Asian Studies Table
| 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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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 units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000 level units | |||
| (iii) 18 credit points of 3000 level units | |||
| (iv) 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 units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000 level units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000 level units | |||
1000 level units of study |
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| 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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| CHNS1601 Understanding Contemporary China |
6 | N ASNS1101 |
Semester 2 |
2000 level units of study |
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| ASNS2010 Buddhism in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2011 A Survey of Buddhism |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies N BDST1602 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2613 Chinese Thought |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A 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 in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2118 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2621 Buddhist Philosophy This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N : ASNS2313 |
Semester 1 Winter Main |
| ASNS2625 Buddhism in Modern Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2626 Religious Traditions of South Asia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A N RLST2003 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| ASNS2627 India, China, Tibet: Cultural Relations |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2631 Origins of Japanese Tradition |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Asian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Chinese Studies, Indonesian Studies, Sanskrit, History, 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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N ASNS2308 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2634 Samurai and Merchants: Tokugawa Japan |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level each in either Asian Studies or History N ASNS2304 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2636 The Enigma of Japanese Power This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A N ASNS2306 or JPNS2316 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2641 Traditional Korea |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2501 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2642 Modern Korea |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2502 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2660 Islam, Trade and Society-Arabia to SE Asia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2663 Social Activism in Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in any of Asian Studies, Indonesian Studies, Social Policy or Sociology |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2664 Southeast Asia Transformed This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2665 Understanding Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2670 Mass Media in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
| ANTH2601 The Ethnography of Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either Anthropology or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2645 Arts in Imperial China |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or 12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2010 Buddhism and Chinese Culture This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Chinese Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2011 Religion and Martial-Arts Fiction |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2613 Communication and Social Change in China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS2614 Understanding News About China |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either Chinese Studies or Asian Studies C CHNS1601 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2638 Modern China's Wars, 1895-1953 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either History or Asian Studies N HSTY3071 or HSTY3072 |
Semester 1 |
| JPNS2670 Love and Death in Japanese Literature |
6 | P JPNS1124 or JPNS2222 or JPNS2612 or 12 credit points each at 1000 level in either Japanese Studies or in Asian Studies N JPNS3116 or JPNS3621 or JPNS2301 or JPNS3631 or JPNS3301 |
Semester 1 |
| JPNS2672 Japanese Media and Popular Culture This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P JPNS1124 or JPNS2222 or JPNS2612 N JPNS3106 or JPNS2301 or JPNS3621 or JPNS3301 or JPNS3631 |
Semester 2 |
3000 level units of study |
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| ASNS3001 Youth and Language in Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Indonesian Studies N ASNS2001 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3002 Modern Japanese Social History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3010 Tibetan Buddhism This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P ASNS2011 or ASNS2621 or ASNS2625 or ASNS2626 or ASNS2627 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3111 The Material Culture of Asia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 in Asian Studies or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011 N JPNS3675 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3618 Popular China This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 2018 |
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 |
| 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, ASNS2600 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| 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 |
| ARHT3646 Modern Art in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Art History N ARHT2646 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3663 Gender and Sexuality in Asian Art History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3111 Global Chinese Literatures |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3633 Stories for a Modern China |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points each in either Chinese Studies or Asian Studies or 6 Senior credit points in ICLS |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3639 Chinese Cinema |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points each in either Chinese Studies or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| GEOS3053 Southeast Asia Field School |
6 | P 6 credit points of Intermediate units of study in Geography. N GEOG3201 or GEOS3953 Note: Department permission required for enrolment 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 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than September in the year before taking this unit. |
Intensive July |
| INMS3607 Indonesia: The Challenges of Development This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P INMS3102 or INMS3602 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| INMS3608 Indonesia in Search of Modernity This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P INMS3102 or INMS3602 |
Semester 2 |
| INMS3609 Indonesia's Slow Road to Democracy |
6 | P INMS3602 or INMS3102 N INMS3301 or INMS3302 |
Semester 1 |
| INMS3610 Dealing with Indonesia's Diversity |
6 | P INMS3602 or INMS3102 N INMS3302 |
Semester 2 |
| INMS3611 Autonomy and Human Rights in Indonesia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 2018 |
6 | P INMS3102 or INMS3602 |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS3673 Japanese Society |
6 | P JPNS2223 or JPNS1123 or JPNS2622 or JPNS1125 or 12 credit points each at 2000 level in either Japanese Studies or Asian Studies N JPNS3314 |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS3676 Monsters and Ghosts: Japanese Fantasy and SF This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P JPNS1123 or JPNS1125 or JPNS2223 or JPNS2622 |
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) or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Korean Studies |
Semester 2 |
| KRNS3675 Contemporary Korean Society and Culture |
6 | P (12 Senior credit points in Korean Studies) or (6 Senior credit points in Korean Studies and 6 Senior credit points in Asian Studies) or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Korean Studies N KRNS2500 or KRNS2675 |
Semester 1 |
Interdisciplinary Project unit of study |
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| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P 18 credit points at 2000 level Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours |
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| Honours in Asian Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 4000-level selective seminar units | |||
| (ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level Honours Thesis units | |||
Honours seminar units |
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| ASNS4113 Theory and Methods in Asian Studies |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ASNS4114 Engaging Asia |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Honours thesis units |
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| ASNS4111 Asian Studies Honours Thesis 1 |
18 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ASNS4112 Asian Studies Honours Thesis 2 |
18 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Advanced coursework |
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| The requirements for advanced coursework in Asian Studies are described in the degree resolutions for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies | |||
| 24-36 credit points of advanced study will be included in the table for 2019. | |||