SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Structure

Students must take one course from at least two of the constituent departments/centre, and will write a supervised dissertation on a relevant topic.

The following is a complete list of courses in the programme, not all of which are offered in any single year.

• Directed Readings in Art and Archaeology - 15PARH037 (0.5 Unit) - Full Year
• Directed Readings in History of Art and/or Archaeology - 15PARC008 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Approaches to Critical Interpretation & Aesthetic Theories - 15PARC004 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Japanese Ceramics Past and Present - 15PARH047 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2012/2013
• Understanding Art East and West: from Asmat Shields to Tate Modern - 15PARH058 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2012/2013
• Asia and Africa On Display: Objects, Exhibitions and Transculturism - 15PARH043 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Photography and the Image in Africa; and other Regional Perspectives - 15PARC036 (1.0 Unit) - Not Running 2012/13
• Representing Conflict: A Cross-Cultural and Inter Disciplinary Approach - 15PARH039 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Diaspora Contexts and Visual Culture - 15PARH042 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2012/2013
• Arts of Modern and Contemporary China (since 1800) - 15PARH055 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Arts of contemporary and modern Southeast Asia - 15PARH050 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• The Transnational News Environment: Production, Representation and Use - 15PMSH006 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Dissertation in Art and Archaeology - 15PARC999 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media:Networking, Connectivity, Identity - 15PMSH004 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Mediated Culture in the Middle East: Politics and Communications - 15PMSH003 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• International Political Communication - 15PMSH009 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Rethinking Audiences - 15PMSH011 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Theoretical Issues in Media and Cultural Studies - 15PMSH005 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Theoretical and Contemporary Issues in Media and Cultural Studies - 15PMSC002 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Japanese Transnational Cinema: From Kurosawa to Asia Extreme and Studio Ghibli - 15PMSH017 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Iranian Cinema - 15PMSH010 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Arab Cinemas - 15PMSH013 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Japanese Post-War Film Genres and the Avant-Garde - 15PMSH001 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Theoretical Issues in Media and Cultural Studies - 15PMSH005 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Studies in Global Media and Post-National Communication - 15PMSH007 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Aspects of Music and Religion in South East Asia - 15PMUH017 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2 - Not Running 2012/2013
• Atlantic Africa: (P)Layers of Mediation in African Popular Music (PG) - 15PMUC009 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Central Asian Music - 15PMUH008 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2012/2013
• Indian Classical Music - 15PMUC027 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2012/2013
• Music, Place and Politics in Cuba - 15PMUH015 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Musical Traditions of East Asia (Masters) - 15PMUH016 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Pop and Politics in East Asia (Masters) - 15PMUH014 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Popular and Fusion Music in South East Asia (PG) - 15PMUH018 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Analysing World Music: Transcription & Analysis in Ethnomusicology - 15PMUH004 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Composition - 15PMUH013 (0.5 Unit) - Full Year
• Ethnomusicology in Practice - 15PMUC004 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Gender and Music (MMus) - 15PMUH009 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2 - Not Running 2012/2013
• Music and Healing - 15PMUH019 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2012/2013
• Performance - 15PMUC002 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Popular Music and Politics in Israel - 15PMUH010 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Music in South Asian Culture (Masters) - 15PMUC005 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Klezmer Music: Roots and Revival - 15PMUH011 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Music in Selected Regions of Africa: Contexts and Structures - 15PMUC006 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2012/2013
• Analysing World Music: Transcription & Analysis in Ethnomusicology - 15PMUH004 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Dissertation in Music - 15PMUC999 (1 Unit) - Full Year

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