2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA East Asian Studies and International Relations
| Programme code: | BA-EAST&INTR | UCAS code: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Prof Caroline Rose | Contact address: | c.rose@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Programme specification:
This programme will allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline and provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area. Specifically, the programme will enable students to draw connections between the two disciplines of East Asian Studies and International Relations. The programme fosters a holistic and advanced understanding of East Asia's global and regional significance. It examines the interplay of culture, history, politics, and society across East Asian nations such as China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, and others, providing students with a comprehensive view of the region's place in the world. At the same time, the programme enables student to develop a critical appreciation of the core concepts and processes of International Relations, engaging with specialist theories and literatures relevant to specific areas of study. It examines the role of key international actors, and explores the origins and evolution of the international political system, including international institutions and contemporary changes underway.
The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available. They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree. They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
Students will acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines. A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
The programme also allows the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad through the International and Industrial variants.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED1511 | International Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
| EAST1110 | Modern China: History and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST1241 | Premodern East Asia | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| EAST1252 | Modern Japan | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| EAST1450 | Foundations of East Asia | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| EAST1510 | Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| EAST1010 | Basic Chinese Language 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST1210 | Basic Japanese Language (1) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST1280 | Intermediate Japanese (1) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST1460 | Intermediate Chinese (1) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST1703 | Basic Thai Language and Culture 1 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| EAST1020 | Basic Chinese Language 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST1220 | Basic Japanese Language (2) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST1281 | Intermediate Japanese (2) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST1461 | Intermediate Chinese (2) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST1704 | Basic Thai Language and Culture 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.
Compulsory modules:
To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 and 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects.
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| PIED2501 | Theories of International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2559 | Global Security Challenges | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits from the following EAST optional modules:
- Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy - 20 Credits
- Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in China - 20 Credits
| EAST2006 | China Since 1979 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST2007 | Japan's International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST2008 | The Making of Modern Thailand | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST2025 | Global Korea in Context: Sociocultural and Political Dynamics | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| EAST2128 | Contemporary East Asian Culture | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| EAST2480 | Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST2605 | Topics in Contemporary Asia Pacific Societies | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following EAST optional modules:
| EAST2300 | Intermediate Japanese (1) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST2305 | Intermediate Japanese 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST2550 | Intermediate Chinese (1) | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST2570 | Intermediate Chinese (II) | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following PIED optional modules:
| PIED2220 | North-South Linkages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED2559 | Global Security Challenges | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED2570 | Forced Migration | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects, plus a Final Year Project module which can be taken in and count towards either subject. Any remaining credits can be taken in either of the named subjects or as discovery modules. A maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules may be taken in level 3. Finalists may only take level 1 modules which are listed as discovery skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast) | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PIED3750 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
If PIED3750 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional EAST modules; if either MODL3300 or MODL3350 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following EAST optional modules:
| EAST3015 | Religion in China | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| EAST3045 | Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST3148 | Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST3252 | Modern Japanese History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST3271 | East Asia's Regional Political Economy | 20 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| EAST3350 | Japanese Cinema in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST3525 | Globalising China and the Developing World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| EAST3602 | Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST3707 | Buddhism: A Lived Tradition | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
f either MODL3300 or MODL3350 is taken, candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional PIED modules; if PIED3750 is taken, candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following PIED optional modules:
Basket 1
| PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3402 | American Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3565 | Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2
| PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3305 | The Far Right in Europe and Beyond | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PIED3611 | Radical Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules
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