Pacific Asian Studies – (M.A.)

Contents

Students take three taught courses, one of which is considered a major, and complete a 10,000-word dissertation related to the major.

As a Regional Studies programme students will be expected to select their course from more than one discipline The two minor courses can be taken from the same discipline (but different to that of the major) or two different ones. The courses chosen must cover three of the four regions of China and Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia.

Anthropology

• Culture and Society of China (15PANC089)
• Culture and Society of Japan (15PANC086)
• Culture and Society of South East Asia (15PANC088)
• Society and Culture in Taiwan (half unit term 2) (15PCHM003) (Minor only)
• Chinese Cinema and Media (half-unit term 1) (15PANH037)

Art and Archaeology

• Ancient Chinese Civilisation (15PARC026) (not available 2010-11)
• Archaeology of the Japanese archipelago (half unit) (15PARH005) (Not available 2010-11)
• Art and religious experience in pre modern Japan (half-unit term 1) (15PARH009)
• Asia and Africa on Display: Objects, Exhibits and Transculturation (half unit term 2) (15PARH043) (not available 2010-11)
• Ceramics in Chinese Culture: 10th to 18th Centuries (half unit term 2) (15PARH046) (not available 2010-11)
• Chinese art history: critical writings (15PARC029) (not available 2010-11)
• Painting and Literature in China (15PARC042) (not available 2010-11)
• South East Asian Art and Archaeology (15PARC003)
• Directed Readings in Art and Archaeology (half-unit) (15PARH037)
• Japanese calligraphy: history and reading practice (half-unit term 2) (15PARH010)
• Popular practice in the Edo period arts (half-unit term 2) (15PARH008)
• Shogunal Iconography in the Edo period(half-unit term 2) (15 PARH007)
• Topics in Korean Material Culture (15PARC035) (not available 2010-11)

Cinema

• Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film (half unit term 2) (15PSEH011) (not available 2010-11)
• Modern Chinese Film and Theatre ((half-unit term 1) (15PCHH001)
• Modern Film From Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora (half-unit term 2) (15PCHH002)
• Japanese Transnational Cinema: From Kurosawa to Asia Extreme and Studio Ghibli (half-unit term 1) (15PMSH017)
• Japanese Post War Film Genres and the Avant-garde (half-unit term 2) (15PMSH001)
• Post-crisis Thai Cinema 1997-2007 (half unit term 2)
• Postcolonialism and Otherness in South East Asia on Screen (half-unit term 2) (15PSEH010)

Economics

• Economic development of Modern Taiwan (half unit term 2) (Minor only) (15PECH002)
• Economic Dynamics of the Asia-Pacific Region (Major only) (15PECC334)
• Economic Problems and Policies in Modern China (Minor only) (15PECC035)
• The Economic Development of South East Asia (15PECC004)

History

• Japanese Modernity 1 (half-unit term 1) (15PHIH013)
• Japanese Modernity 2 (half-unit term 2) (15PHIH014)
• Sex and Gender in the 20th Century: Contemporary Japan in Context (half-unit term 1) (15PHIH010) (not available 2010-11)
• Knowledge and Power in Late Imperial and Modern China (15PHIC063)
• Society and Politics in Late Colonial South East Asia (15PHIC037) (Not available 2010-11)
• Society, Culture and Drugs in China 1700-1990 (15PHIC014) (Not available 2010-11)
• The State and the Art: Photography and Nation Building in Burma (half-unit term 2) (15PHIH015) (not available 2010-11)
• Histories of Ethnicity and Conflict in South East Asia- Making States and Building Nations (I) (half-unit term 1) (15PHIH011)
• Histories of Ethnicity and Conflict in South East Asia- Non-national Perspectives (II) (half-unit term 2) (15PHIH012)
• State and Culture in Mainland South East Asia in the Sixteenth to Ninteenth Centuries (half-unit term 1) (15PHIH016) (not available 2010-11)
• The Rise and Fall of the Southeast Asian Empires, Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries (15PHIC017) (Not available 2009-10)
• World War II, Cold War, and the 'War on Terror': The United States and south East Asia, from 1942 to the present. (15PHIC059)

Language: [one language option as a Minor only]:

• Special Course in Chinese I(155900828)
• Special Course in Chinese II (15 590 0829)
• Special Course in Chinese III (15 590 1097)
• Special Course in Chinese IV (15 590 1144)
• Special Course in Chinese: Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers (15 590 1233) (not available 2010-11)
• Special Course in Chinese: Reading Classical and Literary Chinese (15 590 1234)
• Special Course in Chinese: Elementary Spoken Hokkien (155901249)
• Elementary Korean(15 590 0842)
• Intermediate Korean(15 590 0843)
• Korean Advanced (Masters) (15PEAC018)
• Basic Japanese I (155900874)
• Basic Japanese II (Masters) (15 590 0875)
• Intermediate Japanese 1 (155901345)
• Intermediate Japanese 2 (155901346)
• Higher Intermediate Japanese (155901255)
• Advanced Japanese (Masters) (15PEAC003)
• Burmese Language 1(15 590 0910)
• Burmese Language 2 (15 590 0997)
• Indonesian Language 1 (155900448)
• Indonesian Language 2(15 590 1022)
• Indonesian Language 3(15 590 1023)
• Indonesian Language 4 (15 590 1024)
• Vietnamese Language 1 (15 590 0704)
• Vietnamese Language 2 (15 590 0705)
• Thai Language 1 (PG)
• Thai Language 2 (PG)

Law

• Modern Chinese Law and Human Rights (15PLAC139)
• Foundations of Chinese Law (15PLAC110)
• Chinese Commercial Law (15PLAC106)
• Islamic Law (15PLAC121)
• Migration, Gender and the Law in South East Asia and Beyond (half-unit term 2)

Literature (Appropriate language skills required):

• Jawi and the Malay Manuscript Tradition (half-unit term 2) (15PSEH006) MINOR ONLY (not available 2010-11)

Literature (no language requirement):

• Pre-modern Historical Texts Of Java, Bali And The Malay World In English Translation (half unit term 2) (15PSEH007) MINOR ONLY (not available 2010-11)
• The Urban/ Rural divide in South East Asian Literature in Translation (half unit)
• War, Revolution, Independence in South East Asian Fiction (half-unit term 1) (15PSEH009) (not available 2010-11)

Music

• Pop and Politics in East Asia (Masters) (half-unit term 1) (15PMUH014) (minor only)
• Musical Traditions of East Asia (Masters) (half-unit term 2) (15PMUH016) (minor only)
• Aspects of Music and Religion in South East Asia (half-unit) (not available 2010-11)

Politics

• State and Society in the Chinese Political Process (15PPOC012)
• China and International Politics (15PPOC018)
• International Politics of East Asia (15PPOC251)
• Government and Politics of Modern South East Asia (15PPOC247)
• Taiwan's Politics and Cross-Strait Relations (15PPOC252)

Funding details

There are some scholarships and bursaries available for postgraduate students. These are very competitive and early application is advised.

Loans

Another way to fund your studies is through educational loans. Some high street banks offer loans for education. The other option is a career development loan. Before taking out a loan ensure that you understand what the repayments will be and that you will be able to afford them.

A Professional and Career Development Loan is a bank loan for UK students designed to help you pay for your course. Repayments start one month after you complete your course. You can borrow between £300 and £8,000. The bank will approve your loan according to your credit rating.

Eligible US students can apply for Stafford Federal Loans, Federal Plus and private loans to cover their tuition and maintenance costs.

The Registry Fees and Scholarship section can also certify student registration for other loans, such as Canadian educational loans.

Please contact:

• Registry Fees Section if you have any queries on educational loans or fees for degree courses.
• Noel Connaughton for fees information for occasional courses, certificates and diplomas.
• CEFIMS for fees information for distance learning courses.

Other Sources of Funding

Useful funding information can also be found at:

• Hotcourses Scholarship Search
• HERO funding information for research students