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China and Japan: Asian Perspectives
Undergraduate | LTU-AST3001 | 2022
Course information for 2022 intake
View information for 2023 course intake- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
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China and Japan: Asian Perspectives
About this subject
- Compare how China and Japan have responded to political, economic and social change since the 19th century.
- Apply knowledge of China and Japan and research skills to construct an essay with a coherent argument.
- Contribute meaningfully to critical discussions and debates about China and Japanese history, politics and culture.
- Understand the basic parameters of Chinese and Japanese history, politics and culture.
- • Pre-modern and modern China
- • Pre-modern and modern Japan
- • Interaction between China and Japan
- • Contemporary Chinese society
- • Contemporary Japanese society
- • Japanese view of China
- • Chinese view of Japan
In this subject, students will study two of Australia’s Asian neighbours, China and Japan. Our understanding of China and Japan via the media and the public discourse is often based on Anglophone Western perspectives. However, there are also ‘Asian’ understandings deriving from long-existing interactions, for example, how Japanese people see China as a nation and ordinary Chinese people and vice versa. Students will critically examine different aspects of the two societies from the pre-modern to modern and contemporary times, including governance, social relations, ‘culture’ and engagement with the outside world.
- In-class activity (1000-word equivalent) Group presentation, or three in-class tests. Team work is assessed by each group submitting a journal which records collaborative meeting and works. (25%)
- One short essay (400 words) (10%)
- Online activities (1000 word equivalent) This assessment will test the students' capacity to apply their knowledge and critical perspectives. (25%)
- One research essay (1600 words) OR take-home exam (1600-word equivalent). These assessments will test the students' capacity to apply their knowledge and critical perspectives in developing argument. (40%)
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Entry requirements
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Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed AST1IJI Introduction to Asia: Japan and Indonesia and AST2IJI Introduction to Asia: Japan and Indonesia are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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