2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Chinese and East Asian Religions and Cultures
Programme code: | BA-CHIN&EARC | UCAS code: | TV16 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Kweku Ampiah | Contact address: | k.ampiah@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit: 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:
Examination Committee of School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Languages, Cultures and Societies:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-15.pdf?sfvrsn=2098f781_12
Theology and Religious Studies:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/sbs-theology-religious-studies.pdf?sfvrsn=bd96f781_12
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:
EAST1010 | Basic Chinese Language 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1020 | Basic Chinese 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
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
EAST1065 | China in East Asian History | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
EAST1110 | Modern China: History and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST1269 | Japanese Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Note that EAST1051 is mutually exclusive with both EAST1052 and EAST1053
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will spend the second year studying at a University in China or Taiwan.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
EAST9011 | Year Abroad in China | 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:
EAST2015 | Chinese 2A | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST2016 | Chinese 2B | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan 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) | |
EAST3355 | Death and 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 at least 20 credits from the following options:
EAST2006 | China Since 1979 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST2007 | Japan's International Relations | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST2008 | The Making of Modern Thailand | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST2009 | Classics of Chinese Literature and Thought | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST2126 | Classical Chinese | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST2360 | Chinese Cinema | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST2470 | Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST2480 | Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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) | |
EAST3130 | Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction and Drama | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST3150 | Women and Family in Chinese Society | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
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.
- 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 study between 20-40 credits of discovery modules or may take further credits 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 201920 | |
THEO2201 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO2250 | Sociology of Religion I | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
THEO2651 | Reading New Testament Texts | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
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 201920 |
- 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 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. 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
EAST3275 | Chinese 3: Advanced 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 20 credits from the following optional modules:
EAST3051 | Modern Documentary Chinese: Politics and Law | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3052 | Modern Documentary Chinese: Society and Development | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3070 | Contemporary Chinese Literature | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3080 | Chinese Literature 1912 - 1949 | 10 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST3620 | Practical Chinese-English Translation | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits form the following modules:
EAST2009 | Classics of Chinese Literature and Thought | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST3012 | Chinese Oral and Performance Traditions | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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) | |
EAST3051 | Modern Documentary Chinese: Politics and Law | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
EAST3052 | Modern Documentary Chinese: Society and Development | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3070 | Contemporary Chinese Literature | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3080 | Chinese Literature 1912 - 1949 | 10 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST3102 | Chinese Language for International Trade and Business | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST3120 | Classical Chinese | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3130 | Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction and Drama | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST3150 | Women and Family in Chinese Society | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
EAST3252 | Modern Japanese History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
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) | |
EAST3355 | Death and Religion in Japan | 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 201920 | |
EAST3703 | South East Asia in the Global Context | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FOAR3150 | Religion and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their Chinese options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Chinese in the final year including EAST3275.
- Candidates may not take a module from this group that they have taken in another group/year.
- Not all modules will be available every year.
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) | |
EAST3355 | Death and 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 can choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules or they may take additional modules from the following list:
ARAB3072 | Islam and Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
FOAR3150 | Religion and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan 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 201920 | |
THEO2201 | Hindu Traditions | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
THEO2250 | Sociology of Religion I | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
THEO2651 | Reading New Testament Texts | 20 credits | Not running in 201920 | |
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 201920 |
- 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 study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Last updated: 15/11/2019
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