An ATAR of 82 or an equivalent rank derived from an Australian Year 12 qualification or international equivalent
The ANU English Language Admission Requirements for admission into a Bachelor Degree program, as advertised by ANU at time of application
Applicants who complete a recognised secondary/senior secondary/post-secondary/tertiary sequence of study will be assessed on the basis of an equivalent selection rank that is calculated upon application.
Academic IELTS and IELTS Indicator: An overall score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component of the test.
TOEFL - internet based test : An overall score of 80, with a minimum of 20 in Reading and Writing and 18 in Speaking and Listening.
PTE Academic: An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 55 in each of the communicative skills.
TOEFL - paper based test: A score of 570 with a TWE* score of 4.5.
Cambridge CAE Advanced (Post 2015): An overall score of 176 with a minimum of 169 in all sub-skills.
The Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Affairs provides students with an in-depth exploration of Asia-Pacific regional affairs drawing on the strength of ANU in four different subject and disciplinary areas including politics and government; international relations and security; conflict and peacebuilding; history and cultural identity.
This innovative program will give students a unique opportunity to understand the transnational forces and contemporary challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region, and to deepen their understanding and appreciation of different Asia-Pacific cultures.
The program will facilitate a cross-crediting arrangement with Ritsumeikan University (RU) in Japan that will allow for student mobility in both directions. Students who study at both ANU and RU will, upon successful completion (and with cross-crediting), be eligible for the Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Affairs (ANU) and the Bachelor of Global Liberal Arts (RU).
Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Affairs (BAPAF) students commencing study at ANU will be required to undertake two years of study at ANU and two years of study at RU. This program is only open to domestic students and will admit up to 10 students per year to begin studies at ANU.
Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Affairs (Ritsumeikan) students must apply directly to RU and not through ANU. Students will commence study at RU and undertake three years of study at RU and one year of study at ANU. This program will admit up to 90 students per year to begin studies at RU’s Osaka Ibaraki campus.
CRICOS CODE: 096442B
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Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Affairs requires the completion of 192 units, which must consist of:
24 units from completion of the following introductory courses:
For commencing Australian National University:
ASIA1999 The Origins of Political Order in Asia
INTR1021 Understanding Peace and Conflict
PASI1011 Pacific Encounters: An introduction to Pacific Studies
STST1001 Introduction to International Security Studies
For commencing Ritsumeikan University:
BAPA1001 The Origins of Political Order in Asia
BAPA1002 Understanding Peace and Conflict
BAPA1003 Pacific Encounters: An introduction to Pacific Studies
BAPA1004 Introduction to International Security Studies
24 units from completion of the following Capstone courses:
For commencing Australian National University:
INTR3001 Humanitarianism: Principles, Politics and Practice
INTR3002 Global Governance in the Asia-Pacific
PASI3001 Politics and Development in the Contemporary Pacific
STST3002 Australia’s Security in the Asian Century
For commencing Ritsumeikan University:
BAPA3001 Humanitarianism: Principles, Politics and Practice
BAPA3002 Global Governance in the Asia-Pacific
BAPA3003 The Contemporary Pacific: Society, Politics and Development
BAPA3004 Australia’s Security in the Asian Century
A minimum of 6 units and a maximum of 12 units from completion of Politics and Government courses from the following list:
ASIA2026 The Politics of China
ASIA2031 Japanese Politics
ASIA2045 Lies, Conspiracy and Propaganda
ASIA2065 Asian Politics: From Concepts to Causes
ASIA2070 Democracy in Southeast Asia
ASIA2109 Violence, Poverty, and Politics in India
ASIA2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development
POLS2055 Pacific Politics
A minimum of 6 units and a maximum of 12 units from completion of International Relations and Security courses from the following list:
ASIA2017 History of International Relations in Northeast Asia
ASIA2111 Indonesian Foreign and Security Policy
INTR2010 International Relations in the Asia-Pacific
INTR2012 Chinese Foreign and Security Policy
INTR2014 Indian Foreign and Security Policy
INTR2016 US Foreign and Security Policy in Asia
INTR2018 Japanese Foreign and Security Policy
INTR2020 (In)Stability on the Korean Peninsula
INTR2024 Nuclear Politics in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
INTR2028 Regionalism, Rights and Order in Southeast Asia
STST2001 Security Concepts in the Asia Pacific
STST2124 Politics of Nuclear Weapons
WARS2001 Theories of War: An historical and global perspective
WARS2002 The Vietnam Wars: 1941-1989
A minimum of 6 units and a maximum of 12 units from completion of Conflict and Peace-building courses from the following list:
ASIA2081 Human Rights in Asia
ASIA2087 Peace Building in the Pacific and Asia
ASIA2093 Natural Resource Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
DIPL2000 Leadership and Diplomacy
INTR2047 Human Security: Conflict, Displacement and Peace Building
PASI3013 Environment and Development in the Pacific
POLS2123 Peace and Conflict Studies
A minimum of 6 units and a maximum of 12 units from completion of History and Cultural courses from the following list:
ASIA2037 History of Modern China
ASIA2041 Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Predicaments
ASIA2067 Economies of Emerging Asia
ASIA2165 Islam in Southeast Asia
ASIA2301 Human Migration and Expansion in the Rise of the Asia-Pacific
ASIA2302 Culture and Modernity in Asia: Anthropological Perspectives
ASIA2304 What is Literature? Asian Perspectives
ASIA2307 History of Empire in Asia
ASIA2308 Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific
PASI2001 Pacific Studies in a Globalizing World
PASI2002 Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries
WARS2003 The Korean War
WARS2004 War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific
A maximum of 24 units from completion of Japanese Language courses from the following list:
JPNS1012 Japanese 1: Spoken
JPNS1014 Japanese 1: Written
JPNS2003 Japanese 2: Spoken
JPNS2005 Japanese 2: Written
JPNS2012 Japanese 3
JPNS2013 Japanese 4
JPNS3001 Japanese 5
JPNS3002 Japanese 6
96 units from completion of courses in the Bachelor of Global Liberal Arts at Ritsumeikan University.
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