Course Catalogue - Asian Studies

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Asian Studies

SCQF Level 07 (6 courses)

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
ASST07003	Introductory Chinese Language	Not delivered this year	20
ASST07004	Introductory Chinese Language	Not delivered this year	20
ASST07005	Introductory Chinese Language 2	Not delivered this year	20
ASST07006	Introductory Chinese Language 2	Not delivered this year	20
ASST07001	Introductory Japanese 1	Not delivered this year	20
ASST07002	Introductory Japanese 2	Not delivered this year	20

SCQF Level 08 (23 courses)

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
ASST08001	Chinese 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08018	Chinese 2A	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08019	Chinese 2B	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08031	East Asian Civilization 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08032	East Asian Civilization 1A	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08033	East Asian Civilization 1B	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08010	Indian Civilisation 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08022	Indian Civilisation 1: (VS1)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08013	Indian Religion and Philosophy 2	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08026	Indian Religion and Philosophy 2: (VS1)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08002	Japanese 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08006	Japanese 2A	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08007	Japanese 2B	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08027	Japanese 2B (VS1)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08034	Modern China in Literature and Film	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08035	Modern China in Literature and Film (VS1)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08038	Modern China in Literature and Film (VS2)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08041	Politics and the Economy of Japan	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08039	Pre-modern East Asia to 1600	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08011	Sanskrit 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08023	Sanskrit 1: (VS1)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST08012	Sanskrit 2	Not delivered this year	40
ASST08040	Thinking Through Japan	Not delivered this year	20

SCQF Level 09 (3 courses)

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
ASST09003	Chinese History 3	Not delivered this year	20
ASST09001	Chinese Literature 3	Not delivered this year	20
ASST09002	Chinese Special Subject 3	Not delivered this year	20

SCQF Level 10 (69 courses)

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
ASST10068	Advanced Japanese Writing 4 (Combined)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10067	Advanced Japanese Writing 4 (Single)	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10071	Advanced Spoken Japanese 4	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10026	Avestan Grammar and Unspecified Texts	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10025	Avestan Prescribed Texts and General Questions	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10099	Buddhism 3A	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10100	Buddhism 3B	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10036	Buddhism 4	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10077	Chinese 3 Year Abroad	Not delivered this year	80
ASST10096	Chinese 3 Year Abroad (Combined degrees)	Not delivered this year	60
ASST10079	Chinese History 4	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10108	Chinese History and Thought 4A (pre-modern)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10109	Chinese History and Thought 4B (modern)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10061	Chinese Language 1A	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10062	Chinese Language 1C	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10095	Chinese Language 4B	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10094	Chinese Language 4a	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10106	Chinese Literature 4A (pre-modern)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10107	Chinese Literature 4B (modern)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10093	Chinese Oral	Not delivered this year	0
ASST10081	Chinese Special Subject 4	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10080	Chinese Thought 4	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10118	Chinese and MEL combined degree year abroad work	Not delivered this year	60
ASST10113	Classical Japanese Fiction 4	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10131	Contemporary Japanese Cinema	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10058	Dissertation in South and East Asian Religion	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10097	Hinduism 3A	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10098	Hinduism 3B	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10035	Hinduism 4	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10065	Japanese 3 Dissertation (Preparation)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10066	Japanese 4 Dissertation (Completion)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10121	Japanese 4 Oral	Not delivered this year	0
ASST10116	Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early Heian Period to the Late Edo Period	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10130	Japanese Language 1A	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10128	Japanese Language 3	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10125	Japanese Language 4A	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10122	Japanese Language 4B	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10123	Japanese Language 4B-1 (combined)	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10124	Japanese Language 4B-2 (combined)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10070	Japanese Language Programme and Study Abroad 3 (Combined)	Not delivered this year	80
ASST10092	Japanese Language Programme and Study Abroad 3 (MEL Language combination)	Not delivered this year	60
ASST10069	Japanese Language Programme and Study Abroad 3 (Single)	Not delivered this year	100
ASST10117	Japanese Performing Arts 4	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10129	Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Combined)	Not delivered this year	60
ASST10127	Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Single)	Not delivered this year	80
ASST10120	Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10110	Modern Japanese Literature 4	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10112	Modern Japanese Society	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10002	Modern Unseen Chinese	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10126	Politics and Policy in Contemporary China	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10132	Representations of history in the cinema of Communist China	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10089	Sanskrit 3 Language 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10101	Sanskrit 3 Language 2	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10103	Sanskrit 4 Language 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10105	Sanskrit 4 Language 2	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10016	Sanskrit Prose Composition	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10102	Sanskrit Special Subject	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10104	Sanskrit Special Subject	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10027	Sanskrit: Classical Indian Studies	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10040	Sanskrit: Composition and Style	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10037	Sanskrit: Related Language (1) Pali	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10038	Sanskrit: Related Language (2) Prakit	Not delivered this year	40
ASST10072	Short Essay on an Aspect of Japanese Culture	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10091	Short essay on an aspect of Japanese culture: 2	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10119	The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10111	Topics in Japanese History	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10076	Translation from English to Japanese 4	Not delivered this year	10
ASST10115	Translation from Japanese to English: Exercises in Unprepared Translation	Not delivered this year	20
ASST10114	Translation from Japanese to English: Syntax and Translation Strategies	Not delivered this year	20

SCQF Level 11 (64 courses)

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
ASST11043	Approved Residence in China July - December	Not delivered this year	40
ASST11067	Approved Residence in China July - December (20 credits)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11073	Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11001	Buddhism in East Asia	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11021	Canon and Commentary in China	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11086	China and South East Asian International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11042	China in the International Economy (MChS revised)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11056	China's International Politics	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11012	China's Literary Renaissance 1917-1930	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11029	Chinese Art Collections and Exhibitions: Provenance, Politics and Canon Development	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11039	Chinese Business and Technology Innovation II	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11041	Chinese Language 1B	Not delivered this year	40
ASST11017	Chinese Language 1D	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11008	Chinese Language 2	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11049	Chinese Language 2	Not delivered this year	40
ASST11059	Chinese Language Advanced 1	Not delivered this year	40
ASST11058	Chinese Language Advanced 2	Not delivered this year	40
ASST11061	Chinese Language Intermediate 1A	Not delivered this year	40
ASST11060	Chinese Language Intermediate 1B	Not delivered this year	40
ASST11063	Chinese Language Intermediate 1C	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11062	Chinese Language Intermediate 1D	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11076	Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and "Popular Religion"	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11010	Contemporary Chinese Literature (MChS)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11044	Contemporary Chinese Politics (MSc Revised)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11057	Contemporary Japanese Cinema	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11011	Dissertation (Master of Chinese Studies)	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11087	East Asian Cultural Relations	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11084	East Asian International Relations	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11048	Financial Analysis (for MChS)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11046	Introduction to Chinese Society and Culture II	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11051	Japanese Cyberpunk: Non-Western futuristic fantasy in popular visual genres	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11070	Japanese Language 1B	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11052	Japanese Language for Academic Purposes	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11054	Japanese Performing Arts I: Traditional Theatre and Contemporary Performance	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11053	Japanese Performing Arts II: Global Context	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11074	Japanese Religions in the Modern Era	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11077	Key Topics in Japanese Society and Culture	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11031	Keywords of Chinese Modernity	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11032	Literary Criticism and History in Modern China	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11009	Literature and Gender in Modern China	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11083	MSc East Asian Relations Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11016	MSc Modern Chinese Cultural Studies Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11025	MSc by Research in Chinese Studies Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11020	MSc by Research in Japanese Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11030	MSc by Research in Japanese Dissertation II	Not delivered this year	140
ASST11026	MSc by Research in Sanskrit Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11068	MSc in Asian Religions Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11069	MSc in Japanese Society and Culture Dissertation	Not delivered this year	60
ASST11078	Mahayana and Vajrayana in India	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11022	Media Culture in Modern China	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11088	Modern Japanese Literature (Level 11)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11065	Modern Japanese Society (Level 11)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11055	Politics and Economics in the PRC after 1978	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11066	Research Methods and Problems in Chinese Studies	Not delivered this year	10
ASST11082	Research Methods and Problems in Chinese Studies (20 Credits)	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11015	Research Project Workshop 2	Not delivered this year	10
ASST11081	Research Skills and Methods in Chinese Studies	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11075	State, Society and National Identity in Japan after 1989	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11080	Terminology, Topics and Methods in the Study of Asian Religions	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11071	The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11072	The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11079	The Origins of Buddhism in India	Not delivered this year	20
ASST11085	The Rule of Law and Human Rights in East Asia	Not delivered this year	20
CMSE11142	International Trade and Business Strategy (MCS)	Not delivered this year	20