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General requirements and prohibitions

1 All subjects within the MA in Asian studies must be passed at credit level.

2 No subject taken at undergraduate level may be credited or repeated as part of the diploma or MA in Asian studies. Credit may not be gained for any subject offered under a different name but regarded by the faculty as the equivalent or part equivalent of that subject. The following pair of subjects fall into this category: MBA6960.06 (International trade policy making) and PLM5560.12 (Politics of international trade).

3 The core subject, `Contemporary issues in Asia', is compulsory for both the diploma and the MA in Asian studies, and under normal circumstances must be taken in the first semester in first year of the diploma or the MA course. Students are encouraged to take `Thinking about Asia' in the second semester of the first year of the diploma or MA courses.

4 It is expected that students will complete all assignments on time and at normal graduate standards of scholarship and research.

5 Language study is normally compulsory, and under normal circumstances only one language can be studied in the course of the MA in Asian studies or Graduate Diploma of Arts (Asian Studies), which may not exceed 50 per cent of the total course.

6 The selection of subjects must be discussed with the MAI executive officer.

7 Students undertaking a research project or thesis in the second year of the MA in Asian studies must consult with MAI staff before selecting their topic and supervisor, and with their supervisor during the course of their research.


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