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Master of Asian Studies (coursework or coursework and dissertation)

The Master of Asian Studies (MAS) equips students in the issues crucial to understanding and engaging with the region, with the option of focusing on business and management, politics and contemporary sociocultural debates.

Graduates of the Master of Asian Studies are able to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the historical, cultural and political landscape that shapes and informs contemporary Asia and the skill set to apply this in their professional and personal engagements with the region. In addition to this, the degree offers a number of specialisation possibilities to facilitate career development and professional opportunities in government, education, business and the NGO sector, as well as being attractive to employees of international organisations.

MAS also provides an opportunity for those already based in Asia, or who have significant Asia expertise to broaden their existing knowledge base by combining their degree with a specialisation in International Relations or Business at UWA.

This course is suitable to those who have a first degree in other disciplines, or work experience in industry and wish to develop Asia expertise with the option to acquire or develop skills in one of the Asian languages taught at UWA.

Course overview

Course title: Master of Asian Studies (coursework or coursework and dissertation)
Award abbreviation: MAS
Course code: 12580
Course type: master's degree by coursework or by coursework and dissertation
Status: not available in 2020
Administered by: Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education
CRICOS code: 093277A

Course details

Intake periods: Beginning of year and mid-year
Attendance type: full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
Credit points required: 96
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester.
Standard course duration: 1.5 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising 72 points of taught units and 24 points of admission credit, as recognised and granted by the Faculty
Maximum course duration: 2 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) comprising up to 96 points of taught study (see Rule 5 for further information)
Time limit: 5 years
Delivery mode: internal
Locations offered: UWA (Perth)
Domestic fee type: Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
Course Coordinator(s): Associate Professor David Bourchier
Fees: Visit the fees calculator.

Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.

Specialisations

SP-BUSNS Business
SP-PLTCS Politics

Course structure

Note: This course is not available in 2020.

Key to availability of units:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = summer teaching period; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period; * = to be advised

Students who have not completed a bachelor's degree with a relevant major as recognised by the Faculty must complete relevant conversion unit(s) up
to the value of 24 points, as advised by the Faculty.

Take all units (18 points):

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Contact hours
NS	ASIA5001	Key Debates in the Asian Region	seminars at least 20 hours over 12 weeks
N/A	ASIA5002	Critical Cultural Engagement with Asia	seminars: 18 hours
NS	ASIA5003	Advanced Critical Thinking in Asian Studies	seminars: 24 hours

For students in course by coursework only take units to the value of 30 points from Group A and B (maximum value of 12 points from Group B).

For students in course by coursework and dissertation take units to the value of 6 points from either Group A or B and all units from Group C (24 points).

Group A

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Unit requirements	Contact hours
N/A	COMM5704	Global Media and Cross-cultural Communication		24–36 hours
NS	HERI5105	Heritage and Development in Asia		4 hours per week for 6 weeks
NS	POLS5503	Public Administration		Seminars: delivered intensively
NS	POLS5684	China and the World		seminars:18 hours
S2	SOCS5001	Engaging Cultural Difference		lectures and workshops: up to 3 hours per week; or intensively (12 x 3-hour sessions over 2 weeks)
NS	SOCS5003	Research Design	Prerequisites: for Social Research Methods students and Science Communication students : none; for other postgraduate course (International Relations, Strategic Communications, Asian Studies, International Development, Public Policy) students: completion of 24 points of their coursework, three core units and one option unit, and have achieved a 70 per cent WAM in those units.	up to 30 hours
N/A	SOCS5005	Social Research Ethics		24 hours—taught intensively and may include evening and/or Saturday classes
NS	SOCS5013	Gender in Development: Approaches and Issues
NS	SOCS5105	International Collaborative Study Experience	Prerequisites: Enrolment in: 11580 Master of International Relations, 21540 Master of International Relations and Master of International Law, 11380 Graduate Diploma in International Relations, or 12580 Master of Asian Studies.	20 hours delivered intensively across 1 to 2 weeks
NS, S1, S2	WILG5001	Professional Development Practicum A	Prerequisites: Completion of 24 points of post graduate units and approval from the unit coordinator.	150 hours for pre-placement, placement and post-placement activities

Group B

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Unit requirements	Contact hours
N/A	CHIN5001	Chinese for Professionals 1	Incompatibility: CHIN1401 Chinese 1	language seminars: 2 hours per week over 6 weeks; online learning; Saturday block seminars (refer to the unit outline for further details)
N/A	CHIN5002	Chinese for Professionals 2	Prerequisites: CHIN5001 Chinese for Professionals 1 or equivalent as determined by the unit coordinator Incompatibility: CHIN1402 Chinese 2	language seminars: 2 hours per week over 6 weeks; online learning; Saturday block seminars (refer to the unit outline for further details)
N/A	INDO5001	Indonesian for Professionals 1	Incompatibility: INDO1401 Indonesian 1	language seminars: 2 hours per week over 6 weeks; self-directed learning; Saturday teaching blocks (refer to the unit outline for further details)
N/A	INDO5002	Indonesian for Professionals 2	Prerequisites: INDO5001 Indonesian for Professionals 1 or equivalent as determined by the unit coordinator Incompatibility: INDO1402 Indonesian 2	language seminars: 2 hours per week over 6 weeks; self-directed learning; some Saturday block seminars (refer to the unit outline for further details)
N/A	JAPN5001	Japanese for Professionals 1	Incompatibility: JAPN1401 Japanese 1	language seminars: 2 hours per week over 6 weeks; self-directed learning; Saturday block seminars (refer to the unit outline for further details)
N/A	JAPN5002	Japanese for Professionals 2	Co-requisites: JAPN5001 Japanese for Professionals 1 or equivalent as determined by the unit coordinator Incompatibility: JAPN1402 Japanese 2	language seminars: 2 hours per week over 6 weeks; self-directed learning; Saturday block seminars (refer to the unit outline for further details)
N/A	KORE5001	Korean for Professionals 1	Incompatibility: KORE1401 Korean 1	language seminars: 4 hours per week over 6 weeks; online learning; Saturday block seminar (refer to the unit outline for further details)
N/A	KORE5002	Korean for Professionals 2	Co-requisites: KORE5001 Korean for Professionals 1 Incompatibility: KORE1402 Korean 2	language seminars: 4 hours per week over 6 weeks; online learning; Saturday block seminar (refer to the unit outline for further details)

Group C

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Unit requirements	Contact hours
NS	SOCS5003	Research Design	Prerequisites: for Social Research Methods students and Science Communication students : none; for other postgraduate course (International Relations, Strategic Communications, Asian Studies, International Development, Public Policy) students: completion of 24 points of their coursework, three core units and one option unit, and have achieved a 70 per cent WAM in those units.	up to 30 hours
S1, S2	SOCS5551	Master's Dissertation 1	Prerequisites: Students must have achieved 70 per cent or above in SOCS5003 Research Design and have approval of the course coordinator to undertake this unit.	contact varies but up to 1 hour a week in a one-to-one meeting with a supervisor or in a small teaching and discussion group
S1, S2	SOCS5552	Master's Dissertation 2	Prerequisites: Students must have achieved 70 per cent or above in SOCS5003 Research Design and have approval of the course coordinator to undertake this unit.	contact varies but up to 1 hour a week in a one-to-one meeting with a supervisor or in a small teaching and discussion group
S1, S2	SOCS5553	Master's Dissertation 3	Prerequisites: Students must have achieved 70 per cent or above in SOCS5003 Research Design and have approval of the course coordinator to undertake this unit.	contact varies but up to 1 hour a week in a one-to-one meeting with a supervisor or in a small teaching and discussion group

Business specialisation

Take all units (18 points):

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Unit requirements	Contact hours
NS, S1, S2	ECON5541	Economics for Business: Applications and Policy	Incompatibility: ECON5503 Economic Management and Strategy; ECON1101 or equivalent.	lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S1, S2	MGMT5507	Management and Organisations	Incompatibility: MGMT1136 Management and Organisations	lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S1, S2	MKTG5561	Marketing Management	Incompatibility: MKTG5550 Marketing Principles	lectures/seminars: up to 3 hours per week

Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Unit requirements	Contact hours
NS, S1, S2	ACCT5432	Introductory Financial Accounting	Incompatibility: ACCT1101 Financial Accounting, ACCT5602 Accounting	lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week
S1, S2	MGMT5504	Data Analysis and Decision Making	Incompatibility: MGMT5513 Data Driven Decision Making	lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week

Politics specialisation

Take all units (12 points):

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Unit requirements	Contact hours
NS	POLS5631	International Relations of the Asia–Pacific	Incompatibility: POLS8603 International Relations in the Asia–Pacific Region; POLS5631 International Relations of the Asia–Pacific: the Role of Major Powers; POLS5632 Major Issues and Regional Organisations in the Asia–Pacific
NS	POLS5651	Global Political Economy	Incompatibility: POLS8605 States and International Political Economy; POLS5652 International Political Economy: Dynamics of Crises	seminars: 20 hours

Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:

Availability	Unitcode	Unitname	Unit requirements	Contact hours
NS	POLS5501	Public Policy	Incompatibility: LAWS5214 Public Policy	Seminars for this unit are delivered intensively
NS	POLS5503	Public Administration		Seminars: delivered intensively
NS	POLS5672	Global Development Debates		seminars: 18 hours
NS	SOCS5010	NGOs, Governance and Development		seminars: 18 hours

See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.

Rules

Note: This course is not available in 2020.

Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures

1.(1) The http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/postgraduate/student-procedures'>student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.

Academic Conduct Essentials module

2.(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module).

(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.

English Language competency requirements

3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.

Admission requirements

4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

(a) (i) a relevant bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and

(ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of a relevant major;

(b) (i) a Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies or Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and

(ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent.

Admission ranking and selection

5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.

Articulations and exit awards

6.(1) The following courses form part of an articulated sequence:

12580 Master of Asian Studies (96 points)
13280 Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies (24 points)
13380 Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies (48 points)

(2) A student who withdraws from the Master of Asian Studies course before completing it, but after fulfilling the requirements of a lesser award in the above sequence, may apply for the relevant award.

Course structure

7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 96 points (maximum value) which includes conversion units to a value of 24 points, course core units and specialisation units. The course comprises the following specialisations:

SP-BUSNS Business
SP-PLTCS Politics

(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.

(3) Students who have completed a bachelor's degree with a relevant major as recognised by the Faculty are granted credit for conversion units up to a value of 24 points.

Satisfactory progress

8. To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.

9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.

Progress status

10.(1) Students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 after being enrolled at the University for one or two semesters only are assigned a progress status of 'On Probation' by the Faculty.

(2) Unless the Faculty determines otherwise in exceptional circumstances, students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 and who have been enrolled at the University for more than two semesters are assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' by the Faculty.

(3) Unless the Faculty determines otherwise in exceptional circumstances, students who have previously been allocated a progress status of 'Suspended' and fail again to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 are assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' by the Faculty.

11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.

Award with distinction

12. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent which is calculated based on—

(a) all units above Level 3 attempted as part of the course that are awarded a final percentage mark;

(b) all relevant units above Level 3 undertaken in articulating courses of this University that are awarded a final percentage mark;

and

(c) all units above Level 3 completed at this University that are credited to the master's degree course.

Additional rules

Credit

13. The Faculty may grant credit towards the Master of Asian Studies course for units up to a total value of 24 points in the case of students who have completed an honours degree in a cognate discipline as recognised by the Faculty.