Undergraduate Program
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Non-language Asia-Pacific Studies
Non-language Asia-Pacific Studies courses deal with the modern and early history of the societies of Asia and the Pacific, as well as the religions, politics, economies, linguistics, literature and arts of the region. Students are guided to select courses which firstly, support their study of a chosen Asia-Pacific society, and secondly, give exposure to various theoretical or disciplinary approaches. Students have flexibility in constructing their programs in non-language Asia-Pacific studies.
The Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies degree must include a contextual (non-language) major, totaling 48 units, of which at least 36 units must come from courses offered by the Faculty. The Faculty’s non-language courses are also open to students from other faculties. Most of the Faculty’s non-language courses are offered through the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories.
Students have great flexibility in constructing their contextual major.
The major may focus on the following fields:
- Chinese Studies
- Indonesian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Northeast Asian Studies
- Pacific Studies
- Security Studies
- South Asian Studies
- Southeast Asian Studies
The Major serves two broad aims; to enable students to study a chosen Asia-Pacific society, and also to become familiar with the various theoretical and disciplinary approaches that faciliate an understanding of the context in which particular languages are used.
Asia-Pacific Languages
There are some 200 Asia-Pacific specialists at the ANU. The programs are backed up by library resources (within the University Library and the National Library of Australia), which provide more than 70% of Australia's total Asia-Pacific Studies resource material. The Faculty of Asian Studies cooperates with the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Crawford School of Economics and Government, the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Economics and Commerce and the Faculty of Law to offer the widest range of Asia-Pacific Studies courses available in Australia, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The ANU offers Asia-Pacific regional language programs in:
It is also possible to study the classical or traditional forms of languages of the region including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Malay and Javanese.
The Faculty also periodically delivers short programs in Burmese, Cantonese and Tetum.
Further information
- Detailed information about Faculty of Asian Studies programs, including admission requirements, prerequisites, career possibilities, program requirements, Majors and Specialisations, and degree structure and courses, is published in the ANU online handbook, which also provides authoritative information concerning the programs and courses available in any particular year.
- You are encouraged to seek specific guidance on these matters from the Sub-Dean of the Faculty. Please email Enquiries.AsianStudies@anu.edu.au or phone 6125 2353 to arrange an appointment.
- And see please see information about Undergraduate Asian Languages and Non-language Asian Studies