2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA East Asian Religions and Cultures and Japanese
Programme code: | BA-EARC&JAPN | UCAS code: | TV26 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Martin Seeger | Contact address: | m.seeger@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Examinations Committee of School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Area Studies, Theology and Religious Studies
Programme specification:
The programme will:
address the QAA benchmarks for area studies and religious studies and specifically will:
- enable student to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study two disciplines at level one;
- at Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range
- give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of independent research in the realms of the religious and philosophical traditions of East Asia.
- available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area;
- Have the flexibility to allow students to change programme upon successful completion of Level One, subject to approval.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 120-125 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
EAST1210 | Basic Japanese Language (1) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1220 | Basic Japanese Language (2) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1500 | Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1550 | Introduction to East Asian Religions | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
EAST1052 | History and Culture of Early Imperial China | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1266 | Japan: A Cultural History from Buddhism to Murakami Haruki | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
THEO1900 | Introduction to South Asian Religions | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO1920 | Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO1930 | Introduction to the Study of Religion/s | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following options:
EAST1263 | Japan in War and Peace | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1264 | Japan: Geography, Economy and Society | 10 credits | ||
EAST1265 | Japan: History and International Politics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1266 | Japan: A Cultural History from Buddhism to Murakami Haruki | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
- Candidates may not take a module from this group that they taken in another group/year.
As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.
MODL1500 | LCS Academic Essentials | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will spend the second year of the programme in Japan.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
EAST9012 | Year Abroad in Japan | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
EAST2212 | Japanese 2A: Written Communication Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
EAST2222 | Japanese 2B: Spoken Communication Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to take the following modules over levels 2 and 3:
EAST3015 | Religion in China | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3702 | Religion in Japan | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3707 | Buddhism: A Lived Tradition | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits form the following optional modules:
EAST2006 | China Since 1979 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST2007 | Japan's International Relations | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST2008 | The Making of Modern Thailand | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST2009 | Classics of Chinese Literature and Thought | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST2180 | An Introduction to Cantonese (1) | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST2360 | Chinese Cinema | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST2470 | Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST2480 | Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3015 | Religion in China | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3020 | Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3025 | Chinese Linguistics: Theory and Practice | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
EAST3120 | Classical Chinese | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3130 | Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction and Drama | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3140 | Chinese Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3150 | Women and Family in Chinese Society | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3271 | East Asia's Regional Political Economy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3350 | Japanese Cinema in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3602 | Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FOAR2000 | Research Placement | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- The research project undertaken as part of FOAR2000 must relate to East Asian Studies.
- NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates can choose to take up to 40 credits of discovery modules or they may take further modules from the following list:
PRHS2000 | Human Rights and Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO2200 | Hindu Traditions to 1600 CE | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2201 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2250 | Sociology of Religion I | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO2651 | Reading New Testament Texts | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2720 | Religion, Gender and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO3190 | Religions and Global Development | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO3305 | Hindu Traditions to 1600 CE | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of Discovery Modules.
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Finalists may only take level 1 modules which are listed as discovery skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
EAST3285 | Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
MODL3310 | Final Year Project: Extended Essay | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3320 | Final Year Project: Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study all of the following modules over Levels 2 and 3. Candidates must therefore take any module(s) they did not take in Level 2.
EAST3015 | Religion in China | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3702 | Religion in Japan | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3707 | Buddhism: A Lived Tradition | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits form the following options:
EAST3012 | Chinese Oral and Performance Traditions | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3015 | Religion in China | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3252 | Modern Japanese History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3256 | Narratives of Japanese Modernity: Fiction and Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3271 | East Asia's Regional Political Economy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3281 | Advanced Japanese in Context 1: Politics and International Relations | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3284 | Advanced Japanese in Context 4: Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3286 | Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3287 | Advanced Japanese in Context 5: Japanese Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in Historical Context | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3288 | Advanced Japanese in Context 6: Japanese Religion and Culture in Historical Context | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3350 | Japanese Cinema in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3580 | Advanced Japanese in Translation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3602 | Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3604 | Korea: Politics, Economy and International Relations | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3702 | Religion in Japan | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3703 | South East Asia in the Global Context | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FOAR3150 | Religion and Violence | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
- Candidates may not take a module from this group that they taken in another group/year.
Candidates can choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules or they may take further modules from the following list:
ARAB3072 | Islam and Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FOAR3150 | Religion and Violence | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS2000 | Human Rights and Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO2200 | Hindu Traditions to 1600 CE | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2201 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2250 | Sociology of Religion I | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO2651 | Reading New Testament Texts | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
THEO2720 | Religion, Gender and Society | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO3190 | Religions and Global Development | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
THEO3305 | Hindu Traditions to 1600 CE | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
- Candidates may not take a module from this group that they taken in another group/year.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to take up to 20 credits of Discovery Modules.
Last updated: 07/02/2019
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