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

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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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 Japanese Studies

This programme equips students with the linguistic skills needed to understand a range of written, spoken and

broadcast material in Chinese and Japanese, and the ability to communicate effectively with Chinese and Japanese speakers. The deliberately modern bias of the programme aims to produce graduates with an all-round proficiency in Chinese and Japanese, 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 Japanese) and follow an intensive language programme in their first year. The second year is spent at a

university in Japan, and the third year is spent at university 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, Japanese and the East Asian region.

Students are expected to graduate with a sound knowledge of the Chinese and Japanese languages, invaluable experience of life in Japan and in a Chinese-speaking society, and an understanding of the wider context of the East Asian region.

Year 1

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1110	Modern China: History and Culture	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1252	Modern Japan	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students with prior knowledge of Chinese may, subject to a placement test, study more advanced language modules (EAST2550/EAST2570) instead of EAST1010/EAST1020, as appropriate in their first year.

Students with prior knowledge of Japanese may, subject to a placement test, study more advanced language modules as appropriate in their first year (40 credits from EAST2300, EAST2305, FLTU1026, FLTU1030).

Optional Modules

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

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1010	Basic Chinese Language 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1020	Basic Chinese Language 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

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

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1460	Intermediate Chinese (1)	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1461	Intermediate Chinese (2)	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

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

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1210	Basic Japanese Language (1)	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1220	Basic Japanese Language (2)	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

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

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1280	Intermediate Japanese (1)	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1281	Intermediate Japanese (2)	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Discovery Modules

Year 2

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Year 2 will be spent in Japan. Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9500	LCS Year Abroad	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Year 3

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Year 3 will be spent in China or Taiwan. Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9501	LCS Year Abroad 2	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Year 4

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2015	Chinese 2A	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2016	Chinese 2B	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
EAST2212	Japanese 2A: Written Communication Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
EAST2222	Japanese 2B: Spoken Communication Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

- Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China - 20 Credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2006	China Since 1979	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2126	Classical Chinese	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2127	Society and Culture of Early Modern China	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360	Chinese Cinema	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

- Nature and Technology in Japanese Literature and Film - 20 Credits
- Japanese Cinema in the World - 20 Credits
- Death and Religion in Japan - 20 Credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2007	Japan's International Relations	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2480	Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World	20	Not running in 202425

Year 5

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3275	Chinese 3: Advanced Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
EAST3285	Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL3300	Final Year Project: Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3340	Final Year Project: Extended Translation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3350	Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules:
- Advanced Chinese in Context (Humanities) - 20Credits
- Advanced Chinese in Context (Social Science) - 20Credits
- Advanced Japanese in Context (Social Science) - 20 Credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3286	Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3580	Advanced Japanese in Translation	20	Not running in 202425
EAST3630	Advanced Chinese to English Translation	20	Not running in 202425

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

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3015	Religion in China	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3020	Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3120	Classical Chinese	20	Not running in 202425
EAST3148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271	East Asia's Regional Political Economy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3525	Globalising China and the Developing World	20	Not running in 202425

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

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3045	Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy	20	Not running in 202425
EAST3155	Nature, Culture and Technology in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3252	Modern Japanese History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3350	Japanese Cinema in the World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3355	Death and Religion in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3602	Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present	20	Not running in 202425

Last updated: 03/07/2024 06:11:40

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