Degree Structure
Curriculum 2013 – Students ID 56-60 Click Here
Curriculum 2018 – Students ID 61 onwards
The new curriculum of the BAS degree, introduced in 2018, is made up of 132 units; 30 of these units are TU Foundation Courses, 57 units are BAS Core Courses, 36 units are Prescribed Advanced Studies Modules and 9 units are Elective Courses.
TU Foundation Courses : 30 units
- TU100 Civil Education
- TU101 Thailand, ASEAN, and the World
- TU102 Social Life Skills
- TU103 Life and Sustainability
- TU104 Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
- TU105 Communication Skills in English
- TU106 Creativity and Communication
- TU113 Fundamentals of Philosophy and Religions
- TU116 Man and Arts: Visual Art, Music and Performing Arts
- TU117 Development of the Modern World
BAS Courses: 102 units
BAS courses consist of courses from our Core, Prescribed Advanced Studies Modules, and Electives. Students will learn interdisciplinary skills, and subjects from three main academic modules: Art, Language and Literature, History and Culture, and Politics and Social Sciences.
- BAS Core – 57 units
- BS 101 Academic Reading
- BS 111 Academic Writing
- BS 200 Public Speaking
- BS 201 English in a Global Context
- BS 220 Introduction to British Literature
- BS 230 Introduction to American Literature
- BS 250 British History 1
- BS 251 British History 2
- BS 252 Britain and the United States in Southeast Asia
- BS 260 American History 1
- BS 261 American History 2
- BS 270 British Government and Politics
- BS 271 Introduction to Social and Political Science
- BS 280 American Government and Politics
- BS 320 Masterpieces of British and American Literature
- BS 321 Empire in British and American History and Literature
- BS 340 Western Art
- BS 350 British and American Thought
- BS 390 Internship
- Prescribed Advanced Studies Modules – 36 units
Students must take 6 units (2 courses) from each of the following Studies Modules: Art, Language and Literature, History and Culture, and Politics and Social Sciences. Also, students are required to take a further 6 courses (18 units) from any of the three Studies Modules, selected according to their interests.
Art, Language and Literature
- BS 313 Social Media in British and American Society
- BS 323 Modern Literature
- BS 324 Ethnicity and Identity in British and American Literature
- BS 325 Postcolonialism in Literature/Postcolonial Studies
- BS 333 Theatre in Britain
- BS 334 British and American Poetry
- BS 335 Theatre in the United States
- BS 343 Modern and Contemporary British and American Arts
- BS 423 Gender in British and American Literature
- BS 424 Selected Topics in British Literature
- BS 425 Selected Topics in American Literature
- BS 434 Selected Topics in Contemporary Literature
- BS 444 Selected Topics in Art
History and Culture
- BS 353 Introduction to Cultural Studies
- BS 354 American Film and Society
- BS 355 Social and Labour History of the United States
- BS 363 Popular Culture in Britain and the United States
- BS 364 British Cinema and Society
- BS 365 Immigration in the United States
- BS 453 Images of Asia in Western Media
- BS 454 Race and Class Identities in Britain
- BS 455 Selected Topics in Cultural Studies
- BS 463 African-American History and the Civil Rights Movement
- BS 464 Selected Topics in British History
- BS 465 Selected Topics in American History
Politics and Social Sciences
- BS 273 Introduction to International Relations and Global Politics
- BS 274 British Foreign Policy
- BS 275 American Foreign Policy
- BS 373 Ethics
- BS 374 The United States and the Asia-Pacific
- BS 375 The Economics of Britain and the United States
- BS 383 Introduction to Political Economy
- BS 384 Britain and Europe
- BS 385 Democratic Theories
- BS 473 Globalisation
- BS 474 International Political Organisations
- BS 475 Selected Topics in Social Science
- BS 483 Selected Topics in British Politics
- BS 484 Selected Topics in American Politics
Electives – 9 units
Students must take 9 units (3 courses) from the list below or they can enroll in courses offered by other International Programmes at Thammasat University.
- BS 206 Spanish for Communication 1
- BS 207 Spanish for Communication 2
- BS 306 Advanced Academic Reading and Writing
- BS 316 Creative Writing Skills
- BS 317 Writing and Persuasion in the Digital Context
- BS 406 Interpreting
- BS 407 Rhetorical Strategies for Effective Communication
- BS 497 Independent Studies