The Faculty of Asian Studies
Contents
The Bachelor of Asian Studies Degrees 292
Specialist Bachelor of Asian Studies with Year-in-Asia 292
Bachelor Degrees with Honours 293
Combined Programs Leading to Two Degrees 293
Asian Societies and Histories 296
Asian Politics and International Relations 296
Contemporary Asian Societies 296
The Faculty of Asian Studies
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, the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Faculty of Law, and the National Institute of the Arts to offer the widest range of Asian Studies available in Australia, both at undergraduate and graduate levels. The ANU offers Asian regional language programs in:
It is also possible to study the classical forms of languages of the region including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Malay and Javanese. Other programs 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 and the National Library of Australia.
The Year-in-Asia
For mastery of a language and the ability to negotiate a culture with confidence, a significant period of in-country experience is valuable. The four-year specialist degrees offered by the Faculty open the door to this experience by including a Year-in-Asia devoted to language and disciplinary study. After gaining a good grounding in their first two years (three years for combined degrees) at ANU, students enrol in selected universities in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam for the third year (normally the fourth year for combined degrees) of their degree.
Scholarships are sometimes available to help students with fares and living costs during their Year-in-Asia. Students should check with the convener of their language program as to the availability of financial assistance for the year in which they will be away.
Applied Asian Studies
Apart from the Year-in-Asia, the Faculty of Asian Studies provides exciting opportunities to gain practical workplace experience in either Australia or Asia -- experience which counts towards the Bachelor of Asian Studies degree, or the undergraduate Diploma in Asian Studies. Coursework includes Engaging Asia: Working for Government, and three special work experience courses: Practical Assignment in Australia; Practical Assignment in Southeast Asia; and Practical Assignment in Korea. The Hindi Program offers two courses in the summer session delivered in India: Applied Hindi and Advanced Applied Hindi, and for the first time, the Arabic Program will be offering Applied Arabic in the Middle-East (Lebanon) as a summer course over the Christmas period 2002/2003.
Australian National Internships Program
Asian Studies students are eligible to apply for places in the Australian National Internships Program (see Table of Contents in this Handbook), which is a part of the Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Management. Three Internship courses are available to later-year students. Students apply separately to the Internships Program for selection and admission to these courses, which make a valuable and prestigious contribution to the Asian Studies degree. For more information visit the ANU web site at http://www.anu.edu.au/anip/
Combined Degrees
Combined Degrees offer a potent combination of language study to an advanced level, awareness of an Asian society, and professional qualifications. Asian Studies can be combined with Arts, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Law, Science (including Forestry) and Visual Arts.
Distinguished Scholar Program
The Faculty sponsors a Distinguished Scholar Program, 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 and/or outstanding achievements in the student's chosen field. Entry for later-year students is based on academic achievement in their degree program. Students interested in the Distinguished Scholar Program should contact the Faculty Executive Officer, Asian Studies, or visit the ANU website at http://www.anu.edu.au/psi/dist_scholar.html
Diploma of Asian Studies
The Diploma of Asian Studies is an affordable part-time coursework program, delivered under the Higher Education Contribution Scheme. Students may choose a single Asian language program or a conceptual/analytical major in order to complete the Diploma. The Diploma is intended for both mature-age non-graduates and for graduates with a vocational interest in an aspect of Asian Studies who wish to upgrade qualifications in an Asia-related discipline.
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 find employment in marketing, international trade, banking and finance, teaching, tourism, and federal, state and overseas government departments.
Graduates who have combined their studies of Asia with vocationally oriented qualifications in, say, economics, political science or law, are especially well placed to find employment in Australia and overseas, and are well placed to benefit from career opportunities which are opening up as Australia's relations with the nations of Asia develop.
Asian language graduates obtain employment as translators and interpreters. There is a need for personnel who can communicate with non-English speakers, specifically in government departments dealing with immigration and ethnic affairs, foreign affairs, customs and excise, social welfare, health and consumer affairs. Further, a number of foreign language newspapers and radio programs 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 the training they obtain develops the ability to carry out research, communicate ideas and suggest solutions to problems. Employers value their high level of intellectual training.
Undergraduate Programs
The Faculty offers undergraduate programs in which the use and study of an Asian language has an integral role. The following undergraduate programs are available:
Combined programs leading to two degrees:
The Bachelor of Asian Studies Degrees
The Bachelor of Asian Studies degrees are built around two principles:
1. Study of an Asian language to an advanced level.
No previous knowledge of an Asian language is expected, but students who already have some knowledge of their chosen language may be allowed to start at a more advanced level after a placement test. Native speakers may enrol to take the language major in their own language, with permission from the Sub-Dean. In all cases, the minimum of 48 units of language-related study is required.
Students are encouraged to develop a deeper knowledge of modern and classical languages in the areas in which they specialise. It is possible to study a second Asian language. Students who wish to take a second full major in an Asian language must seek permission from the Sub-Dean.
2. Expertise in a discipline
Knowledge of the Asian region, with expertise in a disciplinary area or professional field, supports the acquisition and application of Asian language skills. The Faculty of Asian Studies offers a choice of non-language majors that develop relevant conceptual and analytical skills. Majors or specific study sequences offered by the Faculties of Arts, Economics and Commerce, Law and Science may also be taken as elective study in the degree. The combined degree programs in Arts, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Law, Science and Visual Arts provide scope for more extensive disciplinary study.
Bachelor of Asian Studies
Degree requirements
This degree leads to advanced study of an Asian language with expertise in a discipline and knowledge of an Asian society. The degree program of 144 units must include:
either, at least the minimum course requirement for a language program taught in the Faculty;
or, alternatively, satisfying the Faculty of an equivalent level of skill and knowledge in a language approved by the Faculty.
The minimum levels of attainment are:
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- At least 48 units of conceptual/analytical study (a non-language major) approved by the Faculty, of which no more than 12 units (two courses) can be taken at first-year level. Approved conceptual/analytical (non-language) majors comprise a program of study in:
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Asian History
Asian Politics and International Relations
Asian Religions, or
Contemporary Asian Societies - Japanese Linguistics
- Overall, the degree program must include 36 units (6 courses) in non-language courses taught by the Faculty. (This includes courses taken in the conceptual/analytical major). Non-language courses are those that are not part of a language sequence and do not have a language prerequisite.
- With the approval of the Sub-Dean, a student may include in an Asian language major, up to 12 units in relevant courses taught elsewhere at ANU.
Specialist Bachelor of Asian Studies with Year-in-Asia
The four-year specialist degrees incorporating a Year-in-Asia are:
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Arabic) 4550/5001
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) 4550/5006
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Hindi) 4550/5002
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Indonesian) 4550/5007
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Japanese) 4550/5008
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Korean) 4550/5003
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Thai) 4550/5004
Bachelor of Asian Studies (Vietnamese) 4550/5005
During the Year-in-Asia, students take the equivalent of 48 units in language and disciplinary studies at an overseas university and in some cases, prepare an individual study project.
The Year-in-Asia 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 (three years for combined degrees) of the degree program at least at credit level to be eligible for the Year-in-Asia. Students who do not attain the required standard will be required to transfer to the three-year degree program. Conversely, students in the three-year degree who meet the required standard may apply to transfer to the four-year degree and participate in the Year-in-Asia.
Degree requirements
The degree program of 192 units includes 144 units as described above for the Bachelor of Asian Studies (program code 3550), plus the Year-in-Asia, valued at 48 units. Students cannot count the course value of the same course towards both the degree of Bachelor of Asian Studies and a Specialist Bachelor of 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, and completed a comparable study program, if they intend to seek status (credit) for the Year-in-Asia.
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.
Honours candidates may be invited to apply for the Honours year or, conversely, students may simply apply if they believe their level of academic attainment has been good enough. Normally, an overall distinction average is necessary, however the Honours Committee may exercise some leeway if exceptional circumstances exist. Honours candidates are also strongly encouraged to undertake Honours preparatory courses offered by the Faculty, prior to their Honours year.
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 programs leading to two bachelor degrees, this additional work requires one further full-time academic year.
The Faculty Honours Committee prescribes the program of study in the Honours year with maximum flexibility and concern for each individual student's interests. Honours study 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 visit the Faculty's website at http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/hons.html or obtain a hard copy of the 'Honours in Asian Studies Guidelines' from the Faculty of Asian Studies Office.
Combined Programs Leading to Two Degrees
Details of combined program structures are set out in the Combined Degrees section of this Handbook (see Table of Contents).
In combined programs, the Asian Studies component amounts to 96 units, comprising a major in an Asian language to the value of between 48-60 units (8 to 10 courses), and a conceptual/analytical (non-language) major to the value of between 36-48 units (6 to 8 courses), comprising courses taught in the Faculty or approved by the Sub-Dean. The course combinations for a language major and a conceptual/analytical major may comprise 8/8; 9/7; or 10/6.
In programs combined with the Specialist Bachelor of Asian Studies degrees, an additional 48 units are assigned to the Year-in-Asia.
Diploma of Asian Studies
The Faculty offers an undergraduate diploma program in an Asian language or a conceptual/analytical (non-language) major. The Diploma is intended for both mature-age non-graduates and graduates who wish to upgrade qualifications in an Asia-related discipline. The Diploma is offered on a part-time basis and it would not normally be possible to complete it in less than two years. Admission is based on normal requirements for university admission and no prior knowledge of the course is required.
The Diploma can be taken in each of the Faculty's Programs: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Asian History, Asian Politics and International Relations, Asian Religions, Contemporary Asian Societies and Japanese Linguistics.
Enrolment
Selecting Courses
Students enrolling in the Faculty for the first time are required to have their choice of courses approved at a personal interview with the Sub-Dean or a program adviser. Successful applicants will be told by letter of the days set aside for program approval and enrolment registration.
Students are advised to make informed decisions in choosing courses for their degree through careful reading of the syllabuses of courses in this Handbook, as well as through consultations with Sub-Dean and program advisers. The Sub-Dean is available to discuss program plans and matters relating to the overall direction and progress of an undergraduate program. More specific guidance about the content, assessment and conduct of particular courses is best sought initially from the lecturer in charge of the course, or the convener of the Program offering the courses.
Mid-year Enrolment
Mid-year enrolment is possible but students wishing to begin their enrolment mid-year should consult with the Sub-Dean. A modified program will normally be necessary. Those who have no prior knowledge of an Asian language will normally be required to delay commencing language studies until the following year.
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 programs offered by the Faculty.
Students who already have some knowledge of an Asian language may be allowed to start at a more advanced level after a placement test. 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 courses would normally be approved. While status counts toward the total of units required for a degree program, exemptions do not.
For courses other than Asian languages, the University's general status provisions apply (see Introduction section of this Handbook).
Part-time Enrolment
The Faculty welcomes part-time enrolments. The Bachelor of Asian Studies and some combined programs 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 program. Advice should be sought from the Sub-Dean.
Prerequisites
Students wishing to enrol in a later-year course (that is, a course with a numeric code in the 2000 range or above) will often be required to have attained some level of competence defined as a prerequisite. The prescribed prerequisites may generally be waived in particular cases by the Convener of the relevant Program or by the Sub-Dean in consultation with the Convener. Students who wish to make special arrangements should seek the advice of the Convener of the Program in the first instance.
If no prerequisites are specified for a later-year course, it should be assumed that the course is not normally open to first-year students and advice should be sought.
Grading and Assessment
Assessment in each course for which the Faculty is responsible will be decided after discussion in classes at the beginning of the course. In language courses, assessment is usually based on oral work in class, written homework and a final examination. In non-language courses, assessment is usually centred on essays, participation in tutorials and a final examination.
Administrative Centres
Office of the Dean
Dean, Asian Studies: Professor Tony Milner
Executive Assistant to the Dean: Ms Andrea Haese (phone: 6125 3207).
The Faculty Office
The Faculty Office is located in the foyer of Level 2 of the Asian Studies building (known as the Baldessin Precinct Building No.110). Please consult the Faculty office with questions about: admission, enrolment, status for studies taken elsewhere, degree program plans, admission to the Honours program and administrative arrangements for the Year-in-Asia programs. The Faculty Secretary Support Officer will normally be the first point of contact.
Faculty Executive Officer: Mr Gordon Hill, AM
Convener, Honours program: Dr Colin Jeffcott
Convener, Distinguished Scholars program: Dr Aat Vervoorn
Faculty Secretary Support Officer: Ms Samantha Johnsen
(phone: 6125 0515)
The Faculty's programs are administered through six Centres, including a cognate centre in the Faculty of Arts -- the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. Please contact these Centres for all matters concerning: the day-to-day running of programs, courses offered in the programs, timetabling, tutorial groups and reading bricks.
Centre for Asian Societies and Histories
The Centre offers most of the Faculty's conceptual/analytical (non-language) courses. Majors include Asian History, Asian Politics and International Relations, Asian Religions and Contemporary Asian Societies.
Asian Societies and Histories program
Head of Centre: Dr Aat Vervoorn
Centre Administrator: Appointment pending
The Centre is host to the Director of the Centre for Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora and the Director of the ANU Centre for Korean Studies.
China and Korea Centre
The Centre offers language majors in Chinese and Korean, which include courses dealing with languages, scripts, literature, linguistics and society. These courses are open to students taking Asian Studies degrees as well as to students enrolled in other Faculties. The 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.
Chinese program
Korean program
Head of Centre: Appointment pending
Centre Administrator: Ms Pam Wesley-Smith
Ms Wesley-Smith also administers the Faculty's two Graduate programs: East Asian Studies and Southeast/South Asian Studies.
Japan Centre
The Japanese Program offers a comprehensive Japanese language program, together with courses in Japanese literature. The Centre also offers a major in Japanese linguistics for those who choose to combine this option with the Japanese language major. 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.
Japanese program
Japanese Linguistics program
Head of Centre: Professor Jenny Corbett
South and West Asia Centre
The South and West Asia Centre offers language majors in Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, and, through the cognate Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts), Persian and Arabic, as well as a range of courses dealing with the literatures of the region. The Centre offers related courses in religion and history for the Asian Societies and Histories Program.
Arabic program -- delivered in cooperation with the cognate Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Hindi program
Sanskrit program
Urdu and Persian programs
Persian is delivered by the cognate Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies.
Head of Centre: Dr George Quinn
Cognate Centre: Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia)
Arabic program
Persian program
Director: Professor Amin Saikal
Centre Administrator: Ms Carol Laslett
Southeast Asia Centre
The Indonesian language is the official language of a nation of over 200 million, with the world's largest Muslim population. It is the vehicle for a vibrant and quickly changing culture expressed through the mass media, schools and government, as well as being the common medium of everyday formal communication across the many local cultures of the country.
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 north-eastern Thailand. The languages use similar writing systems.
In studying Vietnamese at the ANU, students study the language of one of Southeast Asia's oldest civilisations. In the modern context, Vietnamese is the national language of a country of growing political and economic significance for Australia. It is also the language of a dynamic community of 150,000 Vietnamese who have come to settle in Australia.
Thai program -- delivered by the National Thai Studies Centre
Head of Centre: Dr George Quinn
Arabic
Administration: South and West Asia Centre -- in collaboration with the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts)
Arabic is the mother language of over 250 million people in the Middle East (West Asia and North Africa), and one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Arabic is also the language of the Qur'an with special importance to all Muslims in the world numbering over one billion people.
Arabic is the language of an ancient civilisation, which contributed greatly to human knowledge. Its influence is strongly felt on such languages as Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Indonesian and Malay, among others. Many European languages still preserve hundreds of words of Arabic origin in various fields of knowledge. Arabic is also the living medium of a contemporary dynamic literature and culture. Its rich and magnificent poetry, classical and modern, is especially captivating.
Students may take a language sequence of eight courses (48 units), which provides the language core for the program in Islamic studies and complements courses in religious studies and other subjects in the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, the Department of Linguistics and the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia).
Courses in Arabic use Modern Standard Arabic as the language of teaching, while gradually introducing students to the variety of Arabic dialects. In second and third year, students will have the opportunity to read contemporary literature and works in classical Arabic including readings from the Qur'an. Students thus gain a sound knowledge of Arabic grammar and experience in the study of modern and classical, secular and religious texts.
NOTE: For students who are not familiar with the basic terms and concepts of English grammar, it is strongly recommended that you enrol in the course Traditional Grammar CLAS1001, and take it concurrently with the first-year language course.
The Arabic Major may comprise courses from the following list:
ARAB1002 Introductory Arabic A
ARAB1003 Introductory Arabic B
ARAB2005 Contemporary Arabic Literature A
ARAB2006 Contemporary Arabic Literature B
and must include the following components: Media Arabic B and Contemporary Arabic Literature B
Courses offered in 2002
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Related Courses offered outside the Centre
A range of courses in religious studies, history, linguistics and politics are offered in the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts. In particular, students might consider these courses, when offered:
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, an Honours year is an opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. As an Honours student you have access to the ANU's wealth of Asian expertise across disciplines and to the great holdings of the University and the National libraries. You will have expert supervisory guidance and you will share your experience with other Honours students in the Faculty, working in a variety of disciplines on many of the countries of Asia. As a member of the ANU Asia research community, you will also be in touch with the latest thinking on many issues as expressed by visitors and ANU people in the University's frequent seminars, special lectures and conferences on Asia. Students intending to take an honours degree should plan to take a preparatory course such as History and Theory (ASHI2010), the Pre-Honours Research Seminar (ASHI3010), or Knowledge and Society (ASHI3009), in the year prior to their honours year.
Asian Societies and Histories
Administration: Centre for Asian Societies and Histories
This Faculty Centre teaches most of the Faculty's conceptual/analytical (non-language) courses. A non-language course is one that does not have a language prerequisite. Every Asian Studies degree must include at least 6 non-language courses (totalling 36 units) offered by the Faculty. The Faculty's non-language courses are also open to students of other Faculties.
The Asian Societies and Histories Centre offers a conceptual/analytical major totalling 48 units. There is great flexibility in constructing this major. Ideally the major will achieve two aims: it will support the study of a chosen Asian society, and it will give exposure to theoretical or disciplinary approaches. The major may focus on:
- Asian History
- Asian Politics and International Relations
- Asian Religions, or
- Contemporary Asian Societies.
Students working towards a major in any of these areas are strongly urged to consult the convener of the relevant area (indicated below). The convener will help them design a personal selection of courses that best combines study of an Asian society with disciplinary or theoretical insights.
The conceptual/analytical major may not include more than 12 units at first-year level. With the approval of the Sub-Dean, a student may include in the major up to 12 units in relevant courses taught outside the Faculty.
Asian History
The study of Asian History is concerned with how we think about other cultures, and how we understand the dynamics of political and cultural change. It raises challenging intellectual and moral questions. Historical study also provides insights into the foundations on which the modern nation-states of Asia are being constructed.
First year commencing courses for this major are:
Asian Politics and International Relations
For those contemplating careers in the public sector and non-government organisations, this area of study is vital to a broad understanding of key contemporary issues emerging in a cross-section of countries in the region. It provides an academic pathway for further study and analysis of the region.
First year commencing courses for this major are:
Asian Religions
The Faculty offers a wide range of courses in the area of Asian religious tradition. They aim to give a solid grounding in the doctrines and texts of the great Asian religious traditions, as well as an understanding of how these are changing in response to the modern world.
First year commencing courses for this major are:
Contemporary Asian Societies
Offers an opportunity to study in depth the current issues facing Asian societies. Asia is the most dynamic, rapidly changing region in the world today. The social, economic and political changes now sweeping the Asian societies will decisively shape the future, while the region's powerful and diverse cultural traditions continue to challenge many western assumptions about how societies work.
First year commencing courses for this major are:
ASHI1002 Individual and Society in Asia A
Courses offered in 2002
COURSES NOT OFFERED IN 2002
The following courses will not be offered in 2002 but may be offered in future years.
Approaches to the Study of History ASHI3001
Chinese Foundations of Civilisation ASHI2203
Civilising Missions: Chinese Models & Local Realities in Japan, Korea & Vietnam ASHI2012
Colonialism and Resistance in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASHI2064
Gender & Power in East Asia ASHI2016
How to Live in the Real World: Practical Learning in East Asia ASIA2264
India: The Classical Civilisation ASHI2172
India: The Emerging Giant ASHI2263
Islam: History & Institutions ASIA2162
Knowledge, Power & Colonialism in Southeast Asia ASHI3005
Mainland Southeast Asia to 1900: Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma) Thailand and Vietnam ASHI2013
Malaysia: A Developing Multicultural Society ASHI2515
Middle Classes in Japan and the Asia Pacific Region ASHI2008
Modern Islamic Thought: West and Southeast Asia ASIA2816
North Korea: History and Politics, 1945-1990s ASHI2007
Orientalism and the Study of Asia ASHI3008
Origins of East Asian Civilisations ASHI2203
Pre Modern Japan: History and Culture ASHI2261
Reading Malay Political Culture ASHI3504
Readings in Modern Chinese History ASHI3210
Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: 1193-1858 ASIA2161
Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: 1858-present ASIA2163
Religion and Social Movements in Southeast Asia ASIA2173
Religion in Modern East Asia ASIA2265
Representing Asia on Film: East Asia ASHI2011
Society and Economy in China A: Historical Development ASHI2018
Society and Economy in China B: The People's Republic ASHI2019
State, Society and Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines ASHI2021
Thailand in the Age of Globalisation ASHI2024
Understanding the Asian Diaspora in SEAsia & the Pacific ASHI2025
Understandings of Postwar Japan ASHI2022
Vietnam in the Twentieth Century ASHI2413
Students are encouraged to consider cross-Faculty course selections as they construct their degrees. The following is a list of non-Faculty courses agreed as compatible with Faculty majors as indicated:
in Asian History:
Courses offered by the Faculty of Arts:
HIST2107 American Voices: Aspects of Social Thought in the United States 1900-1990 (S2/2002)
HIST2117 Technology and Society, 1800-2000
in Asian Politics and International Relations:
Courses offered by the Faculty of Arts:
MEAS2001 New States of Eurasia: Emerging Issues in Politics & Security
POLS2029 Politics in Japan (S1/2002)
POLS2070 Politics in Central & West Asia (S1/2002)
POLS2082 Japanese Foreign Policy and the Asian Pacific Region
in Asian Religions:
Courses offered by the Faculty of Arts:
ANTH2004 Religion, Ritual and Cosmology (S2/2002)
ANTH2033 Religion & Society in India (S1/2002)
ARTH2056 Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia: Tradition and Transformation
in Contemporary Asian Societies:
Courses offered by the Faculty of Arts:
ANTH2009 Culture & Development (S1/2002)
ANTH2054 Anthropology and the Urban Experience
ANTH2060 Southeast Asia: Contemporary issues in Anthropological Perspective
ARTH2056 Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia: Tradition and Transformation
POLS2029 Politics in Japan (S1/2002)
POLS2070 Politics in Central & West Asia (S1/2002)
POLS2082 Japanese Foreign Policy and the Asian Pacific Region
Courses offered by the Faculty of Economics & Commerce
BUSN2023 Dynamics of Asian Business (S1/2002)
ECHI1005 Business & Economy in the Asia-Pacific Region (S1/2002)
ECHI2109 Asian Giants (S2/2002)
Asian Literature
Students with an interest in Asian literature are encouraged to consider the literature offerings in their own language program/s, most of which have language prerequisites. Students may also wish to consider the following Faculty courses which do not have language prerequisites:
ASIA1002/2005 What is Literature? Asian Perspectives
ASIA1003/ASIA2004 Comparisons from Asian Literatures:
Identity
ASIA1004/ASIA2002 Comparisons from Asian Literatures:
Gender and Sexuality (S2/2002)
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, an Honours year is an opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. As an Honours student you have access to the ANU's wealth of Asian expertise across disciplines and to the great holdings of the University and the National libraries. You will have expert supervisory guidance and you will share your experience with other Honours students in the Faculty, working in a variety of disciplines on many of the countries of Asia. As a member of the ANU Asia research community, you will also be in touch with the latest thinking on many issues as expressed by visitors and ANU people in the University's frequent seminars, special lectures and conferences on Asia. In 2002, students intending to take an honours degree should plan to take a preparatory course such as: History and Theory (ASHI2010), the Pre-Honours Research Seminar (ASHI3010) or Knowledge & Society (ASHI3009) in the year prior to their honours year.
Chinese
Administration: China and Korea Centre
Courses on China deal with languages, scripts, literatures, linguistics and society. These courses are open to students taking Asian Studies degrees as well as to students enrolled in other Faculties. The aim is to equip students with the linguistic and cultural competence needed to function effectively in China or Taiwan, and the education to enable them to understand these countries in depth.
In 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 one-semester courses in the first year (Modern Chinese 1 and 2, each worth 12 units), followed by four 6 unit semester long courses in later years: Modern Chinese 3 to 6. In Modern Chinese 1 and 2 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 as beginners will reach basic all-round proficiency. Modern Chinese 3 to 6 build on this to reach greater fluency in reading, speech and writing. The emphasis is on introducing varieties of living Chinese and developing the ability to communicate independently in Chinese.
Students wishing to advance their language to a higher standard may continue with further reading courses, or enrol in the specialist Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese). This degree includes a year spent in immersion language studies in the Chinese world. More advanced courses in Modern Chinese are offered during the fourth year of the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) degree.
The Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) is a four-year degree, while the Bachelor of Asian Studies (BAsianStudies) is a three-year degree requiring no overseas study. Qualified students may transfer from the three-year to four-year degree at the end of second year. In year three, while BAsianStudies students complete their degree, BAsianStudies (Chinese) students undertake a year at universities in China or Taiwan doing advanced language work and studying in their field of specialisation through Chinese. Year four of the BAsianStudies (Chinese) is spent back at ANU taking advanced courses in disciplinary, language and area studies.
The BAsianStudies and the BAsianStudies (Chinese) may be combined with degrees in Arts, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Law, Science (including Forestry) and Visual Arts
Beginners and students with existing knowledge of
Chinese
First-year Chinese is taught on the assumption that students are starting from the beginning. Those who have studied enough of the language before may be allowed to begin at a level higher than Modern Chinese 1. Students whose previous education has been conducted largely in Chinese will not be allowed to enrol in Modern Chinese 1 to 6.
Students who have passed the first-year program in Chinese at the University of Canberra may be admitted to Modern Chinese 2 and may be granted status for Modern Chinese 1.
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.
The Chinese language major may comprise courses from the following list:
CHIN3024 Advanced Modern Chinese 1
CHIN3025 Advanced Modern Chinese 2
CHIN3026 Introduction to Cantonese
CHIN3105 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature and Thought
CHIN3108 Readings in Modern Chinese Society and Law
CHIN3114 Classical Chinese Poetry
CHIN3210 Advanced Readings in Chinese C
CHIN3211 Advanced Readings in Chinese A
CHIN3212 Advanced Readings in Chinese B
and must include: Modern Chinese 6 (or an advanced in-lieu course, normally CHIN3025 -- for those completing the Specialist degree).
Courses offered in 2002
China-related courses offered outside the Centre
A wide range of courses on contemporary, modern and traditional Chinese art, history, linguistics, literature, politics and society are offered in the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts. In particular, students might consider these courses, when offered:
ASHI2011 Representing Asia on Film: East Asia
ASHI2016 Gender and Power in East Asia
ASHI2017 International Relations in Northeast Asia (S1/2002)
ASHI2018 Society and Economy in China A: A Historical Development
ASHI2019 Society and Economy in China B: The People's Republic
ASHI2026 The Politics of China (S2/2002)
ASHI2162 Chinese 'Renaissance': the Song Period (S2/2002)
ASHI2203 Chinese Foundations of Civilisation
ASHI3012 The Chinese Southern Diaspora
ASHI3210 Readings in Modern Chinese History
ASIA2264 How to Live in the Real World: Practical Learning in East Asia
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, an Honours year is an opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. As an Honours student you have access to the ANU's wealth of Asian expertise across disciplines and to the great holdings of the University and the National libraries. You will have expert supervisory guidance and you will share your experience with other Honours students in the Faculty, working in a variety of disciplines on many of the countries of Asia. As a member of the ANU Asia research community, you will also be in touch with the latest thinking on many issues as expressed by visitors and ANU people in the University's frequent seminars, special lectures and conferences on Asia. In 2002, students intending to take an honours degree should plan to take a preparatory course such as: History and Theory (ASHI2010), the Pre-Honours Research Seminar (ASHI3010) or Knowledge & Society (ASHI3009) in the year prior to their honours year.
Hindi
Administration: South and West Asia Centre
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 program 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 emphasis in Introductory Hindi A and B is on the mastery of the fundamentals of Hindi usage, and in Basic Hindi Conversation A and B on the acquisition of basic conversational skills. The advanced Hindi programs are Centred 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 courses arranged by the South and West Asia Centre at a recognised Indian tertiary institution. The final-year honours course is conducted in Hindi and is Centred on comprehensive study within the field of Hindi language and literature.
In 2001, a full range of introductory-level study materials in Hindi will be available on the Faculty's web site.
Two 3-point courses in Urdu are also offered: Urdu Prose and the Urdu Gazal. Introductory Hindi B and Basic Hindi Conversation B are the prerequisites for both Urdu courses.
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 word-stock 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.
The Hindi major may comprise courses from the following list:
HIND1006 Basic Hindi Conversation A
HIND1007 Basic Hindi Conversation B
HIND2004 Contemporary Hindi Literature
HIND2006 Advanced Hindi Conversation A
HIND2007 Advanced Hindi Conversation B
HIND2102 Nineteenth Century Hindi Literature
HIND2103 Twentieth Century Hindi Literature
HIND3002 Advanced Applied Hindi
HIND3006 Advanced Hindi Conversation C
HIND3007 Advanced Hindi Conversation D
HIND3501 Seminar on Hindi Language & Literature
SKRT1002 Introductory Sanskrit A
SKRT1003 Introductory Sanskrit B
SKRT2101 Specialised Sanskrit Texts A
SKRT2102 Sanskrit Literature in Translation
SKRT2105 Sanskrit Narrative Literature
SKRT2108 Readings in South Asian Cultures
SKRT3101 Specialised Sanskrit Texts B
SKRT3108 Advanced Readings in South Asian Cultures
Courses offered in 2002
Relevant courses offered outside the Centre
A range of courses in religious studies, history, linguistics and politics are offered in the Faculties of Asian Studies and Arts. In particular, students might consider the following courses, when offered:
ASHI2025 Understanding the Asian Diaspora in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
ASHI2263 India: The Emerging Giant
ASIA2161 Religion and Politics in India: 1193-1858
ASIA2163 Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: 1858-present
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, an Honours year is an opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. As an Honours student you have access to the ANU's wealth of Asian expertise across disciplines and to the great holdings of the University and the National libraries. You will have expert supervisory guidance and you will share your experience with other Honours students in the Faculty, working in a variety of disciplines on many of the countries of Asia. As a member of the ANU Asia research community, you will also be in touch with the latest thinking on many issues as expressed by visitors and ANU people in the University's frequent seminars, special lectures and conferences on Asia. In 2002, students intending to take an honours degree should plan to take a preparatory course such as: History and Theory (ASHI2010), the Pre-Honours Research Seminar (ASHI3010) or Knowledge & Society (ASHI3009) in the year prior to their honours year.
Indonesian
Diploma Convener: Dr Tim Hassall
Administration: Southeast Asia Centre
The Indonesian language is the official language of a nation of over 200 million people, with the world's largest Muslim population. It is the vehicle for a vibrant and quickly changing culture expressed through the mass media, schools and government, as well as being the common medium of everyday formal communication across the many local cultures of the country.
Indonesian 1A and 1B are designed to give beginning students competence in the basic skills of self-expression, comprehension and reading. Indonesian 2A and 2B aim to develop a deeper understanding of the language. Emphasis is placed on the development of the skills gained in 1A and 1B plus a more explicit understanding of grammar and an awareness of the cultural and documentary character of the materials studied.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Indonesian) will build on the language skills attained in Indonesian 2A and 2B by taking a year's study in Indonesia in courses arranged between the Southeast Asia Centre and approved Indonesian universities.
The alternative is to proceed to Indonesian 3A and 3B at the ANU. These courses develop spoken skills and increasing attention is given to English-Indonesian and Indonesian-English translation.
The literary and intellectual traditions of Indonesia and Malaysia are explored in courses such as Reading the Indonesian Media, Literary Activism and State Power in Contemporary Indonesia, and Reading Modern Malay. Indonesian literature is also examined in comparative perspectives in the course Comparisons from Asian Literatures -- Gender and Sexuality. Advanced students can undertake personalised reading programs through the courses Readings in Southeast Asian Culture and Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture.
The Centre also offers three very attractive courses for later year (post-first-year) students. Introduction to Asian Performing Arts, and Authenticity, Identity and Technology are being offered jointly with the School of Music. Each involves a practical performance component (learning to play the gamelan) and examines the role of performance in Asian societies. For advanced students of Indonesian and Thai, the course Practical Assignment in Southeast Asia, requires students to be placed for six weeks with a voluntary organisation in Indonesia or Thailand. Assessment is based on an extended assignment, which describes and analyses the work of the organisation.
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
With more than sixty million speakers, Javanese 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 Indonesian vocabulary that some knowledge of Javanese is often necessary to read articles in contemporary Indonesian newspapers and periodicals. Several introductory courses in Javanese are offered for those with this interest.
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 course Reading Modern Malay. Pre-modern Malay literature and its intellectual traditions can be studied in the course Reading Traditional Malay.
The Indonesian major may comprise courses from the following list:
INDN3004 Readings in Southeast Asian Culture
INDN3005 Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture
INDN3006 Literary Activism and State Power in Contemporary Indonesia
INDN3007 Introduction to Asian Performing Arts: Performance, Genres and Intercultural Translation
INDN3008 Authenticity, Identity and Technology: The Poetics and Politics of Arts as Performance in Asia
INDN3010 Reading the Indonesian Media
INDN3101 Reading Traditional Malay
Courses offered in 2002
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INDN3006 Literary Activism & State Power in Contemporary Indonesia |
INDN3007 Introduction to Asian Performing Arts: Performance, Genres and Intercultural Translation |
Indonesian, Malay and Javanese-related courses offered outside the Centre.
A wide range of courses on contemporary, modern and pre-modern Indonesia and Malaysia -- covering the history, laws, politics, anthropology, economies, religions, music and art history of these countries -- are offered in the Faculties of Asian Studies, Law and Arts, and in the School of Music. In particular, students might consider the following courses, when offered:
ASHI2010 Representing Asia on Film: Southeast Asia
ASHI2011 Colonialism and Resistance in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
ASHI2021 State Society and Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
ASHI2027 The Future of East Timor (S1/2002)
ASHI2262 Classical Civilisations of Southeast Asia (S1/2002)
ASHI2268 Law and Society in Southeast Asia (S2/2002)
ASHI2515 Malaysia: A Developing Multicultural Society
ASHI2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development (S2/2002)
ASHI3008 Orientalism and the Study of Asia
ASHI3012 Chinese Southern Diaspora
ASHI3504 Reading Malay Political Culture
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, an Honours year is an opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. As an Honours student you have access to the ANU's wealth of Asian expertise across disciplines and to the great holdings of the University and the National libraries. You will have expert supervisory guidance and you will share your experience with other Honours students in the Faculty, working in a variety of disciplines on many of the countries of Asia. As a member of the ANU Asia research community, you will also be in touch with the latest thinking on many issues as expressed by visitors and ANU people in the University's frequent seminars, special lectures and conferences on Asia. In 2002, students intending to take an honours degree should plan to take a preparatory course such as: History and Theory (ASHI2010), the Pre-Honours Research Seminar (ASHI3010) or Knowledge & Society (ASHI3009) in the year prior to their honours year.
Japanese
Convener: Professor Jenny Corbett
The Japan Centre offers a Japanese language major and a Japanese linguistics major in the comprehensive Japanese program. Courses in Japanese literature complement these offerings. 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.
Japanese courses 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 affords students the addition opportunity to participate in the Year-in-Japan Program, currently involving study for a year at one of eighteen selected Japanese universities.
Japanese Language
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 courses focusing 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 program 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, which permits them to complete a major (at least 48 units) in the language in two years. Incoming students with some knowledge of Japanese are required to take an oral and written placement test. This test is designed to allow Program staff to make judgements about the oral and written level students are at and thus place them appropriately within the program. For those qualified, advanced level courses are available in both spoken and written Japanese.
The 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 course 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 program, subsequent language and disciplinary study at a Japanese university, and an oral and written test on returning to ANU. Higher-level language courses focusing on academic Japanese and translation are available to returning students in their fourth year.
The Japanese language major may comprise courses from the following list:
JPNS2001 Japanese and Information Technology
JPNS3009 Introduction to Pre-Modern Japanese
JPNS3011 History of Japanese Language
JPNS3012 Teaching Japanese: Content
JPNS3013 Japanese-English Translation
JPNS3014 Teaching Japanese: Method
JPNS3018 Readings in Japanese A
JPNS3019 Readings in Japanese B
Students who begin their study of spoken Japanese with Spoken Japanese 4 or lower, must include Spoken Japanese 4 in their Language Major. Students who begin their study of written Japanese with Written Japanese D or lower, must include Written Japanese D in their language Major.
Note: JPNS3104 Japanese Pre-Honours Course -- is not a course considered part of the Language Major
Courses offered in 2002
Japan-related courses offered outside the Centre
Outside the Japanese Program, the Asian Societies and Histories Program offers courses in Japanese history and Japanese society. Further courses are offered in other Faculties relating to Japanese economics, law and politics. In particular, students might consider the following courses, when offered:
ASHI2008 Middle Classes in Japan and the Asia Pacific Region
ASHI2009 Modern Japanese Society (S1/2002)
ASHI2011 Representing Asia on Film: East Asia
ASHI2016 Gender and Power in East Asia
ASHI2017 International Relations in Northeast Asia (S1/2002)
ASHI2022 Understandings of Post-World War II Japan
ASHI2023 Japanese Economic Development since World War II (S2/2002)
ASHI2029 History of Modern Japan: Imperial Japan 1895-1945 (S2/2002)
ASHI2030 Samurai Society and Social Control in Japan (S1/2002)
ASHI2261 Pre-Modern Japan: History and Culture
ASIA2264 How to Live in the Real World: Practical Learning in East Asia
ASIA2265 Religion in Modern East Asia
ECON2008 Japanese Economy and Economic Policy (S2/2002)
LAWS2227 Japanese Law (check availability with Faculty of Law)
POLS2082 Japanese Foreign Policy and the Asian Pacific Region
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, an Honours year is an opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. As an Honours student you have access to the ANU's wealth of Asian expertise across disciplines and to the great holdings of the University and the National libraries. You will have expert supervisory guidance and you will share your experience with other Honours students in the Faculty, working in a variety of disciplines on many of the countries of Asia. As a member of the ANU Asia research community, you will also be in touch with the latest thinking on many issues as expressed by visitors and ANU people in the University's frequent seminars, special lectures and conferences on Asia. In 2002, students intending to take an honours degree should plan to take preparatory courses such as: Japanese Pre-Honours Course (JPNS3104), History and Theory (ASHI2010), the Pre-Honours Research Seminar (ASHI3010) or Knowledge & Society (ASHI3009) in the year prior to their honours year.
Japanese Linguistics
To complement its language program, the Japan Centre offers a program in Japanese linguistics. Linguistics courses cover descriptive and applied Japanese linguistics as well as translation; they may be combined to form a major in Japanese Linguistics, including courses offered in the Department of Linguistics (LING). The course Language in Asia also includes contributions from staff of the Japan Centre.
Major in Japanese Linguistics
A major in Japanese Linguistics requires 48 units comprising:
the following courses (6 units each):
LING1001/2001 Introduction to the Study of Language (6 units)
JPNS2007 Japanese Linguistics (6 units)
plus at least one course (6 units) chosen from:
LING 2010 Phonetics -- Sounds of the World's Languages
(6 units)
LING2003 Introduction to Syntax (6 units)
remaining courses chosen from:
ASIA1001/2001 Language in Asia
JPNS2019 Japanese Phonetics and Phonology
JPNS3011 History of Japanese Language
JPNS3012 Teaching Japanese: Content
JPNS3013 Japanese-English Translation
JPNS3014 Teaching Japanese: Method
or; any two Faculty of Arts courses with the code LING or LANG.
Courses offered in 2002
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JPNS2019 Japanese Phonetics & |
JPNS3014 Teaching Japanese: Method |
Linguistics (School of Language Studies --
Faculty of Arts)
Students interested in the Linguistics major or the major in Applied Linguistics offered by the School of Language Studies -- Faculty of Arts, should refer to the relevant section in the ANU Handbook. Students taking the Faculty of Asian Studies major in Japanese Linguistics should not plan to include these majors in their program. Courses taken in fulfilment of requirements for the Linguistics / Applied Linguistics Majors will not be counted in fulfilment of the Japanese Linguistics Major (and vice-versa).
Honours
In the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, an Honours year is an opportunity for those who have completed a good pass degree to do independent research on a chosen topic in one of the world's leading universities in the study of Asia. As an Honours student you have access to the ANU's wealth of Asian expertise across disciplines and to the great holdings of the University and the National libraries. You will have expert supervisory guidance and you will share your experience with other Honours students in the Faculty, working in a variety of disciplines on many of the countries of Asia. As a member of the large, varied and vigorous ANU Asia research community, you will also be in touch with the latest thinking on many issues as expressed by visitors and ANU people in the University's frequent seminars, special lectures and conferences on Asia. In 2002, students intending to take an honours degree should plan to take preparatory courses such as: Japanese Pre-Honours Course (JPNS3104), History and Theory (ASHI2010), the Pre-Honours Research Seminar (ASHI3010) or Knowledge & Society (ASHI3009) in the year prior to their honours year.
Korean
Korea is a country rich with cultural heritage that stretches back thousands of years. Through periods of calm and turbulence, unique Korean cultural traditions were established and developed in the areas of literature, art, music, education, government and social values and structures. Korea is also an unparalleled success story in the economic and social history of the 20th century. Once unknown to the larger world, Korea is now one of the world's fastest growing economies. It is one of Australia's largest trading partners, but a range of active cultural interaction between Korea and Australia is yet to develop.
Korean is the official language of North and South Korea. Nearly 70 million people use the language as the main medium in education and all socio-cultural and business activities. While the majority of Korean speakers live on the Korean peninsula and islands, more than 5 million Korean speakers are outside Korea, particularly in China, Russia, Japan and the US.
The Korean Program at the ANU offers Korean language courses from a beginner's level to an in-country internship. These language courses are supplemented by a wide range of courses on Korea offered in the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories. Our aim is to equip students with the linguistic and cultural competence needed to function effectively in Korea, and the education to enable them to understand the country in depth.
The core of the Korean language courses are Spoken Korean 1 to Written Korean D. The aim of these courses is to give students with no previous exposure to the 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, and to have practical writing proficiency. The normal pattern of completing the Korean language major is to undertake Spoken Korean 1 and 2 in Year 1, Spoken Korean 3 and 4 and Written Korean A and B in Year 2, and Written Korean C and D in Year 3.
The Bachelor of Asian Studies (Korean) is a four-year degree requiring one-year in-country tr