Chinese

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%).

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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

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.

Elective subjects:

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