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Asian Studies

SCQF Level 07 (13 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST07011 Foundation Japanese 2 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07013 Foundation Japanese 2 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07010 Foundation Japanese 3 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07012 Foundation Japanese 3 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07008 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 1 Semester 1 20
ASST07008 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 1 Semester 2 20
ASST07009 Foundation Japanese Language 1 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07016 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 2 Semester 1 20
ASST07016 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 2 Semester 2 20
ASST07017 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 3 Semester 1 20
ASST07017 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 3 Semester 2 20
ASST07003 SV1 Introductory Chinese Language Semester 1 20
ASST07003 SV1 Introductory Chinese Language Semester 2 20
ASST07004 Introductory Chinese Language Not delivered this year 20
ASST07005 Introductory Chinese Language 2 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07006 SV1 Introductory Chinese Language 2 Semester 2 20
ASST07014 SV1 Introductory Chinese Language 3 Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 08 (22 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST08001 SV1 Chinese 1 Full Year 40
ASST08018 SV1 Chinese 2A Full Year 40
ASST08019 SV1 Chinese 2B Full Year 40
ASST08048 SV1 Intermediate Japanese Language Full Year 40
ASST08002 Japanese 1 Not delivered this year 40
ASST08006 Japanese 2A Not delivered this year 40
ASST08046 SV1 Japanese Language 1 Full Year 40
ASST08047 SV1 Japanese Language 2 Full Year 40
ASST08034 SV1 Modern China in Literature and Film Full Year 40
ASST08035VV1 Modern China in Literature and Film (VS1) Semester 1 20
ASST08038VV1 Modern China in Literature and Film (VS2) Semester 2 20
ASST08042 SV1 Modern East Asian History A Semester 1 20
ASST08043 SV1 Modern East Asian History B Semester 2 20
ASST08041 SV1 Politics and the Economy of Japan Semester 1 20
ASST08045 SS1 Practical Japanese 1 Flexible 0
ASST08044 SS1 Practical Japanese 2- Year Abroad Preparation Flexible 0
ASST08039 SV1 Pre-modern East Asia to 1600 Full Year 40
ASST08049 SS1 Researching Japan: Skills, Methods and Critiques Full 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 SV1 Thinking Through Japan Semester 2 20

SCQF Level 09 (3 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST09003 Chinese History 3 Not delivered this year 20
ASST09001 SV1 Chinese Literature 3 Full Year 20
ASST09002 SV1 Chinese Special Subject 3 Full Year 20

SCQF Level 10 (55 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST10135 SS1 Appproaches to translation from and into Japanese 4: 2 (combined) Semester 2 20
ASST10136 SS1 Approaches to translation from and into Japanese 4 Full Year 10
ASST10134 SS1 Approaches to translation from and into Japanese 4: 1 (combined) Semester 1 10
ASST10099 SV1 Buddhism 3A Semester 1 20
ASST10100 Buddhism 3B Not delivered this year 20
ASST10036 Buddhism 4 Not delivered this year 40
ASST10077 SV1 Chinese 3 Year Abroad Full Year 80
ASST10096 SV1 Chinese 3 Year Abroad (Combined degrees) Full Year 60
ASST10108 SV1 Chinese History and Thought 4A (pre-modern) Semester 2 20
ASST10109 SV1 Chinese History and Thought 4B (modern) Semester 2 20
ASST10062 Chinese Language 1C Not delivered this year 20
ASST10095 SV1 Chinese Language 4B Full Year 10
ASST10094 SV1 Chinese Language 4a Full Year 10
ASST10106 SV1 Chinese Literature 4A (pre-modern) Semester 1 20
ASST10107 SV1 Chinese Literature 4B (modern) Semester 1 20
ASST10093 SV1 Chinese Oral Full Year 0
ASST10138 SV1 Chinese Silent Cinema: 1920-1935 Semester 1 20
ASST10081 SV1 Chinese Special Subject 4 Flexible 20
ASST10113 SS1 Classical Japanese Fiction 4 Semester 1 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 SS1 Japanese 3 Dissertation (Preparation) Full Year 20
ASST10066 SS1 Japanese 4 Dissertation (Completion) Full Year 20
ASST10121 SV1 Japanese 4 Oral Full Year 0
ASST10116 SV1 Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early Heian Period to the Late Edo Period Semester 2 20
ASST10130 Japanese Language 1A Not delivered this year 20
ASST10128 SS1 Japanese Language 3 Full Year 20
ASST10133 SS1 Japanese Language 4 Full Year 10
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
ASST10117 SS1 Japanese Performing Arts 4 Semester 1 20
ASST10129 SS1 Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Combined) Full Year 60
ASST10127 SS1 Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Single) Full Year 80
ASST10120 SV1 Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues Semester 1 20
ASST10110 SS1 Modern Japanese Literature 4 Semester 2 20
ASST10112 SV1 Modern Japanese Society Semester 1 20
ASST10126 SV1 Politics and Policy in Contemporary China Semester 1 20
ASST10139 SS1 Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan¿s ¿Long 1960s¿ Semester 2 20
ASST10132 SS1 Representations of history in the cinema of Communist China Semester 2 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
ASST10102 Sanskrit Special Subject Not delivered this year 40
ASST10104 Sanskrit Special Subject Not delivered this year 40
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 SV1 The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan Semester 2 20

SCQF Level 11 (57 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST11067 SS1 Approved Residence in China July - December (20 credits) Semester 1 20
ASST11073 Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia Not delivered this year 20
ASST11086 China and South East Asian International Relations Not delivered this year 20
ASST11056 China's International Politics Not delivered this year 20
ASST11039 Chinese Business and Technology Innovation II Not delivered this year 20
ASST11089 SS1 Chinese Language 1A Semester 1 40
ASST11041 SS1 Chinese Language 1B Semester 2 40
ASST11017 Chinese Language 1D Not delivered this year 20
ASST11059 SS1 Chinese Language Advanced 1 Semester 2 40
ASST11058 SS1 Chinese Language Advanced 2 Semester 2 40
ASST11061 SS1 Chinese Language Intermediate 1A Semester 1 40
ASST11060 SS1 Chinese Language Intermediate 1B Semester 2 40
ASST11063 Chinese Language Intermediate 1C Not delivered this year 20
ASST11062 Chinese Language Intermediate 1D Not delivered this year 20
ASST11076 SS1 Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and 'Popular Religion' Semester 2 20
ASST11091 SS1 Chinese Silent Cinema: 1920-1935 Semester 1 20
ASST11010 SS1 Contemporary Chinese Literature (MChS) Semester 2 20
ASST11057 Contemporary Japanese Cinema Not delivered this year 20
ASST11011 SS1 Dissertation (Master of Chinese Studies) Semester 2 60
ASST11087 East Asian Cultural Relations Not delivered this year 20
ASST11084 SS1 East Asian International Relations Semester 1 20
ASST11048 Financial Analysis (for MChS) Not delivered this year 20
ASST11046 SS1 Introduction to Chinese Society and Culture II Semester 2 20
ASST11051 SS1 Japanese Cyberpunk: Non-Western futuristic fantasy in popular visual genres Semester 2 20
ASST11070 Japanese Language 1B Not delivered this year 20
ASST11052 Japanese Language for Academic Purposes Not delivered this year 20
ASST11097 SS1 Japanese Performing Arts (PG Version) Semester 1 20
ASST11053 Japanese Performing Arts II: Global Context Not delivered this year 20
ASST11074 SS1 Japanese Religions in the Modern Era Semester 1 20
ASST11090 SS1 Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues Semester 1 20
ASST11031 SS1 Keywords of Chinese Modernity Semester 1 20
ASST11092 SS1 Korean Politics and International Relations: History and Contemporary Issues Semester 2 20
ASST11096 SS1 Language Communities and Variation in Japanese Semester 1 20
ASST11032 Literary Criticism and History in Modern China Not delivered this year 20
ASST11083 SS1 MSc East Asian Relations Dissertation Semester 2 60
ASST11016 SS1 MSc Modern Chinese Cultural Studies Dissertation Semester 2 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
ASST11069 SS1 MSc in Japanese Society and Culture Dissertation Semester 2 60
ASST11078 Mahayana and Vajrayana in India Not delivered this year 20
ASST11022 Media Culture in Modern China Not delivered this year 20
ASST11088 SS1 Modern Japanese Literature (Level 11) Semester 2 20
ASST11055 SV1 Politics and Economics in the PRC after 1978 Semester 1 20
ASST11095 SS1 Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan's "Long 1960s" (PG Version) Semester 2 20
ASST11066 Research Methods and Problems in Chinese Studies Not delivered this year 10
ASST11082 SS1 Research Methods and Problems in Chinese Studies (20 Credits) Semester 2 20
ASST11081 SS1 Research Skills and Methods in Chinese Studies Semester 1 20
ASST11075 SS1 State, Society and National Identity in Japan after 1989 Semester 1 20
ASST11080 Terminology, Topics and Methods in the Study of Asian Religions Not delivered this year 20
ASST11071 SS1 The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism Semester 2 20
ASST11072 SS1 The Development of Social and Political Thought in Modern Japan Semester 2 20
ASST11079 The Origins of Buddhism in India Not delivered this year 20
ASST11094 SV1 The Role of Sub-State Actors in East Asian Politics Semester 2 20
ASST11085 SS1 The Rule of Law and Human Rights in East Asia Semester 2 20
ASST11093 SV1 U.S. Foreign Policy in East Asia Semester 2 20
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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