East Asian Religions and Cultures and Japanese

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course will give you an insight into the religious and philosophical traditions of East Asia, their cultural and historical context and how they are evolving today. You’ll study Buddhism, Daoism, Shinto, Confucianism, different forms of folk religion as well as Christianity and Islam, using approaches from a wide range of disciplines. Optional modules allow you to focus on topics that interest you, from Hindu traditions to religion and global development.
Japan is an important player on the world stage. This degree will combine core and optional modules so you can learn Japanese from scratch, as well as gaining an insight into the culture, history and politics of Japan and East Asia as a whole. You’ll spend a year studying at a Japanese university to improve your skills, as well as studying topics from translation to Japanese cinema, Sino-Japanese relations and East Asian religions.

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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 excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking.
GCSE: Grade 4/C in a foreign language.
Other course specific tests:
When 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 (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ.
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Subjects

  • Translation
  • Politics
  • Communication Skills
  • Project
  • Communication Training
  • Buddhism
  • Religions

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll study one of our cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.

East Asian Religions and Cultures

You’ll be introduced to East Asia’s main religious traditions and the texts that have underpinned them in Year 1, with optional modules giving you a broader understanding of approaches to studying religion and its role in the modern world. You’ll build on this in the following year with core modules on Buddhism and the religious landscape of China or Japan, and select optional modules to suit your interests. Your final year will give you further choice of modules on topics such as sociology of religion or religion and gender.

Japanese

Core modules in your first year will develop your Japanese skills. You’ll also choose from optional modules on Japanese and East Asian culture and history. This will prepare you to study in Japan the following year, where you’ll build your language skills and gain first-hand experience of the culture. When you return you’ll take advanced language classes and choose from a wider range of optional modules on aspects of Japanese and East Asian politics, history and culture.

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 Japanese Language (1) 20 credits
  • Basic Japanese Language (2) 20 credits
  • Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia 20 credits
  • Introduction to East Asian Religions 20 credits
Optional modules
  • History and Culture of Early Imperial China 10 credits
  • Japan in War and Peace 10 credits
  • Japan: A Cultural History from Buddhism to Murakami Haruki 10 credits
  • Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World 10 credits
  • Introduction to the Study of Religion/s 10 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Year Abroad in Japan 120 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Japanese 2A: Written Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Japanese 2B: Spoken Communication Skills 20 credits
Optional modules
  • China Since 1979 20 credits
  • Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World 20 credits
  • East Asia's Regional Political Economy 20 credits

Year 4

Compulsory modules

You are required to study ONE of the Final Year Project modules.

  • Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Final Year Project: Extended Essay 20 credits
  • Final Year Project: Translation 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity 20 credits
  • Advanced Japanese in Translation 20 credits

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