Asia Pacific Studies and Chinese

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

China has become one of the world’s largest economies, and plays an increasingly pivotal role on the world stage. This degree will allow you to become proficient in Chinese – a major world language – as well as gaining an insight into life in China and the broader Asia Pacific region.
You will combine intensive language study with area studies, so you can build your awareness of the politics, history and culture of this huge and diverse region. You’ll also spend a year studying at one of our partner universities, so you gain first-hand experience of life in China.
Core modules will build your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and introduce you to key issues in the study of Chinese society, while you can also select from optional modules to explore the wider Asia Pacific region, covering topics from Japanese literature to Korean politics and Thai history.
Specialist resources
Leeds has excellent library facilities for Asia Pacific Studies, and the University Library runs a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.
With over fifty years of acquisitions, the Chinese collection housed in the beautiful Brotherton Library is one of the best collections of modern Chinese books in the country. The University Library also has impressive holdings of books in English about China, backed up by a wide range of digital materials.
For language study, you’ll have access to our fully equipped Language Centre, with digital language labs, audio/video practice booths and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL).

Facilities

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: ABB
GCSE: 4/C in a foreign language
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be BBB at A Level and grade A in the EPQ.
We welcome applications from mature students with Access qualifications, and from students with a wide range of qualifications.
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Subjects

  • Chinese Language
  • Translation
  • Politics
  • University
  • Project
  • Writing

Course programme

Your first year will involve intensive Chinese language tuition to prepare you for your year abroad, as well as introducing you to the political, social and economic landscape of the Asia Pacific region more broadly. Then you’ll spend a year studying at a Chinese university, where you will be surrounded by Chinese culture and where you’ll improve and sharpen your language skills.

When you return to Leeds, you’ll still take language classes to refine your skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening, as well as choosing from a range of optional modules so that some focus on China specifically, while others allow you to explore the region more broadly. Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam are just some of the countries you may come across.

All of this continues into your final year, when you will also work on Chinese translation and composition so you can explore your career options. You can also choose to put the research and critical skills you have developed into practice by submitting an independently researched dissertation.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Basic Chinese Language 1 20 credits
  • Basic Chinese Language 2 20 credits
Optional modules
  • History and Culture of Early Imperial China 10 credits
  • Modern China 10 credits
  • Chinese Culture in the Twentieth Century 10 credits
  • Foundations of East Asia 20 credits
  • Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia 20 credits
  • Introduction to East Asian Religions 20 credits
  • World Histories 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Year Abroad in China 120 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Chinese 2A 20 credits
  • Chinese 2B 20 credits
Optional modules
  • China Since 1979 20 credits
  • The Making of Modern Thailand 20 credits
  • Classics of Chinese Literature and Thought 20 credits
  • Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan 20 credits
  • Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World 20 credits

Year 4

Compulsory modules

  • Chinese 3: Advanced Skills 20 credits
  • Final Year Project: Dissertation 40 credits
  • Final Year Project: Extended Essay 20 credits
  • Final Year Project: Translation 20 credits
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