Cử nhân Quan hệ châu Á-Thái Bình Dương (Ritsumeikan)

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.