Overview

Key features

Students in the Pacific and Asian Studies program at University of Victoria, British Columbia must complete 15 units of coursework and thesis to earn their degree. All students must take a minimum of 6 units from the core courses offered by our department. Students choose one of the following two options.

(1) The long thesis option• 6 units of coursework• 9-unit thesis (90-120 pages)

(2) The short thesis option• 9 units of coursework• 6-unit research paper (70-90 pages)

Students choose one of the two Study Streams:

(1) The Regional (Area) Studies Stream

This stream covers the mechanisms and values involved in social transformations. Students explore Asian and Pacific societies in the context of globalisation and modernisation, in relation to local social and cultural practices. Limited issues around cultural politics, state formation, and global vs. local relations often form the foundation of graduate work in this stream.

2) The Literary and Textual Studies Stream

Students in the Literary and Textual Studies stream work on cutting-edge topics on the critical role narratives play in shaping, preserving, challenging, or changing social organisations and traditions. These topics focus on such diverse areas as technology, gender, ethnicities, international relations, ideologies and propaganda, and more. Students create an original, analytical thesis demonstrating an argument about a specific topic in narrative, broadly encompassing the literatures, theatres, cinemas, languages, histories, religions, and philosophies of Asia. The student conducts original research utilising primary and secondary resources in both Asian and non-Asian languages, synthesising the results of this research into a rhetorical text (the Thesis).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Special Topics in Pacific Studies

Research Methodologies

Advanced Readings in Japanese, Chinese or Indonesian

Directed Studies (taught by supervisor)

Cultural, Linguistic, and Literary Theories in Asia-Pacific Studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Victoria, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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General requirements

B+ (6.0 GPA) average in last two years of study
Ideally, students will have advanced ability in an Asian language (sufficient to conduct research in that language), relevant to their area of study.

International students whose native language is not English must also include results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language or equivalent, with a minimum score of 575 or equivalent.

The online application includes the following materials:

Application for admission to graduate studies

Two letters of reference from academic referees

Application fee

Official transcripts of all post-secondary studies

TOEFL 90 (internet based), IELTS 6.5 or MELAB 90, if required

One copy of a sample of the applicant's written work, up to a maximum of 10 pages (e.g., a third or fourth-year university paper)

One copy of a statement of intent maximum 500 words

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Tuition Fees

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5602 CAD / year

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4442 CAD / year

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Living costs

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1490 - 2092 CAD / month

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