Asia Pacific Studies

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Encompassing Northeast Asia (e.g. China and Japan), Southeast Asia (e.g. Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam), Pacific America (e.g. United States) and Oceania (e.g. Australia), and home to over a third of the world's population, the Asia-Pacific region contains huge cultural, political and economic diversity. This Asia Pacific Studies degree allows you to study the Asia-Pacific nations from historical, economic, political, social and cultural perspectives.
Core modules will lay the foundations of your study, exploring the history, politics and economics of the region. From there, you’ll tailor your studies to suit your interests by choosing from a very wide range of optional modules.
As part of your degree, you could learn a language too, as we offer Chinese, Japanese or Thai from beginner level, and even spend a year abroad to develop your language skills. You could study East Asian religions, modern Thai history, politics in Korea or Japanese cinema. You could even look at key challenges in the region today such as energy security or economic development.
Specialist facilities
We have excellent library resources to help you become a strong independent learner, and the University Library offers training to help you make the most of it.
If you choose to study a language as part of your Asia Pacific Studies degree, you’ll benefit from our fully equipped Language Centre, including digital language labs, audio/video practice booths and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
There’s also our Electronic Resource Information Centre, which offers specialised computing facilities for translation studies and Interpreter Training Suites so you can explore a career in that field.

Facilities

Location

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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
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

  • Thai
  • International Relations
  • Politics
  • International
  • Global
  • Project
  • History Politics
  • Religions

Course programme

This degree offers you the flexibility to focus on the topics and countries that interest you from your first year. You’ll have the option to learn the Chinese, Japanese or Thai language from beginner level and you’ll be able to explore topics such as Japanese or Chinese history, society and culture or religious texts from East Asia.

Over the next two years, you’ll continue to deepen your knowledge and enhance your research and critical skills with a range of more advanced modules. You can continue with language study, examine complex issues such as the international politics of Asia-Pacific or energy security, learn about the impact of major religions like Buddhism or explore facets of the culture and history of specific countries. Each module gives you the scope to focus on the topics, themes and countries that suit your own interests.

In your final year, you’ll be able to demonstrate the in-depth knowledge and research and critical skills that you have gained with an independent research project, which allows you to focus on a topic of your choice in depth.

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

  • LCS Academic Essentials
Optional modules
  • Basic Chinese Language 1 20 credits
  • History and Culture of Imperial China 20 credits
  • Chinese Culture in the Twentieth Century 10 credits
  • Basic Japanese Language (1) 20 credits
  • Japan in War and Peace 10 credits
  • Japan: History and International Politics 10 credits
  • Foundations of East Asia 20 credits
  • Introduction to East Asian Religions 20 credits
  • Basic Thai Language and Culture 1 20 credits
  • Beginners Korean 20 credits

Year 2

You will need to take 80 credits from the following modules over Years 2 and 3, but you can normally choose which year to take them.

Compulsory modules
  • Japan's International Relations
  • The Making of Modern Thailand
  • Energy Security: Global and Asian Perspectives
  • East Asia's Regional Political Economy
  • Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present
  • Korea: Politics, Economy and International Relations
  • South East Asia in the Global Context
Optional modules
  • China Since 1979 20 credits
  • Classics of Chinese Literature and Thought 20 credits
  • Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World 20 credits

Year 3

You will study a Final Year Project. You will take 80 credits from the following modules over Years 2 and 3, but you can normally choose which year to take them

Compulsory modules
  • Final Year Project
  • Japan's International Relations
  • The Making of Modern Thailand
  • Energy Security: Global and Asian Perspectives

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