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2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Chinese and Thai Studies (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Programme code:BACHIN&TAI-RUCAS code:TL31
Duration:5 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Kazuki Morimoto Contact address:k.morimoto@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 600

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:

Languages, Cultures and Societies
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/sbs/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-23.pdf?sfvrsn=3c71a881_10


Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Chinese and Thai Studies

This programme equips students with the linguistic skills needed to understand a range of written, spoken and
broadcast material in Chinese and Thai, and the ability to communicate effectively with Chinese and Thai speakers. The deliberately modern bias of the programme aims to produce graduates with an all-round proficiency in Chinese and Thai, along with a range of transferable skills and insights.
Students begin both languages from scratch (although there is provision for those with some prior learning of Chinese or Thai) and follow an intensive language programme in their first year. The second year and third years are spent at a university in Thailand, and in China or Taiwan. In each case students follow a prescribed course of study in language and, where offered, non-language courses.
Students return to Leeds in their fourth year to follow advanced upper-level language and non-language modules in both subjects. By the final year of the programme students should be able to interpret relevant material in a wider sense, fitting it into the broader social, political, economic and cultural context of present-day China, Thailand and the East Asian region.
Students are expected to graduate with a sound knowledge of the Chinese and Thai languages, invaluable experience of life in Thailand and in a Chinese-speaking society, and an understanding of the wider context of the East Asian region.




Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

EAST1110Modern China: History and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1450Foundations of East Asia20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates with no prior knowledge of Chinese will be required to study the following modules

EAST1010Basic Chinese Language 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1020Basic Chinese Language 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students with prior knowledge of Chinese will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules

EAST1460Intermediate Chinese (1)20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1461Intermediate Chinese (2)20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates with no prior knowledge of Thai will be required to study the following modules

EAST1703Basic Thai Language and Culture 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1704Basic Thai Language and Culture 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates with prior knowledge of Thai will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules

EAST1510Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1704Basic Thai Language and Culture 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Year2 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates can choose to spend the second year of their programme in either China/Taiwan or Thailand.

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module

MODL9500LCS Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year3 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates can choose to spend the third year of their programme in either China/Taiwan or Thailand. If Year 2 is spent in Thailand, the third year will be spent in China/Taiwan. If Year 2 is spent in China/Taiwan, the third year will be spent in Thailand.

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module

MODL9501LCS Year Abroad 2120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year4 - View timetable

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

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 4 and 5 are not yet available. Before you enter years 4 and 5 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

EAST2008The Making of Modern Thailand20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2015Chinese 2A20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2016Chinese 2B20 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 study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

- An Introduction to Cantonese [OR Classical Chinese] - 20 credits
- Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China - 20 credits

EAST2006China Since 197920 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2126Classical Chinese20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST2127Society and Culture of Early Modern China20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST2148Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360Chinese Cinema20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Year5 - View timetable

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

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 5 are not yet available. Before you enter year 5 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

EAST3275Chinese 3: Advanced Skills20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST3710Advanced Thai Language and Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following compulsory Final Year Project modules

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)

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
- Advanced Chinese in Context (Humanities) - 20 credits
- Advanced Chinese in Context (Social Science) - 20 credits

EAST3015Religion in China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3148Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3525Globalising China and the Developing World20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST3630Advanced Chinese to English Translation20 creditsNot running in 202425

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules. Candidates are strongly recommended to take EAST3707 Buddhism: a Lived Tradition

EAST3045Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST3271East Asia's Regional Political Economy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3707Buddhism: A Lived Tradition20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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