Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: MA 1 year full-time, 2-3 years part-time
OAS offers the most comprehensive MA in Japanese Studies available anywhere in Europe.
Students are able to choose modules that cover all of Japan’s historical periods, from the earliest to the present and ranging over the social and political sciences as well as humanities.
The students who take this programme come from many countries and have a wide variety of academic backgrounds. Some have already studied, or lived, in Japan and wish to broaden their knowledge or understanding. Others wish to focus their previous training on the region, while still others will come from Japan or other East Asian countries wishing to study Japan from the perspective of a different culture and academic tradition.
Knowledge of the Japanese language is not a requirement of the programme. Language modules, however, are popular options.
SOAS has its own Japan Research Centre and shares the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures with the University of East Anglia. Both can be of great benefit to students.
We will consider all applications with 2:ii (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application including supporting statement and references.
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Core
Dissertation in Japanese Studies - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory
Connections and Intersections: Core Aspects of East Asian Studies - 15 credits
Open
Guided options - List B
New Taiwan Cinema and Beyond (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Culture and Society of Taiwan (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese for Business (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 1A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 1B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Ch400: Advanced Chinese (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Contemporary Chinese Society (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 2A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 2B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 3A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 3B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 4A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Chinese 4B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Narrative Realities in Korean Literature and Film - 15 credits
Open
The Making of Modern Korea - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 1A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 1B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean 1A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean 1B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Culture and Society in Traditional Korea (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Myths, Legends and Folkways of East Asia (PG) - 15 credits
Open
J400: Advanced Japanese (PG) - 15 credits
Open
K400: Advanced Korean (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean-English Translation (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 2A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 2B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 3A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 3B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 4A PG - 15 credits
Open
Japanese 4B PG - 15 credits
Open
Korean 2A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean 2B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean 3A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean 3B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean 4A (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Korean 4B (PG) - 15 credits
Open
East Asian Buddhist Thought - 15 credits
Open
The Great Tradition of Taoism - 15 credits
Open
Guided options - List A
Japanese-English Translation (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Identity and social relations in Japanese (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Modernity, Nation and Identity in Japanese History (1853-1945) (PG) - 15 credits
Open
New Visions of Japan in Modern Literature and Popular Culture (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 60 credits from the School-wide open options list, including languages.
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