The Master of Asian and Pacific Studies (Advanced) will provide you with the regional grounding and research expertise you need to graduate as a leader of the Asian Century. The program provides a broad variety of courses with an Asian and Pacific focus and allows students to follow individual areas of specialisation in specific Asian and Pacific regions or in disciplines drawing on regional case studies. The Master of Asian and Pacific Studies program is a world leader in the teaching of Asian languages, and offers notable opportunities for student mobility through in-country study. In this program you will be taught by some of the world’s most eminent scholars of Asia and the Pacific who are based in the prestigious College of Asia at the Pacific at the ANU, with its constituent academic units: the School of Culture, History and Language; the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs; the Crawford School of Public Policy; and the School of Regulation and Global Governance. Graduates of the Master of Asian and Pacific Studies (Advanced) will also have proven skills in independent research for the purposes of further academic or professional research. Career Options Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide. The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row. Learning Outcomes upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to: Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the cultures, societies, politics, environments and histories of the Asian and Pacific regions; Understand and apply advanced analytical tools and methods to conduct independent research on Asian and the Pacific; Demonstrate advanced written and verbal communication skills; Communicate findings in academic and practical contexts, justifying approaches and methods, individually and in groups ; Produce a significant and sophisticated piece of independent research. Sanskrit, the classical language of India, has long been renowned for its beauty, subtlety and complexity. It is the key to the civilizational treasures of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, and provides direct access to a vast repository of literary, scientific and philosophical wisdom. At the ANU we balance the traditional practice of textual reception—reading and grammar—with language production—speaking, chanting and singing—to provide a truly balanced curriculum. By the completion of the specialisation, students will be able to independently read simple epic and prose narrative texts, they will have mastered some basic spoken Sanskrit, and will be able to chant and recite with a good degree of accuracy.