East Asian Studies BA

Core modules:

Key Questions in East Asian Studies

East Asia has been studied in Western universities for hundreds of years and is an active area of research today. This year-long module introduces students to the academic study of East Asia and how it has changed over time. We will look at key questions and debates that have shaped research about East Asia as a whole as well as China, Japan and Korea, in particular. Along the way, you will also learn about how academic knowledge is produced and employed. Through these explorations, you will learn to develop your own academic voice in both writing and speech.

20 credits

Arts, History and Culture in East Asia

This module introduces the study of the humanities in East Asia. We will explore thousands of years of writing traditions across China, Japan and Korea, through genres such as historical sagas, philosophy, poetry, modern novels, and more. Through this, you will learn the broad history of East Asia and how to understand it through key texts. You will develop strong reading and interpretative skills across many genres, preparing you for success in the course and beyond.

20 credits

Politics, Economy and Society in East Asia

Since 1945, East Asian societies have experienced rapid social, economic and political changes. This module introduces students to contemporary developments that have shaped China, Japan and Korea. You will explore how societies were rebuilt, how development re-shaped everyday life, and how issues such as sustainability, human rights, inequality, and population growth have presented new challenges. Through this module, you will learn about the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and how we can understand them across East Asia.

20 credits

The Specialist pathway include the following:

Korean Intensive 1c

This module teaches speaking and listening skills in Korean for students in the Korean Intensive pathway. This module will prepare you for speaking in a variety of natural contexts with native speakers. Through a variety of games, pair-work and media viewing, you will learn how to talk about yourself, hold a conversation on everyday topics, and understand native speech. Together with Korean Intensive 1a and 1b, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or TOPIK Level 2 by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Korean Intensive 1a

This module teaches the foundations of Korean language for students in the Korean Intensive pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will gain core knowledge in Korean reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. By the end of the semester, you will be able to, read in the Korean alphabet, Hangul, use grammar and vocabulary to write about everyday topics, and translate passages between Korean and English. Through a tandem language partner programme and real-world media in the classroom, you will develop grounded cultural awareness of contemporary South Korean society. Together with Korean Intensive 1b and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or TOPIK Level 2 by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Korean Intensive 1b

This module continues teaching the foundations of Korean language for students in the Korean Intensive Pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will continue to build your knowledge in Korean reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. By the end of the semester, you will have a a solid foundation of Korean grammar, a working vocabulary of around 1000 words, and the ability to read and write more complex passages. You will also develop skills such as linguistic and cultural awareness regarding the differences between Korean and your first language, resilience through intensive learning, and the ability to self-reflect on your own learning process. Together with Korean Intensive 1a and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or TOPIK Level 2 by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Japanese Intensive 1c

This module teaches speaking and listening skills in Japanese for students in the Japanese Intensive pathway. This module will prepare you for speaking in a variety of natural contexts with native speakers. Through a variety of games, pair-work and role-playing exercises, you will learn to talk about yourself, hold a conversation on everyday topics, ask questions each other in order to gather the information you need, and give a short presentation. Together with Japanese Intensive 1a and 1b, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or JLPT N4 by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Japanese Intensive 1a

This module teaches the foundations of Japanese language for students in the Japanese Intensive Pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will gain core knowledge in Japanese reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. By the end of the semester, you will be able to read and write in the three main writing systems in Japanese (hiragana, katakana, and kanji), read simple stories and explain them in English,and translate simple passages to English. In your first semester, you will begin to develop cultural awareness of both Japanese and your own culture and identify your own learning style for language acquisition at the university level. Together with Japanese Intensive 1b and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or JLPT N4 by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Japanese Intensive 1b

This module continues teaching the foundations of Japanese language for students in the Japanese Intensive Pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will continue to build your knowledge in Japanese reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. By the end of the semester, you will have developed a solid foundation of Japanese grammar for the next level, increased your vocabulary and kanji base, have learned how to express your opinions in Japanese. You will also continue to develop skills such as linguistic and cultural awareness regarding the differences between Japanese and your first language, resilience through intensive learning, and the ability to self-reflect on your own learning process. Together with Japanese Intensive 1a and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or JLPT N4 by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Chinese Intensive 1c

This module teaches core speaking and listening skills in Chinese for students in the Chinese Intensive pathway. This module will prepare you for speaking in a variety of natural contexts with native speakers. Through different types activities such as role-plays and dialogues, you will learn to communicate in a variety of everyday contexts as well as express your own ideas and opinions. Together with Chinese Intensive 1a and 1b, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or HSK 3 qualification by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Chinese Intensive 1a

This module introduces the foundations of Chinese for students in the Chinese Intensive Pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will gain core knowledge in Chinese reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. By the end of the semester, you will be able to read and write hundreds of Chinese characters, as well as compose short passages of your own. In your first semester, you will develop time management strategies for university-level language acquisition and hone your independent learning skills utilising the university's wide resources on Chinese and China. Together with Chinese Intensive 1b and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or HSK 3 by the end of your first year.

20 credits

Chinese Intensive 1b

This module continues teaching the foundations of Chinese language for students in the Chinese Intensive Pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will continue to build your knowledge in Chinese reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. By the end of the semester, you will have an active vocabulary of almost a thousand words and phrases for written communication. You will be able to utilise that vocabulary to compose longer paragraphs. You will also be able to translate more complex concepts between Chinese and English. As part of broader skills development, you will hone your intercultural competence. Together with Chinese Intensive 1a and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of CEFR A2 or HSK 3 qualification by the end of your first year.

20 credits

The Advanced Specialist Chinese pathway include the following:

Chinese Intensive Accelerated 1a

This module teaches intermediate Chinese language students in the Chinese Intensive Accelerated Pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will enhance your knowledge in Chinese reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. By the end of the semester, you will be able to comprehend authentic language materials drawn from various social and everyday contexts, demonstrate command of lower-intermediate Chinese grammar and a broader range of discourse styles, and use the language with increasing accuracy in written communication. You will begin to develop the skills for your Year Abroad programme. Together with Chinese Intensive Accelerated 1b and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of HSK 4 by the end of the academic year.

20 credits

Chinese Intensive Accelerated 1b

This module continues intermediate Chinese language for students in the Chinese Intensive Accelerated Pathway. Through a high-contact and interactive classroom experience, you will further enhance your intermediate knowledge in Chinese reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar through formal and informal discourse covering a more complex and wider range of topics, advanced grammar, and media. You will also refine the skills needed for your Year Abroad programme. Together with Chinese Intensive Accelerated 1a and 1c, you will achieve the equivalent of HSK 4 by the end of the academic year.

20 credits

Chinese Intensive Accelerated 1c

This module teaches intermediate speaking and listening skills in Chinese for students in the Chinese Intensive Accelerated pathway. This module will prepare you for speaking in a variety of natural contexts with native speakers. Through different types activities, you will learn to communicate effectively on everyday topics in a variety of authentic, real-life situations. You will also learn to articulate your own thoughts and opinions with increasing complexity. You will be able to synthesize and present relevant information on modern China. Together with Chinese Intensive Accelerated 1a and 1b, you will achieve the equivalent of HSK 4 by the end of the academic year.

20 credits

The Cultural Specialist Route includes one core module:

Inventing Traditions in China, Japan and Korea

This module will introduce you to the critical study of East Asian traditions. While the region is often touted for its ancient cultures, practices, and heritage, many of these have been carefully represented, invented, or repackaged in contemporary times for a variety of purposes. You will learn to critically examine the histories and representations of famous traditions in modern media such as Japanese samurai, Korean politeness, and Chinese philosophy. You will also develop your own multimedia project working with as a group through which you will build digital media skills.

20 credits

For the Cross Cultural Specialist Route - 40 credits for the following list of optional modules

Korean 1

Korean is a unique and increasingly influential language. This module introduces the basics of the Korean language to students with no prior experience. You will achieve an understanding of the fundamentals of reading, writing, listening, and speaking in Korean, including the alphabet Hangul. By the end of the module, you will be able to introduce yourself, understand simple passages, and engage in conversations about everyday topics. Alongside language skills, you will learn about aspects about contemporary Korean society and culture, building your intercultural knowledge and understanding.

20 credits

Japanese 1

Japanese is one of the world's most popular, but unique languages. This module introduces the basics of the Japanese language to students with no prior experience. You will achieve  an understanding of the major features of Japanese language including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. By the end of the module you will be able to talk and writie about yourself, read and understand simple information, such as an event, in Japanese, and hold a basic conversation. Through the module you will also learn about Japanese culture and society.

20 credits

Chinese 1

Chinese is the world's most spoken language. This module introduces the basics of the Chinese language to students with no prior experience. You will achieve an understanding of the major features of Chinese language including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. By the end of the module you will be able to read and write Chinese characters, hold basic conversations in Chinese, and give short presentations. On top of language skills for real-life communication, you will also gain a structured understanding of the Chinese language.

20 credits

Thinking Cross-culturally

East Asia is home to diverse cultural traditions, ethnic groups, and languages. It also has a long history of migration, exchange, and cultural influence across the region. This year-long module introduces students to ways of studying cultural groups, transnational exchanges, and the influence of dominant cultures. Through the module, you will learn to conduct independent research early in your academic journey, developing strong knowledge of the region's diversity and how to approach it.

20 credits

Advanced Specialist Chinese pathway only:

China Year Abroad

This year abroad at Nanjing University is designed to equip students with more advanced language skills, as well as to immerse them in Chinese culture, enabling them to take part in a range of structured and informal learning experiences to develop their familiarity with the Chinese social, cultural and physical environments. On completion of the module they will have acquired facility in operating with confidence with a Chinese language environment, possessing a vocabulary of around 3000 characters. Both of these elements are essential for progression to Level 3.

Where extenuating circumstances prevent a cohort, or a large portion of a cohort, from completing a complete academic year abroad, the School of East Asian Studies will provide alternative arrangements for students to meet the language learning outcomes.

Core modules (not applicable for Advanced Specialist Chinese pathway students):

Global Citizenship and East Asia: Responding to Contemporary Challenges

Developing an understanding of global citizenship is essential for studying, working and collaborating effectively across East Asia's interconnected societies and the wider world. In this year-long module, you will explore what it means to act as a global citizen when responding to contemporary challenges in the region. You will examine two key perspectives: one that sees global citizenship as participation in the global economy, and another that emphasises civic responsibility, solidarity and sustainability. Drawing on perspectives from China, Japan and Korea, you will connect debates on ethics, compassion and cooperation to real-world issues in policy, culture and society, critically examining how global frameworks such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals are interpreted and applied in East Asian contexts. Through teaching and applied assessment, you will develop skills in critical analysis, cross-cultural communication, collaboration, problem solving and self reflection, linking theory with practice. The module will be valuable for students preparing for a year abroad, as well as for those interested in working, travelling, or collaborating across cultures in the future.

20 credits

Specialist Korean pathway:
- Intermediate Korean A
- Intermediate Korean B
- Intermediate Korean C

Specialist Japanese pathway:
- Intermediate Japanese A
- Intermediate Japanese B
- Intermediate Japanese C

Specialist Chinese Pathway:
- Intermediate Chinese A
- Intermediate Chinese B
- Intermediate Chinese C

Cultural Studies Specialist pathway:

Mapping East Asia

Maps have been used to define East Asia for thousands of years. This year-long module introduces you to the history of mapping as used in historical contexts in China, Japan and Korea as well as modern mapping techniques used today. You will gain an appreciation for how maps have been used to chart political borders, ethnic and linguistic groups, and even environmental change. You will gain an appreciation for how maps are used for political purposes to claim places and peoples. From ancient maps that mapped the known world to modern maps used by scientists today, you will learn many ways to understand the East Asian region. Through the module, you will also gain visual literacy and analytical skills. You will be able to interpret the power and limitations of data visualisation tools in representing the world, a key skill for research and future employment.

20 credits

Film, Television and Screen Cultures in East Asia

This module explores key film directors, cinematic movements, and industry developments across Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China from 1945 to the present. It introduces critical frameworks in film and media studies, including national and transnational cinemas, gender, spectatorship, and auteur theory. Through close analysis of selected media texts, you will consider how visual storytelling reflects and shapes the historical, cultural and socio-political landscape of East Asia. The module examines the evolution of screen cultures, from the influence of Hollywood and regional co-productions to the rise of streaming platforms and digital media. By closely analysing both text (the films, television series, and media content) and context (production, distribution, and reception), this module encourages you to critically engage with the diverse, dynamic and ever-evolving screen cultures of East Asia.

20 credits

Everyday East Asia: Ethnographic Approaches

Discover how people experience everyday life across East Asia and learn how to research it yourself. This module introduces ethnography, a hands-on and immersive research approach used to understand societies from the ground up. You will explore how researchers work closely with communities, using methods such as observation, interviews, surveys and creative media to uncover the social, political and cultural dynamics shaping daily life. Rooted in disciplines including anthropology, sociology and geography, ethnography equips you with practical, transferable skills that go far beyond academia. Today, it is widely used by policymakers, designers, journalists, tech companies and NGOs to create meaningful, people-centred outcomes. Throughout the module, you will gain understanding of core ethnographic methods; explore key concepts and debates in the study of East Asia; examine how the field is evolving, including the use of film, games, comics and other creative outputs; and, develop skills in critical thinking, storytelling and participatory research. This module offers an engaging, interdisciplinary way to understand East Asia through the lens of everyday life, while building skills valued in a wide range of careers.

20 credits

Optional Modules:
- Business and Economy in East Asia: Navigating Sustainability, Transitions, and Innovation
- Interpreting East Asian Cultural Texts: Literature, Music and the Arts
- East Asian International relations: Power Identity and Security in a Changing world

Twentieth-Century East Asian History: Dynamism, Destruction and Dissent

This module explores the modern history of East Asia. Tracing the transformations of China, Japan, and Korea during the long twentieth century, you will examine how empire, war, revolution, and reconstruction reshaped societies across the region. You will consider the global and regional forces that drove these changes, as well as the continuities and ruptures that linked intellectual, political, and cultural life across moments of profound upheaval. We will look closely at the circulation of ideas and objects that propelled competing visions of the past and future; the transformation of urban and rural societies and cultures; and the violence and tensions that defined the region's experience of empire which gave rise to new forms of resistance and dissent. You will critically analyse primary and secondary sources, including texts, images, and films, and develop a nuanced understanding of how historical narratives are constructed, contested, and transformed in both academic and public histories. On completion of the module, you will demonstrate analytical, research, and communication skills through close engagement with primary sources and an independently researched written assignment.

20 credits

Film, Television and Screen Cultures in East Asia

This module explores key film directors, cinematic movements, and industry developments across Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China from 1945 to the present. It introduces critical frameworks in film and media studies, including national and transnational cinemas, gender, spectatorship, and auteur theory. Through close analysis of selected media texts, you will consider how visual storytelling reflects and shapes the historical, cultural and socio-political landscape of East Asia. The module examines the evolution of screen cultures, from the influence of Hollywood and regional co-productions to the rise of streaming platforms and digital media. By closely analysing both text (the films, television series, and media content) and context (production, distribution, and reception), this module encourages you to critically engage with the diverse, dynamic and ever-evolving screen cultures of East Asia.

20 credits

Everyday East Asia: Ethnographic Approaches

Discover how people experience everyday life across East Asia and learn how to research it yourself. This module introduces ethnography, a hands-on and immersive research approach used to understand societies from the ground up. You will explore how researchers work closely with communities, using methods such as observation, interviews, surveys and creative media to uncover the social, political and cultural dynamics shaping daily life. Rooted in disciplines including anthropology, sociology and geography, ethnography equips you with practical, transferable skills that go far beyond academia. Today, it is widely used by policymakers, designers, journalists, tech companies and NGOs to create meaningful, people-centred outcomes. Throughout the module, you will gain understanding of core ethnographic methods; explore key concepts and debates in the study of East Asia; examine how the field is evolving, including the use of film, games, comics and other creative outputs; and, develop skills in critical thinking, storytelling and participatory research. This module offers an engaging, interdisciplinary way to understand East Asia through the lens of everyday life, while building skills valued in a wide range of careers.

20 credits

Optional Modules for Cultural Studies Specialist pathway only:

Korean for Non-Specialists 2

This module aims to allow students with some elementary knowledge of Korean to acquire further practical language skills, in listening, reading, speaking and writing. On successful completion of the module students will; have a vocabulary of about 400 words related to daily life, understand and use the written forms of all the introduced core grammar patterns;
and understand selected simple spoken and written structures and be able to use them as spoken and written communication.

10 credits

Japanese for Non-Specialists 2

This module aims to enable students with some elementary knowledge of Japanese to acquire further practical language skills, in listening, reading, speaking and writing. On successful completion of the module students will; have a further vocabulary of about 400 words related to daily life; understand and use the written forms of all the introduced core grammar patterns; and understand selected simple spoken and written structures and be able to use them as spoken and written communication. . 

10 credits

Chinese for Non-Specialists II

This module aims to equip students with some prior knowledge of Mandarin Chinese (ca. 250 Chinese characters) with further practical language skills in listening, reading, speaking and writing. On successful completion of the unit, students will have mastered around 270 new words related to daily life; understand longer sentences and classroom expressions related to daily activities; be able to obtain specific information from written and audio materials; be able to communicate in making phone calls, asking directions, taking public transport, shopping, ordering food, describing things; be able to write around 160 new characters in simple sentences or forms.

10 credits

For Specialist Korean, Specialist Japanese, Specialist Chinese and Cultural Studies Specialist pathways:

Japanese Year Abroad

During the Japan Year Abroad students take the intensive Japanese language classes provided by our partner universities with the aim of developing their Japanese competency to approximately level N2 as measured by the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, supplemented by familiarity with the 2136 Chinese characters in general use. In addition, students will have the opportunity to take a wide variety of Japanese Studies subjects, taught in English and Japanese, and take part in a range of structured and informal learning experiences to develop their familiarity with the Japanese social, cultural and physical environments.

Where extenuating circumstances prevent a cohort, or a large portion of a cohort, from completing a complete academic year abroad, the School of East Asian Studies will provide alternative arrangements for students to meet the language learning outcomes.

China Year Abroad

This year abroad at Nanjing University is designed to equip students with more advanced language skills, as well as to immerse them in Chinese culture, enabling them to take part in a range of structured and informal learning experiences to develop their familiarity with the Chinese social, cultural and physical environments. On completion of the module they will have acquired facility in operating with confidence with a Chinese language environment, possessing a vocabulary of around 3000 characters. Both of these elements are essential for progression to Level 3.

Where extenuating circumstances prevent a cohort, or a large portion of a cohort, from completing a complete academic year abroad, the School of East Asian Studies will provide alternative arrangements for students to meet the language learning outcomes.

Korea Year Abroad

This year abroad programme in Korea is designed to equip students with more advanced language skills, as well as to immerse them in Korean culture, enabling them to take part in a range of structured and informal learning experiences to develop their familiarity with the Korean social, cultural and physical environments. On completion of the module they will have acquired facility in operating with confidence with a Korean language environment, and taken part in a range of structured and informal learning experiences to develop their familiarity with the Korean social, cultural and physical environments. Both of these elements are essential for progression to Level 3.

Where extenuating circumstances prevent a cohort, or a large portion of a cohort, from completing a complete academic year abroad, the School of East Asian Studies will provide alternative arrangements for students to meet the language learning outcomes.

East Asian Studies Year Abroad

This unit is for use in a TUoS student record when a student undertakes a period of study abroad for one academic year. Individual units are taken at the partner university for the year and are chosen to broadly match the student's UoS degree programme.

Advanced Specialist Chinese Pathway only:
- Advanced Chinese A
- Advanced Chinese B
- Advanced Chinese C

Global Citizenship and East Asia: Responding to Contemporary Challenges

Developing an understanding of global citizenship is essential for studying, working and collaborating effectively across East Asia's interconnected societies and the wider world. In this year-long module, you will explore what it means to act as a global citizen when responding to contemporary challenges in the region. You will examine two key perspectives: one that sees global citizenship as participation in the global economy, and another that emphasises civic responsibility, solidarity and sustainability. Drawing on perspectives from China, Japan and Korea, you will connect debates on ethics, compassion and cooperation to real-world issues in policy, culture and society, critically examining how global frameworks such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals are interpreted and applied in East Asian contexts. Through teaching and applied assessment, you will develop skills in critical analysis, cross-cultural communication, collaboration, problem solving and self reflection, linking theory with practice. The module will be valuable for students preparing for a year abroad, as well as for those interested in working, travelling, or collaborating across cultures in the future.

20 credits

Optional Modules:
- Business and Economy in East Asia: Navigating Sustainability, Transitions, and Innovation
- Interpreting East Asian Cultural Texts: Literature, Music and the Arts
- East Asian International relations: Power Identity and Security in a Changing world

Twentieth-Century East Asian History: Dynamism, Destruction and Dissent

This module explores the modern history of East Asia. Tracing the transformations of China, Japan, and Korea during the long twentieth century, you will examine how empire, war, revolution, and reconstruction reshaped societies across the region. You will consider the global and regional forces that drove these changes, as well as the continuities and ruptures that linked intellectual, political, and cultural life across moments of profound upheaval. We will look closely at the circulation of ideas and objects that propelled competing visions of the past and future; the transformation of urban and rural societies and cultures; and the violence and tensions that defined the region's experience of empire which gave rise to new forms of resistance and dissent. You will critically analyse primary and secondary sources, including texts, images, and films, and develop a nuanced understanding of how historical narratives are constructed, contested, and transformed in both academic and public histories. On completion of the module, you will demonstrate analytical, research, and communication skills through close engagement with primary sources and an independently researched written assignment.

20 credits

Film, Television and Screen Cultures in East Asia

This module explores key film directors, cinematic movements, and industry developments across Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China from 1945 to the present. It introduces critical frameworks in film and media studies, including national and transnational cinemas, gender, spectatorship, and auteur theory. Through close analysis of selected media texts, you will consider how visual storytelling reflects and shapes the historical, cultural and socio-political landscape of East Asia. The module examines the evolution of screen cultures, from the influence of Hollywood and regional co-productions to the rise of streaming platforms and digital media. By closely analysing both text (the films, television series, and media content) and context (production, distribution, and reception), this module encourages you to critically engage with the diverse, dynamic and ever-evolving screen cultures of East Asia.

20 credits

Everyday East Asia: Ethnographic Approaches

Discover how people experience everyday life across East Asia and learn how to research it yourself. This module introduces ethnography, a hands-on and immersive research approach used to understand societies from the ground up. You will explore how researchers work closely with communities, using methods such as observation, interviews, surveys and creative media to uncover the social, political and cultural dynamics shaping daily life. Rooted in disciplines including anthropology, sociology and geography, ethnography equips you with practical, transferable skills that go far beyond academia. Today, it is widely used by policymakers, designers, journalists, tech companies and NGOs to create meaningful, people-centred outcomes. Throughout the module, you will gain understanding of core ethnographic methods; explore key concepts and debates in the study of East Asia; examine how the field is evolving, including the use of film, games, comics and other creative outputs; and, develop skills in critical thinking, storytelling and participatory research. This module offers an engaging, interdisciplinary way to understand East Asia through the lens of everyday life, while building skills valued in a wide range of careers.

20 credits

Core Modules:

East Asian Dissertation

The East Asian dissertation requires that students produce an extended and focused study of a subject of their own choice, within the scope of their degree programme, and allows students to refine and their independent research, analytical and writing skills. The unit is delivered through a combination of group meetings in lecture or seminar format and through individual supervision.

20 credits

Optional Modules:
- Social and Political life in China, Japan, and Korea: Methodology and theory
- History and Memory in China, Japan, and Korea
- Researching Arts, Music and Literature in China, Japan, and Korea
- Politics, Activism, and Global Engagement: Beyond China Japan, and Korea
- Communicating East Asia: Popular media and Creative practice
- East Asian futures: Sustainability, Transformation and the Digital
- Interrogating Identity in East Asia
- From Turtle Shells to Typewriters: Deciphering Historical Sources from China, Japan and Korea prior to 1945
- Advanced Korean A
- Advanced Korean B
- Advanced Japanese A
- Advanced Japanese B
- Advanced Chinese A
- Advanced Chinese B

Korean for Non-Specialists 3

This module provides Intermediate training in spoken and written Korean, oral practice for various everyday situations and essential low-Intermediate grammatical structures. It also gives a general introduction Korean society and culture.

10 credits

Japanese for Non-Specialists 3

This module aims to enable students with some elementary knowledge of Japanese to acquire further practical language skills, in listening, reading, speaking and writing. On successful completion of the module students will; have a further vocabulary of about 400 words related to daily activities; understand and use the written forms of all the introduced core grammar patterns;and understand selected simple spoken and written structures and be able to use them as spoken and written communication.

10 credits

Chinese for Non-Specialists III

This module aims to enable students with beginners' level Mandarin Chinese (ca. 300 Chinese characters) to acquire increasingly complex practical language skills.

10 credits