2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

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

Total credits: 480

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:
Languages, Cultures and Societies

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 Thai Studies

The Thai programme is distinctive for the way that it integrates language development with contextual awareness and understanding. It also uniquely offers the opportunity for students to integrate Thai studies with other Southeast Asian, and East Asian studies modules.

In the first year, the programme will initially take students from no (or some prior) knowledge of Thai language to an intermediate standard which will provide an adequate platform for language development during the year abroad. This will include a basic mastery of the Thai language, both oral and written, with a vocabulary of several thousand words which will enable the speaker to make daily transactions (order food, ask directions, find accommodation etc.) and discuss in a reasonably fluent manner elements of both Thai and Western society and culture.

Students will also have a sound understanding of the basic features of Thai society and social values and know both how to 'fit in' and what to expect in their daily lives during the second year of their programme which is spent at a university in Thailand.

Students will return to Leeds in their third year and will follow advanced level language and non-language modules across a range of disciplines and topics, drawing on the broad expertise in East Asian Studies. By the end of their programme of study, students should be able to interpret material in a wider sense, fitting it into the broader social, developmental, cultural and political Thai and Southeast Asian contexts.

Students are expected to graduate with a sound knowledge of the Thai language, valuable experience of life in Thailand, and a deep understanding of Thai society.

Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module

Optional modules:

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

Candidates with prior knowledge of Thai will, subject to a placement test, study EAST1510 East Asian Religions and Philosophies instead of EAST1703. EAST1510 cannot then be taken as an optional module.

Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 20 and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

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. Full module details for years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Candidate will be required to study the following compulsory module

Year3 - 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 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

- Japanese Cinema in the World - 20 credits

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

- Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy - 20 credits
- Contemporary East Asian Popular Culture - 20 credits
- Death and Religion in Japan - 20 credits
- Nature and technology in Japanese film and literature - 20 credits
- Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China - 20 credits

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of the following optional modules

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules

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 year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

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

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules:
Basket 1:

Candidates may study up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules:
Basket 2:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of the following optional modules

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Last updated: 07/05/2024 14:17:36

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