2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Thai Studies and Theatre and Performance
Programme code: | BA-THAI&THEA | UCAS code: | T3W4 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Martin Thomas | Contact address: | m.thomas@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:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
QAA Subject benchmark statement Languages and Related Subjects
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/languages07.pdf
Dance, Drama and Performance (2007)
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Pages/Subject-benchmark-statement-Dance-drama-performance.aspx
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Enable students to study the disciplines of Thai and Theatre/Performance to the same depth as Single Honours students of the disciplines, but with less breadth in each. This means that Joint Honours students will normally be required to take compulsory modules and a subset of the optional modules that are also part of the corresponding Single Honours degree programmes, and that they will be assessed on those modules using criteria identical to those applied to Single Honours students. Joint Honours students will reach the same levels of fluency and accuracy in Thai as Single Honours students;
- At Level One, allow students the flexibility to extend their intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills by means of a cornerstone module; Introduction to Audio-Visual Cultures, exploring a particular aspect of the field of Theatre/Performance;
- At Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing;
- Require students to undertake one year residence abroad in the second year at a Thai university where students follow a prescribed course of study in language, and in some cases non-language courses;
- Give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of independent research in the realms of theatre and performance including a case study of Thai theatre and culture. In addition, students should use original source materials in the target language;
- Require students to acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines;
- Provide a basis for further advanced study in either Theatre/Performance or Thai, 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. Students are required to take 60-65 credits in Thai Studies and 40 credits in Theatre and Performance, plus a 20 credit cornerstone module.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
EAST1703 | Basic Thai Language and Culture 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1704 | Basic Thai Language and Culture 2 Pre-requisite for: EAST9002 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI1703 | Performance Project 1: From Text to Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1711 | Performance Perspectives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules (Note: not all optional modules are available every year)
EAST1051 | History and Culture of Imperial China | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
EAST1052 | History and Culture of Early Imperial China | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1053 | History and Culture of Late Imperial China | 10 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST1070 | Modern China | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1080 | Chinese Culture in the Twentieth Century | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST1263 | Japan in War and Peace | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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) | |
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) |
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) |
Discovery modules:
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will spend the second year of the programme in Thailand, approved by the School.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module
EAST9013 | Year Abroad in Thailand | 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. Students are required to take 60 credits in Thai Studies and 40 credits in Theatre and Performance. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as discovery modules.
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:
EAST2008 | The Making of Modern Thailand | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST2704 | Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 1 Pre-requisite for: EAST2705 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST2705 | Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2704 | Interpreting Theatre and Performance Histories | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules
PECI2701 | Creative Practice and Performance Contexts | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2702 | Researching Theatre and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2706 | Cultural Flashpoints in the Performing Arts | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2707 | Arts Marketing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2708 | Exploring Musical Theatre | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2709 | Performance Design | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2710 | Industry Study | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI2712 | Somatic Practices in the 20th and 21st Centuries | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
PECI2713 | Performer Training in the C20th and C21st | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2714 | Politics, Identity and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in each of Thai Studies and Theatre and Performance, including a 40 credit Final Year Project module taken on the Theatre and Performance side but which will cover both named subjects.
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:
EAST3732 | Advanced Thai Language and Culture I | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3733 | Advanced Thai language and Culture II | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI3700 | Independent Research Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules. (They are strongly recommended to take EAST3707 Buddhism: a Lived Tradition.)
EAST3020 | Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3035 | Energy Security: Global and Asian Perspectives | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
EAST3140 | Chinese Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3252 | Modern Japanese History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3350 | Japanese Cinema in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
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) | |
EAST3707 | Buddhism: A Lived Tradition | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FOAR3150 | Religion and Violence | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules
PECI3701 | Contemporary Issues in Arts and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI3704 | Independent Practice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI3705 | Arts and Cultural Management | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI3707 | Performance Design and Space | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI3708 | Contemporary Theatre Makers | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 07/02/2019
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