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Program Requirements

To qualify for this degree, you will need to complete all of the course requirements, normally at High Distinction level, and complete the Honours year with first class honours. After your completion of the equivalent of each 48 units for the degree, the Faculty will determine whether your level of performance warrants you remaining in the degree program. It will be possible to transfer to another undergraduate degree program of the Faculty and receive credit for work successfully completed in the PhB (Hons).

The degree normally requires completion of at least 192 units approved by the Faculty of Asian Studies on the recommendation of the PhB Convenor with which your academic advisor is associated, including:

• No more than 48 units from courses offered at first year level;
• A minimum of 96 units from courses offered at second or later year level;
• A minimum of 96 units from courses offered by the Faculty of Asian Studies;
• Completion of a minimum of 60 units in an Asian language (including a 48 unit Asian language major offered by the Faculty and a 12 unit advanced language seminar);
• Completion of a major in the chosen Asian studies specialisation (field of study). A cognate major from another Faculty may be agreed.
• Completion of a minimum of 36 units of Advanced Studies courses.
• An Honours year to the value of 48 units in a discipline within the Faculty of Asian Studies completed at first-class honours level.

 

The PhB Convener may approve variations to the above pattern where appropriate.

 

Notes

An Asian Studies (Cognitive) major consists of a minimum of 48 units, generally comprising a maximum of 12 units from a short list of prescribed first year courses, and a minimum of 36 units from second or later year courses. The sequence of courses normally prescribed for fields of study or specialisations within the cognitive major are identified in the Undergraduate Handbook.

 

Students undertaking a major from another Faculty must follow that Faculty?s rules for the number and sequence of courses prescribed for that major. The descriptions of these majors appear in the relevant Faculty chapters of the Undergraduate Handbook.

 

Admission to the Faculty of Asian Studies honours program will normally require successful completion of the equivalent of at least 24 courses (144 units) of agreed coursework, including the language component of the PhB, an agreed cognate major and a minimum of 36 units of individualised advanced studies courses recommended by the student?s academic advisor.

 

 

PhB (Hons)  typical degree structure of a full-time student

Stage	Normal course offerings	Advanced studies courses
Year 1 48 units	First year language and first or second year non-language courses selected in consultation with academic advisor (36 u)	ASIA1101 Advanced Studies 1 (6 u) ASIA1102 Advanced Studies 2 (6 u)
Year 2 48 units	Second or later year language and non-language courses selected in consultation with academic advisor (36 u)	ASIA2101 Advanced Studies 3 (6 u) ASIA2102 Advanced Studies 4 (6 u)
Year 3 48 units	Later year language courses selected in consultation with academic advisor (24 u) ? plus an advanced language seminar (12 u)	ASIA3101 Advanced Studies 5 (6 u) ASIA3102 Advanced Studies 6 (6 u)
Year 4 48 units	Honours program - 48 units� (30% cognate coursework / 70% research thesis)