Elective units of study (Table S)
Asian Studies
| This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 16 February 2026. View details of the changes below. |
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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| ASNS1200 Tibet and Central Asia: Nomads and Myths |
6 | |
| ASNS1201 Intro to Tibetan Language and Culture 1 |
6 | |
| ASNS1202 Tibetan Culture and Language 2 |
6 | P ASNS1201 |
| ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures |
6 | |
| ASNS1602 Asia: Past, Present, Future |
6 | |
| ASNS2004 Korean Popular Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points from Korean Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies |
| ASNS2011 Buddhist Thought and Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient Greek or Ancient History or Anthropology or Arabic Language and Cultures or Archaeology or Art History or Asian Studies or Chinese Studies or Cultural Studies or Education or European Studies or French and Francophone Studies or Gender Studies or Germanic Studies or Hebrew or History or Indonesian Studies or International and Comparative Literary Studies or Italian Studies or Japanese Studies or Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or Korean Studies or Latin or Linguistics or Philosophy or Psychology or Sanskrit or Sociology or Spanish and Latin American Studies or Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level from Studies in Religion N BDST1602 |
| ASNS2613 Chinese Thought |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Chinese or Indonesian or Japanese or Korean Studies or Sanskrit or Philosophy or Studies in Religion N CHNS3641 |
| ASNS2618 Remaking Chinese Society, 1949-Present |
6 | A Students with no prior knowledge of modern Chinese history are encouraged to read an introductory textbook (e.g., Edwin E. Moise. Modern China: A History. Second edition. Longman, 1994) before the start of the semester P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Sanskrit or History or Ancient History |
| ASNS2627 Tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Sanskrit or History or Studies in Religion |
| ASNS2628 Buddhism, Meditation, and Brain |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or Studies in Religion |
| ASNS2634 Samurai and Merchants: Tokugawa Japan |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level each in either Asian Studies or History N ASNS2304 |
| ASNS2642 Modern Korea |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level N ASNS2502 |
| ASNS2663 Social Activism in Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from Table A |
| ASNS2665 Understanding Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
| ASNS2669 Field Study of Southeast Asia |
6 | P 24 credit points at 1000 level This unit requires departmental permission: students require approval to enrol in this course after having been through the selective interview process and been offered a place on this overseas field study. Note that this unit is subject to travel and health advice at the time the unit is offered and may be delivered virtually. For more information please contact the unit coordinator. |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from ASNS or JPNS or KRNS or CHNS or INMS or INGS or SANS or HSTY |
| ASNS3003 Buddhism: Historical Perspectives |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level from any combination of Ancient Greek, Ancient History, Anthropology, Arabic Language and Cultures, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew, Chinese Studies, Cultural Studies, European Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Studies, Hebrew, History, Indonesian Studies, International and Comparative Literary Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture, Korean Studies, Latin, Linguistics, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Studies in Religion, Visual Arts N ASNS2003 |
| ASNS3001 Youth and Language in Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Indonesian Studies N ASNS2001 |
| ASNS3002 Modern Japan |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or History or Japanese Studies |
| ASNS3111 The Material Culture of Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Asian Studies or Japanese Studies or Korean Studies or Chinese Studies or Indonesian Studies or Sanskrit or History or Ancient History or International and Global Studies or Art History |
| ASNS3616 Japanese Cinema and Society |
6 | P 6 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Asian Studies or 18 credit points at 1000-level including ENGL1011 N JPNS3675 |
| ASNS3618 Popular China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Anthropology or 12 credit points at 1000 level or 2000 level or 3000 level in Chinese Studies |
| ASNS3670 Mass Media in East Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Korean Studies N ASNS2670 or ASNS2600 |
| ASNS3690 Researching Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies N CHNS3902 or INMS3902 or JPNS3902 or ASNS3902 |
Post-publication amendments
| Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
|---|---|---|
| 16/2/2026 | ASNS2002 was published and available for selection. | ASNS2002 removed and retired. |
