Asian Studies
Semester 2 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| 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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| ASNS1200 Tibet and Central Asia: Nomads and Myths This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ASNS1201 Intro to Tibetan Language and Culture 1 This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| 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 1 |
2000-level units of study |
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| ASNS2002 Intro to Tibetan Language and Culture 2 |
6 | P ASNS1201 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2010 Buddhism in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2011 A Survey of Buddhism |
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 |
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 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2313 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A N RLST2003 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2627 India, China, Tibet: Cultural Relations This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 2020 |
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 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level each in either Asian Studies or History N ASNS2304 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2636 The Enigma of Japanese Power This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 2020 |
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 2 |
| ASNS2663 Social Activism in Southeast Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive July |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ANTH2601 The Ethnography of Southeast Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either Anthropology or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2640 Contemporary Asian Art This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 |
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 |
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 1 |
| 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 This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either Chinese Studies or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either History or Asian Studies N HSTY3071 or HSTY3072 |
Semester 1 |
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 1 |
| ASNS3002 Modern Japanese Social History This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3111 The Material Culture of Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 2020 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 1 |
| CHNS3111 Global Chinese Literatures |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies or Asian Studies or International and Comparative Literary Studies |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3633 Stories for a Modern China This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 |
| 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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| Where this major is being completed as a first major towards a degree, students should ensure that the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study is undertaken. | |||
| Where this major is being completed as a second major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences towards a degree, the Industry and Community Project unit of study is the appropriate unit to select. | |||
| ASNS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |