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BA Modern Languages and Economics (Japanese)

Programme code:BA-ML/JP&ECUCAS code:
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Chiara La Sala Contact address:M.C.LaSala@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 480

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:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Languages, Cultures and Societies:
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-Languages-Cultures-and-Societies-15.pdf
Economics: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/SBS-Economics-15.pdf

Programme specification:


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 1, students are required to take 120 credits. Students must take 60 credits in Japanese and a minimum of 50 credits in Economics. Students who do not have an A-level in Maths must also take LUBS1275. Students who do have an A-level in Maths must take 10 credits of Discovery modules.

Compulsory modules:

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:

EAST1210Basic Japanese Language (1)20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1220Basic Japanese Language (2)20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1285Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1295Economics and Global History10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1951Economic Theory and Applications30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students with prior knowledge of Japanese may, subject to a placement test, study more advanced language modules as appropriate in their first year (40 credits from EAST2300, EAST2305, FLTU1026, FLTU1030).

Optional modules:

Students who do not have an A level in Maths must take the below module:

LUBS1275Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Students must take 20 credits from the following optional modules and are strongly recommended to study EAST1270.

EAST1270Modern Japan: History and International Politics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1271Japanese History and Society20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST1450Foundations of East Asia20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1500Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST1550Introduction to East Asian Religions20 creditsNot running in 202223

Discovery modules:

Students who do not need to study LUBS1275 must take 10 credits of Discovery modules.


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students will spend this year of their programme in a country or region where the language of interest is used both in official contexts and as a daily means of communication. Where this period of residence abroad involves studying at a University, a list of approved locations and institutions will be provided for you during Level 1. Where you are able to choose a location, you must have this approved by the Year Abroad Tutor in your language area.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following core residence abroad modules. Please note that the appropriate Level 1 module(s) in the language needs to be passed in order progress to the Year Abroad.

EAST9012Year Abroad in Japan120 creditsSemesters 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 a minimum of 40 credits in Economics and a minimum of 60 credits in Japanese. Students may choose to take 20 credits of Discovery modules or take further optional modules in either Economics or Japanese.

Compulsory modules:

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:

EAST2212Japanese 2A: Written Communication Skills20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST2222Japanese 2B: Spoken Communication Skills20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2140Intermediate Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2610Intermediate Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Students are required to study a minimum of 20 credits of Economics

HECN2010Introduction to Health Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2040Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2050Industrial Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2230Mathematics for Business and Economics 210 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2281Macroeconomic Policy and Performance10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2300Explanation in Economics10 credits 
LUBS2400The International Economic Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2401International Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2420Business Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2430Economics Research Methods10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2575Statistics and Econometrics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2590Labour Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2665Economics of Innovation10 credits 
LUBS2675How to be a Successful Policy Economist10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2680Ethics and Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2010Transport Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2030Project Appraisal10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students are required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

EAST2006China Since 197920 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2007Japan's International Relations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2008The Making of Modern Thailand20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2009Classics of Chinese Literature and Thought20 credits 
EAST2127Society and Culture of Early Modern China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2128Contemporary East Asian Culture20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST2148Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360Chinese Cinema20 credits 
EAST2470Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST2480Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2605Topics in Contemporary Asia Pacific Societies20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3015Religion in China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3020Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3252Modern Japanese History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271East Asia's Regional Political Economy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3350Japanese Cinema in the World20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST3602Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL2075Global Environmental Humanities20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Economics or their chosen language.


Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits in Economics and a minimum of 40 credits in their chosen language. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as Discovery modules. All students must take a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.

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:

Students must study the following compulsory module:

EAST3285Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

LUBS3302Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3300Final Year Project: Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3340Final Year Project: Extended Translation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3350Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students will be required to study between 60-80 credits in Economics. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend on whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Economics or your other subject. If you take your Final Year Project in Economics, you will be able to take fewer option modules in this subject.

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules:

HECN3010Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3005Advanced Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3011Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth10 creditsNot running in 202223
LUBS3250Transnational Corporations in the World Economy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3330Economic Development20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3340Economics of Famines20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3365Environmental Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3370Applied Econometrics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3375Behavioural Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3430Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3435Public Enterprise and Regulation10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3505Advanced Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3590International Economics: Integration and Governance20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3785The Economics of Unions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3925The Political Economy of Work10 creditsNot running in 202223
LUBS3930Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students will be required to study between 40-60 credits in Japanese. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Japanese or Economics. If you take your Final Year project in Japanese you will be able to take fewer option modules in this subject.

Students will be required to study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

EAST3012Chinese Oral and Performance Traditions20 credits 
EAST3015Religion in China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3148Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3150Women and Family in Chinese Society20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3252Modern Japanese History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271East Asia's Regional Political Economy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3281Advanced Japanese in Context 1: Politics and International Relations20 credits 
EAST3286Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity20 credits 
EAST3287Advanced Japanese in Context 5: Japanese Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in Historical Context20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3289Advanced Japanese in Context 4: Literature20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST3350Japanese Cinema in the World20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST3355Death and Religion in Japan20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3470Japanese Literature in Translation: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan20 creditsNot running in 202223
EAST3525Globalising China and the Developing World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3580Advanced Japanese in Translation20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3602Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FOAH3150Religion and Violence20 creditsNot running in 202223
MODL3200Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3410Contemporary World Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3610Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3620Decolonial Approaches20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630Social Movements across Cultures20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3650Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3800Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Economics or their chosen language.
Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.

Last updated: 18/08/2022 12:12:21

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