Asian Studies
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Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| 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 core 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 core 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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Core |
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| ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ASNS1602 Asia: Past, Present, Future |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Selective |
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| The following 1000 level units are elective units in the subject area rather than counting towards the requirements for a major in Asian Studies. | |||
| ASNS1200 Tibet and Central Asia: Nomads and Myths |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ASNS1201 Intro to Tibetan Language and Culture 1 |
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 |
| ASNS2003 Buddhism: Historical Perspectives |
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, Political Economy, Politics, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Studies in Religion, Visual Arts |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2004 Korean Popular Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points from Korean Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
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 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 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2634 Samurai and Merchants: Tokugawa Japan This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level each in either Asian Studies or History N ASNS2304 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2642 Modern Korea |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level N ASNS2502 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2661 History of Modern Indonesia This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
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 2022 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2665 Understanding Southeast Asia This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| 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. |
Intensive July |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2645 Arts in Imperial China This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
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 |
| 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 CHNS2601 or CHNS2001 or CHNS3601 or CHNS3000 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 2 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either History or Asian Studies N HSTY3071 or HSTY3072 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2642 Beyond The Great Wall: China's Frontiers This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points of History) or (12 Junior credit points of Asian Studies) |
Semester 2 |
| KRNS2641 Traditional Korea |
6 | P 12 credit points from Korean Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies N ASNS2641 |
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 2 |
| ASNS3002 Modern Japan |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
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 in Asian Studies or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011 N JPNS3675 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
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 2022 |
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 |
| CHNS3633 Topics in Chinese Literature 2 This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Chinese Studies or Asian Studies or 6 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in International and Comparative Literary Studies |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
Semester 2 |
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. | |||
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ASNS3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |