University Guidelines on Module Choice

Continuing students make their module choices for the following academic year in May, via the On-line Module Choice System. Module choice is made in accordance with the Programme Regulations. 

The Education Support Team will approve your choices once you have submitted them to the online system. If you have chosen a module in a different department as part of Guided Module Choice, this will be approved online by both staff at our school and the school which owns the module. If your module choice is not approved, you will receive a message via the online Module Choice system, or via email, depending on the complexity of the situation.

Details relating to module add/drop can be found on the university's website. 

Level 1

Academic Year Modules 

LAS119: Exploring East Asia, 20 credits

Autumn
LAS120: History and Culture in China, 20 credits
LAS151: History and Culture in Japan, 20 credits
LAS123: History and Culture in Korea, 20 credits

Spring
LAS121: Politics, Economy and Society in China, 20 credits
LAS122: Politics, Economy and Society in Japan, 20 credits
LAS124: Politics, Economy and Society in Korea, 20 credits 

Level 2

Autumn

LAS257: Chinese Business and Management, 20 credits
LAS225: Contemporary Japanese Society, 20 credits
LAS229: Understanding Contemporary North Korea, 20 credits

LAS232: History of Korean Popular Music, 20 Credits

LAS233: Mass Culture in East Asia 20 credits

LAS234: Gender and Identities in East Asia, 20 credits 

LAS264: Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture, 20 credits
LAS230: East Asia Through International Relations Theory, 20 credits

Spring

LAS258: East Asian Cinema, 20 Credits
LAS259: Modern Chinese History: Beyond Revolution, 20 Credits 

LAS228: Modern Japanese History, 20 credits 

LAS226: Contemporary Korean Society, 20 Credits

LAS231: Experiencing Japan through Literary Texts, 20 credits 

LAS218: Population and Environment in China, 20 Credits

LAS265: Digital East Asia

Level 3

Autumn
LAS355: Researching China 1, 20 Credits
LAS330: Researching Japan 1, 20 credits
LAS331: Researching Korea 1, 20 credits
LAS332: Researching Korea 2, 20 credits
LAS315: Researching East Asia 1 , 20 credits
LAS311/LAS366: East Asian Dissertation (academic year module)

There are two East Asian dissertations: LAS366 (20 credits, for duals students only as approved/guided choice) and LAS311 (40 credits, for single honours students only, as core module); these differ only in terms of the word limit.

Spring
LAS350: China Research Project 1, 20 credits
LAS327: Japan Research Project 1, 20 credits  
LAS328: Korea Research Project 1, 20 credits
LAS329: Korea Research Project 2, 20 credits
LAS317: East Asian Project 1, 20 credits