{"id":1109,"date":"2020-11-16T02:08:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T02:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sas\/?page_id=1109"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:44:42","slug":"minor-in-asian-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sas\/minor-in-asian-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Asian Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tMinor in Asian Studies\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The Minor in Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary minor jointly offered by the following Asian Studies departments\/programmes in FASS: Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Department of Malay Studies, South Asian Studies Programme, Department of Japanese Studies, and Department of Chinese Studies.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WHY MINOR IN ASIAN STUDIES?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Minor in Asian Studies is for students who seek to develop a critical awareness of Asia in terms of it socio-economic, political, language and cultural features and trajectories. The programme utilises an array of multidisciplinary perspectives and intellectual traditions to\u00a0bring a multifaceted, inter-Asia approach to the dynamics of Asia providing students the opportunity to take courses on a variety of topics concerning Asia based in the humanities, languages, and social sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Students will develop a critical awareness of Asian society and culture, business histories and practices, and the historical, contemporary and the future political and economic dynamics of the vibrant region. Appreciating the value of language for students who intend to work in Asia, the Minor will also count one Asian Language course offered at the Centre of Language Studies (CLS).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CAREER PROSPECTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Students who supplement their primary majors with training in the Minor in Asian Studies will be able to meet the needs of various industries. These include roles in governance, public service, media, business, technology, enterprise, and across domains from positions that require building clients’ trust through culturally sensitive interpersonal skills, to positions that require quick high-stakes decisions based on acute understanding of domestic and global issues.<\/p>\n<p>Students with a Minor in Asian Studies would be assets in the government sector-Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministries of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Defence, etc.; the business sector-including multiple MNCs with bases in Asia or looking to expand operations in Asia, as well as organisations that help Singapore enterprise expand across Asia such as the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce; as well as to global organisations keen on addressing socio-political challenges in Asia-World Bank, United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Wildlife Foundation, and more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-0\" data-index=\"0\" role=\"tab\">\t\t\t\tCohort 2021 onwards\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-1\" data-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\">\t\t\t\tCohort 2019 to 2020\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCohort 2021 onwards\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To graduate with a Minor in Asian Studies, students must pass a minimum of\u00a0<strong>20 Units <\/strong>of courses from a list of recognised courses, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HSA1000 Asian Interconnections<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(See Note 1)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>16 Units of electives from the list of recognised courses, of which a minimum of 4 Units is at level 3000 <em>(See Note 2 and 3)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note 1: CHS students who completed HSA1000 can double count it towards the CHS common curriculum for integrated course requirement (Asian Studies). It will be considered as a 4 Units double-counted course\u00a0 between the Minor and College requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Note 2: The 16 Units of electives must be from three or more different Asian Studies departments\/programmes (Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Department of Malay Studies, South Asian Studies Programme, Department of Japanese Studies, and Department of Chinese Studies). No more than 8 Units may be taken from any one Asian Studies department\/programme.<\/p>\n<p>Note 3: A maximum of 1 Asian language, at any level, from the Centre of Language Studies (CLS) may be used to fulfil the electives requirement. These Asian languages are: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Tamil, Thai, and Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCohort 2019 to 2020\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To graduate with a Minor in Asian Studies, students must pass a minimum of\u00a0<strong>20 Units<\/strong> of courses from a list of recognised courses, including:<\/p>\n1)\u00a0<strong>AA1201 Asian Challenges and Interconnections<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>HSA1000 Asian Interconnections<\/strong>\u00a0(See Note 1)<br \/>\n2)\u00a0<strong>16 Units<\/strong> of electives from the list of recognised courses, of which a minimum of\u00a0<strong>4 Units<\/strong>\u00a0is at level 3000 (See Note 2 and 3)\n<p>Note 1: FASS students who completed AA1201 or HSA1000 cannot count it towards the Faculty Core Asian Studies exposure requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Note 2: The 16 Units of electives must be from three or more different Asian Studies departments\/programmes. No more than 8 Units may be taken from any one Asian Studies department\/programme.<\/p>\n<p>Note 3: A maximum of 1 Asian language, at any level, from the Centre of Language Studies (CLS) may be used to fulfil the electives requirement. These Asian languages are: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Tamil, Thai, and Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"void(0);\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\">COURSES RECOGNISED TOWARDS MINOR IN ASIAN STUDIES<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Please note that not all courses will be offered every semester. <br \/>\nStudents are strongly advised to check <a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NUSMods<\/a> for course availability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>LEVEL 1000 ELECTIVES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<u>Department of Chinese Studies<br \/>\n<\/u>GEC1001\/GEH1006 Chinese Music, Language and Literature (in English)<br \/>\nGEC1045 Forbidden Romance in Modern Times: East and West<br \/>\nGESS1027\/GES1038 La Kopi: Forging of the Chinese Singapore Community\n<u>Department of Japanese Studies<br \/>\n<\/u>GESS1013\/GES1015 Singapore and Japan: Historical and Contemporary Relationships<br \/>\nGEC1004\/GEH1014 Samurai, Geisha, Yakuza as Self or Other<br \/>\nGEC1005\/GEH1015 Cultural Borrowing: Japan and China<br \/>\nJS1101E Introduction to Japan\nDepartment of Malay Studies<br \/>\nGESS1006\/GES1008 Ethnicity and Nation-Building: Singapore and Malaysia<br \/>\nGESS1012\/GES1014 Islam and Contemporary Malay Society<br \/>\nMS1102E Understanding the Contemporary Malay World\n<u>Department of Southeast Asian Studies<br \/>\n<\/u>GEC1013\/GEH1045 World Religions<br \/>\nGEC1025\/GEH1068 The Life Aquatic: Machines and the Making of the Ocean<br \/>\nGEC1034\/GET1016 Understanding the Changing Global Economic Landscape\n<u>South Asian Studies Programmme<br \/>\n<\/u>GESS1004\/GES1006 Singapore and India: Emerging Relations<br \/>\nGESS1005\/GES1007 South Asia in Singapore<br \/>\nGEX1000\/GEH1009 Framing Bollywood: Unpacking the Magic<u><br \/>\n<\/u>SN1101E Discover South Asia: People, Culture, Development\n<h4><strong>LEVEL 2000 ELECTIVES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<u>Department of Chinese Studies<\/u><br \/>\nCH2274 Discovering the Chinese Business Environment<br \/>\nCH2275 Chinese Pop Music in East Asia<br \/>\nCH2291 Chinese Tradition<br \/>\nCH2293 Introduction to Chinese Art<br \/>\nCH2295 Commerce and Culture in China’s Past (in English)<br \/>\nCH2299 Art of Modern and Contemporary China (in English)<br \/>\nCH2391 Strangers in Chinese Fiction and Film\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>CH2392 Chinese Women in Context<br \/>\nCL2280 Basic Translation<br \/>\nHS2909 The Rise and Fall and Rise of China<br \/>\nINT2101 Basic Interpreting\n<u>Department of Japanese Studies<\/u><br \/>\nJS2203 Sound, Grammar and Meaning<br \/>\nJS2212\u00a0 Introduction to Japanese Literature<br \/>\nJS2213\u00a0 Popular Culture in Contemporary Japan<br \/>\nJS2216 Postwar Japanese Film and Anime<br \/>\nJS2222 Japanese Society and Social Institutions<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>JS2225\u00a0 Marketing and Consumer Culture in Japan<br \/>\nJS2228\u00a0 Gender and Sexuality in Japan<br \/>\nJS2230\u00a0 Itadakimasu – Food In Japan<br \/>\nJS2233 Idols and Celebrities in Japan and Korea<br \/>\nJS2234 Japan: The Green Nation\n<u>Department of Malay Studies<\/u><br \/>\nMS2210 Malay Culture & Society<br \/>\nMS2212 Law and Malay Society<br \/>\nMS2213 Malay Families and Households<br \/>\nMS2217 Transcultural Histories and Heritage of the Malay World<br \/>\nMS2218 Malay-Islamic Cultural Encounters: Arts and Aesthetics<br \/>\nMS2219 Understanding the Contemporary Malay World<br \/>\nMS2220 Arts and Artists in the Nusantara\n<u>Department of Southeast Asian Studies<\/u><br \/>\nSE2210 Popular Culture in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE2212 Cities and Urban Life in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE2213 Politics in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE2214 Arts of Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE2217 War and Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE2224 Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA<br \/>\nSE2225 Forbidden Pleasures: Vice in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE2230 Modern Southeast Asia Through Film\n<u>South Asian Studies Programmme<\/u><br \/>\nSN2213 Governance and Politics in South Asia<br \/>\nSN2233 Globalizing India: The Politics of Economic Change<br \/>\nSN2234 Gender and Society in South Asia<br \/>\nSN2261 The Emergence of Contemporary South Asia<br \/>\nSN2271 Religion and Society in South Asia<br \/>\nSN2276 Islam: Society and Culture in South Asia<br \/>\nSN2277 Indian Communities in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSN2280 Marriage, Sex, Love in South Asia<br \/>\nSN2283 China-India Interactions: Changing Perspectives<br \/>\nSN2285 What’s Cooking: Food and Drink in South Asian Cultures\n<h4><strong>LEVEL 3000 ELECTIVES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<u>Department of Chinese Studies<\/u><br \/>\nCH3291 Contemporary Chinese Culture<br \/>\nCH3293 Selected Topics in Chinese Art (taught in English)<br \/>\nCH3294 Science and Medicine in China (in English)<br \/>\nCH3295 Understanding China: Past and Present (in English)<br \/>\nCH3296 ‘China’ in the Making (in English)<br \/>\nCH3298 Chinese in Southeast Asia\n<u>Department of Japanese Studies<\/u><br \/>\nJS3213 Alternative Lives in Contemporary Japan<br \/>\nJS3216 Japanese Film and Literature<br \/>\nJS3217 Japanese Art and Aesthetics<br \/>\nJS3222 Japanese Business Management<br \/>\nJS3223 Japan and the Asia-Pacific Region<br \/>\nJS3227 Entrepreneurship: Self-made in Japan\n<u>Department of Malay Studies<\/u><br \/>\nMS3209 The Malays of Singapore<br \/>\nMS3211 Political Culture of the Malays<br \/>\nMS3213 Ideology & Ideas on Malay Development<br \/>\nMS3214 Asian Traditions and Modernisation\n<u>Department of Southeast Asian Studies<\/u><br \/>\nSE3211 Religion, Society & Politics in SE Asia<br \/>\nSE3214 Heritage and Heritagescapes in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE3216 Migration, Diaspora and Refugees in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE3218 Industrialising Singapore and SE Asia<br \/>\nSE3219 Country Studies: Island Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE3222 Gender in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE3226 Hard at Work: The Changing Face of Labour in SEA<br \/>\nSE3232 Death and Dying in Southeast Asia<br \/>\nSE3233 Martial Arts in Southeast Asia\n<u>South Asian Studies Programme<\/u><br \/>\nSN3223 International Relations of South Asia<br \/>\nSN3261 Exile, Indenture, IT: Global South Asians<br \/>\nSN3262 The Struggle for India, 1920-1964<br \/>\nSN3274 South Asian Cinema<br \/>\nSN3275 Subtle Tamil Traits? Tamil Culture and Society<br \/>\nSN3281 The Story of Indian Business\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minor in Asian Studies The Minor in Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary minor jointly offered by the following Asian Studies departments\/programmes in FASS: Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Department of Malay Studies, South Asian Studies Programme, Department of Japanese Studies, and Department of Chinese Studies. WHY MINOR IN ASIAN STUDIES? 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