Master of Contemporary Chinese Studies

200 point program (2 years full-time or part-time equivalent)

This program is for those who have completed undergraduate study in any discipline.

• Foundation Subjects (50 points)
  Must be completed in the first 100 points of the program
• Compulsory subjects (25 points)
• Capstone Subjects (minimum 25 points up to a maximum of 50 points)
  Must be taken in the final 100 points of the program
• Elective Subjects (minimum 75 points up to a maximum of 100 points).

150 point program (1.5 years full-time or part-time equivalent)

This program is for those who have completed undergraduate study in a cognate discipline.

• Compulsory subjects (25 points)
• Capstone Subjects (minimum 25 points up to a maximum of 50 points)
  Must be taken in the final 100 points of the program
• Elective Subjects (minimum 75 points up to a maximum of 100 points).

100 point program (1 year full-time or part-time equivalent)

This program is for those who have completed an honours degree in a cognate discipline.

• Compulsory subjects (25 points)
• Capstone Subjects (minimum 25 points up to a maximum of 50 points)
• Elective Subjects (minimum 25 points up to a maximum of 50 points).

Students may enrol in up to 25 points of Chinese language study as electives at a suitable proficiency level determined by a language placement test. This will count towards the elective subject requirement. Students undertaking Chinese language subjects must be enrolled in either CHIN90005 Graduate Chinese A and/or CHIN90006 Graduate Chinese B and will be placed in the appropriate classes according to their placement test results.

Capstone requirement

Capstone subject options must be completed in the final hundred points of the program. All students are required to complete one of the three available Capstone options for the program (at least 25 points). This requirement cannot be waived or replaced in any circumstances.  For a full list of subjects, Capstones and detailed information, please view the Handbook entry for this course.

Understanding credit points

A 2-year program typically consists of 200 credit points.

A standard full-time study load is four subjects per semester, across two semesters per year (eight subjects per year), which equals 100 credit points per year.

Most subjects are worth 12.5 credit points*.

^{* Some subjects carry a heavier workload and may be worth more points.}

View Handbook entry