Program Structure
Semester 1 Year 1 | 4 subjects | 12 credits |
Core courses: 4 subjects | ||
APS600 | Foundation Asia-Pacific Studies | 3 credits |
APS611 | Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region | 3 credits |
APS621 | Political, Security, and Defense Strategies in the Asia-Pacific Region | 3 credits |
APS612 | Dynamism of the Thai Economy | 3 credits |
Semester 2 Year 1 | 4 subjects | 12 credits |
Core Course 2 Subjects, Selective Core Course 1 subject, Elective course 1 subject | ||
APS631 | International Law and Regional Architecture in the Asia-Pacific Region | 3 credits |
APS681 | Research Methodology | 3 credits |
Selective Core course: | ||
APS64xx | Contemporary Issues in Area Studies/Public Policy Studies 1 subject | 3 credits |
Elective Course: 1 subjects | ||
APS6xx |
Elective Course | 3 credits |
Summer Semester | 1 subject | 3 credits |
Thesis | ||
APS800 | Thesis | 3 credits |
Semester 1 Year 2 | 1 subject | 9 credits |
Elective Course: 1 Subject, Thesis 1 | ||
APS6xx | Elective course | 3 credits |
APS800 | Thesis | 3 credits |
Semester 2 Year 2 | ||
APS800 | Thesis | 6 credits |
Note:
- For APS681 Research Methodology, students are required to write up a Working paper and prepare and proposal for APS 800 Thesis.
- Students are required to attend the thesis seminar and thesis examination that the program organizes outside Bangkok.
- Students are required to present their thesis in the annual graduate seminar in their last semester after their thesis examination and are required to submit their presentation to the conference proceedings.