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. |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ASNS1602 Asia: Past, Present, Future |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Senior units of study |
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Core |
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| ARHT2641 Art and Archaeology of South East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 credit points from Junior level Asian Studies, or other subject areas listed in Table A in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Handbook. N ARHT2041 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2010 Buddhism in East Asia |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ASNS2011 A Survey of Buddhism |
6 | N BDST1602 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2613 Chinese Thought |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N CHNS3641 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2618 Remaking Chinese Society, 1949-Present This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
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 Table A N ASNS2118 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2621 Buddhist Philosophy This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N : ASNS2313 |
Semester 1 Winter Main |
| ASNS2623 India: Tradition and Modernity This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points 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 Buddhist Studies) 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 |
| ASNS2625 Buddhism in Modern Asia This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2626 Religious Traditions of South Asia |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A N RLST2003 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| ASNS2627 India, China, Tibet: Cultural Relations This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2631 Origins of Japanese Tradition This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points 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) 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 Table A N ASNS2308 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2636 The Enigma of Japanese Power |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N ASNS2306 or JPNS2316 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2641 Traditional Korea |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N ASNS2501 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2642 Modern Korea |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N ASNS2502 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2660 Islam, Trade and Society-Arabia to SE Asia |
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 ASNS2402 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2661 History of Modern Indonesia This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2663 Social Activism in Southeast Asia |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Indonesian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points in Social Policy) or (12 Junior credit points in Sociology) |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2664 Southeast Asia Transformed This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2665 Understanding Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 |
| ASNS2670 Mass Media in East Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N KRNS2600 or ASNS2600 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2677 Beyond the Geisha/Samurai Binary |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from (Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Indian Sub-continental Studies or International and Global Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3010 Tibetan Buddhism |
6 | P ASNS2011 or ASNS2621 or ASNS2625 or ASNS2626 or ASNS2627 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3111 The Material Culture of Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points 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) |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3616 Japanese Cinema and Society |
6 | P 6 senior credit points of Asian Studies or 18 junior credit points including ENGL1011 N JPNS3675 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3618 Popular China |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points of Asian Studies) or (12 Senior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 senior credit points of Anthropology) |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3619 China and Globalisation This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points 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) |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3690 Approaches to Research in Asian Studies |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Asian Studies N CHNS3902 or INMS3902 or JPNS3902 or ASNS3902 |
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 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2640 Contemporary Asian Art |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or (12 junior credit points from Asian Studies) N ARHT2040 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2645 China: Art and Empire This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or (12 junior credit points from Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2613 Communication and Social Change in China This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2614 Understanding News About China |
6 | 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 | P (12 Senior credit points of Chinese Studies) or (12 Senior credit points of Asian Studies) or (6 Senior credit points in ICLS) |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3634 Gender in Chinese Literature |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points from Chinese Studies) or (12 Senior credit points from Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3640 Readings in Traditional Chinese History |
6 | P (CHNS1303 and CHNS1304) or (CHNS2611 and CHNS2612) N CHNS3561 |
Semester 2 |
| GEOS3053 Southeast Asia Field School |
6 | P 6 credit points of Intermediate units of study in Geography. N GEOG3201 or GEOS3953 Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than September in the year before taking this unit. |
Intensive July |
| GEOS3953 Southeast Asia Field School (Adv) |
6 | P 6 credit points of Intermediate units of study in Geography. N GEOS3053 Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than September in the year before taking this unit. |
Intensive 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 |
| GOVT2611 Capitalism and Democracy in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Government and International Relations) or (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) N GOVT2411 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of History) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) N HSTY3071 or HSTY3072 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2642 Beyond The Great Wall: China's Frontiers This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of History) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| INMS3607 Indonesia: The Challenges of Development |
6 | P INMS3102 or INMS3602 |
Semester 1 |
| INMS3608 Indonesia in Search of Modernity |
6 | P INMS3102 or INMS3602 |
Semester 2 |
| INMS3609 Indonesia's Slow Road to Democracy This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P INMS3602 or INMS3102 N INMS3301 or INMS3302 |
Semester 1 |
| INMS3610 Dealing with Indonesia's Diversity This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P INMS3602 or INMS3102 N INMS3302 |
Semester 2 |
| INMS3611 Autonomy and Human Rights in Indonesia This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P INMS3102 or INMS3602 This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 1 |
| INMS3612 Enculturating the Indonesian Nation This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P INMS3102 or INMS3602 |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS2670 Love and Death in Japanese Literature |
6 | P JPNS1124 or JPNS2222 or JPNS2612 N JPNS3116 or JPNS3621 or JPNS2301 or JPNS3631 or JPNS3301 |
Semester 1 |
| JPNS2672 Japanese Media and Popular Culture |
6 | P JPNS1124 or JPNS2222 or JPNS2612 N JPNS3106 or JPNS2301 or JPNS3621 or JPNS3301 or JPNS3631 |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS3673 Japanese Society |
6 | P JPNS2223 or JPNS1123 or JPNS2622 or JPNS1125 N JPNS3314 |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS3675 Japanese Cinema This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P (JPNS2622) or (12 Senior 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 |
| JPNS3676 Monsters and Ghosts: Japanese Fantasy and SF This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P JPNS1123 or JPNS1125 or JPNS2223 or JPNS2622 |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS3677 Behaving the Japanese Way This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P JPNS2622 N ASNS2306 or JPNS2316 |
Semester 2 |
| KRNS3670 Korea in Literature and Popular Culture |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Korean Studies or (6 Senior credit points in Korean Studies and ICLS2111) |
Semester 2 |
| KRNS3675 Contemporary Korean Society and Culture |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points of Korean Studies) or (6 Senior credit points from Korean Studies and 6 Senior credit points from Asian Studies) N KRNS2500 or KRNS2675 |
Semester 1 |
Honours |
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| ASNS4011 Asian Studies Honours A |
12 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| 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 |