Chapter 3
Part 1 The Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts
Contents
Undergraduate Courses 83
Bachelor of Arts -- degree with Honours 84
Bachelor of Arts -- combined program 85
Bachelor of Arts (Art History and Curatorship) 87
Bachelor of Arts (Development Studies) 88
Bachelor of Arts (European Studies) 90
Bachelor of Arts (International Relations) 93
Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies) 96
School of Humanities 142
School of Language Studies 192
Classics Program -- Introduction and Honours School 193
School of Social Sciences 228
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia) 259
Other Arts Majors 264
The Faculty of Arts
Dean: Professor Adam Shoemaker, BA (Queen's), PhD ANU
INTRODUCTION
Arts is the largest Faculty at ANU. With more than 2,500 students, 10% of whom are postgraduate researchers, it is the heart of the University. The staff and postgraduate cohort come from more than 50 nations and internationalism is a key feature of the Faculty of Arts. The Faculty offers students a broad education in humanities, languages, archaeology and anthropology and social sciences -- both the traditional disciplines and contemporary cross-disciplinary fields of study. Such an education promotes original thinking and brings with it life-long communication skills, and skills of criticism and analysis, that are of enduring value in any field of employment. Arts graduates are employed in a wide range of occupations, often with less restricted career paths than graduates with more vocationally oriented qualifications. The Faculty publication Career Options for Arts Graduates is available from the Faculty Office.
The Faculty's teaching is of the highest standard, with staff regularly receiving Teaching Awards. Teaching generally takes the form of lectures, seminars and tutorials. The Faculty places special value on the personal interaction that is possible only in small-group teaching. Extensive use is also made of information technology.
Faculty Structure
The Faculty is made up of four Schools and one Centre. They are the Schools of Anthropology and Archaeology, Humanities, Language Studies and Social Sciences and the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. It is through these Schools and Centre that the Faculty offers its majors and individual courses which go to make up these majors.
Every School and Centre in the Faculty includes staff with world-wide reputations in their special fields of research. Through contact with these leading researchers, students are able to participate in cutting-edge intellectual debates.
New Enrolments
If you are enrolling in the Faculty for the first time you should seek advise about your choice of courses at a personal interview with the Sub-Dean or a student adviser. Successful applicants to the University will be told by letter of the days set aside for course approval and registration of enrolment.
Assistance for Students
There are many sources of advice and assistance available to students in the Faculty. Initial points of contact include:
Information can also be sourced from the Faculty of Arts website -- http://www.arts.anu.edu.au.
Faculty Office
The Arts Faculty Office is located on the ground floor of the Haydon-Allen Building (opposite the Tank Theatre). Opening hours are from 9.00 am to 1.00pm / 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday.
It is responsible for carrying out general academic administration of the University. Students should seek advice at the Faculty Office for matters regarding:
Arts Sub-Dean
Sub-deans are members of the teaching staff appointed to advise students on matters requiring academic knowledge or judgement. The Sub-dean is the person from whom students should seek advice on the following matters:
If a student is worried about a particular course, then it is better to first discuss the problem with the member of staff concerned, rather than with the Sub-dean. General worries about the Faculty or personal problems can be raised with any member of staff whom students feel will be sympathetic and helpful.
Sub-dean appointments should be made through the Faculty Office -- phone 6125 2898.
School Administration Offices
Each School and Centre in the Faculty has it's own Administration Office centrally located close to the staff and teaching areas. Locations are as follows:
The School Administration Offices are responsible for the support of academic staff and students. Administrative staff organise the lecture rooms, lab, tutorials etc. for your courses and carry out the administrative support for areas within the School. Students should seek advice at the School Administration Office for matters regarding:
Student Administration
The Student Administration Unit is located on the ground floor of the Griffin Building (Chancelry Annex) and is responsible for a number of general academic administrative services. Students should seek advice at Student Administration for matters regarding:
Study Options
Within the Faculty there are opportunities to pursue specialised study as well as the more traditional broadly-based Arts courses which, by combining study in different disciplines, enhance individual versatility and adaptability in the changing circumstances of employment and community life.
Programs
The Faculty of Arts offers undergraduate programs for the degree of Bachelor of Arts at both pass and honours levels, together with more specialised Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art History and Curatorship, Development Studies, European Studies, International Relations, Policy Studies and Social Work. The Faculty also offers the Diploma in Arts at the undergraduate level.
Program Structures and Course Values
The requirements and structure of undergraduate degrees and diplomas are expressed in terms of units - with most courses having a six unit value. The basic program pattern for an Arts degree over 3 years (6 semesters) is 8:8:8, that is, a standard full-time enrolment consisting of four courses per semester -- eight per year.
Courses Offered
To keep abreast of new developments and educational needs, the Faculty continually revises the range of courses it offers. In addition to courses offered by the Faculty of Arts itself, you may incorporate into your degree some courses offered by the Faculties of Asian Studies, Economics and Commerce, Engineering and InformationTechnology, and Science.
All courses are offered subject to staff availability and sufficient enrolments.
Selecting Courses
You should read carefully the course descriptions set out in this Handbook before you finalise your enrolment. You can also consult the Arts Faculty Sub-Dean or the Faculty Executive Officer about program structure and course choice. Phone 6125 2898 or email subdean.arts@anu.edu.au or enquiries.arts@anu.edu.au.
Bachelor of Arts Degree
The Bachelor of Arts degree is a three-year full-time program. If taken on a part-time basis it could take six or more years. The maximum time limit for completion is ten years. The degree provides opportunities for study in the full range of majors and courses taught by the Faculty and other Faculties. The structure of the degree, as set out under the entry for the Bachelor of Arts, is flexible and enables students to pursue a wide range of academic interests.
Specialised (or Named) Bachelor of Arts Degrees
The specialised Bachelor of Arts degrees provide programs of study in fields where a more closely integrated degree structure is advantageous (and where a number of discipline areas have complementary expertise). The broad requirements for the specialised degrees are the same as those for the Bachelor of Arts degree, but the sequence and choice of majors and courses is more prescribed. A detailed description of the specialised degrees follows the entry on the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Diploma in Arts
The Faculty offers a number of undergraduate diploma programs, each consisting of a minimum of 42 units. The courses are equivalent to an undergraduate major and do not require previous study in the chosen discipline, although normal requirements for university admission apply. The programs are intended both for first-time mature age students and for graduates wishing to obtain a qualification in a new field. The following diploma programs are available: Art History, Classical Studies, Drama and Theatre Studies, European Languages (Diplomas in French, German and Italian), History, Philosophy and Sociology. Further details are given at the end of the next section on Undergraduate Programs.
Combined Programs
To expand career options, combined undergraduate programs are also available in Arts/Arts (Visual), Arts/Asian Studies, Arts/Commerce, Arts/Economics, Arts/Engineering, Arts/Science, Arts/Science (Forestry), Arts/Law and Arts/Psychology. A detailed description of the Bachelor of Arts within a combined program follows the entry on the Bachelor of Arts -- degree with Honours. The specific requirements for all combined programs are set out in the Handbook section on 'Combined Programs' at the end of this Handbook.
Graduate Programs
The Faculty of Arts offers Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy degrees undertaken by research only. Postgraduate programs with a coursework component are the Master of Arts and Graduate Diploma courses. Master degree qualifying programs are also available. Applicants interested in these postgraduate coursework programs should note that a number of discipline areas within Faculty are no longer offering coursework at postgraduate level. Intending coursework students should therefore contact those areas in which they are interested to see if postgraduate coursework programs are available. Further information can be obtained from www.anu.edu.au/graduate.
Australian National Internships Program (ANIP)
The Australian National Internships Program (see later entry in this Handbook), which is a part of the Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Management (APSEM), offers three Internships courses which are available to later-year students in a number of degrees. Students apply separately to the Program for selection and admission to these courses. At the time of application to the Program, students should consult the Faculty Office to determine precisely how the ANIP course will fit within degree program requirements.
Accredited Courses in Academic English
If your first language is not English you are eligible to take two courses in Academic English towards your degree at the ANU. These courses develop both language and study skills to prepare you for more effective participation in an Australian academic environment. These courses: English in Academic Contexts ACEN1001 and Advanced English in Academic Contexts ACEN1002 are taught by the School of Language Studies in the Faculty of Arts. Further information on these two courses can be found in the School of Language Studies entry in this Chapter.
Generic Skill and Inquiry Courses
The Faculty offers a number of courses that will benefit all students at the University by enhancing generic skills of communication, research, criticism and analysis. Further information on these courses can be found in the Skills and Inquiry Courses entry in this Chapter.
Distinguished Scholar Program
From 1999 the Faculty of Arts has participated in the ANU Distinguished Scholar Program. The Program is designed to stretch the abilities of high-achieving students. It provides 'customised' undergraduate training for outstanding high school students from throughout Australia. Only the English and Classics programs within the Faculty participate in this program.
Distinguished Scholars will be selected on merit and when selected will be allocated an academic mentor from the discipline of your choice. The mentor will, in consultation with the student, plan a program tailored to suit the students particular needs and capacities. The mentor will also encourage and monitor progress and development and help in a student's interaction and involvement in the academic process.
Students who demonstrate outstanding academic ability may be invited to join the program at later stages.
More detailed information on the program is available from the Faculty Office or from Student Administration, Chancelry Annex. Applications normally close on 31 October each year.
Courses taken at other institutions
If you have completed all or part of a degree or approved diploma in another Faculty or at another tertiary institution, you may be granted status (credit) for some of that work in your Bachelor of Arts degree. Status of 54 units, expressed as an unspecified major and two unspecified first year courses, will be granted for a completed undergraduate degree. Where status is granted you will be given a time limit, which will be less than the normal maximum of 10 years. Applications for status need to be made at the Faculty Office.
Grading and Assessment
The Faculty of Arts has the same grading system for examination results that applies to the University as a whole. For further details see the 'Examination and Assessment' section of this Handbook.
Methods of assessment proposed in individual course entries are those preferred by the lecturers concerned. It is Faculty policy that, at the beginning of each semester, lecturers should discuss with their classes the objectives, content and forms of assessment of courses within the limits of the broad outlines published. As a result of these discussions, and subject to the authority of the Faculty, there may be some modifications in the methods of assessment proposed.
Students who submit written work for assessment in a particular course may not submit the same piece of written work (or a piece of work substantially the same) for assessment in any other course unless, prior to submission, they have obtained the approval of the Dean, lecturers in charge of the courses, and Conveners concerned.
Students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts are expected to be able to express themselves and to sustain an argument in their own words. They may not submit written work containing improperly acknowledged transcription or excessive quotation of the work of others. The Faculty considers plagiarism a most serious academic offence and severe penalties may be imposed on anyone found guilty of it. The Faculty's policy is set out more fully in documents such as course guides and booklets issued by Conveners of courses/majors. In addition the Arts homepage provides a link to policies of the Faculty -- see http://arts.anu.edu.au/policies.htm. The Academic Skills and Study Centre is also available to help students who need assistance with academic writing.
Cross Institutional Study
In limited circumstances it is possible to undertake other cross-institutional courses for status towards ANU Arts courses. Permission for cross-institutional enrolment will normally only be given where:
Students wishing to undertake cross-institutional study must confer with the Sub-dean. Study on a cross-institutional basis is limited to the equivalent of one year's study (48 units).
If you are seeking approval to include cross-institutional courses in your degree you should do so in writing in advance of enrolment at the other institution. You must allow at least 2 weeks for processing of this application. Status (credit) in the Bachelor of Arts course for such courses will appear on your record as 'unspecified'. On completion of the cross-institutional course/s, you must provide the Faculty Office with an official transcript of your studies at the other institution for the granting of status to be confirmed and entered on your academic record.
Variation of Enrolment -- Adds/Drops
Students may change their course enrolment in accordance with the dates and procedures determined and published by the Director of Student Administration and Support Services (SASS) in the Student Enrolment and Administrative Procedures (SEAP) Guide.
If you drop courses before the HECS census date you will have the courses deleted from your academic record. Courses dropped after census date will appear on your academic record. Courses dropped after census date will appear on your academic record with or without failure in accordance with the specified University Drop (withdrawal) dates determined and published by the Director of SASS in the SEAP Guide.
In exceptional circumstances and upon presentation of evidence of medical or compassionate reasons, the Dean of the Faculty may grant an exemption from the regulation.
Students may discuss such decisions or any other matter relating to a course of study with the Sub-dean or the Faculty Office.
Enrolment in Prerequisites/Co-requisites/Incompatible Courses
A prerequisite course is one that a student must successfully complete prior to enrolling in another course. However, because the University asks students to enrol in courses for a whole year Student21 will allow students to enrol in a course if you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite/s with no result yet recorded. If you subsequently fail the prerequisite you are responsible for dropping the intended course.
A co-requisite course is a course that must have been successfully completed prior to, or be taken in the same semester as, the course with which it is identified as a co-requisite. If you want to enrol in a course that has a specified co-requisite that you have not previously successfully completed, you must enrol in your elected course and the co-requisite. You must continue enrolment in both the co-requisite course and the elected course to gain results in both courses.
Incompatible courses overlap in course content to such an extent that both courses cannot be taken for credit. You should not enrol in a course that is identified in the course catalogue or Handbook as being "incompatible" with a course you have already taken and passed. If you do enrol in such a course you will not receive credit for the "incompatible" course.
Exemption from a Prerequisite / Co-requisite Courses
If you are seeking an exemption from a prerequisite or co-requisite course you must gain permission from the lecturer. An "Approval to Waive prerequisite(s)" form is available at School Administration Offices and the Faculty Office. You must consult with the relevant course lecturer or Convener and upon their approval they must sign and date the form. Upon receipt of the signed approval form the School Admission Office will allocate you a Permission Code that will allow you to enrol in the course over the web.
Repeat Courses
You may not enrol in a failed course for a third time without the approval of the relevant Head of School.
With the approval of the Arts Sub-dean you may repeat a course that you have passed previously, in order to fulfil program requirements or to achieve a higher grade, but this can only be undertaken as a non-award enrolment that incurs the upfront payment of a Domestic Tuition Fee.
Student Responsibility
While Faculty and general administrative staff will provide you with information and give you assistance wherever possible, it is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct at all times and that you adhere to the administrative procedures and policies outlined in the SEAP Guide. Claimed ignorance or misunderstanding of a procedure will not be sufficient reason for avoiding the consequences, which may have serious academic, financial or administrative repercussions for you.
It is strongly recommended that you read the General Information section of this Handbook and obtain a copy of the Student Enrolment and Administrative Procedures (SEAP) Guide.
Further information concerning your enrolment and administrative procedure can be obtained from the Faculty of Arts Office or from Student Administration in the Griffin Building (Chancelry Annex) or you can access the SEAP Guide contents from the website at http: //www.anu.edu.au/enrolments.
Bachelor of Arts
The Pass Degree
The pass degree is designed to give students a sound general education in the humanities, social sciences and languages.
Full-time students can complete the program in three years. Part-time students need at least six years to complete the program, assuming that they take four semester-length courses each year. All students, whether studying part-time or full-time, are required to finish their program within ten years.
Even though students enrolled in the BA program must complete 96 units offered within the Faculty of Arts, they have a wide choice of courses as they may choose courses up to the value of 48 units offered by the Faculties of Asian Studies, Economics and Commerce, Engineering and Information Technology, and Science (but not Law).
In exceptional circumstances, a student may include more than 48 units at 1000-level. Students must seek permission from the Sub-dean.
Within the 96 units required to be undertaken within the Faculty of Arts, up to 24 units may be taken from the list of approved Science Cognate Courses (see end of Arts Chapter).
Program requirements
A Bachelor of Arts degree must include courses with a value totalling no fewer than 144 units and normally not more than 150 units and must also include:
Note: While it is possible to undertake 3 majors within the Bachelor of Arts program structure it could preclude a student completing the requirements for admission to Honours. Students wishing to undertake 3 majors should seek advice from the Sub-dean.
Arts majors
An Arts major consists of a minimum of 42 units generally comprising:
The number and sequence of courses prescribed for a major are identified in each major entry. The Faculty of Arts currently has 36 majors available. These are identified on the contents page at the beginning of this chapter.
Below is an example of a typical pattern calculated on 6 unit courses.
Majors outside the Faculty
Students undertaking a major from another Faculty must follow their rules for majors. The Arts Faculty has guidelines for determining majors within other Faculties -- for advice contact the Sub-Dean or the Faculty Executive Officer. e.g. Faculty of Asian Studies majors (both Language and non-language majors) are 48 units or 8 courses. The Science Faculty does not specify areas of specialisation as "majors" but for the purposes of an out-of-Faculty, Arts students must complete a minimum of 42 units or 7 courses comprising 2 x Group A courses (max. of 12 units); plus 2 x Group B courses (max. 12 units) plus 3 x Group C courses (min. 18 units).
Below is an example of a typical pattern calculated on 6 unit courses for an Art major and an Asian Studies major.
Typical full-time study plan for a Pass degree based on two Arts Majors:
Both Arts majors A and B are based on 42 units ie. 7 courses x 6 units each
Typical full-time study plan for a Pass degree based on one Arts Major and a major from another Faculty
eg: Asian Studies Faculty (As Stud)
All Arts majors are based on 42 units ie. 7 courses x 6 units each
All Asian Studies Faculty majors -- Language and Non-language majors are based on 48 units ie. 8 courses x 6 units each
A maximum 8 x 1st year courses is allowed
Bachelor of Arts -- Degree with Honours
Why enrol for the degree with Honours?
The purpose of an Honours program is to encourage students of high calibre to deepen their involvement in a chosen field of study.
The structure of the pass degree avoids both extreme variety and extreme specialisation, although it still allows students to concentrate on a specific area of their choice. The degree with Honours differs in that it declares its specialisation and provides an extra year (the Honours year) of more advanced work in the chosen subject. 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.
How does one become an honours candidate?
Intending honours candidates will take a normal first year, but should discuss the choice of second-year courses with the Honours Convener concerned. Candidates for the degree with honours must fulfil all requirements of the pass degree before being admitted to the Honours year. In addition, they must complete the equivalent of 10 courses (at least 60 units) prescribed by the Honours school with a prescribed level of results.
Provided that candidates satisfy the eligibility requirements of the honours school, the Head of School will at the end of the students pass degree recommend them to Faculty for admission to the Honours year. There must be no gap between the completion of the pass degree and the Honours year, except with the approval of the Honours Adviser/Convener. This request for deferment of the commencement of the Honours program must be submitted to the Faculty Office.
Programs are available for the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with single, combined and double honours. All of these Honours programs involve at least one further year of full-time study after completion of the pass degree, and enrolment in a program of study prescribed by the honours school. Part-time students may take two years to complete the fourth year honours program.
Single Honours
The honours requirements differ from discipline to discipline but in general, admission to an honours school depends on consistently good results (at least credit level average) in the 60 units defined by the honours school. Full details of honours eligibility requirements are set out in the individual entries for those majors that offer an honours year.
Below is an example of a typical honours pattern calculated on 6 unit courses for an Art major and an Asian Studies major.
Typical full-time study plan for single Honours in Major A:
Major B is based on 42 units ie. 7 courses x 6 units each
Major A -- Honours year requires the completion of at least 10 courses (min. of 60 units)
Honours eligibility is also determined by completion of specified courses and grade level -- see BA Honours School entry.
Can I include languages study in fourth year?
If you wish to continue language study into your fourth year while enrolled in a non-language fourth-year honours course, you should discuss with your Honours Convener the possibility of including language courses in your fourth-year course work component.
Bachelor of Arts -- combined program
The combined programs offered by the Arts Faculty enable students to expand their career options, as they have access to the directly related specialist employment available to each degree. Employers keenly appreciate the combination of expertise or professional training with a broad educational base.
The structure of combined programs is such that students are not permitted to take courses from outside the two Faculties in which they are enrolled. The only exception to this ruling is that the Arts Faculty will recognise as Arts cognate courses up to two courses (12 units) to be undertaken in a third Faculty where those courses are required to complete an Arts major. This will only apply to the History, Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Development Studies, Population Studies, Social Research Methods and Religious Studies majors.
If you wish to check if a course is classified as an Arts course, then refer to the current Arts Course Listing at the end of this chapter. Note that students in a combined program can also undertake a maximum of 24 units from the Science Cognate List.
The Arts component of a Bachelor of Arts within a combined program must include courses with a value totalling no fewer than 96 units and must include:
Note: While it is possible to undertake 2 majors within the Arts component of the combined program it would preclude a student completing the requirements for admission to Honours.
Typical full-time study plan for the Arts component of a 4 year combined program based on one Arts Major:
Maximum 4 x 1st year Arts courses
Minimum of one Arts major is based on a minimum of 42 units ie. 7 courses x 6 units each
For information regarding courses from other Faculty -- refer to "Combined Programs" chapter and specific combined degree program
Completion requirements of the Bachelor of Arts within a combined program.
When enrolled in a combined program it is normally possible to take out each degree component separately [except in the case of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Visual)].
A student may opt to be admitted to the BA degree before completing the full combined program requirements or may wish to transfer to complete the single BA only. To complete the BA requirements in either of these cases, the student must complete 144 units including at least 96 Arts units and two majors, one of which must be an Arts major. The second major must comply with the requirements of the other faculty where majors are offered ( eg. Economics and Commerce and Asian Studies Faculties) or meet the Arts determination of approved sequence of courses in the case of Science, FEIT and Law.
Degree with Honours
A student may normally pursue honours in either or both degree components of a combined program.
The honours requirements and admission procedures for the Bachelor of Arts degree within a combined program are the same as for the single Bachelor of Arts degree. Refer to the Bachelor of Arts - Degree with Honours section.
Typical full-time study plan for the Arts component of a 4 year combined program for single Honours based one Arts major:
Maximum 4 x 1st year Arts courses
Arts major -- Honours year requires the completion of at least 10 courses (min. of 60 units)
Honours eligibility is also determined by completion of specified courses and grade level -- see BA Honours School entry and specific major entry.
For information regarding courses from other Faculty -- refer to "Combined Programs" chapter and specific combined degree program
Bachelor of Arts (Art History and Curatorship)
Coordinator: Dr Sasha Grishin, School of Humanities
This work-related degree course seeks to bridge the gap between the theoretical side of Art History as a university discipline and the practicalities of curating cultural objects and bringing them before the public.
Degree Structure
The degree requires the completion of 144 units and two majors, one of which must be an Art History major. No more than 48 units may be taken at first year level.
Students are required to complete:
(i) An Art History major comprising of a minimum of 42 units (7 courses) including at least one course from Group A and one course from Group B.
(ii) In addition at least 30 units (5 courses) from Group C, with no more than 12 units (2 courses) being at first-year level.
(iii) Up to 12 units at first-year level and not more than a total of 30 units from Group C. Other courses may be included with the permission of the course coordinator.
Group C subject areas: anthropology; archaeology; film studies; history; a foreign language; philosophy.
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Art and Politics of Collecting ARTH2057 Art and its Context: Materials, Techniques, Display ARTH2044 Art of the Modern Print ARTH2052 Curatorship, Theory & Practice ARTH2045 |
Summary of courses offered in 2002
Honours Program
The BA (Art History and Curatorship) Honours degree is designed to provide:
Entry requirements
(a) Completion requirements for the BA (Art History and Curatorship) pass degree;
(b) Credit average and at least one Distinction in 10 of the 12 courses [(i) and (ii) above] specified for the degree;
(c) Competence in a second language at least at an elementary level;
Fourth year honours students follow the syllabus for Art History IV (Honours), except that the thesis will be focused on a curatorial topic and normally an internship involving curatorial work in an art institution will substitute for one of the seminar courses.
Bachelor of Arts (Development Studies)
Coordinator: Dr Patrick Guinness, School of Archaeology and Anthropology
The Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies has been established to cater for the interests of students seeking to prepare for a variety of careers related to the development of Third World countries. These careers may be focused primarily on economic, social or political development and based in Australian institutions or abroad.
The BA (Development Studies) course offers students a firm base in one of the social science disciplines together with a coherent selection of courses focused on generic problems of development and on the recent experience of Southeast Asia, China or the Pacific Islands. Whilst it is tightly structured, it is flexible enough to accommodate an additional major in a relevant foreign language and to allow for a wide range of choice among courses. The Australian National University is recognised for its leadership in the field of Development Studies and has an exceptionally large number of staff who have undertaken extensive research in the Third World, as well as a strong library collection in the field.
Students taking the degree should achieve an inter-disciplinary understanding of theory and practice concerning the processes of development in the Third World, with special competence concerning one or two of four areas: Central Asia and the Middle East, China, Oceania, South and Southeast Asia, together with a firm background in one of the relevant social science disciplines.
Degree Structure
The course consists of 144 units comprising:
First year consists of introductory courses in at least three of the five relevant social sciences:
Anthropology -- ANTH1002 & ANTH1003;
Economics -- ECON1101 & ECON1102 or Economic History ECHI1105 & ECHI1106*;
Geography -- SRES1001 & SRES1002;
Political Science -- POLS1002, POLS1003 & POLS1004 and
Sociology -- SOCY1002 & SOCY1003.
* In order to maximise choice among second and third year Economics and Economic History courses, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce strongly recommends that students undertake ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 and ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1.
The second and third years require:
(a) The completion of a major in one of Anthropology, Economic History, Economics, Geography, Political Science or Sociology. This consists of a minimum of thirty units ( in addition to the twelve first-year points) drawn from a range of approved courses at 2000/3000 levels.
(b) The completion of a Development Studies major, building on any two of the above first year courses plus:
(i) two core A and one core B course, and
(ii) two area courses drawn from an approved list of courses focusing on Central Asia and the Middle East, China, Oceania, South and Southeast Asia.
(c) Further courses (36 units), normally including at least three of the core courses listed in the Development Studies major. These may be omitted by students opting to complete a third major in a relevant social science discipline or in a language.
Degree Structure -- Bachelor of Arts (Development Studies)
Summary of core courses offered in 2002:
Summary of area courses offered in 2002:
Group B Core courses:
Anthropology and the Urban Experience ANTH2054
Anthropology of Modernity and Post Modernity ANTH2055
Belonging Identity and Nationalism ANTH2056
Culture and Development: Further Studies ANTH3009
Development, Poverty & Famine ECHI2003
Drugs in a Changing World Order ANTH2063
Dynamic Asian Business BUSN2023/2024
Ecology and Social Change ECOS3006
Environmental Politics, Policy and Planning GEOG3028
Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective ANTH2025
Gender, Globalisation and Development POLS2086
Globalisation and Regionalisation of the World Economy ECHI2006
Globalism and the Politics of Identity POLS2075
Identity, Difference and Ethnicity SOCY3022
International Business BUSN3018/19
People and Environment GEOG2013
Population and Resources GEOG2014
Population and Society POPS2001
Poverty, Public Policy and Development ECHI3004
Studies in Social Change and Development SOCY3026
Central Asia and the Middle East
Modern Islamic Thought: West to South East Asia ASIA2816
China and India
Asian Giants: India, China and Japan: Alternative Paths to Prosperity ECHI2109/2119
India: The Emerging Giant ASHI2263
International Relations in Northeast Asia ASHI2017
Religion and Society in India ANTH2033
Society and Economy in China A: Historical Development ASHI2018
Society and Economy in China B: The People's Republic ASHI2019
Oceania
Anthropology of New Guinea and Melanesia ANTH2006
South and Southeast Asia
Chinese in Southern Diaspora ASHI3002
Colonialism and Resistance: Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASHI2011
Geography of Southeast Asia GEOG3016
India: The Emerging Giant ASHI2263
Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development ASHI2516
Orientalism and the Study of Asia ASHI3008
Mainland Southeast Asia to 1900: Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam ASHY2013
Malaysia: A Developing Multiculture Society ASHI2515
Reading Malay Political Culture ASHI3504
Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: 1858-present ASIA2163
Religion and Social Movements in Southeast Asia ASIA2173
Southeast Asia: Contemporary Issues and Anthropological Perspectives ANTH2060
Southeast Asia Field School GEOG3015
Southeast Asian Economic Policy and Development ECON3009
State, Society and Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASIA2012
Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Developments ASHI2041
The Degree with Honours
To qualify for fourth-year Honours in Development Studies, students must have completed the requirements for the BA (Development Studies) Pass degree and have achieved at least a Distinction in both of the core A courses in their Development Studies major and at least one later-year course in their disciplinary major.
The Honours IV program consists of an Honours Seminar in Development Studies, an appropriate fourth-year component taken in the area of the students disciplinary major (or a cognate component in another area), and a sub-thesis of approximately 20,000 words.
Bachelor of Arts (European Studies)
Coordinator: Professor Elim Papadakis, School of Social Sciences
The Bachelor of Arts in European Studies focuses mainly on Europe (including Britain) since World War II. The degree focuses on the foundations of modern Europe, bearing in mind its long history and how this has shaped contemporary European societies. It also considers the innovative aspects of recent developments, particularly the possibilities for cooperation and coursey as well as the tensions between diverse traditions.
Completion requirements specify that students undertake the following:
(a) a major in Contemporary Europe; and
(b) a major in a European language other than English; and
(c) twelve first-year units in either Political Science, History, Sociology, English, Philosophy or Art History; and
(d) eighteen designated later-year units in the same discipline area as (c) or in any of the Modern European Languages; and
(e) twelve first-year and eighteen later-year units of their choice.
Students are advised to consult the Coordinator in order to see whether there may be other courses that cohere especially well with the courses of their choice. It may be advisable to enrol in such courses even if they are not listed as designated.
Aims of this named degree are to enable students:
To achieve these aims we offer courses
Students whose language major is offered outside the Faculty of Arts must complete a major within the Faculty.
The Contemporary Europe major compulsory courses
FIRST YEAR
The European Union: Policies, Institutions
and Challenges EURO2003
(6 unit)
Europe: Contemporary Issues in Historical
Perspective EURO2005
(6 unit)
22 hours of lectures and 11 tutorials
Detailed outlines of the core courses and specification of the designated courses in the Contemporary Europe major are provided in the School of Social Sciences section of this Handbook.
The normal requirements for the degree are shown in the table below.
While the degree in European Studies is founded on the Contemporary Europe Major and a Language Major, it enables students to choose from a wide range of offerings in the Faculty of Arts. Some of these offerings, which may deal with Europe prior to 1945, can be done as free points in the BA (European Studies).
It is also possible, in addition to the Contemporary Europe major and the language major, to do a third major. This can be done by selecting free units so that together with the 42 disciplinary units they make up a major.
Degree Structure -- Bachelor of Arts (European Studies)
Designated courses that may be taken as part of the Contemporary Europe major and the BA (European Studies):
Designated courses
Designated later year courses:
Art and Architecture of the Italian Renaissance ARTH2019
Charlemagne to Chartres ARTH2096
Deconstruction A Users' Guide PHIL2002
Early Medieval Europe: Art and Architecture ARTH2095
European Cinema, European Societies FILM2003
European Philosophy A PHIL2087
European Philosophy B PHIL2097
Frankfurt School and Habermas POLS2076
Germany and Austria in Europe POLS2071
High Renaissance in Rome and Venice ARTH2094
Ideas, Causality and Culture PHIL2099
Ideological Issues under the Fifth Republic FREN2014
Love, Death and Freedom (20th C French Phenomenology) PHIL2059
Modern European Theatre DRAM2001
Modernism and Postmodernism: Architecture in our Century ARTH2092
Modernism in 20th Century Art and Design ARTH2043
19th and 20th Century Poetry ENGL2008
Philosophy and Gender PHIL2070
Philosophy of the Enlightenment PHIL2092
Politics, Culture and Society in Postwar Italy ITAL3010
Postwar British Drama DRAM2009
Postwar Italian Cinema ITAL3009
Postwar European Cinema: Films and Directors FILM2004
Postwar German Society GERM2020
Power and Subjectivity PHIL2089
Theories of Literature and Criticism ENGL2009
Women in Italian Society ITAL3014
World at War, 1939-1945 HIST2136
Any later-year course in German, French or Italian not primarily language based (see entries under School of Language Studies).
Honours Programs
Two Honours Programs are available to students:
Bachelor of Arts (International Relations)
Coordinator: Dr J George, BA WAust., PhD ANU
This program aims to introduce students to International Relations, initially via that broad historical and intellectual framework which has framed the modern world of states since the 17th century. It will then concentrate on International Relations in the 20th century, the age of World Wars and the Cold War, before finally addressing issues of the present age, the age of global political economy, global culture and communication, global environmental concerns and post-Cold war political conflict.
The BA (International Relations) program has been established to cater for the interests of students seeking both a broad scholarly understanding of the way the world works, and/or for those preparing for a variety of employment options related to international careers in government, business, non-government organisations, media and international agencies.
It is intended that you will be required to complete a compulsory major in International Relations plus either a language major or International Communication major. The language or International Communication major can be either an Asian or European language.
Additional courses can also be selected to cover a variety of issues related to international economics and business, the society and politics of important regions (eg the Asia/Pacific, the European Union, the Americas) and the history and cultures of many of the world's peoples.
The Australian National University is recognised for its leadership in the field of International Relations and has a number of staff that have undertaken extensive research in this area.
The degree is available at pass level (3 years) with an intended Honours degree (4 years).
Degree Structure
The course consists of 144 units selected to complete two majors and a minimum of 96 units from the Faculty of Arts and 96 units from later-year level:
Second and third years provide:
(a) An International Relations major (30 additional units, building on the 12 first year Political Science units).
This consists of five courses chosen from the International Relations major including the compulsory course POLS3001 Australian Foreign Policy and two courses from List A. See the International Relations major entry in the School of Social Sciences.
(b) A modern European language major (30 additional units, building on the 12 first year language units). Languages available are French, German, Italian, Spanish or Persian. See the relevant major entry in the School of Language Studies or the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies for the Persian major.
(c) An Asian language major (36 additional units, building on the 12 first year language units). See the Faculty of Asian Studies section of this Handbook for a list of language major options. See the Faculty of Asian Studies Chapter in this Handbook.
(d) An International Communications major (30 additional units) as described below. This major consists of 4 language courses (from the one language) and 3 courses from List A. The language courses can be either European or Asian courses. See the International Communications major at the end of this entry.
(e) Additional courses consisting of 3 designated courses and free choice courses to bring the program total to 144 units.
Note: Students undertaking an Asian language major with an Asian language may take up to 72 units from the Faculty of Asian Studies. This allows for an extra 24 units (4 courses) that can be taken as out-of-Faculty units but they must be from the Asian Studies designated later-year course listing.
The following International Relations courses are offered in 2002
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Development and Change POLS2011 |
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International Communications major
Convener: Dr Cynthia Allen, School of Language Studies
The International Communications major is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts (International Relations). It is intended to provide students with a working knowledge of another language and an awareness of cross-cultural issues not language competence.
The major will consist of a minimum of 42 units with a maximum of 12 units at first year level and a minimum of 30 units at later-year level comprising:
(a) 24 units (4 courses) of one language (European or Asian); plus
(b) 18 units (3 courses) from List A
List A
ALIN1001/2001 Language in Asia
ARTH2032 Computer Applications in the Humanities
ARTH2035 Publishing Humanities on the Web
ARTH2036 World Wide Web Strategies
ARTS1001 World Wide Web Strategies
ARTS2000 Writing, Print and the Information Age
ARTS2001 Speaking and Persuading
HIST2121 Electronic Citizens: The Rise of the Modern Media in the United States, 1865-2000
LANG3001 Translation across Languages: Literary Texts
LANG3002 Translation across Languages: Specialised Material
The following International Communications List A courses are offered in 2002
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Recommended 1st year Courses:
Anthropology and Archaeology
From Origins to Civilisations: ARCH1112
Designated later-year courses
Students must select a minimum of three courses from the following listings. Free choice courses can also be taken from this list. To undertake any of these courses you must have the required prerequisite listed within the course description.
Asian Studies
Chinese Southern Diaspora ASHI3002
Colonialism and Resistance in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASHY2011
Engaging Asia: Working with Government ASHI2020
Gender and Power in East Asia ASHI2016
India: the Emerging Giant ASHI2263
Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development ASHI2516
International Relations of Northeast Asia ASHI2017
Islam: History and Institutions: ASHI2162
Law and Society in Southeast Asia ASHI2268
Mainland Southeast Asia to 1900: Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam ASHY2013
Malaysia: A Developing Multicultural Society ASHI2515
North Korea: History and Politics 1945-1990s ASHI2007
Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 1193-1858 AREL2161
Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 1858-present AREL2163
Religion and Social Movements in Southeast Asia ASHI2173
State, Society and Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASHY2012
State, Society and Politics in Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam ASHY2014
Thailand in the Age of Globalisation ASHI2024
Understanding the Asian Diaspora in Southeast Asia and the Pacific ASHI2025
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
New Eurasia States: Emerging Issues in Politics and Security MEAS2001
Contemporary Europe
Europe: Contemporary Issues in Historical Perspective EURO2055
European Society and Politics EURO2008
European Union: Policies, Institutions and Challenges EURO2003
Geography
People and Environment GEOG2013
Population and Resources GEOG2014
History
Afro-American History HIST2002
Electric Citizens (Also for IC major) HIST2121
Race and Racism in Modern Europe HIST2133
Technology and Society HIST2117
Twentieth Century Australia HIST2134
Twentieth Century US History HIST2004
All courses listed for the IR major not taken as part of that major and any of the following:
Australian Government Administration and Public Policy: POLS2005
Fascism and Antifascism POLS2092
Frankfurt School and Habermas POLS2076
Germany and Austria in Europe POLS2071
Government and Politics in the USA POLS2013
Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies)
Coordinator: Dr Gwen Gray, School of Social Sciences
The Bachelor of Arts in Policy Studies focuses on the study of public policy in Australia. Students take a major in both Political Science and Policy Studies. They also take a minimum of five economics related courses, which may be extended into a major. Depending on the options chosen within the policy studies major and in relation to the three free courses, it is possible for a student to take a number of other courses in Philosophy, Sociology or History.
It is intended that students taking the degree will acquire an understanding of public policy making, Australian history and society. Skills will also be gained in economic analysis, statistics and clear thinking.
Degree Structure
The course consists of 144 units comprising the following:
* In order to maximise choice among second and third year Economics and Economic History courses, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce strongly recommends that students undertake ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 and ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1.
Second and third years provide:
(a) A Political Science major (30 additional units, building on the 12 first year Political Science units).
This consists of five courses chosen from the courses offered by Political Science OR courses to the value of 30 units if taken from the Political Science approved list (List 1) and the Australian National Internship Program.
With the written permission of the Convener, students may substitute up to two other Political Science courses for two of the designated courses from List 1.
(b) A Policy Studies major (30 additional units, building on the 12 first year units).
It consists of Applied Ethics PHIL2085 and Methods of Social Research A SOCY2038 to be taken if Statistics has not been taken as a first-year option; and three or four additional courses to be taken from the Lists 1-3 or courses to the value of 30 units if an internship is taken.
(c) Additional Courses (to the value of 30 units).
Three of the additional courses (18 units) will come from either later-year Economics or from approved courses building on first-year Economic History courses. Students have a free choice for the final three courses of the degree. This will allow the completion of an Economics Major or an Economic History Major.
Hence all students will take a Political Science major, a Policy Studies major and five economics related courses, with the option of completing a major in Economics or Economic History. Note: If you want to do a major in Economics or Economic History, please see the Sub-dean form the Faculty of Economics and Commerce to ensure that your chosen program is within their rules.
All enquiries concerning the Australian National Internships Program should be made to the Coordinator of the Program.
Degree Structure -- Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies) Course Code 3105
Summary of later-year courses for the BA (Policy Studies) offered in 2002:
LIST 1
Approved later-year Political Science courses for inclusion in the Political Science major and the Policy Studies major:
Political Science
Arguing about Welfare POLS2072
Australian Federal Politics POLS2065
Australian Foreign Policy POLS3001
Australian Government Administration and Public Policy POLS2005
Australian Political Economy: Industrial Relations, Industry Policy and Economic Crisis POLS2054
Bureaucracy, Politics and Power POLS2009
Contemporary Australian Political Issues POLS2083
Development and Change POLS2011
Gendered Politics of War POLS2085
Politics Policy and the Media POLS2080
Pressure Groups and Political Lobbying POLS2043
LIST 2
Approved later-year courses for inclusion in the Policy Studies major (in addition to List 1):
Philosophy
The approved first year courses are: Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy: An Historical Introduction PHIL1004 and Contemporary Issues in Philosophy PHIL1003. Applied Ethics PHIL2085 is a core course in the Policy Studies major.
Applied Ethics PHIL2085 (core course)
Philosophy and Gender PHIL2070
History
Australian History HIST1203 is an approved first-year course, but note that it is only a one semester course. Thus you will need to pick up another non-history course in second semester to make up 12 first-year points. You will also need to apply for permission from the History Convener to do later-year history courses as you will not have the prerequisite 12 units.
Country Lives: Australian Rural History HIST2129
Healing Powers: Medicine and Society since 1750 HIST2111
Indigenous Australian History HIST2022
Technology and Society: 1800 to 2000 HIST2117
20th Century Australia HIST2134
Sociology
First year Sociology courses are approved first year courses. SOCY2038 Methods of Social Research A is a core course in the Policy Studies major.
Community and the Individual SOCY2020
Education and Society SOCY2021
Environment and Society SOCY2022
Foundations of Social Research SOCY2037
Identity, Difference and Ethnicity SOCY3022
Intersexions: Gender and Sociology SOCY2044
Law, Crime and Social Control SOCY3016
Methods of Social Research A SOCY2038 (core course)
Methods of Social Research B SOCY3018
Qualitative Research Methods SOCY2043
LIST 3
Approved courses to build on first-year Economics or Economic History courses for the policy studies major or the additional advanced courses in economics.
Economic History
Australian Economic History ECHI2102
Development of Capital Markets ECHI3005
Development of Modern Business ECHI2010
Development, Poverty and Famine ECHI2003
Economic Development of Europe 1750-1914 ECHI2103
Globalisation and Regionalisation in the World Economy ECHI2006
Economics
Agricultural Economics ECON2002
Competition Policy, Privatisation and Regulation ECON2010
Economics of Education ECON3005
Industrial Organisation ECON2107
International Economics ECON3103
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations ECON2009
Modern Political Economy ECON2039
Public Economics -- Theory ECON2131
The Degree with Honours
The honours program in Policy Studies is akin to taking a combined Honours program in the Faculty of Arts. The BA (Policy Studies) consists of the Political Science and Policy Studies majors, which yields a total of 84 units. The additional units needed to complete the 96 units required for combined honours may come from either the economics-related courses noted above or from the three free courses, if they are drawn from the lists of approved courses.
The Fourth Year program consists of a thesis of 15,000 to 20,000 words and courses taken in one or more of the disciplines or programs that are central to the policy studies degree, namely, Political Science, Public Policy, Philosophy, Economics, Economic History, History and Sociology.
The minimum standard for entry to Fourth Year is a credit average. The disciplines in which Fourth Year work is taken may specify an appropriate standard performance above this credit average minimum.
Students contemplating honours should consult the Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies) Coordinator as early as possible.
Bachelor of Arts (Social Work)
Coordinator: Dr Frank Lewins, School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, and the School of Social Work, Australian Catholic University, from 2002 will offer jointly a dual program which will allow students to complete a Bachelor of Arts (Social Work)/Bachelor of Social Work.
The aim of the dual degree program is to provide an education in social work that is informed by a critical understanding of the social science disciplines and that is oriented to the professional values and practice of the social work profession.
Education in social work will inform professional practice in its purpose of:
Arts/Social Work -- a typical full-time course pattern
All COUN courses are those offered by ACU.
All COUN courses are annual courses to the value of 20 ACU credit points (cps). 20 ACU cps equates to 12 ANU units. So for each semester the ACU credit point is equivalent to 6 units.
Award Completion Requirements
Students are required to complete a total of 96 Arts units from ANU (16 x 6 unit courses) and 160 credit points from ACU (8 x 20 credit point courses) as prescribed elsewhere in this document (20 cp ACU -- 12 units ANU). This is the equivalent of 192 ANU units.
The full dual degree program requirements must be completed before admission to either of the respective degrees. In order to meet the requirements of professional association accreditation a student may not exit the ANU BA (Social Work) degree ahead of completing all dual program requirements, except by means of a course transfer to the single BA degree. Consequently a student who wishes to complete their study after 3 years will be required to transfer to graduate with a BA. The BA (Social Work) from ANU will only be conferred after the completion of the full dual degree.
Full-time status
While students are concurrently enrolled in both Universities, they will be full-time at one of these each year. Eg. Students will be classified as full-time students at ANU in first and second year. Conversely they will be considered full-time at ACU in their third and final year. The ability to maintain full-time status will provide students with normal concessions for travel etc.
Honours
Having completed the dual degree program, students may be eligible for admission to the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) at ACU. ANU students having met the Bachelor of Arts (Social Work) pass degree and Honours admission requirements could undertake an Honours year after the completion of the dual program. This would require an additional year of full-time study or part-time equivalent.
Diploma in Arts
Coordinator: Dr Don Rowland, School of Social Sciences
Introduction
Changes in society are creating new requirements for life-long learning, retraining, and greater variety in course offerings to supplement degrees and graduate courses. The diploma courses are a response to these changing needs, enabling people to undertake a selection of undergraduate courses within a single discipline or field.
The objectives of the diploma courses are to enable:
Admission Requirements
Normal requirements for university admission apply. Students may commence any diploma in first semester and most in second semester.
Program Requirements
Each diploma program requires the completion of a minimum of 42 units, with a maximum of 12 units at 1st year level (generally 2 courses) and a minimum of 30 units at later-year level (generally 5 courses), which is equivalent to an Arts major as defined later in this chapter. All studies for the diploma are undertaken at the undergraduate level. The diploma must be completed within five years of commencement.
Attendance Pattern
For students including first-year courses in their program, the typical pattern is to complete 2 first-year courses in the first year and 1 or 2 later-year courses per semester subsequently. First-year and later-year courses cannot normally be taken simultaneously. Not more than 12 units of the diploma can be at first-year level.
Fees
Diploma students are liable only for HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme) charges, rather than full tuition fees.
Diploma Courses
The diplomas span a number of the Faculty of Arts' offerings in the humanities, languages and the social sciences. The requirements and options for each diploma are virtually equivalent to the majors offered by the respective discipline areas, as described later in this Handbook. Further information about each diploma is presented in the Diploma in Art, Program Guide 2002, available from the Faculty of Arts Office. Prospective students are encouraged to discuss their study plans with the Convener for the particular diploma.
The following diploma courses are available:
The courses are known generally as the 'Diploma in Arts'. Diplomas are awarded in two grades: Pass and Pass with Merit. A Pass with Merit requires an average mark for all courses in the 'distinction' range.
Status
Students who have completed relevant courses at a university in the last ten years may apply for status for up to 12 units (generally 2 courses) in the diploma. Students who complete a diploma and subsequently enrol for a Bachelor degree are eligible to be granted status for up to seven specified courses in the degree. A diploma cannot be undertaken concurrently with a degree, but may be commenced afterwards. Degree students interested in extending the breadth of their studies may only enrol in a combined program.
Skills and Inquiry Courses
The Faculty offers a number of courses that will benefit all students at the University by enhancing generic skills of communication, research, problem-solving abilities, criticism, analysis and presenting information. These courses can be undertaken as single courses or count towards particular majors within the Bachelor of Arts course.
Arts Internship ARTS3000
(6 units)
First and second semester, Summer and Winter session.
Internship Coordinator: Relevant major Convener
Prerequisites: Specific courses to be determined by each discipline area -- consult with Internship Coordinator. Minimum requirement is that students must be in their third year of academic study.
Syllabus: This course will provide some students with the opportunity to undertake relevant work experience under the supervision of professional staff of a host organisation. The discipline specific nature of the Internship will be reflected in the specific tasks designated by the host organisation supervisor and the Internship Coordinator. These tasks will be appropriate to the level of student's ability within their study program and complement the student's choice of major area of study. There is no coursework component. Duties and tasks undertaken will involve the application of theoretical knowledge to work practices and culture of the organisation. Selected students will be required to attend a pre-internship orientation and briefing session with the Internship being a minimum of 70 hours attendance at the workplace.
Preliminary Reading: To be determined by host organisation supervisor and Internship Coordinator. Required reading of texts, reports or work related material would be based on the nature and intent of the negotiated work project.
Proposed Assessment: Negotiated work project (normally a minimum of 2,000 words) 50%, work diary 15% and host supervisors report 35%.
Availability: Discuss the availability of placements in your area of study with the Internship Coordinator. Internship placement opportunities will normally be advertised the previous semester before placement so that a selection process can be undertaken and placements offered and finalised before the reenrolment deadline.
Logical Thinking ARTS1000
(6 units)
Three hours a week of lectures and tutorial classes
Syllabus: The course is a version of Contemporary Issues in Philosophy PHIL1003. It aims to develop the participants' analytic and thinking skills. It introduces the fundamental aspects of logical thinking and the basic principles of informal and formal logic. Central to the course is the analysis and assessment of reasoning.
The first segment (6 weeks) Clear Thinking deals with informal logic. Examples of clear (and unclear) thinking will be studied. Topics to be covered include the analysis of propositions and of arguments, vagueness, ambiguity, fallacies, definition of terms, propositional form, and argument form. At the end of the segment participants should have improved their ability to read a text closely, to analyse and to construct and critically to assess arguments.
The second segment (7 weeks) Principles of Argument is an elementary introduction to formal logic. The aim will be to enable participants to identify the structure of important kinds of English sentences, to perform simple deductions and to appreciate elementary metalogical notions such as validity, provability, and consistency. We will look first at elementary propositional logic: the logical connectives, the notion of truth-functionality, truth tables and rules of natural deduction. We then turn to elementary predicate logic: the distinction within a proposition between a predicate and its arguments, the concepts of existential and universal quantification as they are expressed both in English sentences and in formal logic, and the treatment of quantity expressions in traditional syllogistic logic.
This course is incompatible with Introduction to Philosophy PHIL1002 and Contemporary Issues in Philosophy PHIL1003.
Research Skills for the Social Sciences
and Humanities ARTS1002
(6 units)
Twenty six hours of lectures and ten hours of tutorials
Syllabus: This course will enable students to improve a number of generic skills associated with research in the social sciences and humanities. Skills such as the ability to conduct and analyse basic research and to write well will be covered in this unit. Students will find that all areas covered develop skills that are important for academic study and for gaining employment.
Proposed assessment: Negotiated written work, oral presentations and tutorial participation based on each component of the course.
Resources, Environment and Society SRES1001
(6 units) Group A
Offered in 2002 and succeeding years
Four hours of contact a week comprising lectures, workshops and tutorials plus a weekend field trip.
Coordinator: Dr Richard Baker, Geography, School of Resources, Environment and Society
Arts Faculty Liaison: Dr Alastair Greig, Sociology, School of Social Sciences
Syllabus: This course critically analyses the relationships between people and their environments. It focuses on the big issue facing the globe -- the equitable and sustainable use of this planet's resources. The course is suitable for both Science or Arts students. It is also an introductory course for later-year courses in the School of Resources, Environment and Society.
The course will examine different ways of conceptualising the nature of resources, the environment and society. The contrasts and connections between scientific and social science theory and methods will be examined. Key factors mediating the inter-relationships between society and environment will be explored including resource use, population and technological change. Other key conceptual concepts critically explored will include social justice, equity and sustainability. These issues will be explored through case studies in the international dimension of global climate change, water and land degradation and biodiversity conservation.
The course will have a strong skills based focus with the aim of giving students the research and communication skills required to successfully complete later-year courses. Particular attention will be given to critical thinking and writing skills. Staff from the ANU Libraries and the Academic Skills and Learning Centre will be involved in this element of the course. The course will be taught by staff from the Science and Arts Faculties and key researchers from the ANU Research Schools.
http://www.wri.org/wr2000/ for People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute, 2000.
Incompatability: SRES1001 may not be combined in a degree with previously offered Geography first year courses.
Speaking and Persuading ARTS2001
(6units)
20 lectures; weekly tutorials, including a series of practical workshops on speech production
Prerequisites: Two first-year courses to a total value of 12 units
Syllabus: An introduction to the art and practice of rhetoric, or speech making and speech writing, as it has been practised from ancient Greece to contemporary Australia. It begins with the emergence of formal speech training in Greece and Rome, and illustrates the continuing influence of these techniques. It examines Aristotle's Rhetoric as the foundational work in this tradition, but also the criticisms of rhetoric made by Plato and other philosophers. It discusses the relevance of rhetoric to modern literature, to recent critical theory and to contemporary image making and advertising. It studies speeches of Pericles, Demosthenes, Cicero, Churchill, John F. Kennedy and R.G. Menzies, among others, as well as of contemporary speakers. Students will be given professional advice on voice production and delivery in a series of workshops, and will prepare a speech of their own for delivery as part of their final assessment.
Proposed assessment: One essay; one speech, to be delivered orally and also submitted in written form; one two-hour examination; tutorial performance, including practical workshop exercises. This proposal will be discussed in the classes of the first weeks of the course.
This course can be counted towards a Theatre Studies or Applied Linguistics major.
World Wide Web Strategies ARTS1001
(6 unit)
Three hours per week including a tutorial laboratory
Coordinator: Professor Greenhalgh
Syllabus: Designed to equip students with a working knowledge of the Web and its potential in learning and research whatever the discipline, this course requires no previous knowledge of computers. As well as serving immediate study needs, this course is also relevant for the workplace, being especially useful in the growing number of areas concerned with initiating, developing and managing the provision of electronic information, perhaps in the Public Service, education, museums or commerce. Beginning with an overview of common computing tasks in the Humanities (including text processing, database and graphics), the course then proceeds to survey and elucidate the success of the Internet and the Web as a force in education and commerce, and to assess potential for further development. During hands-on work in the tutorial laboratories, we shall make a detailed examination of the Web as an easy-to-use vehicle for a growing variety of information formats from text and still images to sound and video. Lectures will be illustrated by online network demonstrations, and students will be trained in making live class presentations using the Web.
Proposed assessment: one essay, one class presentation and one web survey.
This course can be counted towards an Art History or Film Studies major.