Asian Studies Table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
Asian Studies |
|||
Major |
|||
| 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 |
|||
| 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 |
|||
| ASNS1101 Introduction to Chinese Civilisation This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 |
No prior knowledge is assumed. All teaching and all assigned readings are in English. |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS1200 Tibet and Central Asia: Nomads and Myths |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| ASNS1201 Intro to Tibetan Language and Culture 1 |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| ASNS1602 Asia: Past, Present, Future |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| CHNS1601 Understanding Contemporary China |
6 | N ASNS1101 |
Semester 1 |
2000 level units of study |
|||
| ASNS2010 Buddhism in East Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2011 A Survey of Buddhism This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A 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 This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2313 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2625 Buddhism in Modern Asia This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A N RLST2003 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| ASNS2627 India, China, Tibet: Cultural Relations |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History |
Summer Main |
| ASNS2631 Origins of Japanese Tradition This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 |
| ASNS2634 Samurai and Merchants: Tokugawa Japan This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History 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 |
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 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2663 Social Activism in Southeast Asia This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2665 Understanding Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2669 Field Study in Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the Asian Studies major. |
Intensive December Intensive July |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 2019 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either Anthropology or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2640 Contemporary Asian Art |
6 | 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 N ARHT2040 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2645 Arts in Imperial China This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or 12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2003 Gender and Women in Chinese Literature |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2010 Buddhism and Chinese Culture |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Chinese Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS2011 Religion and Martial-Arts Fiction This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2638 Modern China's Wars, 1895-1953 This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either History or Asian Studies N HSTY3071 or HSTY3072 |
Semester 1 |
3000 level units of study |
|||
| 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 1 |
| ASNS3002 Modern Japanese Social History This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 2019 |
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 1 |
| 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 |
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 |
| ASNS3664 Transforming Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History N ASNS2664 |
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 or ASNS2600 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3690 Approaches to Research in Asian Studies |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies N CHNS3902 or INMS3902 or JPNS3902 or ASNS3902 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT3646 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 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2646 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3663 Gender and Sexuality in Asian Art History This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
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 Asia-Pacific 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 February |
| GEOS3953 Asia-Pacific Field School (Advanced) |
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 February |
| 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 |
|||
| ASNS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
Intensive December Intensive February Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours |
|||
| 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 of study |
|||
| ASNS4113 Theory and Methods in Asian Studies |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| ASNS4114 Engaging Asia |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
Honours thesis units of study |
|||
| ASNS4111 Asian Studies Honours Thesis 1 |
18 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
|
| ASNS4112 Asian Studies Honours Thesis 2 |
18 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
|
Advanced coursework |
|||
| 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 2020. | |||