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2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA East Asian Religions and Cultures and Thai Studies

Programme code:BA-EARC&THAIUCAS code:VT6H
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:

Theology and Religious Studies:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/sbs-theology-religious-studies.pdf?sfvrsn=bd96f781_12
Languages, Cultures and Societies:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-15.pdf?sfvrsn=2098f781_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:

EAST1500Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST1550Introduction to East Asian Religions20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST1703Basic Thai Language and Culture 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1704Basic Thai Language and Culture 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules

EAST1065China in East Asian History20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1110Modern China: History and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1269Japanese Culture and Society20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1450Foundations of East Asia20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1070World Histories20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1090Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL1100Politics, Culture and Society20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
THEO1900Introduction to South Asian Religions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO1920Religion, Politics and Society in the Modern World10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO1930Introduction to the Study of Religion/s10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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 Thailand.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

EAST9013Year Abroad in Thailand120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:


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:

EAST2008The Making of Modern Thailand20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2704Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2705Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to take the following modules over levels 2 and 3:

EAST3015Religion in China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3355Death and Religion in Japan20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3707Buddhism: A Lived Tradition20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study 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 module:

EAST3710Advanced Thai Language and Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

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

MODL3310Final Year Project: Extended Essay20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3320Final Year Project: Translation20 creditsSemesters 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.

EAST3015Religion in China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3355Death and Religion in Japan20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3707Buddhism: A Lived Tradition20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates will be required to study between 20-40 credits from the following list:

ARAB3072Islam and Modernity20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FOAR3150Religion and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PRHS2000Human Rights and Religion20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO2200Hindu Traditions to 1600 CE20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2201Hindu Traditions20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO2250Sociology of Religion I20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2251Sociology of Religion20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2651Reading New Testament Texts20 creditsNot running in 201920
THEO2720Religion, Gender and Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
THEO3190Religions and Global Development20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
THEO3305Hindu Traditions to 1600 CE20 creditsNot 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 take up to 20 credits of Discovery Modules.

Last updated: 15/11/2019

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