MA Southeast Asian Studies

The MA in Southeast Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary programme that seeks to provide a

combined coursework-research postgraduate training to students who wish to develop a broad and
sufficiently deep understanding of Southeast Asia while upgrading their professional qualifications. It
is suitable to graduates (with at least second class honours) of any social science and humanities
courses, business, education, media and other professional degrees who may or may not have prior
background to the region.
Intake: August
Admission Requirement:
English Proficiency: IELTS Score of 6.0; Credit 6 GCE 0
Bachelors degree (second class honours) or equivalent from a recognised university or a
professional qualification and/or relevant professional experience subject to the approval of
the Senate.
Period of Candidature
(a) 12 - 24 months for a full-time candidate; or
(b) 24 - 48 months for a part-time candidate
Programme Structure:
Core Modules (4 Modular Credits each)
AF-5201 Politics of Southeast Asia
AF-5202 History of Southeast Asia
AF-5203 Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia, Part I
AF-5204 Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia, Part II
Research Exercise (16 Modular Credits)
AF-5205 Research Exercise
Options
AF-5301 SE Asia and the World
AF-5302 Land People and Economy of SE Asia
AF-5303 Peoples and Cultures of Borneo
AF 5304 English in Multilingual Societies in SE Asia
AF 5305 History of SE Asian Art
AF 5306 SE Asian Literature:
AF 5307 SE Asian Language
AF 5308 Economies of SE Asia
AF 5309 Religions in SE Asia