The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific offers the only Bachelor of Pacific Studies degree in Australia. This three-year program affords students the opportunity to strengthen their understanding of the Pacific Islands by pursuing a diverse program of study. Students undertaking the Bachelor of Pacific Studies program are required to complete a total of 144 units . of which a maximum of 60 units can come from the completion of 1000 level courses (students pursuing other undergraduate degrees may enroll in the courses listed below subject to approval). The 144 units must include:

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Pacific Studies must complete 24 units from the following compulsory courses:

• PASI1011: Pacific Encounters: An Introduction to Pacific Studies
• PASI1012: Pacific Worlds: critical inquiry in Oceania
• PASI2001: Pacific Studies in a Globalizing World
• PASI2002: The Contemporary Pacific: Society, Politics and Development

A minimum of 6 units from the following 3000 level PASI-coded courses:

• PASI3002: Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific
• PASI3012: Readings in Indigenous Studies
• PASI3005: Pacific Islands Field School
• PASI3010: Pacific Engagement Project
• PASI3013: Environment and Development in the Pacific

A minimum of 12 units from the following thematic lists:

History and Archaeology

• ASIA2301: Human migration and expansion in the rise of the Asia-Pacific
• ARCH2005: Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders
• PASI2006: War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific
• PASI2002: Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries
• HIST2231: Exploration: Columbus to the Moon

Politics, international relations and security

• INTR2010: International Relations in the Asia-Pacific
• STST2001: International Security issues in the Asia Pacific
• ASIA2087: Peace Building in the Pacific and Asia
• ASIA2093: Natural Resource Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
• POLS2055: Pacific Politics
• STST2003: Australia and Security in the Pacific
• PASI3002: Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific
• PASI2030: Study Tour: Regional Policymaking for Pacific Development

Environment and resources

• ASIA2301: Human Migration and Expansion in the Rse of the Asia-Pacific
• ENVS2005: Islands Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School
• ASIA2093: Natural Resource Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
• PASI3013: Environment and Development in the Pacific
• PASI2030: Study Tour: Regional Policymaking for Pacific Development

Culture, literature and language

• ASIA2001: Language in Asia and the Pacific
• ASIA2308: Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific
• ASIA3053: The Death of God in the Asia-Pacific
• PASI3002: Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific
• PASI3005: Pacific Islands Field School

A maximum of 24 units from one of the following minors of languages spoken in the Pacific:

• French Language and Culture Minor
• Tetum Language Minor
• Tok Pisin Language Minor

24 units from completion of one of the following minors:

Languages spoken in the Pacific or of historical and community importance:

• Chinese language
• French Language and Culture
• German Language and Culture
• Indonesian language
• Japanese language
• Tetum Language
• Tok Pisin Language
• Spanish

Disciplinary and regional studies minors of relevance to the study of the Pacific Islands:

• Archaeology
• Art History and Theory
• Asia-Pacific International Relations
• Asian history
• Asian Art History
• Asian and Pacific Anthropology
• Asian and Pacific Culture, Media and Gender
• Anthropology
• Australian Indigenous Studies
• Biodiversity and Conservation Management
• Climate Science and Policy
• Comparative Politics
• Demography
• Development Studies
• Digital Humanities
• Economic Studies
• Environmental Policy
• Environmental Studies
• Gender and Sexuality
• Geography
• Heritage and Museum Studies
• History
• Human Rights
• Indonesian Studies
• International Relations
• Linguistics
• Peace and Conflict Studies
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Political Theory
• Popular Music
• Social Research Methods
• Sociology
• Sustainable Development
• Visual Arts Practice
• War Studies

A maximum of 6 units from the completion of courses from VCUG Vice Chancellor’s Undergraduate Courses or the following list:

• ANIP3003: Australian National Internships Program Internship A
• ASIA2110: International Affairs Internship
• ASIA2098: Asian and Pacific Studies Internship
• ASIA3023: Asia Pacific Week Internship
• ASIA3024: Editor’s practicum: online public engagement, academic blogging and digital disruption
• ESEN1101: Essential University English
• LING2107: Advanced Academic English

48 units of from completion of elective courses offered by ANU

The ANU also offers a major in Pacific Languages for undergraduate students pursuing a Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies or a Bachelor of Asian Studies.

The ANU also offers a major in Pacific Languages for undergraduate students pursuing a Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Studies or a Bachelor of Asian Studies. For information about Pacific Studies at a Masters and PhD level, please contact the Convenors of the Pacific Institute.