Structure

Students of the master's degree programme must take a total of 60 ECTS credits over one academic year.

There is the possibility of doing a training stay at an Asian university. The student interested in doing it must request the Part-Time modality (two years) when registering in order to participate in the mobility Call.

In the part-time modality, during the second year of the master's degree the student will take the Master's Final Project (TFM). 

Throughout the master's degree programme, students may likewise complete internships at companies, institutions or organizations.

 Subject's Teaching guidances (Guies Docents )

The optional subjects listed in this descriptive table of the Study Plan are a complete potential list. The specific annual offer consists of a narrower selection among the listings, with possible alternation in successive items.

Compulsory subjects:
Global Connections: Eurasia and the Transpacific

  • Philippines: Past and Present
  • Asian Worldviews
  • Cultural Interactions between Asia and Europe
  • Research Methodology

Compulsory subjects:
Asia Pacific Cultures and Society

  • Contemporary Asian Fiction Readings

Compulsory subjects:
History and Territory in the Asia Pacific

  • Historical Perspectives on the Present of Asia Pacific
  • Empires in Asian History

Compulsatory subjects

  • Master's thesis

Subjects Electives

Global Connections: Eurasia and the Transpacific

  • Cultural Interactions between Asia and Europe
  • Asia in the Global Economy
  • Foreign Relations and Geopolitics
  • The Visual Culture of Otherness
  • The Silk Road
  • Ethical Persecutions and Genocides

Asia Pacific Cultures and Society

  • Branding Asian Art: Curating, Collecting, Exhibiting
  • Asian Cinema: Contexts and Audiences
  • Classics of Asian Thought
  • Japanese Philosophy
  • Artistic Traditions and Contemporary Practices in Asia-Pacific Art

 

History and Territory in Asia-Pacific

  • Seminars in Asian Studies
  • Cities and Urbanism in Asia-Pacific
  • Formation and Disintegration of Empires
  • Contemporary Visions of Colonial and Post-Colonial India
  • Oceania: Past and Present

International Training Stay

  • Advanced Topics in Contemporary Culture I
  • Advanced Topics in Contemporary Culture II
  • Language I
  • Language II 
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Professional Internships

  • Professional Internships I

See also

 
 

Second-year students of the master's degree programme in PArtial Time may spend time abroad at an Asian university to earn optional credits. These credits will be recognized as programme subjectswithin the framework of an exchange programme for which the University has an agreement with a partner institution.

  • Applications are submitted in the first year of the Partila Time programme.  
  • Students register for the chosen mobility option in the second year of the Partial Time programme and carry it out in the second and third terms  to earn a total of 15 ECTS credits.
  • The chosen option should be governed by a bilateral agreement between Pompeu Fabra University and the destination university.

Information on mobility processes and procedures (offer, application process, selection process and deadlines):http://www.upf.edu/estudiarfora/