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Asian Studies

Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)Specialisation (formal)Year: 2022

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Overview

A major in Asian studies and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the Asian studies major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%), or equivalent. For students applying to undertake combined honours, in addition to meeting the minimum entry requirement for Asian Studies, students will also need to meet the minimum entry requirements in another area of study offered in the Bachelor of Arts honours program.

The Honours program is an advanced level of study designed to allow students to specialise their knowledge across one area of study (pure Honours) or two (combined Honours). Students accepted into the program undertake fourth-year level subjects and a short research thesis and must achieve honours-level grades (minimum 65%-H3) for each component of assessment in order to qualify for the award.

The opportunity to specialise provides a strong foundation for the future direction of graduates, whether as a means of progressing to higher degree research in Arts at the Masters or PhD level, or improving the scope of employment options and professional advancement. Students with Honours from Melbourne Arts record exceptionally high rates of satisfaction with the professional and academic directions they pursue beyond graduation.

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Last updated: 3 May 2024

Structure

100 credit points

Students undertaking pure honours in Asian Studies:

  • Asian Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects ASIA40004 Asian Studies Thesis Part 1 and ASIA 40005 Asian Studies Thesis Part 2; and
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points)
  • Three Asian Studies honours subjects (37.5 points)

or

  • Asian Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects ASIA40004 Asian Studies Thesis Part 1 and ASIA40005 Asian Studies Thesis Part 2; and
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points)
  • Two Asian Studies honours subjects (25 points)
  • One other Asia-related honours or post-graduate Subject agreed to by the Asian Studies convenor (12.5 points)

Students undertaking combined honours in Asian studies and another discipline must complete:

  • Asian Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects ASIA40004 Asian Studies Thesis Part 1 and ASIA40005 Asian Studies Thesis Part 2; and
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • Three honours subjects from the combining discipline (totalling 37.5 points).

or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
  • One honours subjects in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
  • Three honours subjects in Asian studies (37.5 points).

Total 100 points

Subject Options

Compulsory subjects

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ASIA40004 Asian Studies Thesis Part 1
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 25
ASIA40005 Asian Studies Thesis Part 2
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 25
ASIA90004 Critical Asian Perspectives
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5

Asian Studies Honours Subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
GEND90006 Gender, Globalisation and Development
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
ASIA90008 Asia and the World
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
ASIA90001 Human Rights in Southeast Asia
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
POLS90013 Politics and Business in post-Mao China
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
HIST90026 History, Memory and Violence in Asia
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
INTS90007 Rising China in the Globalised World
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
ASIA90017 Contemporary China
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5
ASIA90016 China and the Environment
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/

Last updated: 3 May 2024