The Master in ASEAN Studies (MAS) programme provides an advanced level understanding of the political, strategic, economic, and security forces that has shaped ASEAN as well as the wider changing dynamics that continue to impact the Southeast Asian region.
It does so through a consideration of four aspects of ASEAN:
To offer an analysis of the historical, political and strategic, social and cultural forces that have shaped Southeast Asia as a region;
To consider the contested nature of theoretical concepts - how the same basic categories are understood in partially different ways in competing theoretical approaches to regionalism and regionalisation, and how some concepts belong more to some theories than to others;
To assess the institutional arrangements, changing policy agenda and governance issues of the ASEAN; and
To compare the key characteristics of ASEAN with analogous developments in regional associations elsewhere around the world.
Full-Time Duration: 3 Semesters (Coursework)
Programme Structure
QQX7007 - Regionalism and Regionalisation (3 Credits)
QQD7008 - The Making of Modern Southeast Asia (3 Credits)
QQD7009 - ASEAN and Regional Security (3 Credits)
QQD7010 - ASEAN and Economic Integration (3 Credits)
Elective Courses **
QQB7007 - Regionalism in Europe (3 Credits)
QQB7008 - Modern Europe (3 Credits)
QQD7013 - Development and Governance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in ASEAN (3 Credits)
QQX7001 - Research Methodology (3 Credits)
QQX7006 - Political Economy of Asia-Europe Relations (3 Credits)
QQX7008 - Comparative Regionalism (3 Credits)
QQD7007 - ASEAN Regionalism (3 Credits)
QQD7014 - Research Project* (6 Credits)
Elective Courses **
QQB7009 - Regional Security in Europe (3 Credits)
QQB7010 - Economic Integration in Europe (3 Credits)
** To choose 6 credit hours of elective course from either Sem. 1 / Sem.2 / Sem.3
Career Prospects
Diplomat/Foreign Service Officer, International Relations Specialist, ASEAN Policy Advisor/Analyst, Regional, Development Consultant, NGO Program Manager, Trade and Economic Advisor, Cultural Affairs Specialist, Public Affairs Consultant, Regional Security Analyst, Economic Development Specialist, Researcher/Academic, International Business Consultant, Journalist/Editor specializing in ASEAN Affairs, Global Development Manager, Government Relations Specialist.