Part 2 Faculty of Asian Studies
Specialist Bachelor of Asian Studies with Year-in-Asia
Units offered by the Asian History Centre
Units offered by the China and Korea Centre
Units offered by the Japan Centre
Units offered by the South and West Asia Centre
Units offered by the Southeast Asia Centre
The Faculty of Asian Studies
Dean: Professor A. C. Milner
Introduction
The ANU is a major world centre for teaching and research on Asia and is the leading centre for Asian Studies in Australia, unrivalled in the breadth of its interests and the depths of its expertise. The Faculty of Asian Studies cooperates with the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the Faculty of Arts to offer the widest range of Asian studies available in Australia, both at undergraduate and graduate levels. The ANU offers Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Thai, Lao and Vietnamese. It is also possible to study the classical languages of the region: Sanskrit, Classical Chinese, Classical Japanese, Arabic, and Classical Malay. Other courses deal with the modern and early history of the societies of Asia, as well as the religions, politics, societies, economies, linguistics, literature and arts of the region.
There are some 200 Asian specialists at the ANU. The programs are backed up by library resources which provide more than 70% of Australia’s total Asian Studies resource material within the University Library system and the National Library of Australia.
Teaching within the Faculty of Asian Studies is organised through five Centres:
Selecting Subjects
Students are advised to make informed decisions in choosing subjects for their degree through careful reading of the syllabuses of units in this Handbook, as well as through consultations with Sub-Dean and other staff. The Sub-Dean is available to discuss course plans and matters relating to the overall direction and progress of an undergraduate course. More specific guidance about the content, assessment and conduct of particular units is best sought initially from the lecturer in charge of the unit, or the Head of the Centre offering the units.
New Enrolments
Students enrolling in the Faculty for the first time are required to have their choice of units approved at a personal interview with the Sub-Dean or a Student Adviser. Successful applicants will be told by letter of the days set aside for course approval and registration of enrolment.
Courses
The Faculty offers undergraduate courses in which the use and study of an Asian language has an integral role. The following undergraduate courses are available:
Combined courses offer a potent combination of language study to an advanced level, awareness of an Asian society, and professional qualifications. Details of combined course structures are set out in the Combined Courses section of this Handbook.
Admission with status
Students who have previously studied in an approved tertiary institution, whether in Australia or overseas, may be eligible for status (credit) towards the coursework requirements of any of the undergraduate courses offered by the Faculty.
Students who already have some knowledge of an Asian language will be given a placement test to determine the appropriate level for their initial enrolment. If their knowledge of the Asian language was gained through study at an approved tertiary institution, then status for that study may be granted. Otherwise an exemption from elementary units will be given. While status counts toward the total of credit points required for a degree course, exemptions do not.
For subjects other than Asian languages, the University’s general status provisions apply (see Introduction section of this Handbook Admission with status).
Grading and assessment
Assessment in each unit for which the Faculty is responsible will be decided after discussion in classes at the beginning of the unit. In language units, assessment is usually based on oral work in class, written home work and a final examination. In non-language units, assessment is usually centred on essays and a final examination.
Changes to course structures and credit point values
You will note that undergraduate degrees are now being expressed in credit
points. What was a 3 year 20 point degree course is now a 144 credit point
degree course, comprising 48 credit points per year. For a full explanation
of the changes to course structures, credit point values and course legislation,
please see the General Information section of this Handbook.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
The Bachelor of Asian Studies Degrees
The Bachelor of Asian Studies degrees are built around three principles:
1. Study of an Asian language to an advanced level
This involves a major of at least 44 credit points in one of the following languages:
Students are encouraged to develop a deeper knowledge of modern and classical languages in the areas they choose to specialise in. Students may major in two Asian languages with the permission of the Sub-Dean.
Students who already have some knowledge of the language chosen may be allowed to start at an advanced level, though the minimum of 44 credit points of language-related study is still required. Native speakers may not normally enrol in units in their own language.
For the structure of the major in your chosen language, please refer to the list of units at the end of this Section.
2. Expertise in a discipline
Study in a disciplinary or professional field provides a basis for applying Asian language skills and an understanding of Asian societies in fruitful ways. Majors which develop relevant conceptual and analytical skills are offered by the Faculty of Asian Studies as well as by the Faculties of Arts, Economics and Commerce, and Science. The combined degree courses in Arts, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Law, Science and Visual Arts provide scope for more extensive disciplinary study.
3. Knowledge of an Asian society or culture
To give context to the language and disciplinary studies, the bachelor degrees all include at least four non-language units relevant to the study of Asia, and particularly the region of Asia upon which the degree focuses. These units are generally chosen from those offered in the Asian Studies Faculty.
Bachelor of Asian Studies
(course code 3550)
Course requirements
This degree combines advanced study of an Asian language with expertise in a discipline and knowledge of an Asian society. The degree course of 144 credit points must include:
A major is defined as a sequence of units of at least 44 credit points, of which not more than 12 credit points are at first year level and none of which have been counted towards another major.
The degree may include up to the maximum of 92 credit points in one or more Asian languages. Students who plan to take 72 or more credit points in Asian language must consult the Sub-Dean. In such cases a special supporting major may be prescribed with the aim of achieving the best mix of analytical coherence and focus on the cultures concerned.
This degree course can be completed in a minimum of 3 years of full-time study or extended to a maximum of ten years.
Specialist Bachelor of Asian Studies with Year-in-Asia
(course code 4550)
For mastery of a language and ability to negotiate a culture with confidence a significant period of in-country experience is necessary. The need is particularly great for Australians who have to deal with languages and cultures outside the European tradition. The four-year specialist degree courses offered by the Faculty open the door to such experience by including a Year-in-Asia devoted to language and disciplinary study. After gaining a good grounding in their first two years at ANU, students are enrolled in a university in China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam for the third year of their course. During this Year-in-Asia students take the equivalent of 48 credit points in language and disciplinary studies and prepare an individual study project.
The Year-in-Asia program is intended for talented and dedicated students. Minimum admission requirements are set at a higher level than for the three-year degree, and students are expected to complete the first two years of the program at least at credit level to be eligible for the Year-in-Asia. Students who do not attain the required standard will transfer to the three-year degree course. Conversely, students in the three-year degree who meet the required standard will be allowed to transfer to the four-year degree and to participate in the Year-in-Asia.
A limited number of scholarships may be available to help students with fares and living costs during their Year-in-Asia. Students should check with the Centre Administrator or the Year-in-Asia coordinator in their Centre as to the availability of financial assistance for the year in which they will be away.
The four-year specialist degrees incorporating a Year-in-Asia are:
Course requirements
The degree course of 192 credit points includes 144 credit points as per the Bachelor of Asian Studies (course code 3550) as described above, with the addition of a Year-in-Asia program of 48 credit points. Students cannot count the unit value of the same unit towards both the degree of Bachelor of Asian Studies and a Specialist Asian Studies degree.
Students who transfer to the ANU from another University, where they have completed a Year-in-Asia, need to demonstrate that they were selected on a comparable basis to ANU students, if they intend to seek status (credit) for the Year-in-Asia.
Combined Courses Leading to Two Degrees
Details of combined course structures are set out in the Combined Courses section of this Handbook.
In all combined courses, the minimum Asian Studies component amounts to
88 credit points, comprising a major in an Asian language of at least 44
credit point and a non-language major of at least 44 credit points comprising
units taught in the Faculty or approved by the Sub-Dean.
Bachelor Degrees with Honours
The purpose of the Asian Studies honours program is to encourage students of high calibre to deepen their involvement in a chosen field of study. A bachelor degree with honours is both a prestigious qualification in its own right and also the most effective means of qualifying for higher degree work.
Students who obtain results of distinction standard in the early years of their course may apply to undertake a degree with honours.
The degrees with honours involve additional coursework and a research dissertation of 15,000 to 20,000 words. For the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist), Bachelor of Asian Studies and the combined courses leading to two bachelor degrees, this additional work requires one further full year.
The work of the honours year is prescribed by the Faculty Honours Committee with maximum flexibility and concern for each individual students interests. Honours work usually includes participation in a course dealing with methodologies for reading Asian-language materials. It may also include a specialisation in literature, linguistics, history, religious studies, and with the cooperation of other faculties in anthropology, art history, economic history, geography, political science, and other fields. Honours work may be also undertaken with the advice and supervision of members of the Research Schools of Pacific and Asian Studies and Social Sciences. Students interested in Honours should obtain a copy of the “Honours in Asian Studies Guidelines” from the Faculty of Asian Studies Office.
Part-time enrolment
The Bachelor of Asian Studies and some combined courses may be taken either full-time or part-time. Part-time students need to take account of the special requirements of successful language study: a high intensity of class contact is necessary, and some continuity must be maintained over a number of years. As the Year-in-Asia must be taken full-time, care and commitment are needed in planning a part-time course. Advice should be sought from the Sub-Dean.
Distinguished Scholar Program
The Faculty offers a Distinguished Scholar Program which is designed to stretch the abilities of high-achieving students by tailoring the undergraduate degree with a minimum of rules and restrictions. Entry to the program is competitive and for first year students is based on Year 12 results or outstanding achievements in the student’s chosen field. Entry for later-year students is based on academic acheivement in your degree course. Students interested in the Distinguished Scholar Program should contact the Faculty Secretary, Asian Studies, in the first instance.
Units from the Australian National Internships Program
The Australian National Internships Program (see Chapter 4 of this Handbook), which is a part of the Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Management, offers three Internships units which are available to later-year students in a number of degrees. Students apply separately to the Program for selection and admission to these units, but should also enrol in them in the normal way on re-enrolment forms. At the time of application to the Program, students should consult the appropriate Faculty Office to determine precisely how the unit will fit within their degree course requirements.
Careers for graduates in Asian Studies
As Australia moves toward closer economic and cultural ties with Asia, the demand for people with Asian language training and knowledge of the area is increasing.
Career prospects for Asian Studies graduates in both the public and private sectors are good. Asian Studies graduates are finding employment in areas such as marketing, international trade, banking and finance, the tourist industry, federal and state departments and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Graduates who have undertaken combined courses are especially well-placed to find employment in Australia and overseas.
Graduates who have combined their studies of Asia with vocationally-oriented qualifications in, say, economics, political science or law, are especially well-placed to benefit from career opportunities which open up as Australia’s relations with the nations of Asia develop.
Asian language graduates may obtain employment as translators and interpreters, following additional professional training. There is a need for personnel who can communicate with non-English speakers; for instance, in government departments dealing with immigration, ethnic affairs, social welfare, health and consumer affairs. A number of foreign language newspapers, radio programs and the SBS employ translators.
Asian language graduates who complete a postgraduate Diploma of Education can teach languages in primary and secondary schools.
Asian Studies graduates are also employable in areas not directly related to their language and area studies because of the training they obtain develops the ability to carry out research, communicate ideas and suggest solutions to problems. Their high level of intellectual training is valued by employers.
Asian Studies Units
Set out below is a list of all units offered by the Faculty of Asian Studies, grouped under majors with the requirements for the completion of that major. For the purposes of Asian Studies course requirements (including Combined Courses) these units count as “Asian Studies” units. Not all units are offered every year. Units listed in italics are not Asian Studies units, but can count towards the particular Asian Studies major under which they are listed. Descriptions of each unit are presented below in the sub-sections headed: Faculty units, Asian History Centre units, China and Korea Centre units, Japan Centre units, South and West Asia Centre units and Southeast Asia Centre units.
Language Majors
Arabic: A major requires the completion of the following units
SWAA1002 Introductory Arabic A
SWAA1003 Introductory Arabic B
SWAA2002 Contemporary
Arabic Literature
SWAA2003 Media Arabic
SWAA2004 Classical Arabic
Chinese: A major requires the completion of one of the following units
CHIN3007 Modern Chinese D
CHIN3012 Modern Chinese E
CHIN3013 Modern Chinese
F
CHIN3111 Advanced Modern Chinese A
CHIN3112 Advanced Modern Chinese B
and units to the value of at least 36 credit points chosen from
CHIN1011 Modern Chinese A
CHIN2011 Modern Chinese B
CHIN3006 Modern Chinese
C
CHIN3012 Modern Chinese E
CHIN3013 Modern Chinese F
CHIN3111 Advanced Modern
Chinese A
CHIN3112 Advanced Modern Chinese B
CHIN3005 Chinese Language and
Society
CHIN3008 Classical Chinese A1
CHIN3009 Classical Chinese A2
CHIN3010 Classical
Chinese B1
CHIN3011 Classical Chinese B2
CHIN3201 Cantonese A
CHIN3202 Cantonese
B
CHIN3105 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature and Thought
CHIN3108 Readings
in Modern Chinese Society and Law
CHIN3211 Advanced Readings in Chinese A
CHIN3212 Advanced
Readings in Chinese B
CHIN3210 Advanced Readings in Chinese C
Hindi and Sanskrit: A major requires the completion of units to the value of at least 44 credit chosen from
SWAH1002 Introductory Hindi A
SWAH1003 Introductory Hindi B
SWAH2002 Applied
Hindi
SWAH2004 Contemporary Hindi Literature
SWAH2005 Hindi Bhakti Poetry
SWAH2102 Nineteenth
Century Hindi Literature
SWAH2103 Twentieth Century Hindi Literature
SWAU2006 Urdu
Prose
SWAU2007 The Urdu Gazal
SWAS1001 Introductory Sanskrit
SWAS2103 The Sanskrit
Epics
SWAS2104 Hindu Texts
SWAS2105 Sanskrit Narrative Literature
SWAS2106 Buddhist
Texts
Indonesian: A major requires the completion of one of the following units
SEAI3002 Indonesian 3A
SEAI3003 Indonesian 3B
SEAI3102 Advanced Indonesian and
Malay A
SEAI3103 Advanced Indonesian and Malay B
and units to the value of at least 36 credit points chosen from
SEAI1002 Indonesian 1A
SEAI1003 Indonesian 1B
SEAI2002 Indonesian 2A
SEAI2003 Indonesian
2B
SEAI2004 Indonesian 2C
SEAI3002 Indonesian 3A
SEAI3003 Indonesian 3B
SEAI3102 Advanced
Indonesian and Malay A
SEAI3103 Advanced Indonesian and Malay B
SEAI3005 Advanced
Readings in Southeast Asian Culture
SEAI3004 Readings in Southeast Asian
Culture
SEAJ2005 Modern Javanese A
SEAJ3005 Modern Javanese B
SEAJ2004 Old Javanese
A
SEAJ3004 Old Javanese B
SEAI3103 Traditional Malay Literature
ASHI3504 Reading
Malay Political Culture
SWAA1002 Introductory Arabic A
SWAA1003 Introductory
Arabic B
SWAA2002 Contemporary Arabic Literature
SWAA2003 Media Arabic
SWAA2004 Classical
Arabic
SWAS1001 Introductory Sanskrit
SWAS2103 The Sanskrit Epics
SWAS2104 Hindu
Texts
SWAS2105 Sanskrit Narrative Literature
SWAS2106 Buddhist Texts
Japanese: A major requires the completion of units to the value of at least 44 credit points chosen from
JPNS1012 Spoken Japanese 1
JPNS1013 Spoken Japanese 2
JPNS1016 Written Japanese
AB
JPNS2012 Spoken Japanese 3
JPNS2013 Spoken Japanese 4
JPNS2023 Spoken Japanese
4S
JPNS2014 Written Japanese C
JPNS2015 Written Japanese D
JPNS2024 Japanese
Grammar*
JPNS3005 Advanced Japanese: Discourse Structure
JPNS3006 Advanced
Japanese: Language in Society
JPNS3007 Readings in Japanese Newspapers
JPNS3008 Readings
in Japanese Fiction
JPNS3009 Introduction to Classical Japanese
JPNS3010 Readings
in Classical Japanese
JPNS3013 Japanese-English Translation
JPNS3102 Japanese
Seminar A
JPNS3103 Japanese Seminar B
CHIN3008 Classical Chinese A1
CHIN3009 Classical
Chinese A2
*this is counted as a language unit only for students who when enrolled in it have not yet passed Spoken Japanese 4
Korean: A major requires the completion of units to the value of at least 44 credit points chosen from
CHIK1007 Korean A
CHIK1008 Korean B
CHIK2007 Korean C
CHIK2008 Korean D
CHIK2009 Written
Korean A
CHIK2010 Written Korean B
CHIK2011 Accelerated Korean A
CHIK2012 Accelerated
Korean B
CHIK3009 Advanced Korean A
CHIK3010 Advanced Korean B
CHIN3008 Classical
Chinese A1
CHIN3009 Classical Chinese A2
CHIN3010 Classical Chinese B1
CHIN3011 Classical
Chinese B2
Thai: A major requires the completion of
SEAT3002 Thai 3A
and units to the value of at least 36 credit points chosen from
SEAT1002 Thai 1A
SEAT1003 Thai 1B
SEAT2002 Thai 2A
SEAT2003 Thai 2B
SEAT3003 Thai
3B
SEAT3006 Thai 3C
SEAT3007 Thai 3D
SEAT2106 Seminar in Thai Linguistics
SEAT2107 Comparative-Historical
Tai Linguistics
ASHI3505 Reading Thai Popular Culture
SEAL3001 Lao
SWAS1001 Introductory
Sanskrit
SWAS2103 The Sanskrit Epics
SWAS2104 Hindu Texts
SWAS2105 Sanskrit Narrative
Literature
SWAS2106 Buddhist Texts
Vietnamese: A major requires the completion of
SEAV3002 Vietnamese 3A and
SEAV3003 Vietnamese 3B
and units to the value of at least 28 credit points chosen from
SEAV1002 Vietnamese 1A
SEAV1003 Vietnamese 1B
SEAV2002 Vietnamese 2A
SEAV2003 Vietnamese
2B
SEAV1004 Vietnamese for Native Speakers
CHIN3008 Classical Chinese A1
CHIN3009 Classical
Chinese A2
CHIN3010 Classical Chinese B1
CHIN3011 Classical Chinese B2
SEAT1002 Thai
1A
SEAT1003 Thai 1B
SEAT2002 Thai 2A
SEAT2003 Thai 2B
SEAT3002 Thai 3A
SEAT3003 Thai
3B
SEAT3006 Thai 3C
SEAT3007 Thai 3D
Analytical/Conceptual Majors
Asian History: A major requires the completion of
ASHI1001 Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia
and units to the value of at least 32 credit points chosen from
ASHI3001 Approaches to the Study of History
ASHI3004 Asia in “Crisis”
ASHI2161 China
under Mao, 1946-1976
ASHI2162 Chinese “Renaissance”: the Song Period
ASHI2012 Civilizing
Missions: Chinese Models & Local Realities in Japan, Korea & Vietnam
ASHI2013 Classical
India and Southeast Asia
ASHY2011 Colonialism & Resistance: Indonesia, Malaysia
& the Philippines
ASHI2163 Daoism
ASHI2309 Education and Social Change in Modern
Japan
ASHI2006 Gender and Korean History
ASHI2016 Gender and Power in East
Asia
AREL2264 How to Live in the Real World: “Practical Learning” in East
Asia
ASHI2263 India: The Emerging Giant
HIST2110 History and Theory *
ASHI3003 Histories
of Japan
ASHI2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development
AREL2162 Islam:
History and Institutions
ASHI2268 Law and Society in Southeast Asia
ASHI2515 Malaysia:
Politics, Society and Development
ASHY2013 Mainland Southeast Asia to 1900:
Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma) Thailand & Vietnam
ASHI2008 Middle Classes in Japan
and the Asia Pacific: Money, Freedom & Relationships
AREL2816 Modern Islamic
Thought: West to Southeast Asia
ASHI2009 Modern Japanese Society
ASHI2005 Modern
Korea
ASHY2013 National Identity and Its Critics: Asia, the British Isles
& Australia
ASHI2007 North Korea: History and Politics, 1945-1990s
ASHI2203 Origins
of East Asian Civilizations
ASHI2261 Pre-Modern Japan: History and Culture
ASHI3504 Reading
Malay Political Culture
ASHI3505 Reading Thai Popular Culture
ASHI3210 Readings
in Modern Chinese History
AREL2173 Religion and Social Movements in Southeast
Asia
ASHI2018 Society & Economy in China A: Historical Development
ASHI2019 Society
& Economy in China B : the People’s Republic
ASHY2012 State, Society & Politics
in Indonesia, Malaysia & the Philippines
ASHY2014 State, Society & Politics
in Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand & Vietnam
ASHI2001 Technology, Innovation
and Society
ASHI2413 Vietnam in the Twentieth Century
*Students intending to do Honours in Asian History are required to take History and Theory (HIST2110).
Approved history units may also be taken from subjects offered by the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts. With the agreement of the Head of the Asian History Centre students can take up to 16 credit points from this list as part of a major in Asian History. Detailed descriptions of these units are contained in the departmental entry for the Department of History in this Handbook. The units are:
HIST2107 American Voices: Aspects of Social Thought in the United States
1900-1990
HIST2117 Technology and Society, 1800-2000
HIST2090 The Black and
White Tribes of South Africa 1867 to present
HIST2120 The Decline of the
Middle Ages: England 1348-1485
HIST2119 Urban Australia, 1870-1970
Asian Literature: A major requires the completion of units to the value of at least 44 credit points including 2 of the following units
ALIT1004 Comparisons from Asian Literatures: Gender and Sexuality or
ALIT1003 Comparisons
from Asian Literatures: Identity, and
ALIT1002 What is literature?: Asian
Perspectives
plus at least 24 credit points from
SEAI3005 Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture
ASHI2162 Chinese “Renaissance”:
the Song Period
ALIT2003 Chinese Fictions
ALIT2002 Comparisons from Asian Literatures:
Gender and Sexuality
ALIT2001 Comparisons from Asian Literatures: Identity
JPNS2010 Japanese
Drama in Translation
SEAI3006 Literary Activism & State Power in Contemporary
Indonesia
JPNS2011 Modern Japanese Literature in Translation
JPNS2017 Pre-Modern
Japanese Literature in Translation
SEAI3004 Readings in Southeast Asian Culture
ASHI2010 Representing
Asia on Film: Southeast Asia
ASHI2011 Representing Asia on Film: East Asia
ALIT2004 Writing
New Societies in South and Southeast Asia
with no more than 8 credit points from
CHIN3114 Classical Chinese Poetry
SWAA2002 Contemporary Arabic Literature
SWAH2004 Contemporary
Hindi Literature
ASHI2006 Gender and Korean History
SWAH2005 Hindi Bhakti Poetry
JPNS3009 Introduction
to Classical Japanese
SWAH2102 Nineteenth Century Hindi Literature
JPNS3010 Readings
in Classical Japanese
JPNS3008 Readings in Japanese Fiction
CHIN3105 Readings
in Modern Chinese Literature and Thought
SWAS2105 Sanskrit Narrative Literature
SEAT3003 Thai
3B
SWAS2103 The Sanskrit Epics
SWAU2007 The Urdu Gazal
SWAH2103 Twentieth Century
Hindi Literature
SEAI3101 Traditional Malay Literature
SWAU2006 Urdu Prose
ENGL2052 Contact
Discourse
ENGL2018 Post-Colonial Literatures
ENGL2009 Theories of Literature
and Criticism
ENGL2058 Theories of Imitation and Representation
Asian Religions: A major requires the completion of
ASHI1001 Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or
RELS1002 Introduction
to Religion A and
RELS1003 Introduction to Religion B
and units to the value of at least 32 credit points chosen from
AREL2251 Buddhism
ASHI2012 Civilizing Missions: Chinese Models & Local Realities
in Japan, Korea & Vietnam
ASHI2013 Classical India and Southeast Asia
ASHI2163 Daoism
AREL2264 How
to Live in the Real World: “Practical Learning” in East Asia
AREL2162 Islam:
History and Institutions
AREL2263 Modern Hindu Thought
AREL2816 Modern Islamic
Thought: West to Southeast Asia
AREL2174 Mysticism
AREL2161 Religions and Politics
in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
AREL2173 Religion and Social Movements
in Southeast Asia
AREL2265 Religion in Modern East Asia
With the agreement of the Head of the Asian History Centre students can take up to 16 credit points of approved Religious Studies units offered in the Faculty of Arts. The units in this area are as follows:
ANTH2004 Religion, Ritual and Cosmology
ARTH2047 Art and Architecture of Asia:
Continuity and Change
ARTH205 Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia: Tradition
and Transformation
HIST2137 Ancient Israel: History, Religion and Archaeology
HIST2138 The
Historical Jesus and Christian Origins
Contemporary Asian Societies: A major requires the completion of
ASHI1001 Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia
and units to the value of at least 32 credit points chosen from
ASHI3004 Asia in “Crisis”
ASHI3002 Chinese Southern Diaspora
ASHI2014 Contemporary
Chinese Politics
ASHI2309 Education and Social Change in Modern Japan
ASHI2006 Gender
and Korean History
ASHI2016 Gender and Power in East Asia
ASHI2263 India: The
Emerging Giant
ASHI2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development
ASHI2017 International
Relations in North East Asia
AREL2172 Japanese Religion in Modern Times
ASHI2268 Law
and Society in Southeast Asia
ASHI2515 Malaysia: Politics, Society and Development
ASHI2008 Middle
Classes in Asia and the Pacific: Money, Freedom & Relationships
ASHI2009 Modern
Japanese Society
ASHI2005 Modern Korea
ASHY2261 National Identity and its Critics
ASHI2007 North
Korea: History and Politics, 1945-1990s
ASHI3504 Reading Malay Political
Culture
ASHI3505 Reading Thai Popular Culture
AREL2161 Religions and Politics
in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
AREL2173 Religion and Social Movements
in Southeast Asia
ASHI2010 Representing Asia on Film: Southeast Asia
ASHI2011 Representing
Asia on Film: East Asia
ASHI2018 Society and Economy in China A: Historical
development
ASHI2019 Society and Economy in China B: the People’s Republic
ASHY2014 State,
Society & Politics in Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand & Vietnam
ASHY2012 State,
Society & Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia & the Philippines
ASHI2001 Technology,
Innovation and Society
ASHI2413 Vietnam in the 20th Century
With the agreement of the Head of the Asian History Centre students can take up to 16 credit points of approved units offered by other Faculties. The units in this area are as follows:
ANTH2007 Anthropology and South East Asia
ANTH2018 Anthropology of Indonesia
ANTH2054 Cities
and People
ARTH2047 Art and Architecture of Asia: Continuity and Change
ARTH2056 Art
and Architecture in Southeast Asia: Tradition and Transformation
ECHI2109 Asian
Giants
ECHI2108 Emerging Southeast Asia: the Economic Rise of Australia’s
neighbours
ECON2008 Japanese Economy and Economic Policy
ECON3009 Southeast
Asia Economy Policy and Development
MUSM2087 Music, Culture and Society B
(Asian)
POLS2027 Politics in China
POLS2029 Politics in Japan
POLS2070 Politics
in Central & West Asia
POLS2033 Politics in Southeast Asia
SOCY2039 Contemporary
Chinese Society
Japanese Linguistics: A major requires the completion of units to the value of at least 44 credit points including the following 2 units
LING1001/2001 Introduction to the Study of Language
JPNS2007 Japanese Linguistics
plus at least 6 credit points chosen from
LING1004 Phonetics and Phonology/
LING2004 Phonetics and Phonology
LING2003 Introduction
to Syntax
plus at least 24 credit points chosen from
JPNS2024 Japanese Grammar
JPNS2009 Japanese Lexicon
JPNS2019 Japanese Phonetics
and Phonology
JPNS3011 History of Japanese Language
ALIN1001 Language in Asia*/
ALIN2001 Language
in Asia*
JPNS3012 Teaching Japanese: Content
JPNS3014 Teaching Japanese: Method
JPNS3013 Japanese-English
Translation
*This unit is also available for those students who are not taking Japanese Linguistics as a conceptual / analytical major, but taking it as a non-language unit relevant to the study of the chosen area of Asia. Details of this unit are listed under the Faculty units section of this Handbook.
Asian Politics: The Faculty offers a program of courses in Asian Politics:
ASHI3004 Asia in “Crisis”
ASHI2014 Contemporary Chinese Politics
ASHI2016 Gender
and Power in East Asia
ASHI2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development
ASHI2017 International
Relations in North East Asia
ASHI2515 Malaysia: Politics, Society and Development
ASHI2008 Middle
Classes in Asia and the Pacific: Money, Freedom & Relationships
ASHI2007 North
Korea: History and Politics, 1945-1990s
AREL2161 Religions and Politics in
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
AREL2173 Religion and Social Movements in
Southeast Asia
ASHY2014 State, Society & Politics in Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma),
Thailand & Vietnam
ASHY2012 State, Society & Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia
& the Philippines
Units taken from this list contribute to the requirements of the Contemporary Asian Societies major described above.
Units offered by the Faculty
The following units are offered by the Faculty rather than a specific Centre within the Faculty.
Descriptions of Units offered
Language in Asia ALIN1001
(6cp)
Language in Asia ALIN2001
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes per week
Coordinator: Dr Quinn
Prerequisites: Introduction to the Study of Language
NOTE: First-year students will normally take ALIN1001; later-year students ALIN2001
Syllabus: The unit aims to familiarise students with the linguistic situation in Asia. It investigates the major languages of the region from the perspective of their genetic status, their historical development and interaction, their major typological features, and their present-day social position. Sample topics discussed will include writing-systems, the role of classical varieties, patterns of borrowing, honorifics, and language standardisation, with illustration from the range of Asian languages taught at the ANU. Students enrolled in ALIN2001 will be required to undertake additional reading and assignments.
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Asian Literature major
The aim of this major is to introduce students to the many literary traditions of the Asian region and to develop their skills in reading, discussing and writing about a work of literature. In first semester in first year students are encouraged to use a thematic approach to explore and compare literature from different cultural traditions. Second semester involves a concentration on the literary genres of Asian traditions, requiring students to think about how to define the genres to which the works belong. The aim is to provide a foundation on which students may build more specific literary studies, including of works written in the language in which they might be majoring.
Students will be encouraged to explore the social and literary environments which have shaped the production and interpretation of literary texts in both historical and contemporary cultures, and to consider the significance of such matters as a writer’s nationality, cultural background, gender, social class and historical context.
In addition to broadening a student’s knowledge and enjoyment of the literature studied, the Asian Literature Major aims to enhance a student’s powers of analysis, argument and expression.
A list of units and the requirements for the Asian Literature major are contained above under the heading Asian Studies Units.
Comparisons from Asian Literatures: Gender & Sexuality ALIT1004
(6cp)
Note: This unit can also be taken as a later-year unit ALIT2002 (8cp)
First
semester
Two lectures and one tutorial per week
Coordinator: Dr R Tyler
Syllabus: The unit will explore the construction and representation of gender and sexuality in a variety of Asian literatures. Materials range from ancient to contemporary texts, which will all be presented in accessible English translation. The unit aims to develop a basic historical background through the use of comparative materials from ancient and medieval texts through to modern and contemporary, as a basis for comparing the portrayal of gender and sexuality in literary texts across Asia. The theoretical underpinning of the unit will be drawn from recent critical writings in the areas of feminism and literary and cultural studies.
Gender dynamics involve a complex interaction between female and male representations of each other and themselves, the material form of their society and the shared perceptions of that society. The unit will explore such issues as: images of the feminine and masculine, the seemingly universal pattern of female subordination in traditional societies, distinctions between politics and culture, prescriptions of sexuality, the relation between gender and class, and the relation of gender to colonialism and nationalism.
Preliminary reading
Comparisons from Asian Literatures: Identity ALIT1003
(6cp)
Note: This unit can also be taken as a later-year unit ALIT2001 (8cp)
Not
offered in 1999
This unit is team taught by members of the Faculty of Asian
Studies.
Syllabus: In this unit, students will explore the relationship between identity and narration in a variety of literary traditions of the Asian region. The materials range from ancient to contemporary texts, which will all be presented in accessible English translation. The main aim of the unit is to explore ideas about personal identity and its relation to such concepts as nationhood, modernity and culture. The unit will raise such issues as: the continuity between traditional and modern representations of self, the fictional representation of power relations, the social and literary environments which have shaped the production and interpretation of literary texts in both historical and contemporary cultures, and the significance of a writer’s nationality, cultural background, gender, social class and historical epoch in the shaping of a work of fiction. Students will be introduced to historical and theoretical perspectives from which to deepen their understanding of what they read and to develop critical thinking about literature and its relationship to culture and identity. We will focus on the relation between older traditions and emerging modern identity.
Throughout the unit, the possibilities and limitations of literary translation will be discussed. Students will be encouraged to read the texts closely, attentively and responsively.
Preliminary reading
What is literature?: Asian Perspectives ALIT1002
(6cp)
Second semester
Two lectures and one tutorial per week
Coordinator: Dr G Quinn
Syllabus: The unit is an introduction to the concepts of literature in a number of Asian traditions.The materials range from ancient to contemporary texts, which will all be presented in accessible English translation. Theunit will focus on attitudes to literature and explore the variety of texts in Asian literatures, requiring students to consider the relevance of European genre categories: novel, poem, epic etc in relation to these texts. Thus the main aim is to problematise the relationship between text and genre and issues of translation (across language history and culture). We will consider how particular texts work and how best they can be categorized in terms of genre. The unit will explore some aspects of the social and literary environments which have shaped the production and interpretation of literary texts in both historical and contemporary Asian cultures, and consider the significance of a writer’s nationality, cultural background, gender, social class and historical situation in the shaping of a work of fiction.
Preliminary reading
Chinese Fictions ALIT2003
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Two lectures and one seminar each week
No prerequisites
unless it is to be counted towards an Asian Literature major
Lecturer: Professor Jenner
Syllabus: China created one of the world’s great traditions of written fiction, developing short and extended printed fiction for the market centuries before Europe. This unit will look closely at what Chinese fiction has been doing across two millennia and how it has done it. Stories and novels will be examined in English translation.
Among the topics to be discussed will be how stories are structured and told; the relationship between written fiction and such performances as oral storytelling and theatre; characters, stereotypes, class, men and women; how the market and printing affect fiction; entertainment and propaganda; and how fiction has changed since the impact of the West.
The fiction that will be looked at will include Zuo zhuan and Shi ji; the early mediaeval story; stories about urban life from Ming collections; Three Kingdoms; Journey to the West; Shui hu (Water Margin); Jin Ping Mei and novels of Ming daily life; Hong lou meng (A Dream of Red Mansions, the Story of the Stone, the Dream of the Red Chamber); fictional responses to the West and the decay of the old order in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; new roles for fiction under the Republic; fiction in the service of the Communist Party; fiction and protest; the fiction of the Deng era and after.
Writing New Societies in South and Southeast Asia ALIT2004
(8cp)
First semester
Three class hours per week
Coordinators: Professor Virginia Hooker and Dr Barz
No prerequisites unless it is to be counted towards an Asian Literature major (in which case the prerequisites are the first year units of the Literature major).
Syllabus: Can literature by Indian and Southeast Asian writers illuminate an understanding of their societies? This unit will take some elements of post-colonial theory as a starting point for analysing literature (in translation) — by Indian, Vietnamese, Malay, and Indonesian writers — as a reflection of and reaction to social change and modernity.
The emphasis will be on the writings themselves as primary sources for the study of culture and society and the unit will supplement language units (in Hindi, Vietnamese, and Indonesian) through this concern with cultural context. The unit also explores the possibilities of post-colonial theory as a critical tool and examines its usefulness as a methodology for writing from South Asia and from Southeast Asia.
The unit assumes no previous knowledge of the languages of the regions or of post-colonial theory. It will be team taught by members of the Faculty of Asian Studies.
Preliminary reading
Units offered by the Asian History Centre
Head of Centre: Dr C.J. Reynolds
The Centre is responsible not only for the Asian History major, but also for the Asian Religions major, the Contemporary Asian Societies major and the program of courses in Asian Politics. Units cover Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea and India. Attention is also given to developments in Australian relations with the region. Students from outside the Faculty are welcome to take units in the Centre.
Summary of units offered in 1999
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First semester |
Second Semester |
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ASHI1001 Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia* |
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RELS1002 Introduction to Religion A* |
RELS1003 Introduction to Religion B* |
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ASHI2014 Contemporary Chinese Politics |
ASHI3004 Asia in “Crisis” |
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ASHI3002 The Chinese Southern Diaspora |
ASHI2162 Chinese “Renaissance”: the Song Period |
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HIST2110 History and Theory |
ASHI2016 Gender and Power in East Asia |
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ASHI2263 India: The Emerging Giant |
ASHI3005 Knowledge, Power & Colonialism in Southeast Asia |
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ASHI2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society & Development |
ASHI2268 Law & Society in Southeast Asia |
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ASHI2017 International Relations in Northeast Asia |
ASHI2515 Malaysia: Politics, Society & Development |
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ASHY2013 Mainland Southeast Asia to 1900: Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand & Vietnam |
ASHI2008 Middle Classes in Japan and the Asia Pacific: Money, Freedom & Relationships |
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AREL2263 Modern Hindu Thought |
AREL2816 Modern Islamic Thought: West & Southeast Asia |
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ASHI2009 Modern Japanese Society |
ASHI2007 North Korea: History & Politics, 1945-1990s |
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ASHI2005 Modern Korea |
ASHI3210 Readings in Modern Chinese History |
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ASHI2203 Origins of East Asian Civilizations |
AREL2161 Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh |
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AREL2173 Religion and Social Movements in Southeast Asia |
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ASHY2014 State, Society & Politics in Cambodia, Myanmar(Burma), Thailand & Vietnam |
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* First-year units
Description of units offered
Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia ASHI1001
(12cp)
Annual
Two lectures and one tutorial a week
Lecturer: Dr Vervoorn
Syllabus: This unit introduces students to some of the central issues presently facing Asian nations, by focusing on the relations between the individual and the socio-political order. It considers how values and traditions are shaped by social, political and economic change, and influences them in their turn.
Major themes include the interaction of indigenous and western concepts of the rights and responsibilities of the individual, and ideas relating to the family and gender, as well as the impact of economic and political globalisation on the working and social lives of individuals. The unit incorporates material relating to the major cultural and religious traditions of Asia, and aims at developing a comparative understanding of Asian cultures and societies.
Preliminary reading
Prescribed text
Introduction to Religion A (Judaism, Christianity & Islam) RELS1002
(6cp)
First semester
Two hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week
Lecturers: Mr Barnes & Dr Street
Syllabus: Methods in the study of religion. The question of religious evolution. Historic religions. The three Semitic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), studied from the point of view of their historical relationships and their present situation in the world. Contemporary religious revivalism and fundamentalism.
Preliminary reading
Introduction to Religion B (South Asian and East Asian Religious Traditions) RELS1003
(6cp)
Second semester
Two hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week
Lecturer: Dr Powers
Syllabus: Anthropological and philosophical approaches to religion. An introduction to Indian and Chinese religious traditions. A discussion of Eastern and Western views of religion from a philosophical perspective. Religion and ideology in the world today.
Preliminary reading
Approaches to the Study of History ASHI3001
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Kumar
Prerequisite: Open to later-year honours students or others with permission of the Head of Centre
Syllabus: This unit is intended to introduce honours students both to the main Asian historiographical traditions (East, South and West) and to the major developments in modern Western historiography (the influence of Marx and Weber, the Annales School, structuralism and later developments).
Asia in “Crisis” ASHI3004
(8cp)
Second Semester
Two 90 minute lectures with discussion per week
Conveners: Dr Ileto and Professor Jenner
Syllabus: The unit will evaluate the coverage of what is presented as the most serious combination of crisis affecting Southeast and East Asia since the 1960s. It will examine how crises in Asian countries are made and perceived, how stock images of rapidly developing and highly complex situations are created, and on how different analyses of rapidly developing situations are made for many purposes. Material to be evaluated will be drawn from print, broadcast and internet media.
Class meetings will be comprised of a lecture and discussion to be conducted by ANU-based experts on countries of the region.
Preliminary reading
Buddhism AREL2251
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Powers
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or Introduction to Religion B
Syllabus: This unit is concerned with the world views of selected Buddhist traditions, — their context, history, philosophy, manifestations and impact on Asian cultures. We will examine the Indian background of Buddhism, how it was translated into Tibet, China and Japan, and how major philosophical and religious movements in India were adapted to East Asian ideas and symbols.
The unit will be concerned mainly with a history of ideas in Asian Buddhism, and its aim is to give students a conceptual grasp of important Buddhist ideas, myths and symbols. In additions to these theoretical concerns, we will examine the connection between theory and practice and the cross-cultural ramifications of Buddhist thought.
Preliminary reading
China Under Mao, 1946-1976 ASHI2161
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Two hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week
Lecturer: Professor Jenner
Syllabus: This unit will explore the appearances and, as far as one can, the realities of revolutionary China between 1946 and 1976 under the rule of Mao Zedong: domestic and international political events, the ideas that drove them, and the economic, social, cultural and other changes that came about. It will investigate how and why the great upheavals happened, the role of ordinary men and women in the revolution and its impact on them, how China did and did not change, and the legacies of these decades. We will examine critically the sources of information and opinion for this period and the images of China in words and pictures that were created domestically and abroad at the time and since. We will try not only to analyse events and underlying long-term change but to recapture the atmosphere of the time. Students will make extensive use of primary sources (from newspaper articles and monographs to novels and films) written in English or in English translation.
Preliminary reading
Chinese “Renaissance”: the Song Period ASHI2162
(8cp)
Second Semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott
Prerequisite: 16 credit points from units in Asian History or History or English
Syllabus: Song dynasty China (960–1278) belongs to a period of profound change in most aspects of Chinese social, economic and political structure. In particular, there seems to have been continuing economic growth at a level which is very rare in world history before the modern period.
This unit will begin with a brief study of these changes, but its main focus will be on the culture of the Song period. It will emphasise the creativity and variety of Song literature and art, and the contemporary debates about them. While almost all the surviving material concerns the culture of the literate elite, we will give attention also to evidence on popular culture and its connexions with the high tradition.
The practice, doctrine and organisation of religions, at both the elite and the popular level, will be studied. Students will be guided to an informed understanding of the main schools of philosophical thought, and the major thinkers who helped to create them. Insofar as it is possible without specialised technical study, the unit will also examine the development of scientific knowledge in the period.
Preliminary reading
The Chinese Southern Diaspora ASHI3002
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Godley
Prerequisites: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or a first-year unit in the Department of History or a first year unit in anthropology.
Syllabus: Australia, New Zealand, and the adjacent islands of the Pacific have become one of the key new frontiers of Chinese migration. The Chinese now represent the largest Asian minority in these countries, of roughly Southeast Asian dimensions.
In the age of globalisation, dual or multiple identity, which Chinese migrants have long been accustomed to negotiating, have taken on fresh significance. With the study of nationalism increasingly concerned with diasporas and multiculturalism, the unit will focus on the Chinese in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Taught normally by a visiting specialist scholar funded by the Jennifer Cushman Memorial Fund, the unit will cover both theoretical issues of diasporic identities, and the particular experience of the Chinese in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
Preliminary reading
Civilizing Missions: Chinese models and local realities in Japan, Korea & Vietnam ASHI2012
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Three hours of classes a week
Coordinator: Dr Jeffcott and Dr Wells
Syllabus: Does it make sense, historically, to speak of a single “East Asian Civilization”? This unit explores an argument often given for the conclusion that East Asia had a cultural unity in some ways similar to that of Europe.
The Chinese past is represented in the official Histories as the story of the development and functioning of the centralized Imperial state, and the changing culture of the literate elite which participated in it and supported it. The institutional, literary, religious and artistic forms of the regime which the Histories define were used to impose and to justify social power in many different regions and in many different ways.
Outside China ruling or influential groups in Korea, Japan and Vietnam adopted one or other element from this Chinese repertoire for their own use. The unit will look at the significance of these models in Chinese history itself, and the circumstances in which they were adopted for use outside China. It will give attention to the differences among the societies, and the resulting differences in the understanding, functioning and eventual fate of the models. To what extent do these differences undermine the idea of a common East Asian civilization?
Preliminary reading
Classical India and Southeast Asia ASHI2013
(8cp)
(Incompatible with Indianised States of Southeast Asia ASHI2262 and India:
The Classical Civilisation ASHI2172)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Proudfoot.
Syllabus: The unit will unfold in two parts. The first briefly delineates key elements of the classical tradition: religious thought, epic mythology, literature and the arts, the sciences of politics, law and social systems. The second looks at how the tradition has been given meaning at the local level, taking examples from India, Java and Cambodia.
The nature of our sources means that we will often be working through literature, sculpture and architecture, and will need to consider the aesthetic principles governing these forms. They will also lead us into questions of religious change and the political and social order.
Students interested in this unit might also like to consider Religion and Politics of India, India: The Emerging Giant or Southeast Asian history units (in Asian Studies), or The Archaeology of Southeast Asia, Art and Architecture of Asia and Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia (in Arts).
Preliminary reading
Colonialism and Resistance in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASHY2011
(8cp)
(Incompatible with The Making of Modern Southeast Asia:The Island World
ASHY2008)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturers: Dr Ileto (coordinator), Dr Kumar, Professor Milner
Syllabus: This unit focusses on the “island world” of Southeast Asia which Dutch, British, Spanish and American rule transformed into colonial territories, and which nationalists later forged into the nation-states of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It charts the impact of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity on society and politics; the socio-economic transformation of traditional polities; the colonial wars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the Euro-American impact on society; and resistance to colonial rule at the elite and village levels. The unit places emphasis on exploring the manifold effects of colonialism as well as the varieties of resistance to it.
Preliminary reading
Contemporary Chinese Politics ASHI2014
(8cp)
(Incompatible with China Since Mao ASHI2264 and Approaches to the Study
of Contemporary China CHIN2018)
First semester
Two lectures and a tutorial
each week
Lecturer: Professor Jenner
Syllabus: This unit examines the politics of contemporary China, with the main emphasis on the period since the death of Mao in 1976, while not neglecting the still relevant political cultures inherited from the dynastic past and from the revolutionary era.
How does the Chinese state work, and what has kept the Communist Party in power when so many of its pre-1976 policies have been abandoned? How have the politics of over twenty years of economic change been managed? Is it realistic to see movement towards democracy and the emergence of civil society?
The handling of relations with Hong Kong and Taiwan will be looked at closely, as will the crises of 1989 and the problems arising from the prolonged death of Deng Xiaoping and the post-Deng order. Other topics to be examined include the ideological change from revolutionary to post-revolutionary nationalism, devolution and the maintenance of central state power, the problems of holding a large multinational empire together, and China’s dealings with the rest of the world. We will also look at the role of the armed forces in internal politics, and at China’s strategic and security concerns. How far is law becoming a factor in China’s politics? Do propaganda and ideology still matter?
Other ANU specialists on contemporary China and its politics will contribute to this unit.
Preliminary reading
Daoism ASHI2163
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Penny
Syllabus: Daoism represents one of Chinas most fundamental and least known cultural traditions. This unit will begin with the classics of the Daoist tradition, the Laozi (also known as the Daodejing or The Way and its Power) and the Zhuangzi, and study of the many different ways they have been interpreted in China and elsewhere. It will also survey the history of Daoism as an organised religion from its first appearance up to the Peoples Republic. Topics will include the pursuit of immortality through alchemy, meditation and drug therapy, revelation and sacred texts, mysticism and ritual and the relationship of Daoism with other religious and philosophical systems. We will also consider the adoption and rereading of Daoism in the West.
Preliminary reading
Education and Social Change in Modern Japan ASHI2309
(16cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia
Syllabus: The political history of Japan since 1850 serves as the main framework for the study of social change and education in modern Japan. The transformation of an agrarian society into an urban one, with the attendant reshaping of the life course of Japanese people, is studied within the context of state formation in modern Japan. The lives of representative Japanese, especially that phase of the life course spent in school, are studies in relation to the political history of this nation-state and the changing place of Japan in the modern world.
Preliminary reading
Gender and Korean History ASHI2006
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Wells
Prerequisite: A first year unit in History, Politics or Anthropology, or Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia, or an approved Womens Program course.
Syllabus: This unit is a cultural history unit in which the organisation and activities of the people on the Korean peninsula are approached from the point of view of various beliefs and practices concerning gender. The Korean experience is perhaps ideal for a study of this kind, since from traditional times its society had been organised according to a cosmic, explicit doctrine of gender.
The unit begins with consideration of the chief issues that have been raised in writings on gender history, including whether there is a virtually universal pattern of female subordination in traditional societies and beyond, distinctions between biology, politics and culture, prescriptions of sexuality, the relation between gender and class, and the relation of gender to colonialism and nationalism.
This is followed by consideration of traditional gender relations in Korea on the basis of a variety of materials, including literature, and the alleged transformation of gender relations between the Koryo and Choson dynasties.
The main focus of the unit, however, will be placed on the 20th century, where we will deal specifically with the question of gender in relation to invasion, colonial rule, nationalist movements and modernisation.
Preliminary reading
Gender and Power in East Asia ASHI2016
(8cp)
(Incompatible with Gender and Korean History ASHI2006)
Second Semester
Three
hours of classes a week
Lecturers: Dr Wells, Dr Akami and Dr Jeffcott
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary or a unit from the Women’s Studies Program or a 1st year unit from the Faculty of Arts.
Syllabus: In Korea and Japan, and to some extent also in China, traditional societies have been organised consciously around a well-defined understanding of gender origins and relations. In a sense one could claim that traditional East Asian societies have been constructed around views of gender, and that these views at particular times and in particular places informed the ideological framework within which political, economic and cultural power was exercised. These traditional understandings continue to influence discussion of significant changes in gender relations and functions in contemporary East Asian societies.
This unit begins with consideration of some central principles of gender studies. We then examine foundation myths of East Asian nations and move thence to the various formulations and reformulations of gender dynamics throughout traditional times, after which we are in a position to tackle the complexity of the gender debates in modern and comteporary East Asian societies. Throughout the unit we shall draw upon a wide range of sources, from standard histories to theoretical works, literary examples, oral accounts, legal treatises, and statistical analyses.
Preliminary reading
History and Theory HIST2110
(8cp)
(Incompatible with Writing Histories HIST3001)
First semester
One two-hour
lecture and one one hour tutorial a week. Lectures will be taped
Lecturers: Dr Forth, Dr Matthews & Dr Reynolds
Prerequisite: At least twelve credit points in History (Arts) or Asian History
Syllabus: This unit explores long-standing and recent debates over the nature of history, historians, and the past. The unit will consider a wide variety of historical texts, looking at notions of historical truth, history of process, and how historians construct an historical past. In particular, it will focus on the theory and writing of history since the linguistic turn. Topics will include: the Annales School; social history; Marxist theories of history; ‘postcolonial’ critiques of history; Foucault and the new cultural history; feminist histories; and postmodernism and history.
Preliminary reading
Histories of Japan ASHI3003
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisites: Japanese, Korean or Chinese language major completed at distinction level or its equivalent, or permission of the Head of the Asian History Centre.
This unit offers a survey of Japanese history through critical reading of single volume histories in English. Students are introduced to writers in the field, their presuppositions, preoccupationd and range of skills.
Preliminary reading
How to Live in the Real World:“Practical Learning” in East Asia AREL2264
(8cp)
(Incompatible with “Confucianism” in Question: Orthodoxy and Enlightment
AREL 2261)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott
Prerequisite: Origins of East Asian Civilization or permission of the lecturer
Syllabus: “Buddhism is a corruption which eats into and destroys people, and yet when the people lead each other on to follow it, it is only because they think that Buddhism teaches the way to do good.” (Ouyang Xiu)
Buddhist ideas and practices had a profound influence on all aspects of Chinese life and thought. In turn, the translations, texts and philosophical schools of Chinese Buddhism came to be important parts of the traditions of all the societies of East Asia. Yet the major thinkers of the last millennium of Chinese — and to a great extent East Asian — history rejected Buddhism as an “empty” doctrine. Their allegiance was instead to the “real” or “practical” ideas they associated with Confucianism. Their kind of Confucianism, however, had to answer different questions from those of the earlier thinkers of this school. To counter Buddhist teachings, it needed doctrines which could speak to the metaphysical, spiritual and ethical ideas and values which made Buddhism appealing. It drew not only on earlier Chinese ideas of all kinds, but also, usually without acknowledgment, on Buddhist ideas as well. The systems and schools which developed as a result are generally known in English under the overall title “Neo-Confucianism”. In one form or another, ideas which are described as “Neo-Confucian” were the dominant orthodoxies in all of East Asia down to modern times. Yet the label does no justice to the variety, the internal debates, or the changes over time in the ideas it is meant to cover.
This unit is meant as an introduction to the major schools and debates on this tradition of thought, not only in China but also in Korea and Japan. It will begin with a very general sketch of Buddhist thought and practice in these societies. It will make every effort to relate ideas to the social and cultural environments in which they developed and flourished.
Preliminary reading
India: The Emerging Giant ASHI2263
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week.
Lecturer: Dr Powers and Professor Low
Prerequisite: A first year unit in History, Asian History, Politics or Anthropology.
Syllabus: This unit is intended to provide an overview of contemporary India and its role as one of the dominant economic and military powers of Asia. The unit begins with ancient and medieval Indian history and the religions of India, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam. The bulk of the unit is concerned with the present situation in India, and will include sections on politics and nationalism, sectarian and religious conflicts, tensions and separatist movements, economics and the implications of recent moves toward liberalisation of the economy, the role of the middle class in shaping the present economic climate and the future development of trade relations with other countries, and demographics. In addition, we will examine India’s role in South Asian politics and security issues relating to its neighbours, particularly Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and China. The aim of the unit is to provide students with a comprehensive and wide-ranging overview of India in order that they may better understand its role in contemporary Asia and its potential importance for Australia, particularly in terms of business and politics.
Preliminary reading
Indonesia: Politics, Society & Development ASHI2516
(8cp)
First semester
Two lectures and one tutorial a week
Lecturer: Dr Kumar
Prerequisite: A first-year unit in Asian History or anthropology, economics, economic history, history, geography, political science or sociology
Syllabus: The syllabus will focus on current political, economic and social issues and the post-independence developments that have given rise to the present situation. It will also deal with the cultural and intellectual aspects of these issues.
Preliminary reading
Islam: History and Insitutions AREL2162
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Street
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in contemporary Asia, or a first-year unit in religious studies, anthropology, history or permission of the lecturer
Syllabus: Students will be presented with a survey of the history of Islam in West Asia and North Africa from the seventh century till the present day. The unit also examines the development of the central institutions of Islam in the context of that history. Special attention will be paid to those institutions and events which determine the substance and allusions of modern political debate in Islamic countries: the Koran, the Holy Law, and the Caliphate.
Preliminary reading
International Relations of Northeast Asia ASHI2017
(8cp)
First semester
Two lectures and a tutorial weekly
Convener and principal lecturer: Dr Lankov
Syllabus: This unit will examine the international relations of Northeast Asia over the last hundred years, from the height of “old” imperialist rivalry to the post-Soviet world. This region has been critical to global security since the 1930s. The main focus will be on the interactions of China, Japan, Korea, Russia/the USSR, the European powers and the United States through two centuries of upheaval and change.
Other ANU specialists in the history, politics and international relations of the region will also contribute to the unit.
Preliminary reading
Knowledge, Power and Colonialism in Southeast Asia ASHI3005
(8cp)
Second semester
One two hour seminar per week
Lecturers: Drs Ileto and Reynolds
Prerequisite: Completion of at least 96 CP
Syllabus: This unit examines the constructed nature of Southeast Asian studies as a body of knowledge. As a result of the debate stimulated by Edward Said’s work (Orientalism 1978), historians have been challenged to reflect in new ways on the relationship between what they write and the societies they study. Using the extensive literature on postcolonial and poststructural theory in relation to recently published critiques of the state of the field, we will raise question about Southeast Asian identity and authenticity. To gain perspective on the Western discourse of Orientalism, we will look at the ways Southeast Asian societies have historically formulated different kinds of knowledge about themselves and others. The immediate aim of the unit is to be sufficiently informed in current theory to be able to “re-read” critically English-language source materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on selected Southeast Asian societies.
Preliminary reading
Law and Society in Southeast Asia ASHI2268
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Professor Hooker
Prerequisite: No knowledge of the area is assumed but a background in Asian Studies, especially with a language, would be an advantage.
Syllabus: The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to the legal cultures of Southeast Asia, an area of immediate importance to Australia. Legally speaking the area is one of the most complex in the world for law; it comprises: Burmese, Thai, Khmer and Java-Bali laws (the so-called Indian group), the Malay and cognate laws (the Islamic group), the Vietnamese (the Chinese group); on the European side we have Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch and English laws. These laws exist today in varying combinations, occasionally in harmony, often in mixed or hybrid forms and, not infrequently, in conflict.
Part 1 of this unit provides an historical outline of these systems. In Part 2 we choose from among a number of contemporary issues which include the following: Constitutional law; Family law; Women and religious law (Islam); Laws applicable to the overseas Chinese; Customary law of the land; Current law reforms in selected states; Islamic law in Southeast Asia; Colonial law and Legal pluralism.
Preliminary reading
Mainland Southeast Asia to 1900: Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma) Thailand and Vietnam ASHY2013
(Incompatible with The Making of Modern Southeast Asia: The Mainland ASHY2010
and Modern Southeast Asian History: The Mainland ASHI2417)
First semester
Three
hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Reynolds
Prerequisites: A first-year unit in History or Asian History
Syllabus: Mainland Southeast Asia includes Thailand, Burma, Vietnam and Cambodia. One of the aims of the unit is to survey the historical background to the ideological confrontation which has made mainland Southeast Asia one of the most turbulent regions of the modern world. Topics include Eurocentricism in the study of the state, the origins of bureaucratic authoritarianism, anti-colonial movements and family and state power.
Preliminary reading
Malaysia: Politics, Society and Development ASHI2515
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Proudfoot
Prerequisite: A first-year unit in Asian History or anthropology, economics, economic history, history, geography, political science or sociology
Syllabus: Malaysia has a multicultural population about the size of Australia’s. This unit looks into the dramatic transformations modern Malaysia has experienced, focussing on a number of interlinked topics including ethnic relations, economic development, urbanisation and religious intensification together with changes in political policy and practice.
Preliminary reading
Middle Classes in Japan and the Asia Pacific Region: Money, Freedom and Relationships ASHI2008
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Akami
Prerequisite: A first-year unit in History, Asian History, Politics, or Anthropology.
Syllabus: This course examines the role of the middle classes in the Asia and Pacific region mainly in politics and culture in international regional and domestic contexts. The focus is both on contemporary and historical issues. The first few weeks will unfold main issues and perspectives, relating to globalization and postcolonialism, and the following weeks deal with issues such as globalization and middle classes, NGOS and middle classes, popular culture and middle classes, democracy and middle classes, or gender relations and middle classes. These topics are, however, subject to change, according to the availability of guest lecturers.
While these issues will be discussed in a country specific manner, students are encouraged to take an active role to discuss a wider implication of each issue beyond a specific national context.
Preliminary reading
Modern Hindu Thought AREL2263
(8cp)
First semester
Two hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week
Lecturer: Dr Powers
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or Introduction to Religion A and B
Syllabus: Focuses on classical and modern Hindu philosophy. We will look at the formative texts and movements in orthodox Indian thought from the Vedas up to such modern philosophers of the Ultimate, the authoritative scriptures and the valid means of knowledge, and how to distinguish truth and falsehood.
Preliminary reading
Modern Japanese Society ASHI2009
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Akami
Prerequisite: A first-year unit in History, Asian History, Politics, or Anthropology.
Syllabus: This unit is an introductory unit on modern Japanese society, which provides students with basic understanding and introduces key issues and various perspectives to analyse these issues. While it covers major economic and political events after the Meiji restoration of 1868 to the present, its main focus is on the consequences of these events on social, intellectual and cultural aspects. The unit aims to provoke questions about assumptions behind the perspectives, such as the notion of an East/West dichotomy and the totality of national culture. It also tries to see the historicity of conventional understandings of modern Japanese society. It sets out to examine when, how and why these understandings were constructed, and it considers the implications of recent events. Students will be encouraged to bring in a comparative perspective in tutorials and essays.
Preliminary reading
Modern Islamic Thought: West and Southeast Asia AREL2816
(8cp)
(Incompatible with Trends in Modern Islamic Thought AREL2815)
Second Semester
Two
hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week
Lecturers: Dr Street (convener), Professor Milner and others
Syllabus: The unit begins with a survey of trends in modern Islamic thought. This is followed by a series of lectures by various experts on a number of current issues in predominantly Muslim countries of West and Southeast Asia, and the resolutions to those problems proposed by leading contemporary Muslim thinkers. Throughout, lecturers will consider how these thinkers confront, modify or extend traditional Islamic concepts in the articulation of their theories.
Preliminary reading
Modern Korea ASHI2005
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Wells
Prerequisites: A first-year unit in history, politics, anthropology, religious studies or permission of the lecturer
Syllabus: The unit will introduce students to the history of modern Korea, with a focus on Korean nationalism. The unit is divided into three periods, the Early Modern Period (1800-1910, the Colonial Period (1905-1945), and the Era of Division (1945 to the present), and examines the chief internal and external forces which shaped the Korean nation up to the late 1980s. In particular, the unit examines the ferment in education, religion, and the political and economic ideologies, as the nation falls under Japanese colonial rule and then splits into two states as a result of World War II and the subsequent Cold War.
Preliminary reading
Mysticism AREL2174
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Powers
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or Introduction to Religion B
Syllabus: This unit is a historical and topical survey of some of the worlds major mystical traditions. It will be concerned with the principal characteristics of mysticism in Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism and with the thoughts and practices of some major figures in these traditions. Other related concerns will be questions about (1) the nature of religious experience and its relationship to religious authority; (2) the psychology of religion, especially of mystical religion; (3) contrasts between mysticism and other forms of religious experience, such as prophetism; and (4) implications of mystical experience for religious belief and theological expression.
Preliminary reading
National Identity and its Critics: Asia, The British Isles and Australia ASHY2261
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Reynolds & Dr Blaazer
Prerequisite: Two points from first year History, Arts or Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia.
Syllabus: This unit will explore the concept of national identity by studying ways in which notions of national identity have been formulated, articulated and contested in the British Isles, Australia and East and Southeast Asia.
Tutorial readings and discussion will emphasise theoretical issues raised by the concept of national identity in a variety of historical contexts. Lectures will examine specific historical processes and episodes which illustrate those theoretical issues. We will consider efforts by various Asian states in the process of national unification to forge a national identify by means of education campaigns, heritage sites, and national definitions of community. We will study the diverse and problematic relationships of English, Scots, Welsh and Irish people to the notions of Britishness formulated in terms of Britians role as an imperial power. We will also examine changing notions of Aboriginality and Australian identity and the troubled relationship between the two, and the complex interaction of notions of Australian national identity and definitions of Australians relations with other nations and peoples including those in Great Britain and Asia.
Preliminary reading
North Korea: History and Politics, 1945-1990s ASHI2007
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Lankov
Prerequisite: A first-year unit in History, Political Science or Sociology. Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia, or permission of lecturer
Syllabus: The unit is designed to provide a general knowledge of North Korean history from the beginning of Soviet military occupation in 1945 to the present. Particular emphasis will be placed on the creation of the North Korean state; the origins of the Korean War, political conflicts with the North Korean leadership in the 1950s; the politics of balancing relations between the Soviet Union and China in the 1960-80s; and the unique features of North Korea as the worlds purest variant of the Stalinist state. Unit objectives include developing a knowledge of significant ideas, events and trends in Korean history, gaining familiarity with current issues in Northeast Asia, and developing writing and oral presentation skills through an essay assignment, class participation and a final written examination. Participation in tutorials is required.
Preliminary reading
Origins of East Asian Civilizations ASHI2203
(8cp)
(Incompatible with Early China ASHI2203)
First semester
Three hours of classes
a week
Lecturer: Professor Jenner
Syllabus: The great civilizations of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and some other parts of East Asia all derived from many local farming cultures that interacted and influenced each other throughout the region from 8000 BC or thereabouts. This unit examines these local cultures and the civilization that developed in the Yellow River and Yangtze area before 200 BC and was to exert a strong political and cultural influence on the whole region up to our own time.
We will look at late pre-agricultural and early agricultural societies, at the development of metallurgy and other technologies, and at political formations including the origins of the state. Most attention will be paid to the turbulent, dynamic and intellectually exciting three centuries from around 500 BC in which the classical civilization that was to mould East Asia thereafter was formed. We will also examine how it interacted with other cultures of the region.
This provides essential background for the study of later China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
Preliminary reading
Pre-Modern Japan: History and Culture ASHI2261
(8cp)
(Incompatible with ASHI2261 Japan to 1868: History and Culture)
Not offered
in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Tyler
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or permission of the Head of the Asian History Centre
Syllabus: The aim of this unit is to give the student a useful and orderly historical perspective on modern Japan. The treatment of topics will be sequential, starting with a brief discussion of the archaeological record and its current significance. The unit will then go on to treat the major periods of Japanese history as they are known by educated Japanese now, but with attention also to matters that throw conventional periodisation and historical interpretations into question. Themes touched on throughout the unit will include the formation and the evolving conceptions of Japan; relations between Japan and the continent; patterns of social organisation and political power; and major cultural achievements.
Preliminary reading
Reading Malay Political Culture ASHI3504
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Conveners: Dr Hooker, Professor Milner
Prerequisites: Indonesian 3B or equivalent.
Syllabus: Students will be presented with a selection of significant texts in Malay which are seminal to the development of political culture in Malaysia from the early 19th century to the present. Discussions will focus on problems of translation and interpretation as well as the historical significance of the texts for Malay society.
Preliminary reading
Reading Thai Popular Culture ASHI 3505
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Coordinators: Dr Reynolds, Dr Diller (or Mr Preecha or other Thai teaching staff)
Prerequisite: Thai 3A or equivalent
Syllabus: The unit will examine video, audio, and print texts in light of Thailands economic boom over the past decade. Many of these texts, such as King Fu and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, have affinities with popular culture across the region, particularly with Japan, China, Korea, and the Little Dragons (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore). The unit will pursue these affinities through a study of business and religious manuals, advertising formats, the promotion of domestic tourism, cults paying homage to historical figures, and the celebration of regional and ethnic subcultures (eg Chinese, Isan, Northern). Of particular interest will be the extensive literature on personal development in the context of contemporary business culture in which Sino-Thai families and values are still dominant. The heritage industry, increasingly important in Thailands economy, supports a form of popular culture that also deserves examination.
Preliminary reading
Readings in Modern Chinese History ASHI3210
(8cp)
Second Semester
One two-hour class a week
Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott
Prerequisites: Classical Chinese A and permission of Head of China Centre
Pre- or corequisite: Modern Chinese History
Syllabus: Readings from secondary and primary Chinese-language materials on 19th and 20th century Chinese history. Texts will include passages written in the classical style as well as in the modern language. The unit is designed as a history unit. Its aim is to develop the ability to define and research historical problems through the use of Chinese-language texts.
Preliminary reading
Religion in Modern East Asia AREL2265
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Three hours of classes a week
Coordinator: Dr Tyler
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or Introduction to Religion A and B
Syllabus: This unit will treat the social significance of religion and quasi-religious cults in the countries of modern East Asia (China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Japan). Religious movements old and new have been prominent in the region in modern times. Even in China or North Korea, under Communism, the cult of great leaders has taken on a powerfully religious dimension, while many earlier religious beliefs and practices have survived as well. In Taiwan, Buddhism, Daoism, and shamanistic popular religion flourish. In Korea, especially South Korea, Buddhism and Christianity have played a major role in modern development; while in Japan, Shinto, and to a lesser extent Buddhism and Christianity, have powerfully influenced Japan’s modern experience. The geographical emphasis of the unit may vary according to staff availability.
Preliminary reading
Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh AREL2161
(8cp)
(Incompatible with AREL2161 Indian Religions and Cultures)
Second Semester
Two
hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: A first year unit in Asian History, Religious Studies, Politics or History
Syllabus: Religion — mainly Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism and Buddhism, — is intimately bound up with politics in South Asia. This unit explores the way in which this association has developed from the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate in the 13th century to modern times. Particular attention is given to religious and political aspects of fundamentalism, communalism, militarism and movements for national independence. The unit focuses on India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, though events in Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldive Republic are also considered.
Preliminary reading
Religion and Social Movements in Southeast Asia AREL2173
(8cp)
(Incompatible with AREL2173 Modern Religious Movements in Asia)
Second Semester
Two
hours of lectures and one one-hour of tutorials a week
Lecturer: Dr Ileto
Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia or Introduction to Religion A and B or a first year unit in History, Arts.
Syllabus: This unit looks at the ways in which religion has figured in movements for change in Southeast Asia from the 19th Century to the present. Religion offers ideas of time, space, power, leadership, morality, and so forth, which enable us to understand the ideologies and mentalities popular as well as elite that underpin the historical record. Among the topics to be examined are the ways that religious movements have been harnessed toward state construction or consolidation and the ways in which religions tend to emerge or be reinterpreted in a manner that escape official control. Of particular importance to the unit are the religious underpinnings of anticolonial movements; and the use of religion by Southeast Asian elites seeking to catch up with the West.
Preliminary reading
Representing Asia on Film: East Asia ASHI2011
(8cp)
(Incompatible with ASHI2011 Asia and Australia in the Visual Media II)
Not
offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Kumar
Prerequisite: A first or later year unit dealing with Asian or Australian society, or one year of an Asian language.
Syllabus: The unit will take as its texts feature films plus some documentaries by both Western and East Asian directors to explore the following issues:
The films of major directors such as Kurosawa and Chinese “new wave” directors will be used.
Preliminary reading
Representing Asia on Film: Southeast Asia ASHI2010
(8cp)
(Incompatible with ASHI2010 Asia and Australia in the Visual Media I)
Not
offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Kumar
Prerequisite: A first or later year unit dealing with Asian or Australian society, or one year of an Asian language.
Syllabus: The unit will take as its texts feature films plus some documentaries by both Western and Southeast Asian directors to explore the following issues:
Preliminary reading
Society and Economy in China A: Historical Development ASHI2018
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Coordinator: Dr Jeffcott and Ms Yang
Syllabus: Adam Smith thought that the China of his time was economically the most highly developed country in the world, and that this was why its people were wretchedly poor by comparison with the people of Europe and America. All kinds of ideas since his time have tried to link the economic condition of China to the character of its society. Earlier this century, it was China’s supposed economic failure that was being explained: more recently it has been her supposed success.
This unit starts by looking in a non-technical way at conceptions of what is meant by the term “economy”. It studies how “economic” analysis has been incorporated into the models of society developed by some major social theorists. Then it moves on to examine ways in which these ideas have been taken up and used by historians examining the evidence about Chinese society. It looks closely at some debates about the nature of long-term developments in the economic dimensions of Chinese society down to the early modern period. It presents ways in which ideas derived from economic thinking have been used to analyse more general topics in the history of Chinese society, such as its regional and spatial organisation. Lastly, it looks at the arguments about the condition of the Chinese economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. What were the effects of imperialist pressure and the imposition of an open trading regime?
Society and Economy in China B: The People’s Republic ASHI2019
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Three hours of classes a week
Coordinators: Dr Jeffcott and Ms Yang
Prerequisite: Society and Economy in China A, or the permission of the lecturer
Syllabus: The unit will begin with a survey of the changes in development policy in the first decades of the People’s Republic, their social and political context and their effects. Then it will examine the introduction and development of Reform policies after the death of Mao Zedong. it will give attention to the stages by which the reforms were introduced, their results, social and political as well as economic, and the major problems which have been faced at each stage. It will analyze the figures on demographic and other dimensions of Chinese society. Lastly, it will attempt an overall picture of the current state of the Chinese economy and economic policy and the likely patterns of change in the immediate future. It will emphasize the social and environmental effects of major projects and policies.
State, Society, & Politics in Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand & Vietnam ASHY2014
(8cp)
(Incompatible with ASHY2010 The Making of Modern Southeast Asia: The Mainland
and ASHY2417 Modern Southeast Asian History: the Mainland)
Second Semester
Three
hours of classes a week
Coordinator: Dr Reynolds
Prerequisite: ASHY2013 Mainland Southeast Asia to 1900: Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam is not required, but highly recommended.
Syllabus: this unit will emphasise study of mainland Southeast Asia in a comparative framework, with particular attention to political cultures and emerging civil societies in the twentieth century. Topics include religious reform movements, the peasantry and revolution, the origins of one-party dominance and military rule, and state terrorism.
Preliminary reading
State, Society, and Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASHY2012
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturers: Dr Ileto (coordinator), Dr Kumar, Professor Milner
Syllabus: This unit examines the conditions that gave rise to the present nation-states of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines — particularly the legacy of indigenous kingship, religious community, European colonialism, and nationalist agitation. The focus is on the political cultures, socio-economic structures, and regional/international contexts that underpin much of these nations’ contemporary political development. Special attention will be paid to political and economic crises in recent times, as well as issues arising out of Australia’s involvement with the region.
The aim is to develop a critical awareness of how political “realities” are shaped and perceived. Some of the issues to be raised are: the importance of history and culture in political analysis; the relationships between race, gender, family, nation, and state formation; and mass media coverage of crises.
Preliminary reading
Technology, Innovation and Society ASHI2001
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Vervoorn
Prerequisites: Any two points of non-language study offered by the Faculty of Asian Studies or the Faculty of Arts
Syllabus: The unit will explore the relationships between technology and society, covering indigenous technological traditions, western influences and current trends and policies. While much of the unit will relate specifically to China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia, the issues covered will have wider applicability. Students will have the opportunity to focus their work on countries and issues in which they have a particular interest.
Themes will include:
Preliminary reading
Traditional Korea ASHI2818
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Lankov and Dr Wells
Prerequisites: A first-year unit in history, anthropology, religious studies, or permission of the lecturer
Syllabus: Korea is often portrayed as a nation whose history is determined by others, and this tendency, together with the 1950-53 Korean War, deeply influences the public’s image of Korea. The objective of this unit is to dispel these poster images of traditional sources of the Korean nation. The unit spans a period from roughly 100 BC to the end of the eighteenth century, with focus placed on the relation between historical events and such major themes as state formation, culture and social structure, gender, science and art, and Korea’s interaction with its East Asian neighbours.
A feature of the unit is the use of literature as a means of understanding the religious, philosophical and social make-up of Korean civilisation. Literary sources will range from the earliest extant Korean writings (by the Confucian Kim Pusik and the Buddhist monk Iryon), to the eighteenth-century diary of a Korean queen and Kim Manjung’s famous novel, Cloud Dream of the Nine.
Preliminary reading
Vietnam in the Twentieth Century ASHI2413
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Course coordinators: Dr Marr, Professor Kerkvliet
Syllabus: This unit will deal in approximately equal measure with the French colonial period (1885-1945), the thirty years of revolution and war, and developments since the fall/liberation of Saigon in April 1975. Particular attention will be given to persistent issues of cultural and intellectual identity, persistent issues of cultural and intellectual identity, social transformation, and political stucture. Vietnam will be approached not as an international conflict or as terrain where foreigners fought, but as a place where people live, work, argue, grapple with crises, and try to advance themselves in difficult conditions.
Preliminary reading
Units offered by the China & Korea Centre
Head of Centre: Professor W.J.F. Jenner
The Centre teaches units dealing with Classical languages, scripts, literatures, linguistics and society. The China & Korea Centre offers language majors in Chinese and Korean, and units in the Classical languages and literature. These majors are open to students taking Asian Studies degrees as well as to students enrolled in other faculties. Our aim is to equip students with the linguistic and cultural competence needed to function effectively in China, Taiwan or Korea, and the education to enable them to understand these countries in depth.
Four-year degrees, including a year’s study in China or Korea are the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) and the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Korean), which are offered in addition to the three-year Bachelor of Asian Studies (BAsianStudies). In each language, qualified students may transfer from the three-year to four-year degree at the end of second year. In year 3, while BAsianStudies students complete their degree, BAsianStudies(Chinese) and BAsianStudies (Korean) students spend the year in universities in China, Taiwan or Korea doing advanced language work and studying in their field of specialisation through Chinese or Korean. Year 4 of the BAsianStudies(Chinese) and the BAsianStudies (Korean) is spent back at ANU taking advanced units in disciplinary, language and area studies.
The purpose of the four-year degrees is to enable students to reach a higher level of competence in Chinese or Korean language and culture and a deeper understanding of the Korean or the Chinese world than is possible in the three-year format. The three-year Asian Studies course will continue to be offered for those who do not wish to make so heavy a commitment. The BAsianStudies, the BAsianStudies (Chinese) and the BAsianStudies(Korean) may be combined with degrees in arts, commerce, economics, engineering, law and science.
Chinese
For the undergraduate program on China, the core language is Modern Chinese. The language and pronunciation taught are those of Modern Standard Chinese or Putonghua (sometimes called Mandarin), the national language of China. Classical Chinese and Cantonese are also offered to more advanced students.
In order to enable students beginning Chinese to make rapid progress in the language, the basic major in Modern Chinese consists of double-value units in the first year (Modern Chinese A — 12 credit points and Modern Chinese B ¾ 16 credit points), each a one-semester unit, followed by two 8 credit point semester units in a later year: Modern Chinese C and D. The advantage of the 28 credit point first-year Modern Chinese unit is that students can afford to give it one-half their study time instead of only one-quarter, as would be the case with a standard weighting.
In Modern Chinese A and B a solid foundation in the spoken and the written language is laid, so that by the end of the first year of study students starting from scratch will reach basic all-round proficiency. The Modern Chinese C and D units build on this to reach more fluency in reading, speech and writing. The emphasis is on introducing varieties of living Chinese and developing the ability to function independently in Chinese.
Students wishing to bring their language up to an even higher standard may continue with Modern Chinese E and F, or continue with the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) and spend a year in the Chinese world. More advanced units in Modern Chinese, including interpreting, translation and extensive readings, are offered for the fourth year of the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) degree.
Students with a secondary education in Chinese may take The Development of the Chinese Script and Classical Chinese Poetry. Both units are taught in Chinese at Chinese university level.
China-related units offered outside the China and Korea Centre
A wide range of units on contemporary, modern and traditional Chinese art, history, linguistics, literature, politics, and society are offered in the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts. Some include readings in Chinese texts; others require only readings in English. Other units include the study of China within a wider Asian context.
Korean
Korean is taught in a four-semester sequence, Korean A to D, and two later-year units Written Korean A and B, followed by Advanced Korean A and B. For background speakers, Accelerated Korean A and B, have been introduced.
The core of the Korean language units are Korean A to Written Korean B. The aim of these units is to give students with no previous exposure to Korean language a good working competence in the modern language, including the ability to communicate orally with fluency and confidence, to read freely the standard modern written language, including Hancha (SinoKorean characters), and to have practical writing proficiency.
Intending students should note that Korean is offered in both two-year accelerated mode and in three-year mode. While undertaking two points, Korean A and B, in Year 1, in Year 2 students will undertake four points: Korean C, Written Korean A, Korean D and Written Korean B. This accelerated mode will allow students to complete their Korean major in two years, and will enable Bachelor of Asian Studies (Korean) degree students to be better prepared for their Year in Korea. The Korean major can also be taken over three years in this case Korean C and D will be undertaken in Year 2, and Written Korean A and B in Year 3.
Students returning from Year in Korea can maintain and develop further, particularly in their area of specialisation, their Korean language skills by undertaking Advanced Korean A and B.
Students with background knowledge of Korean are also able to study Korean formally at the ANU. Accelerated Korean A and B are designed to assist those with less than secondary education from Korea to upgrade their literacy skills in a systematic way.
Korean-related units offered outside the China and Korea Centre
Five later-year history units Modern Korea, Traditional Korea, Gender and Korean History, Gender and Power in East Asia and North Korea: History and Politics, 1945-1990s are offered in the Faculty of Asian Studies. Students taking Korean language sequence may also draw supporting area studies from both China-related and Japan-related units.
Beginners and students with existing knowledge of Chinese or Korean
First-year Chinese and Korean are taught on the assumption that students are starting from scratch. Those who have studied enough of either language before may be allowed to begin at a level higher than Modern Chinese A or Korean A. Students whose previous education has been conducted largely in Chinese or Korean will not be allowed to enrol in Chinese units below the level of Modern Chinese E, or in Korean units below Advanced Korean A. The Development of the Chinese Script and Classical Chinese Poetry are designed for students with a secondary education in Chinese.
Students who have passed the first-year program in Chinese at the University of Canberra may be admitted to Modern Chinese B and may be granted status for Modern Chinese A.
Classical Chinese is taught in a four-semester sequence. Some Classical Chinese is essential for students wishing to pursue serious studies in Chinese culture or in any aspect of China or Korea before the early 20th century.
Summary of units offered in 1999
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First semester |
Second Semester |
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CHIN1011* Modern Chinese A |
CHIN2011 Modern Chinese B |
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CHIN3500 Year in China |
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* First-year units
# Coordinated in the Southeast Asia Centre
See also the
many units on China, Korea and Asia more generally, offered by the Asian
History Centre.
Description of units offered
CHINESE
Advanced Modern Chinese A CHIN3111
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Completion of Year in China as Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) student or approval of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Reading and discussion of a variety of texts on modern China. Translations of Chinese into English. Most classes will be conducted in the Chinese language.
Advanced Modern Chinese B CHIN3112
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Prerequisites: Advanced Modern Chinese A or approval of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Reading and discussion of a variety of texts on modern China. Translations of Chinese into English. Most classes will be conducted in the Chinese language.
Advanced Readings in Chinese A CHIN3211
(8cp)
First semester
Two classes a week
Prerequisite: Completion of Year in China or equivalent standard of Chinese and permission of Head of China Centre
Syllabus: This unit guides advanced students in extenstive reading and in analysis and discussion of Chinese texts in a field of specialisation. The content of the Unit will be determined in the light of students specific needs and the availability of teaching, and will prepare students for independent research in their field.
Advanced Readings in Chinese B CHIN3212
(8cp)
Second semester
Two classes a week
Prerequisite: As for Advanced Readings in Chinese A
Syllabus: As for Advanced Readings in Chinese A
Advanced Readings in Chinese C CHIN3210
(8cp)
Annual
One class a week
Prerequisite: As for Advanced Readings in Chinese A
Syllabus: As for Advanced Readings in Chinese A. This unit will involve an amount of work equivalent to Advanced Readings in Chinese A or B but spread over two semesters.
Cantonese A CHIN3201
(8cp)
Second semester; subject to sufficient enrolment
Four hours of classes a
week
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese C or equivalent. Native speakers of Cantonese are not eligible.
Syllabus: An introduction to Cantonese with emphasis on comparison with Modern Standard Chinese.
Cantonese B CHIN3202
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisite: Cantonese A or approval of Head of Centre. Native speakers of Cantonese are not eligible.
Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Cantonese A.
Chinese Language and Society CHIN3005
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese B or equivalent language competence, or Introduction to the Study of Language
Syllabus: This unit gives an overview of the various social functions of Chinese language in China and the Chinese diaspora. Specific attention is on the explanation of the sociolinguistic phenomena of: Dialects and social identity; national language loyalty; bilingualism; the script reform; social motivation for language change; lexicon in the new market economy; key words, metaphors and similies; politeness; language and gender; names and kinship terms; interactional meanings of sentence-final particles.
Preliminary reading
Classical Chinese A1 CHIN3008
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese B or Written Japanese B or equivalent.
Syllabus: The basic grammar of Classical Chinese and introductory readings.
Classical Chinese A2 CHIN3009
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott
Prerequisite: Classical Chinese A1
Syllabus: Further readings in Classical Chinese.
Classical Chinese B1 CHIN3010
(8cp)
First semester; subject to sufficient enrolment
Three hours of class a week
Prerequisite: Classical Chinese A2
Syllabus: Readings in Classical Chinese history, philosophy and poetry from various periods.
Classical Chinese B2 CHIN3011
(8cp)
Second semester; subject to sufficient enrolment
Three hours of classes
a week
Prerequisite: Classical Chinese B1
Syllabus: Further readings in Classical Chinese history, philosophy and poetry from various periods.
Classical Chinese Poetry CHIN3114
(8cp)
Second semester; subject to sufficient enrolment
Three hours a week
This
unit is taught and assessed entirely in Chinese.
Lecturer: Dr Wong
Prerequisite: A level of literacy in Chinese equivalent to that of a graduate from a Chinese-language secondary school or permission of Head of Centre.
Syllabus: The Chinese poetic tradition from the Shi jing to the Qing period with close readings in selected poetry and criticism.
The Development of the Chinese Script CHIN3113
(8cp)
First semester; subject to sufficient enrolment
Three hours a week
This unit
is taught and assessed entirely in Chinese.
Lecturer: Dr Wong
Prerequisite: A level of literacy in Chinese equivalent to that of a graduate from a Chinese-language secondary school or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: The origins and early development of ancient Chinese script as preserved on pottery, oracle bones, bronze inscriptions, stone carvings and bamboo strips. The basic principles for the formation of Chinese characters. Proposals for reform of the Chinese script from the late 19th century onwards.
Language in Asia ALIN1001
(6cp)
Language in Asia ALIN2001
(8cp)
(see Units offered by the Faculty entry for details.)
Modern Chinese A CHIN1011
(12cp)
First semester
Five hours of lectures and five of tutorials each week
Lecturer: Dr Dyer
Syllabus: This is the first half of a one-year intensive beginners course in modern standard Chinese (Putonghua). The main aim of this semester is to enable the students to make a good start in spoken Chinese while also beginning to learn the script.
Modern Chinese B CHIN2011
(16cp)
Five hours of lectures and five of tutorials each week
Second semester
Lecturer: Dr Dyer
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese A
Syllabus: This unit completes the intensive beginners course in modern standard Chinese, continuing work in the spoken language while putting more emphasis on the written language than in Modern Chinese A. Students who complete the year successfully will have a good grasp of the fundamentals of written and spoken Chinese.
Modern Chinese C CHIN3006
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of lectures and three of tutorials a week
Lecturer: Ms Yang
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese B or equivalent
Syllabus: This unit is designed to raise students competence in reading, writing and speaking through the use of a variety of approaches and media, including texts and audio and video recordings.
Modern Chinese D CHIN3007
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of lectures and three of tutorials a week
Lecturer: Ms Yang
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese C
Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Modern Chinese C.
Modern Chinese E CHIN3012
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of lectures and two of tutorials a week
Lecturer: Ms Yang
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese D or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: This unit, with Modern Chinese F, is designed to enable students to reach advanced levels of competence in reading, speaking and writing modern Chinese. A wider range of texts will be read and discussed in Chinese. There will be composition and translation exercises. Classes will be mainly conducted in Chinese.
Modern Chinese F CHIN3013
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of lectures and two of tutorials a week
Lecturer: Ms Yang
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese E or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Modern Chinese E.
Readings in Modern Chinese Literature and Thought CHIN3105
(8cp)
Second semester
Three classes a week
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese D or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Extensive reading in modern Chinese literature and thought and discussion of the texts. The main emphasis will be on contemporary writing.
Readings in Modern Chinese Society and Law CHIN3108
(8cp)
First semester
Three classes a week
Lecturer: Prof Jenner
Prerequisite: Modern Chinese D or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Extensive reading in contemporary Chinese texts on law and discussion of legal and socila issues raised.
Year in China CHIN3500
(48cp)
Full year
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Chinese) degree
Prerequisites: Modern Chinese D at credit level and permission of the Head of Centre
Syllabus: Intensive language study for the first half year followed by study through Chinese in the students field of specialisation, taken at a higher educational institution in China and/or Taiwan. Throughout the year students will also work on a research project using Chinese material, in preparation for wrting it up in the first semester after their return as the Year in China Project unit.
Year in China Project CHIN3501
(8cp)
First and second semester
Available only to students taking the Bachelor
of Asian Studies (Chinese) degree
Prerequisite: Year in China
Syllabus: This unit involves further supervised work on the independent study project prepared in China or Taiwan, leading to the writing of a report of approximately 6,000 words. It will involve bibliography, special readings, preparation and delivery of a work-in-progress seminar, and the submission of the report.
KOREAN
Accelerated Korean A CHIK2011
(8cp)
First semester, subject to sufficient enrolment
Three to four hours of classes
a week
This unit is intended for background speakers of Korean.
Prerequisite: Background knowledge of Korean to be assessed by a placement test and the permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: This unit is designed to assist students to upgrade their literacy skills in a systematic way. While expanding and refining the students language resources and the ability to use them, this unit pays particular attention to developing all-round language skills, to the choice of the right word, and to writing in different genres. This unit includes the acquisition of 250 Hancha.
Accelerated Korean B CHIK2012
(8cp)
Second semester
Three to four hours of classes a week
This unit is intended
for background speakers of Korean.
Prerequisite: Accelerated Korean A, or background knowledge of Korean to be assessed by a placement test and the permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Accelerated Korean A, including the acquisition of a further 300 Hancha.
Advanced Korean A CHIK3009
(8cp)
First semester
Three to four hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Completed Year in Korea or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Extensive reading and discussion in Korean of Korean texts on economic, political, legal, cultural and other topics. Written KoreanEnglish translations, and Korean summaries of English-language texts. Basic interpreting skills. The selection of material to be studied each year will take account of the needs of the students.
Advanced Korean B CHIK3010
(8cp)
Second semester
Three to four hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Advanced Korean A or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Advanced Korean A.
Korean A CHIK1007
(6cp)
First semester
Six hours of classes a week
Syllabus: This unit introduces students to modern spoken Korean and to its writing system, Hangul. It lays the foundations for later Korean language units.
Korean B CHIK1008
(6cp)
Second semester
Six hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Korean A or equivalent
Syllabus: This unit completes the beginners course in modern spoken Korean. The emphasis is firmly on the acquisition of an ability to use the language, and by the end of the unit students will be able to conduct a simple daily conversation and to find their way around in Korea.
Korean C CHIK2007
(8cp)
First semester
Five hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Korean B or equivalent
Syllabus: This unit extends the students command of modern Spoken Korean. While focussing on various themes relevant to daily lives, such as health and body, professions, food, animals, plants and the natural world, this unit also covers various functions in Korean; including requesting, offering, thanking, asking directions, apologising and complaining.
Korean D CHIK2008
(8cp)
Second semester
Five hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Korean C or equivalent
Syllabus: This unit completes the intermediate course in modern Spoken Korean. While continuing to pursue more complex themes in daily life, such as money matters, immigration and employment, the unit also provides discussions on life in Korea as well as panmal, informal language for communicating at a more intimate, informal level.
Language in Asia ALIN1001
(6cp)
Language in Asia ALIN2001
(8cp)
(see Units offered by the Faculty entry for details.)
Written Korean A CHIK2009
(8cp)
First semester
Five hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Korean B or equivalent. Concurrent enrolment in or previous completion of Korean C, or permission of Head of Centre. Students with background spoken Korean may enrol in this unit with the permission of Head of Centre.
Syllabus: This unit begins with fundamentals of Written Korean grammar, and raises the students competence in reading and writing through the use of graded written materials. Texts are drawn from newspapers, magazines, contemporary fiction and brochures, supplemented by oral and written exercises. This unit includes the acquisition of 250 Hancha, or Sino-Korean characters.
Written Korean B CHIK2010
(8cp)
Second semester
Five hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Korean C and Written Korean A, or equivalent. Concurrent enrolment in or previous completion of Korean D, or permission of Head of Centre.
Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Written Korean A, while putting more emphasis on active reading and writing — extracting the gist of a long text, writing to achieve a purpose, etc. This unit includes the acquisition of a further 300 Hancha.
Year in Korea CHIK3500
(48cp)
Full year
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Korean)
Prerequisite: Korean D at Credit level and permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: A combinatiuon of intensive Korean language study and study through Korean in their field of specialisation. This will be undertaken at a Korean university under arrangements to be approved by the Dean of the Faculty. Students should also prepare for a research project using Korean material during the year. This can be written up as the one-point Year in Korea Project after their return to the ANU
Year in Korea Project CHIK3501
(8cp)
First semester
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Korean) degree
Prerequisite: Year in Korea
Syllabus: A supervised work on the independent study project prepared in Korea, leading to the writing of a report approximately 6,000 words. It will involve bibliography, special readings, preparation and delivery of a work-in-progress seminar, and the submission of the report.
Units offered by the Japan Centre
Head of Centre: Dr R. Tyler
The Japan Centre offers a comprehensive Japanese language program, together with a major in Japanese linguistics and units in Japanese literature. A primary aim of the Centre is to provide students with the linguistic and socio-cultural knowledge and skills necessary for successful communication with the Japanese.
Japan Centre units are available to students in a wide range of degree programs, and are also taken in a variety of combined degrees. The specialist four-year Bachelor of Asian Studies (Japanese) degree additionally affords students the opportunity to participate in the Year-in-Japan Program, currently involving study for a year at one of fifteen Japanese universities.
Japanese language program
The Japanese language program caters both to beginning students and to students who have previously studied the language.
The program features an accelerated schedule at beginning and intermediate levels, and a separation of units focussing on spoken and written Japanese. These permit more concentrated study and faster progress for students wishing to achieve high levels of competence, as well as appropriate placement for those with existing knowledge of Japanese; the structure also provides for individual flexibility in pacing the study of the language within the context of a particular degree.
Beginning students follow a sequence, that permits them to complete a major (at least 44 credit points) in the language in two years. Incoming students with some knowledge of Japanese are required to take a placement test at the beginning of the year, and enter the program at appropriate units. For both types of students, further advanced level units are available in both spoken and written Japanese. A list of units and the requirements for the Japanese language major are listed in the Faculty of Asian Studies Section of this Handbook.
The unit Year-in-Japan operates as a component of the specialist four-year Bachelor of Asian Studies (Japanese) degree, selection for which is based primarily on academic performance. Students undertaking the unit typically spend their third year (later in the case of combined degree students) studying in Japan; the program currently involves participation in an initial intensive orientation course, subsequent language and disciplinary study at a Japanese university, and an oral and written test on returning to ANU. Higher level language units focussing on academic Japanese and translation are available to returning students in their fourth year.
Japanese linguistics, Japanese literature
The Japan Centre offers units in Japanese linguistics and in Japanese literature. Linguistics units cover descriptive and applied Japanese linguistics as well as translation; they may be combined to form a major in Japanese Linguistics, including units offered in the Department of Linguistics. The unit Language in Asia also includes contributions from staff of the Japan Centre. A list of units and the requirements for the Japanese linguistics major are listed in the Faculty of Asian Studies Section of this Handbook.
Literature units offered by the Centre deal with a variety of Japanese literary genres, both traditional and modern, including drama. In addition, Japanese literature is represented in the Asian Literature units described under the Asian Literature major . A list of units and the requirements for the Asian Literature major are listed in the Units offered by the Faculty Section of this Handbook.
Japan-related units offered outside the Japan Centre
Outside the Japan Centre, the Asian History Centre offers units in Japanese history and Japanese society. Further units are offered in other Faculties relating to Japanese economics, law and politics.
Summary of units offered in 1999
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First semester |
Second Semester |
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JPNS1012 Spoken Japanese 1* |
JPNS1013 Spoken Japanese 2* |
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JPNS3500 Year in Japan |
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* First-year units
Description of units offered
Advanced Japanese: Discourse Structure JPNS3005
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 and Written Japanese D at credit level or above or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Advanced study of the organisation of various genres of the modern spoken language. The unit will focus on a selection of linguistic and sociolinguistic topics and examine their workings in discourse using authentic spoken-language materials. Students are encouraged to discuss current issues in Japanese.
Preliminary reading
Advanced Japanese: Language in Society JPNS3006
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 and Written Japanese D at credit level or above or an equivalent level of competence or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: This unit aims at developing further competence in the modern spoken language as well as in reading advanced-level materials, focusing on mainstream theories on Japanese society and major current sociocultural themes. The unit will be based on authentic materials dealing with Japanese society from linguistic, anthropological, sociological and psychological points of view.
Prescribed texts
Advanced Japanese Readings JPNS3015
(8cp)
First and second semester
Two hours of classes a week
Prerequisites: Enrolment in Asian Studies Honours, or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: The unit draws on contemporary and premodern Japanese language materials, and secondary studies, with a view to developing students research and bibliographic skills in advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences.
History of the Japanese Language JPNS3011
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Dr Hendriks
Prerequisites: Introduction to the Study of Language, Spoken Japanese 4, Written Japanese D or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: The goals of the unit are to see how the principles of historical and comparative linguistics are reflected in the history of Japanese. We will look at several important phonological and syntactic phenomena, (and at how they might be accounted for in various frameworks ) both native and Western. Students will acquire a sense of the depth of the language, and an understanding of what is involved in doing historical linguistic research.
Preliminary reading
Introduction to Classical Japanese JPNS3009
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Three hours of lectures a week
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 and Written Japanese D at credit level or above or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Study of Classical Japanese grammar and the reading of classical texts.
Japanese Drama in Translation JPNS2010
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisites: Completion of 4 units. No previous knowledge of Japan or Japanese is required.
Syllabus: Lectures will cover the three major forms of traditional Japanese drama ¾ No, Bunraku, and Kabuki ¾ as well as contemporary theatre and the contemporary dancedrama known as Butoh. All will be presented also through videos.
Preliminary reading
Japanese-English Translation JPNS3013
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes per week
Prerequisites: Completion of Year in Japan or an equivalent level of competence or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: The aim of the unit is to develop Japanese–English translation skills and to familiarise students with available reference and technological resources. Students will translate original Japanese and English texts from a range of fields and genres (economic, political, technical, medical, journalistic, etc) and will be introduced to major lexicographical and other reference materials.
Preliminary reading
Japanese Grammar JPNS2024
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week.
Prerequisite: Spoken Japanese 4
Syllabus: The unit aims to provide a systematic treatment of modern Japanese grammar for intermediate/advanced students of the language. All major aspects will be covered, ranging from inflection and grammatical word classes (particles, etc), to grammatical derivation (causative, passive, etc) and clause and sentence construction. Lectures will be supplemented by regular exercises, with the objective of consolidating and extending students grammatical knowledge and proficiency.
Note: This unit will not be counted as a language unit if a student takes it after successfully completing Spoken Japanese 4. In those cases it will only count towards the Japanese linguistics major.
Preliminary reading
Japanese Lexicon JPNS2009
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4, Written Japanese D and normally Introduction to the Study of Language, or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: The unit is an introduction to the study of the modern Japanese vocabulary: it examines the various ways in which Japanese words are interrelated and will be of practical help to students in their acquisition of Japanese vocabulary. Topics discussed will include: word classes (nouns/verbs/adjectives/adverbs), lexical strata (native words/Sino-Japanese and Western loan- words/mimetic words), word formation (compounds /derived words), lexical meaning (Japanese-English contrastive semantics/semantic fields), lexical style (colloquial and bookish vocabulary/male and female usage).
Preliminary reading
Japanese Linguistics JPNS2007
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Prerequisites: Introduction to the Study of Language or permission of Head of Centre. Some knowledge of Japanese is desirable but not essential.
Syllabus: The unit will examine certain characteristic features of modern Japanese from a general linguistic perspective. A selection of topics will be discussed in conjunction with relevant literature.
Preliminary reading
Japanese Phonetics and Phonology JPNS2019
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Lee
Prerequisites: Introduction to the Study of Language and Spoken Japanese 2 or equivalent
Syllabus: The first half of the unit will focus on the pronunciation of Japanese vowels and consonants, and will include practical exercises on the description and production of long and short vowels, double consonants, the mora nasal, devoicing, accent patterns, etc. The second half of the unit will be devoted to the description of structural aspects of the Japanese sound-system.
Preliminary reading
Japanese Seminar A JPNS3102
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Lecturer: Mr Ikeda
Prerequisites: Year in Japan or an equivalent level of competence or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Extensive reading in contemporary Japanese texts on social, ethnological, anthropological, technological and other themes, and discussion of issues raised. No English translation involved. Written summaries in Japanese will be required.
Preliminary reading
Japanese Seminar B JPNS3103
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Mr Ikeda
Prerequisites: Year in Japan, Japanese Seminar A, or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Extensive reading in contemporary Japanese texts on social, religious, historical, and cultural themes, and discussion of issues raised. No English translation involved. Essays in Japanese will be required.
Preliminary reading
Modern Japanese Literature in Translation JPNS2011
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of Japan or Japanese is required
Syllabus: Readings will cover poetry, fiction and critical material. The unit will explore the social and literary environment which produced certain texts, treating Japanese modern literature as a window onto Japanese society and its concerns. The unit will focus on such issues as: the evolution of modern Japanese literature; the development of new styles; elements of continuity with the past; the formation of the Japanese canon (both in Japan and in the West through translation); the dichotomy between pure and popular literature; and the impact of the West on post-Meiji work.
Preliminary reading
Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in Translation JPNS2017
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes per week
Prerequisites: Completion of 4 units. No previous knowledge of Japan or Japanese is required.
Syllabus: Japanese literature, which begins in the 8th c. AD, is rich and varied. Many early works are still read and commented on in Japan today, and some, like The Tale of Genji by an 11th c. court lady, are major classics of world literature. Readings will cover poetry, fiction, epic and drama.
Preliminary reading
Readings in Classical Japanese JPNS3010
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisite: Introduction to Classical Japanese or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Readings of representative classical Japanese literaturefiction, poetry, drama.
Readings in Japanese Fiction JPNS3008
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes per week
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 and Written Japanese D at credit level or above or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Readings from representative short stories and novels by 20th century authors.
Readings in Japanese Newspapers JPNS3007
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes per week
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 and Written Japanese D at credit level or above or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Readings from Japanese newspapers and other print media, focussing on contemporary social issues. (Students are expected to discuss issues raised in class).
Preliminary reading
Spoken Japanese 1 JPNS1012
(6cp)
First semester
Four hours of classes a week
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and vocabulary
(b) structure and usage drills
(c) listening comprehension
(audio materials)
(d) introduction to Japanese writing system
Preliminary reading
Spoken Japanese 2 JPNS1013
(6cp)
Second semester
Four hours of classes a week
Prerequisite: Spoken Japanese 1 or equivalent
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and vocabulary
(b) structure and usage drills
(c) listening comprehension
(audio and video materials)
(d) study of Japanese writing system
Prescribed texts
Spoken Japanese 3 JPNS2012
(8cp)
First semester
Four hours of classes and one hour of language laboratory
study a week
Prerequisite: Spoken Japanese 2 or equivalent.
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and vocabulary
(b) structure and usage drills
(c) listening comprehension
(d)
speaking skills
Prescribed text
Preliminary reading
Spoken Japanese 4 JPNS2013
(8cp)
Second semester
Four hours of classes a week
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 3 or equivalent
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and vocabulary
(b) speech levels and styles
(c) conversation
skills
Prescribed texts
Preliminary reading
Spoken Japanese 4S JPNS2023
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 or permission of Head of Centre. Completion of Japanese Grammar is desirable. Students who are eligible for admission to third-year level Japanese language units may not enrol.
Syllabus: The aim of the unit is to develop further competence in modern spoken Japanese. The unit will comprise a conversation component and a listening comprehension/discussion component which will use authentic video and taped material.
Preliminary reading
Teaching Japanese: Content JPNS3012
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes per week
Prerequisites: Completion of Year in Japan or an equivalent level of competence or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: This unit focusses on the teaching of Japanese to English-speaking learners from the viewpoint of the linguistic and sociocultural content of Japanese language courses. The broad areas of sound, writing, grammar, vocabulary and discourse are surveyed from this perspective, with detailed consideration of specific topics and analysis of learner errors.
Prescribed text
Teaching Japanese: Method JPNS3014
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of classes per week
Lecturer: Dr Lee
Prerequisites: Teaching Japanese: Content or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: This unit focusses on methodological aspects of teaching Japanese as a foreign language. Topics include approaches to language teaching, course and task design, the teaching of culture, and materials evaluation; the unit may also include a practical teaching component.
Prescribed text
Written Japanese AB JPNS1016
(6cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 1 and concurrent enrolment in or previous completion of Spoken Japanese 2
Syllabus
(a) Principles of the modern Japanese writing system
(b) acquisition of
approximately 300 kanji
(c) reading of graded texts
(d) composition
Prescribed texts
Written Japanese C JPNS2014
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes per week
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 2 and Written Japanese AB or equivalent. Concurrent enrolment in or previous completion of Spoken Japanese 3, or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and vocabulary of modern written Japanese
(b) acquisition of
further 300 kanji
(c) reading of Japanese texts
(d) basic composition
Prescribed reading
Written Japanese D JPNS2015
(8cp)
Second semester
Four hours of classes a week
Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 3 and Written Japanese C. Concurrent enrolment in or previous completion of Spoken Japanese 4, or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and vocabulary of written Japanese
(b) acquisition of further
300 kanji
(c) reading of Japanese texts
(d) composition
Prescribed reading
Year-in-Japan JPNS3500
(48cp)
Full year
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Japanese) degree
Prerequisites: Fourteen points including completion of Japanese language major. Selection will be based on overall academic record which must include a Distinction average in Japanese language units and a Credit average in other units completed.
Syllabus: A combination of Japanese language study and approved study in a discipline. This work will be undertaken in Japan under arrangements made between the ANU and a Japanese university. A written test will also be taken on returning to Australia.
Units offered by the South and West Asia Centre
Head of Centre: Professor V Hooker
The South and West Asia Centre offers language majors in Hindi, sanskrit and Arabic, as well as language units in Urdu and a range of units dealing with the literatures of the region.
Hindi and Urdu
Since Hindi is the official language of India and over the past 500 years has produced a rich, vigorous, and highly-developed literary tradition, a knowledge of Hindi is essential for students interested in any aspect of the civilisation and society of modern and medieval India.
The aim of the Hindi course is to provide the ability both to communicate in spoken Hindi and to read a wide range of material written in Hindi, including novels, newspapers, and scholarly works. The area of particular attention will vary with the course level. The emphasis in Introductory Hindi A and B is on the mastery of the fundamentals of Hindi usage and on the acquisition of basic conversational skills; elementary texts are also read. The advanced Hindi courses are based on the reading of a variety of texts, including short stories and newspaper and magazine articles of current interest. As much class discussion as possible is conducted in Hindi. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Hindi) degree will spend a year in India in the third year, taking units arranged by the South and West Asia Centre and a recognised Indian tertiary institution. The final-year honours unit is conducted in Hindi and is centred on comprehensive study within the field of Hindi language and literature.
Two one-point units in Urdu are also offered in the Centre. Urdu Prose and the Urdu Gazal are offered in alternating years. Introductory Hindi A and B is the prerequisite for both Urdu units.
Urdu has a highly developed and thriving literary tradition and is both the official language of Pakistan and an important language in India. A familiarity with Urdu would be of particular value to those interested in the Islamic heritage of southern Asia. Although in grammar and basic wordstock Urdu and Hindi are identical, in script and literary vocabulary the two languages are quite different. Therefore, instruction in Urdu is primarily concerned with the reading of Urdu literature.
Sanskrit
Classical Sanskrit is the main cultural language of South Asia. Sanskrit is invaluable for the study of the history and the cultural background of ancient India and her neighbours. It is of interest to students of historical and comparative linguistics and also provides a basis for the study of modern Indian languages. The first year is devoted to the study of grammar and the reading of selections from easy prose texts. Works studied in the second and third years represent a diversity of styles and subject matter.
Arabic
Arabic is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and is the classical language of islamic culture. Students may take a language sequence of 44 credit points which provides the language core of a program in Islamic studies. Units in Arabic take modern standard Arabic as a point of departure, but introduce students to works in classical Arabic, and include readings from the Quran in the second year of the course. Students thus gain a sound knowledge of Arabic grammar and experience in the reading and study of secular and religious texts.
NOTE: For students taking Sanskrit or Arabic who are not familiar with the basic terms and concepts of English grammar, it is strongly recommended that they enrol in the unit Traditional Grammar CLAS1001, and take it concurrently with the first-year language unit.
South and West Asia-related units offered outside the South and West Asia Centre
A range of units in religious studies, history, linguistics and politics are offered in the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts.
Persian language units are also offered by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. For details of these units students should contact the Centre Administrator.
Summary of units offered in 1999
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First semester |
Second Semester |
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SWAA1002 Introductory Arabic A |
SWAA1003 Introductory Arabic B |
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SWAH1002 Introductory Hindi A |
SWAH1003 Introductory Hindi B |
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SWAA2002 Contemporary Arabic Literature |
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Summer session |
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SWAH2002 Applied Hindi |
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Hindi and Sanskrit are coordinated by Dr Barz; Arabic is coordinated by Dr Street
Description of units offered
HINDI
Applied Hindi SWAH2002
(16cp)
Summer session.
Three hours of lectures in the morning and workshop sessions in the afternoon five days per week in a city in northern India. The unit will be held from 1 January for a period of six weeks. Emphasis is on acquisition of conversational skills in Hindi.
Lecturer: Mr Yadav
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B
Syllabus
(a) Reading graded selections from modern Hindi literature, including newspaper
and magazine articles
(b) conversational practice
(c) a 2000-word essay in
Hindi on a workshop topic
Contemporary Hindi Literature SWAH2004
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B
Syllabus: The unit is devoted to readings from contemporary Hindi literature with continuing development of conversational skill and classes conducted primarily in Hindi.
(a) Reading of Hindi short stories or a short novel
(b) advanced discussion
of Hindi grammatical usage and literary style
(c) comprehension of lectures
given in Hindi.
Hindi Bhakti Poetry SWAH2005
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Three hours of lectures and two hours of tutorials a
week devoted to readings from pre-modern Hindi literature with continuing
development of conversational skill and classes conducted primarily in
Hindi
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B
Syllabus
(a) Reading of pre-modern Hindu devotional literature in Hindi and Hindi
dialects
(b) advanced discussion of Hindi grammatical usage and literary
style
(c) discussion in Hindi of the development of Hindu religious and
philosophical concepts.
Introductory Hindi A SWAH1002
(6cp)
First semester
Three hours of lectures and two tutorials a week throughout
the semester
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Syllabus
(a) development of conversational skills for practical use of the spoken
language
(b) instruction in reading and writing the Hindi script
(c) explanation
of Hindi grammar
(d) reading of graded Hindi texts; original compositions
in Hindi.
Prescribed texts
Introductory Hindi B SWAH1003
(6cp)
Second semester
Three hours of lectures and two tutorials a week throughout
the semester
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi A
Syllabus:
(a) Further development of conversational skills for practical use of the
spoken language
(b) Further explanation of Hindi grammar
(c) Further reading
of graded Hindi texts; original compositions in Hindi
Prescribed texts
Language in Asia ALIN1001
(6cp)
Language in Asia ALIN2001
(8cp)
(See Units offered in the Faculty entry for details)
Nineteenth Century Hindi Literature SWAH2102
(8cp)
Second semester
Three hours of lectures and two hours of tutorials a week
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B
Syllabus: The unit is devoted to readings from nineteenth-century Hindi literature with continuing development of conversational skill through classes conducted primarily in Hindi.
(a) Reading of nineteenth-century Hindi literature
(b) advanced discussion
of Hindi grammatical usage and literary style
(c) comprehension of lectures
given in Hindi.
Seminar on Hindi Language and Literature SWAH3501
(8cp)
First semester
Prerequisite: Year in India (Hindi) or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Treatment of topics in Hindi language and literature. This unit is intended to build upon the experience gained by students in the Year in India, and will be conducted in Hindi. It will be tailored to the needs of individual students and will involve an extensive essay written in Hindi.
Twentieth Century Hindi Literature SWAH2103
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of lectures and two hours of tutorials a week
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B
Syllabus: The unit is devoted to readings from twentieth-century Hindi literature with continuing development of conversational skill through classes conducted primarily in Hindi.
(a) Reading of twentieth-century Hindi literature
(b) advanced discussion
of Hindi grammatical usage and literary style
(c) comprehension of lectures
given in Hindi.
Part of the unit will be centred on a popular Hindi film.
The Urdu Gazal SWAU2007
(8cp)
Second semester
Two hours of lectures a week throughout the year
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B
Syllabus: Development of the ability to read Urdu verse.
Urdu Prose SWAU2006
(8cp)
First semester
Two hours of lectures a week throughout the year
Lecturer: Dr Barz
Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B
Syllabus: Development of the ability to read Urdu prose.
Year in India (Hindi) SWAH3500
(48cp)
Full year
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Hindi) degree
Prerequisites: at least 28 credit points in Hindi at credit level and permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: (i) Applied Hindi SWAH2002 conducted in India; (ii) a combination of intensive Hindi language study, disciplinary study, and a study project, to be arranged with a University in India.
SANSKRIT
Buddhist Texts SWAS2106
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Three hours of lectures and one hour of tutorial a week
Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit
Syllabus: Reading of selections from the Buddhacarita, a sutra or another Buddhist text
Hindu Texts SWAS2104
(8cp)
First semester
Three hours of lectures and one hour of tutorial a week
Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit
Syllabus: Reading of selections from the Bhagavad Gita or a Purana or a similar text.
Introductory Sanskrit SWAS1001
(12cp)
Offered subject to sufficient enrolments. Prospective students should contact
the Faculty Secretary, Asian Studies, before enrolling
One tutorial a week
plus supplementary lectures
Syllabus
(a) Grammar of classical Sanskrit
(b) Reading of easy classical texts
Sanskrit Narrative Literature SWAS2105
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit.
Syllabus: Reading of selections from the Hitopadesa or Jatakamala or a similar text.
Seminar on Sanskrit Language and Literature SWAS3501
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Prerequisite: Year in India (Sanskrit) or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: Treatment of topics in Sanskrit language and literature. This unit is intended to build upon the experience gained by students in the Year-in-India (Sanskrit). It will be tailored to the needs of individual students and will involve a composition in Sanskrit.
The Sanskrit Epics SWAS2103
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Three hours of lectures and one hour of tutorial a week.
Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit.
Syllabus: Reading of selections from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana
Year-in-India (Sanskrit) SWAS3500
(48cp)
Prerequisite: completion of at least 96 credit points towards the Bachelor of Asian Studies degree of which at least 28 credit points are in Sanskrit at credit level, and permission of Head of Centre.
Syllabus: A combination of intensive Sanskrit language study, disciplinary study and a study project, to be arranged with a university or equivalent institution in India.
ARABIC
Classical Arabic SWAA2004
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Lecturer: Dr Street
Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic
Syllabus: The unit is devoted to the Arabic of classical literature.
Prescribed text
Contemporary Arabic Literature SWAA2002
(16cp)
Annual
Four class hours a week throughout the year
Lecturer: Dr Street
Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic A and B
Syllabus: The unit is devoted to reading texts from modern Arab writers, both fiction and non-fiction, with continuing development of conversational skills.
Prescribed text
Introductory Arabic A SWAA1002
(6cp)
First semester
Four class hours a week
Coordinator: Dr Street
Syllabus
(a) Script and sound system
(b) grammar
(c) study of selected texts
(d) translation
from and into Arabic.
A supplementary taped conversation course is available in the language laboratory, and a supplementary reading course is available on the Universitys computer system.
Preliminary reading
Introductory Arabic B SWAA1003
(6cp)
Second semester
Four class hours a week
Coordinator: Dr Street
Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic A or permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: This unit extends Introductory Arabic A. Students will build on their knowledge of the script and sound system, undertake more advanced grammar and study selected texts. Translation from and into Arabic will be continued.
A supplementary taped conversation course is available in the language laboratory, and a supplementary reading course is available on the Universitys computer system
Media Arabic SWAA2003
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Four class hours a week throughout the semester
Lecturer: Dr Street
Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic
Syllabus: The unit is devoted to the Arabic press and the radio.
Prescribed text
Year in Middle East (Arabic) SWAA3500
(48cp)
Full year
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Arabic) degree
Prerequisites: Permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: (i) An initial unit in colloquial Egyptian Arabic; (ii) continuing Arabic language study, and an intensive program in Arabic during the last ten weeks; (iii) attendance at and reports on a series of seminars at research institutes in Cairo; (iv) preparation of an annotated translation.
Year in Middle East Project SWAA3501
(8cp)
Either semester
Available only to students who have completed the Year in
Middle East
Syllabus: This unit involves further supervised work on the annotated translation begun during the Year in Middle East. The text will have been selected in consultation with the Centre, and the annotated translation should demonstrate that the student has gained mastery over the language used in discourse in his/her chosen area of study, and the ability to position a given text in the relevant scholarly literature.
Units offered by the Southeast Asia Centre
Head of Centre: Professor V. Hooker
The Southeast Asia Centre offers language majors in Indonesia, Thai and Vietnamese, as well as language units in Javanese and Malay. Centre offering include units dealing with the literature, linguistics, societies and cultures of the regions.
Indonesian
The Indonesian language is the official language of a nation of 200 million, with the world’s largest Muslim population. It is a rapidly developing vehicle for a vibrant and quickly changing culture expressed through the mass media, schools and government, as well as being a common medium of everyday formal communication.
Indonesian 1A and B are designed to give beginning students competence in the basic skills of self-expression, comprehension and reading. Indonesian 2A and B aim to develop a deeper understanding of the language. Emphasis is placed on the development of the skills gained in 1A and B and an awareness of the cultural and documentary character of the materials studied. Indonesian 2C is designed to extend students who achieved high grades in first year. Using selected, graded readings, students will be engaged in debate and role-plays which will enhance their oral proficiency.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Indonesian) will build on the language skills attained in Indonesian 2A and B by taking a year’s study in Indonesia, in units arranged between the Southeast Asia Centre and approved Indonesian universities.
The alternative is to proceed to Indonesian 3A and B at the ANU. These units develop spoken skills and increasing attention is given to English-Indonesian and Indonesian-English translation.
Advanced Indonesian and Malay extends the student’s knowledge of the language through exposure to contemporary material. Emphasis is placed on mastery of both written and spoken forms at near-native speaker level. Students are introduced to Malay through newspapers, literature and audio-visual material.
The literary and intellectual traditions of Indonesia and Malaysia are explored in the unts Writing New Societies in South and Southeast Asia, Literary Activision and State Power in Contemporary Indonesia, and Traditional Malay Literature. Indonesian literature is also examined in comparative perspectives in the units Comparisions from Asian Literatures: Gender & Sexuality, Comparisons from Asian Literatures: Identity and What is Literature?: Asian Perspectives. Advanced studetns can undertake personalised reading courses through the units Readings in Southeast Asian Culture and Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture.
Beginners and students with existing knowledge of Indonesian or Malaysian
First-year Indonesian is taught on the assumption that students have no previous knowledge of the language. Those who have studied it before, or whose previous education has been conducted largely in Indonesian or Malaysian, must sit a placement test to determine their level of entry.
Javanese
Javanese, with more than sixty million speakers, is the language of the largest ethnic group in Indonesia and has produced a highly-developed literary tradition since the tenth century. It has such a strong influence on the development of the Indonesian vocabulary system, that some knowledge of Javanese is often necessary to read articles in contemporary Indonesian newspapers and periodicals.
Old Javanese is a course devoted to the literary Javanese which flourished between the 10th and 16th centuries of our era. Modern Javanese is a course in the literary language accepted as standard since the 17th century. Prescribed texts include selections from Javanese renderings of the great Indian epics, court poems, historical works, religious and ethical works, as well as from contemporary works.
Malay
The Malay language, spoken today with minor variations in the Malay peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Singapore and Southern Thailand, is the basis of modern Indonesian. Contemporary Malaysian (Malay as used in the press, media and literature) can be studied in the units Advanced Indonesian and Malay A and B. Traditional and modern Malay literature and its intellectual traditions can be studied in the units Traditional Malay Literature, Reading Malay Political Culture and Writing New Societies in South and Southeast Asia.
Indonesia, Malay and Javanese-related units offered outside the Faculty.
A wide range of units on contemporary, modern and pre-modern Indonesia and Malaysia — covering the history, politics, anthropology, economics, religions, music and art history of these countries — are offered in the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts and the School of Music.
Thai and Lao
Thai, with over sixty million speakers, is the national language of Thailand and has a literary heritage extending back some 700 years. Lao is closely related; with about twenty million speakers, it is spoken both in Laos and in northeastern Thailand. The languages use similar alphabetic writing systems.
The major in Thai consists of Thai 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A and one of the following: Thai 3B, 3C or 3D. This sequence both develops conversational fluency and leads to proficiency in written forms of Thai. A unit in Lao is available to students with intermediate proficiency in Thai.
Asian Studies degree students are free to complement a Thai language sequence with units relating to both South and Southeast Asia. The Thai Program’s teaching team received the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1997. The National Thai Studies Centre, based in the Faculty of Asian Studies is host to an Australia-wide Centre for the study of Thailand, with extensive research in anthropology, economics, environment, demography, geography, history, linguistics and other fields. Library collections are outstanding in these areas. Students of the Thai language may pursue advanced study through the reading of Thai professional texts in these disciplines. Also, they may participate in general Centre activities.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Thai) will be able to take language study in Thailand and attend courses at a Thai university in the third year of their degree.
Thai and Lao-related units offered outside the Southest Asia Centre
A range of courses dealing with the history, religions, politics. economies and art history of the Thai and Laos peoples are offered by the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts.
Vietnamese
In studying Vietnamese at the ANU, students study the language of one of Asias oldest civilisations. In the modern context, Vietnamese is the national language of a country of growing political and economic significance for Australia. As Vietnam is on the road to economic recovery, people with vision would say that Vietnamese is the Asian language of the future in the domains of business, investment, tourism, education, and development programs.
Furthermore, it is the language of a dynamic community of 150,000 Vietnamese who have come to settle in Australia.
The Vietnamese program attempts to provide conversational and reading skills according to the needs of individual students, whether those needs centre around being able to communicate easily with Vietnamese people settling in Australia, working in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, AUSAID, Austrade, in education and training, in business or other international concerns, or pursuing academic studies or research in Vietnamese language, literature, or Southeast Asian history and area studies.
Vietnamese 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B constitute a major at pass level, providing the basis for control of the language as a means of communication and as a tool for research. Proficiency in conversation and in reading and writing are both aims of the course.
In 1st year the focus is on communicative competence using correct grammatical structures. The 2nd year focusses on spoken Vietnamese with its idiomatic expressions. In 3rd year students read newspapers, debate current affairs, and study social and cultural issues.
Students enrolled in the 4-year Bachelor of Asian Studies (Vietnamese) degree can take a year of study at the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Ho Chi Minh City, or at the University of Hanoi.
Asian Studies degree students are free to complement a Vietnamese language sequence with units relating to both Southeast Asia and China.
Vietnamese for Native Speakers is intended specifically for students with some previous knowledge of spoken Vietnamese, but who are not confident of their ability to read and write. After passing this unit students may enrol in later-year Vietnamese units
Vietnamese-related units offered outside the Southest Asia Centre
A range of courses dealing with the history, religions, politics and economies of the Vietnamese are offered by the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts.
Summary of units offered in 1999
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First Semester |
Second Semester |
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SEAI1002 Indonesian 1A* |
SEAI1003 Indonesian 1B* |
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SEAI2004 Indonesian2C |
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* First-year units
Descriptions of units offered
INDONESIAN AND MALAY
Advanced Indonesian and Malay A SEAI3102
(8cp)
First semester
Three class hours a week
Coordinator: Professor Hooker
Prerequisites: Year in Indonesia, or high Credit in Indonesian 3B and permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus
(a) Advanced readings of contemporary material
(b) Indonesian-English and
English-Indonesian trans- lation
(c) essay writing in Indonesian
(d) communicative
competence will focus on providing consecutive resumes in Indonesian or
English of orally delivered material.
Advanced Indonesian and Malay B SEAI3103
(8cp)
Second semester
Three class hours a week
Coordinator: Professor Hooker
Prerequisite: Advanced Indonesian and Malaysian A
Syllabus
(a) A greater variety of contemporary material will be studied and Malay
will be introduced.
(b) Indonesian-English and English-Indonesian trans-
lations
(c) more detailed and longer compositions will be set
(d) practice
will be given in providing oral resumes of news broadcasts, extracts from
television documentaries and speeches in Indonesian.
Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture SEAI3005
(8cp)
Second Semester
One two-hour class every fortnight
Coordinator: Dr George Quinn
Prerequisites: Two years’ study of a Southeast Asian language with at least a high credit result in 2B, and permission of the Head of Centre
Syllabus: The content of the unit is decided by consultation between each student and the supervising lecturer. Students read widely in the domain of Southeast Asian literatures, linguistics, religion, sociology, anthropology or the mass media. Emphasis is on reading at an advanced level in one or more of the following indigenous languages of Southeast Asia: Thai, Lao, Vietnamese, Malay, Indonesian, Javanese and Tagalog. Students present short reports on their reading every fortnight.
Indonesian 1A SEAI1002
(6cp)
First semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Dr Quinn
Syllabus: An introduction to spoken Indonesian covering the core vocabulary and grammar of the language, question-answer interaction and a practical command of four commonly occurring conversational topics/situations.
Prescribed text
Indonesian 1B SEAI1003
(6cp)
Second semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Dr Quinn
Prerequisite: Indonesian 1A
Syllabus: Further practice in spoken Indonesian with special emphasis on the mastery of the most frequent verb-forms and a practical command of four commonly occurring conversational topics/ situations. A start is made on developing reading skills.
NOTE: The prerequisite for entry to Indonesian 2A is at least a high pass in Indonesian 1B, or permission of the Head of Centre
Prescribed text
Indonesian 2A SEAI2002
(8cp)
First semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Mrs Armstrong
Prerequisite: Indonesian 1B at the level of a high pass or permission of the Head of Centre
Syllabus
(a) text study, grammar and vocabulary extension
(b) communicative skills.
(c)
translation English to Indonesian
Prescribed text
Indonesian 2B SEAI2003
(8cp)
Second semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Mrs Armstrong
Prerequisite: Indonesian 2A
Syllabus
(a) further text study, grammar and vocabulary extension
(b) communicative
skills
Indonesian 2C SEAI2004
(8cp)
Annual
One class hour a week
Coordinator: Professor Hooker
Prerequisite: A mark of 75 or over in Indonesian 1B and permission of the Coordinator
Syllabus
(a) translation of graded Indonesian passages
(b) intensive practice of
spoken Indonesian
Material will be distributed in class
Indonesian 3A SEAI3002
(8cp)
First semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Professor Hooker
Prerequisite: Indonesian 2B
Syllabus
(a) working from Indonesian to English
(b) working from English to Indonesian
(c)
spoken Indonesian
Prescribed text
Indonesian 3B SEAI3003
(8cp)
Second semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Professor Hooker
Prerequisite: Indonesian 2B
Syllabus
(a) working from Indonesian to English
(b) working from English to Indonesian
(c)
consolidation of an active command of spoken Indonesian, including the
informal style
Literary Activism and State Power in Contemporary Indonesia SEAI3006
(8cp)
Second semester
Two hours of classes a week
Coordinator: Dr Quinn
Prerequisites: Indonesian 2B or equivalent, or permission of Coordinator
Syllabus: With emphasis on the study of Indonesian-language texts the unit examines how state power is projected in the realm of language and literature and how this power has been resisted in post-independence Indonesia. After surveying the state-managed propagation of the Indonesian language and state-defined norms of correctness and good style, the unit looks at several case studies of literary censorship, focussing on ideas in the texts and the political/religious rationales for the censorship of them. The case studies are drawn from activist drama, public poetry, and polemical prose fiction with special emphasis on comedy as an activist weapon. The unit is team-taught.
Preliminary reading
Readings in Southeast Asian Culture SEAI3004
(8cp)
First semester
One two-hour class every fortnight
Coordinator: Dr Quinn
Prerequisites: Two years’ study of a Southeast Asian language with at least a high credit result in 2B, and permission of the Head of Centre
Syllabus: The content of the unit is decided by consultation between each student and the supervising lecturer. Students read widely in the domain of Southeast Asian literatures, linguistics, religion, sociology, anthropology or the mass media. Texts studied may be in English and/or in one of the major vernacular languages of Southeast Asia. Students present short reports on their reading every fortnight.
Traditional Malay Literature SEAI3101
(8cp)
First semester, subject to sufficient enrolment
Two class hours a week and
a fortnightly seminar
Coordinator: Dr Proudfoot
Prerequisite: Background to the Languages and Literatures of Indonesia or completion of or concurrent enrolment in Indonesian 2B
Syllabus: An introduction to the genres of Malay literature deriving from the court and folk traditions before the modern period. An introduction to reading Malay written in the Arabic script (Jawi). Changes in literary style will be examined through readings from various romanised and Jawi texts.
Preliminary reading
Year in Indonesia SEAI3500
(48cp)
Full year
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Indonesian) degree
Prerequisites: 4 points in Indonesian at high credit level, and permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: A combination of intensive Indonesian language study, approved Indonesian university units in language/literature and in a discipline, together with preparation for a study project. This work will be undertaken in Indonesia under arrangements made between the ANU and an Indonesian university.
Year in Indonesia Project SEAI3501
(8cp)
First semester
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Indonesian) degree
Prerequisite: Year in Indonesia
Syllabus: This unit involves further supervised work on the study project prepared in Indonesia, and thus will be tailored to the needs of individual students. It will involve bibliography, special readings, preparation of a work-in-progress seminar, and writing a report of approximately 6000 words in Indonesian.
JAVANESE
Modern Javanese A SEAJ2005
(8cp)
First semester
Four class hours a week
Prerequisite: Indonesian 1B
Syllabus
(a) phonology and grammar
(b) reading of graded Modern Javanese texts
Modern Javanese B SEAJ3005
(8cp)
Second semester
Four class hours a week
Prerequisite: Modern Javanese A
Syllabus
(a) Study and translation of selected texts
(b) a historical survey of Javanese
literature
Old Javanese A SEAJ2004
8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Four class hours a week
Prerequisite: Indonesian 1B
Syllabus
(a) grammar
(b) reading of graded Old Javanese texts
Old Javanese B SEAJ3004
(8cp)
Not offered in 1999
Second semester
Four class hours a week
Prerequisite: Old Javanese A
Syllabus
(a) study and translation of selected kakawins
(b) a historical survey of
Javanese literature
THAI AND LAO
Lao SEAL3001
(8cp)
First semester, subject to minimum enrolment
Three class hours a week
Prerequisite: Thai 2A
Syllabus
(a) introduction to the Lao writing system
(b) introductory phonology and
syntax
(c) study of modern Lao texts
Comparative-Historical Tai Linguistics SEAT2107
(8cp)
Second semester, subject to minimum enrolment
Three hours a week
Prerequisites: Thai IB and Linguistics LING2005
Syllabus: The Tai language family includes Lao, Nung (in Vietnam), Zhuang (in China), Shan (in Burma) and Khamti (in India), in addition to Standard Thai. The relationship of these languages and their derivation from a common proto language will be critically studied, using comparative-historical methods; the question of the wider relationship of the Tai family to other languages will be considered.
Seminar in Thai Linguistics SEAT2106
(8cp)
First semester, subject to minimum enrolment
Three hours a week
Prerequisites: Thai IB and Introduction to the Study of Language
Syllabus: A study of linguistic work in Thai syntax and semantics, with emphasis on relating Thai research to general linguistic theory. Topics include grammatical relations, verb serialisation, clausal relationships, and pragmatic and semantic issues in syntax.
Thai 1A SEAT1002
(6cp)
First semester
Five class hours and one tutorial a week
Coordinator: Mr Juntanamalaga
Syllabus
(a) Phonology
(b) drill on basic syntactic patterns
(c) elementary conversation
(d)
introduction to the Thai writing system
Prescribed text
Recommended videotape
Recommended CD Rom
Thai 1B SEAT1003
(6cp)
Second semester
Five class hours and one tutorial a week
Coordinator: Mr Juntanamalaga
Prerequisite: Thai 1A
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and drill on speech patterns
(b) oral and written comprehension
(c)
conversation practice
Recommended
Thai 2A SEAT2002
(8cp)
First semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Mr Juntanamalaga
Prerequisite: Thai 1B
Syllabus
(a) Grammar review and vocabulary study
(b) intermediate conversation
(c)
reading of graded cultural texts
(d) study of oral narrative
Recommended videotape
Thai 2B SEAT2003
(8cp)
Second semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Mr Juntanamalaga
Prerequisite: Thai 2A
Syllabus
(a) Reading of graded cultural texts
(b) written composition
(c) intermediate
conversation and discussion
Thai 3A SEAT3002
(8cp)
First semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Dr Diller
Prerequisite: Thai 2B
Syllabus
(a) Intensive reading of modern Thai texts
(b) Thai discussions and debates
(c)
formal and informal styles
(d) advanced composition
Thai 3B SEAT3003
(8cp)
(Traditional Thai Literature)
Second semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Dr Diller
Prerequisite: Thai 3A
Syllabus
(a) Survey and reading of Thai literary texts
(b) advanced conversation
and discussion
(c) special reports on cultural topics
Thai 3C SEAT3006
(8cp)
(Modern Thai Prose)
First semester
Four class hours a week
Coordinator: Dr Diller
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrolment in Thai 3A
Syllabus
(a) Critical reading of Thai modern fiction, newspaper selections and other
contemporary writing
(b) advanced conversation and discussion
(c) special
reports on cultural topics
Thai 3D SEAT3007
(8cp)
(Reading Thai Sources)
Second semester
Coordinator: Dr Diller
Prerequisite: Thai 3A
Syllabus
(a) Survey of bibliographic resources and techniques in Thai studies
(b)
extensive professional reading: students will select and report on texts
in areas of their disciplinary focus
(c) text analysis and discussion
Year in Thailand SEAT3500
(48cp)
Full year
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Thai) degree
Prerequisites: Thai 2B at credit level and permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: A combination of intensive Thai language study, approved Thai university units in language/ literature and in a discipline, together with preparation for a study project. This work will be undertaken in Thailand under arrangements made between the ANU and Thai universities.
Year in Thailand Project SEAT3501
(8cp)
First semester
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Thai) degree
Prerequisite: Year in Thailand
Syllabus: This unit involves further supervised work on the study project prepared in Thailand, and thus will be tailored to the needs of individual students. It will involve a bibliography, special readings and an extensive report written in Thai.
VIETNAMESE
Vietnamese 1A SEAV1002
(6cp)
First semester
Six class hours a week
Coordinator: Ton-That Quynh-Du
Syllabus
(a) Phonology and written alphabet
(b) grammar and drill on basic speech
patterns
(c) conversational practice
(d) listening comprehension
(e) introductory
writing skills
Prescribed text
Vietnamese 1B SEAV1003
(6cp)
Second semester
Six class hours a week
Coordinator: Ton-That Quynh-Du
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 1A or equivalent
Syllabus
(a) Grammar and drill on speech patterns
(b) conversational practice
(c)
reading and writing skills
(d) listening comprehension
Prescribed text
Vietnamese for Native Speakers SEAV1004
(6cp)
First semester
Three hours of classes a week
Coordinator: Ton-That Quynh-Du
Prerequisite: Interview with the coordinator
Syllabus: This unit is designed for Vietnamese native speakers who can speak the language but have no formal experience in reading and writing Vietnamese. Students will be taught the writing system, tones, tone markings and diacritics, and practice reading and writing.
After this unit, students may progress to later year Vietnamese units
Prescribed reading
Vietnamese 2A SEAV2002
(8cp)
First semester
Six class hours a week
Coordinator: Ton-That Quynh-Du
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 1B or equivalent
Syllabus
(a) Intermediate conversation and grammar focussing on Spoken Vietnamese
with idiomatic expressions
(b) reading comprehension
(c) translation and
composition
(d) readings on Vietnamese society and culture.
Prescribed text
Vietnamese 2B SEAV2003
(8cp)
Second semester
Six class hours a week
Coordinator: Ton-That Quynh-Du
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 2A
Syllabus: Continue activities of Vietnamese 2A.
Prescribed texts
Vietnamese 3A SEAV3002
(8cp)
First semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Ton-That Quynh-Du
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 2B at high pass or equivalent
Syllabus: Designed to meet needs of class
(a) Selected readings and analysis
(b) colloquial Vietnamese
(c) composition
(d)
newspaper reading and translation
(e) debating on cultural and social issues
Vietnamese 3B SEAV3003
(8cp)
Second semester
Five class hours a week
Coordinator: Ton-That Quynh-Du
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 3A
Syllabus: Continuation and development of Vietnamese 3A activities.
Prescribed text
Year in Vietnam SEAV3500
(48cp)
Available only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Vietnamese) degree
Prerequisites: A high credit in Vietnamese 2A and 2B and permission of Head of Centre
Syllabus: February-June: intensive language course at a Vietnamese university either in North or South Vietnam; July-August: intensive language course or travel in Vietnam and independent study; September-January: advanced language study and lectures in the students discipline.
Year in Vietnam Project SEAV3501
(8cp)
First semester
Avaliable only to students taking the Bachelor of Asian Studies
(Vietnamese) degree
Prerequisite: Year in Vietnam
Syllabus: This unit involves further supervised work on the study project prepared in Vietnam, and thus will be tailored to the needs of individual students. It will involve a report in one of the students disciplines of approximately 6000 words in English using primary sources in Vietnamese and a bibliography.