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture, Korean Studies, Latin, Linguistics, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Studies in Religion, Visual Arts N ASNS2003 |
| ASNS3111 The Material Culture of Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Sanskrit or History or Ancient History or International and Global Studies or Art History |
| ASNS3616 Japanese Cinema and Society |
6 | P 6 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Asian Studies or 18 credit points at 1000-level including ENGL1011 N JPNS3675 |
| ASNS3618 Popular China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Anthropology or 12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level in Chinese Studies |
| ASNS3670 Mass Media in East Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Korean Studies N ASNS2670 or ASNS2600 |
| ARHT3646 The Asian Modern: Art in East Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Art History and (CASF1001 and CASF1002)) N ARHT2646 |
| ARHT3663 Gender and Sexuality in Asian Art History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies |
| CHNS3633 Topics in Chinese Literature 2 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 or 2000 or 3000 level from Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level from Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level from International and Comparative Literary Studies |
| CHNS3639 Chinese Cinema |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Asian Studies |
| HSTY3801 Asian History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Interdisciplinary project unit of study |
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| If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major. | ||
| If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major. | ||
| If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major. | ||
| FASS3333 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points |
