Chinese

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1007 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Year and Campus: 2012
Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for Chinese honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in Chinese or a related discipline and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%).

Objectives:

See course objectives

Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in Chinese must complete:

  • Chinese Thesis (37.5 points);
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points);
  • Honours Chinese A (12.5 points);
  • Honours Chinese B (12.5 points);
  • Topics in Chinese Studies (12.5 points); and
  • 12.5 points of elective subjects: selected from Supervised Reading (Asia Institute), Chinese Society and Culture, Cultural Studies in Asia, Asia Pacific: Zone of Conflict of Peace?


Students undertaking combined honours in Chinese must complete:

  • Chinese Thesis (37.5 points);
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points);
  • Two subjects in honours-level Chinese studies (25 points); and
  • Two subjects in the combining discipline (25 points).

Or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points);
  • Two subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and
  • Three subjects in Chinese (37.5 points).

Total 100 points

Subject Options:

Compulsory Subjects:

87.5 points for students in pure honours

Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above.

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Elective subjects:

Pure honours students must select one 12.5 point elective from the list of elective subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2012
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/study/chinese
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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