New Undergraduate Curriculum FAQ
To meet the educational - indeed national - challenges of the 21st Century, the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific is transforming and modernising its undergraduate curriculum. Not only will these changes firmly establish the Faculty of Asian Studies in setting the world standard in Asia-Pacific studies, but they also reflect ongoing transformation at the national and international level.
Please see our FAQ for more details.
The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific offers a range of undergraduate degree and diploma programs consisting of Asian Languages and non-language Asian and Pacific Studies at the Faculty of Asian Studies. The regional language programs include:
The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific offers a range of undergraduate and honours degrees. Click on the links below for details of individual program requirements:
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the College of Asia and the Pacific, an Honours year is a great opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. It can also lead to positions in industry and government in Australia or overseas.
The ANU Honours Year in Asian Studies is open to all who have an academic record predominantly at the high Credit level or better from the ANU or an equivalent University. Before the year starts, you must have the language skills to read the material on which you will be working. Imperfect knowledge of a relevant Asian language makes it difficult to skim read reference material and / or produce accurate, polished and timely translations of passages to be included in your thesis. You will also need a good grounding in the intellectual discipline(s) within which you will be doing the research and writing the thesis. The Honours Year can be done full or part-time, beginning at the start of the first or the second semester of each year. You will normally do two or three special units of assessed coursework, take part in a work-in-progress seminar, and produce an independent research dissertation on an Asian topic, of 15,000-20,000 words. The Faculty welcomes enquiries from ANU students considering transferring to one of our Asian Studies degrees and the Honours Program, before the Honours Year.
For more information please refer to the Honours page on the Faculty website.
