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Asian Studies

SCQF Level 07 (11 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST07022 SV1 Foundation Business Chinese 1 Semester 2 20
ASST07023 Foundation Business Chinese 2 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07024 SV1 Foundation Chinese Language 1 Semester 1 20
ASST07024 SV1 Foundation Chinese Language 1 Semester 2 20
ASST07025 SV1 Foundation Chinese Language 2 Semester 2 20
ASST07026 Foundation Chinese Language 3 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07028 Foundation Chinese Language 4 Not delivered this year 20
ASST07027 SV1 Foundation English-Chinese Translation Semester 1 20
ASST07027 SV1 Foundation English-Chinese Translation Semester 2 20
ASST07008 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 1 Semester 1 20
ASST07008 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 1 Semester 2 20
ASST07016 SV1 Foundation Japanese Language 2 Semester 2 20
ASST07019 SV1 Foundation Korean Language 1 Semester 1 20
ASST07019 SV1 Foundation Korean Language 1 Semester 2 20
ASST07018 SV1 Foundation Korean Language 2 Semester 2 20

SCQF Level 08 (35 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST08051 Academic Skills for Asian Studies Not delivered this year 20
ASST08001 SV1 Chinese 1 Full Year 40
ASST08076 SV1 Chinese 2 Full Year 40
ASST08018 Chinese 2A Not delivered this year 40
ASST08050 Chinese 2C Not delivered this year 40
ASST08078 SV1 Chinese 3 Full Year 40
ASST08080 SV1 Chinese 4 Full Year 40
ASST08064 Doing research in Chinese Studies Not delivered this year 20
ASST08072 SV1 East Asian Youth: Spaces, Ecologies, Technologies Semester 2 20
ASST08070 Intermediate Chinese Language Modern and Traditional Not delivered this year 20
ASST08075 SS1 Introduction to Classical Chinese Full Year 20
ASST08053 SV1 Introduction to Japanese Literature Semester 2 20
ASST08059 SV1 Japanese Language Beginner Semester 1 20
ASST08060 SV1 Japanese Language Lower Intermediate Semester 1 20
ASST08060 SV1 Japanese Language Lower Intermediate Semester 2 20
ASST08069 SV1 Japanese Language Mid-Intermediate Semester 1 20
ASST08069 SV1 Japanese Language Mid-Intermediate Semester 2 20
ASST08058 SV1 Japanese Language Post Beginner Semester 1 20
ASST08058 SV1 Japanese Language Post Beginner Semester 2 20
ASST08057 SV1 Japanese Language Pre-Intermediate Semester 1 20
ASST08057 SV1 Japanese Language Pre-Intermediate Semester 2 20
ASST08068 SV1 Japanese Language Upper Intermediate Semester 2 20
ASST08065 Kanji: A linguistic and cultural introduction Not delivered this year 20
ASST08055 SV1 Modern China in Literature and Film A Semester 1 20
ASST08054 SV1 Modern China in Literature and Film B Semester 2 20
ASST08042 SV1 Modern East Asian History A Semester 1 20
ASST08043 SV1 Modern East Asian History B Semester 2 20
ASST08077 SS1 Political Cultures and Cultural Politics in Contemporary Japan Semester 1 20
ASST08041 Politics and the Economy of Japan Not delivered this year 20
ASST08063 SV1 Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Korea Semester 2 20
ASST08044 SS1 Practical Japanese 2- Year Abroad Preparation Flexible 0
ASST08073 SV1 Pre-modern East Asian History Semester 1 20
ASST08056 Pre-modern East Asian history and the forces that shaped it Not delivered this year 20
ASST08049 Researching Japan: Skills, Methods and Critiques Not delivered this year 40
ASST08079 SS1 Researching Japan: mini-dissertation project Semester 2 20
ASST08071 SV1 Seoul, Shanghai and Edinburgh: Peoples, cultures, and spaces Semester 1 20
ASST08081 SS1 Skills and Approaches in Chinese Studies Semester 1 20
ASST08052 SV1 Society and culture in pre-modern East Asia Semester 2 20
ASST08067 Supernatural Japan: Doing Japanology through Yokai Not delivered this year 20

SCQF Level 09 (3 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST09001 SS1 Chinese Literature 3 Flexible 20
ASST09002 SS1 Chinese Special Subject 3 Full Year 20
ASST09004 SS1 Japanese Studies on the Year Abroad Full Year 20

SCQF Level 10 (36 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST10159 Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia Not delivered this year 20
ASST10157 Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia Not delivered this year 20
ASST10149 SS1 China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence Semester 1 20
ASST10077 SS1 Chinese 3 Year Abroad Full Year 80
ASST10096 SS1 Chinese 3 Year Abroad (Combined degrees) Full Year 60
ASST10108 SS1 Chinese History and Thought 4A (pre-modern) Semester 2 20
ASST10095 SS1 Chinese Language 4B Full Year 10
ASST10094 SS1 Chinese Language 4a Full Year 10
ASST10106 SS1 Chinese Literature 4A (pre-modern) Semester 1 20
ASST10107 SV1 Chinese Literature 4B (modern) Semester 2 20
ASST10093 SS1 Chinese Oral Full Year 0
ASST10138 Chinese Silent Cinema: 1920-1935 Not delivered this year 20
ASST10081 SS1 Chinese Special Subject 4 Flexible 20
ASST10131 SS1 Contemporary Japanese Cinema Semester 1 20
ASST10145 Exploring Japanese Fiction 4 Not delivered this year 20
ASST10156 SV1 Global Cities: Seoul and comparative perspectives Semester 2 20
ASST10065 SS1 Japanese 3 Dissertation (Preparation) Full Year 20
ASST10066 SS1 Japanese 4 Dissertation (Completion) Full Year 20
ASST10121 SS1 Japanese 4 Oral Full Year 0
ASST10128 SS1 Japanese Language 3 Full Year 20
ASST10133 SS1 Japanese Language 4 Full Year 10
ASST10147 SS1 Japanese Year Abroad (Single) Full Year 60
ASST10129 SS1 Japanese Year Abroad 3 (Combined) Full Year 60
ASST10154 SS1 Korean History, Culture, and Society Semester 1 20
ASST10155 SV1 Korean Politics and International Relations Semester 1 20
ASST10141 Language Communities and Variation in Japanese Not delivered this year 20
ASST10158 SS1 Literature and Performance in Modern Japan Semester 2 20
ASST10151 SV1 Media and Visual Culture in Modern China Semester 2 20
ASST10160 SS1 Media, Propaganda and the State in Modern China Semester 1 20
ASST10152 SS1 Political Economy of Korean Development Semester 2 20
ASST10126 Politics and Policy in Contemporary China Not delivered this year 20
ASST10139 SS1 Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan's Long 1960s Semester 2 20
ASST10144 The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism Not delivered this year 20
ASST10150 SS1 The Contemporary Chinese Life Cycle: Ethnographic Perspectives Semester 1 20
ASST10148 SS1 Translation from Japanese to English Semester 1 10
ASST10153 SV1 Unwritten Korea: Understanding Korean Society and Culture through Contemporary Arts and Films Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 11 (38 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
ASST11067 Approved Residence in China July - December (20 credits) Not delivered this year 20
ASST11125 Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia Not delivered this year 20
ASST11073 Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia Not delivered this year 20
ASST11114 SS1 China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence Semester 1 20
ASST11086 China and South East Asian International Relations Not delivered this year 20
ASST11115 China from 1978 to 2018: Reflecting on 40 Years of Reform and Opening Not delivered this year 20
ASST11059 Chinese Language Advanced 1 Not delivered this year 40
ASST11061 Chinese Language Intermediate 1A Not delivered this year 40
ASST11076 Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and 'Popular Religion' Not delivered this year 20
ASST11010 SV1 Contemporary Chinese Literature (MChS) Semester 1 20
ASST11057 SS1 Contemporary Japanese Cinema Semester 1 20
ASST11011 Dissertation (Master of Chinese Studies) Not delivered this year 60
ASST11127 SS1 Doing Research on East Asia: Key Concepts, Approaches and Issues Semester 1 20
ASST11105 Exploring Japanese Fiction (PG version) Not delivered this year 20
ASST11110 SS1 Global Cities: Seoul and comparative perspectives Semester 2 20
ASST11031 Keywords of Chinese Modernity Not delivered this year 20
ASST11107 SS1 Korean History, Culture, and Society Semester 1 20
ASST11120 SS1 Korean Language Beginner 1 Semester 1 20
ASST11120 SS1 Korean Language Beginner 1 Semester 2 20
ASST11119 SS1 Korean Language Beginner 2 Semester 2 20
ASST11109 SS1 Korean Politics and International Relations Semester 1 20
ASST11096 Language Communities and Variation in Japanese Not delivered this year 20
ASST11129 SS1 Literature and Performance in Modern Japan Semester 2 20
ASST11098 MSc Chinese Society and Culture Dissertation Not delivered this year 60
ASST11126 SS1 MSc East Asian Studies Dissertation Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
ASST11025 SS1 MSc by Research in Chinese Studies Dissertation Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
ASST11020 SS1 MSc by Research in Japanese Dissertation Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
ASST11111 SS1 MSc by Research in Korean Studies Dissertation Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
ASST11106 SS1 Media and Visual Culture in Modern China Semester 2 20
ASST11121 Playing East Asia Not delivered this year 20
ASST11112 SS1 Political Economy of Korea's Development Semester 2 20
ASST11095 SS1 Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan's "Long 1960s" (PG Version) Semester 1 20
ASST11103 Research Skills and Methods for Asian Studies 1 Not delivered this year 20
ASST11130 SS1 Sound and Sensibility in Chinese Culture Semester 2 20
ASST11071 The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism Not delivered this year 20
ASST11118 SS1 The Contemporary Chinese Life Cycle: Ethnographic Perspectives Semester 1 20
ASST11128 SS1 The Politics of Culture in Modern China Semester 2 20
ASST11108 SV1 Unwritten Korea: Understanding Korean Society and Culture through Contemporary Arts and Films Semester 1 20
CLLC11087 Gender, Revolution and Modernity in Chinese Cinema Not delivered this year 20
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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