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.

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:

• At least 48 units of language study (an Asian language major) in the Faculty, including:

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:

• 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:
• 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.

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.

Diploma Requirements

The Diploma of Asian Studies requires the completion of courses to the value of 48 units to meet the requirements of an approved Asian language or analytical/conceptual (non-language) major.

Fees

Diploma students are liable for HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme) charges.

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.

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

Sub-Dean: Dr Gi-Hyun Shin

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

room: E4.38

phone: 6125 4658

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.

room: E3.25

phone: 6125 3165

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

Centre Administrator: Ms Panida Thamsongsana

room: E3.27

phone: 6125 3191

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

Centre administrator: Ms Vera Joveska

room: E4.24

phone: 6125 3163

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

Bldg: 022 (Hayden-Allen) Faculty of Arts

phone: 6125 4982

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.

Indonesian program

Thai program -- delivered by the National Thai Studies Centre

Vietnamese program

Head of Centre: Dr George Quinn

Centre administrator: Ms Vera Joveska

room: E4.24

phone: 6125 3163

Asian History

Convener: Dr Craig Reynolds

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:

ASHI1002 Individual and Society in Asia A

ASHI1003 Individual and Society in Asia B

Asian Politics and International Relations

Convener: TBA

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:

ASHI1002 Individual and Society in Asia A

ASHI1003 Individual and Society in Asia B

Asian Religions

Convener: Dr John Powers

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:

RELS1002 Introduction to Religion A

RELS1003 Introduction to Religion B

Contemporary Asian Societies

Convener: Dr Aat Vervoorn

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

ASHI1003 Individual and Society in Asia B

in Asian History:

Courses offered by the Faculty of Arts:

HIST2090 Black & White Tribes

HIST2107 American Voices: Aspects of Social Thought in the United States 1900-1990 (S2/2002)

HIST2117 Technology and Society, 1800-2000

HIST2119 Urban Australia, 1870-197 (S2/2002)

HIST2120 The Decline of the Middle Ages: England 1348-1485

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

HIST2137 Ancient Israel: History, Religion and Archaeology

HIST2138 The Historical Jesus and Christian Origins

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)

POLS2043 Pressure Groups

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)

ECON2008 Japanese Economy and Economic Policy (S2/2002)

ECON3009 Southeast Asia Economy Policy and Development

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:

CHIN1020 Modern Chinese 1

CHIN2020 Modern Chinese 2

CHIN3020 Modern Chinese 3

CHIN3021 Modern Chinese 4

CHIN3022 Modern Chinese 5

CHIN3023 Modern Chinese 6

CHIN3024 Advanced Modern Chinese 1

CHIN3025 Advanced Modern Chinese 2

CHIN3026 Introduction to Cantonese

CHIN3030 Classical Chinese 1

CHIN3031 Classical Chinese 2

CHIN3032 Classical Chinese 3

CHIN3033 Classical Chinese 4

CHIN3105 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature and Thought

CHIN3108 Readings in Modern Chinese Society and Law

CHIN3114 Classical Chinese Poetry

CHIN3201 Cantonese A

CHIN3202 Cantonese B

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).

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:

INDN1002 Indonesian 1A

INDN1003 Indonesian 1B

INDN2002 Indonesian 2A

INDN2003 Indonesian 2B

INDN3002 Indonesian 3A

INDN3003 Indonesian 3B

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

INDN3009 Reading Modern Malay

INDN3010 Reading the Indonesian Media

INDN3101 Reading Traditional Malay

JAVA2005 Modern Javanese A

JAVA3005 Modern Javanese B

ASHI3007 Practical Assignment in Southeast Asia

and must include: Indonesian 3B

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:

JPNS1012 Spoken Japanese 1

JPNS1013 Spoken Japanese 2

JPNS1014 Written Japanese A

JPNS1015 Written Japanese B

JPNS2001 Japanese and Information Technology

JPNS2009 Japanese Lexicon

JPNS2012 Spoken Japanese 3

JPNS2013 Spoken Japanese 4

JPNS2014 Written Japanese C

JPNS2015 Written Japanese D

JPNS2024 Japanese Grammar

JPNS3009 Introduction to Pre-Modern Japanese

JPNS3011 History of Japanese Language

JPNS3012 Teaching Japanese: Content

JPNS3013 Japanese-English Translation

JPNS3014 Teaching Japanese: Method

JPNS3016 Advanced Japanese A

JPNS3017 Advanced Japanese B

JPNS3018 Readings in Japanese A

JPNS3019 Readings in Japanese B

JPNS3102 Japanese Seminar A

JPNS3103 Japanese Seminar B

CHIN3030 Classical Chinese 1

CHIN3031 Classical Chinese 2

CHIN3032 Classical Chinese 3

CHIN3033 Classical Chinese 4

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

Japanese Literature

Literature courses offered by the Japan Centre deal with a variety of Japanese literary genres, both traditional and modern, including drama. Courses include:

JPNS2010 Japanese Drama in Translation

JPNS2011 Modern Japanese Literature in Translation

JPNS2017 Pre-Modern Japanese Literature in Translation

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

JPNS2009 Japanese Lexicon

JPNS2019 Japanese Phonetics and Phonology

JPNS2024 Japanese Grammar

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.

General Linguistics courses

An Asia-focused general linguistics course called Language in Asia (ASIA1001/ASIA2001) is offered for interested students within most Faculty Programs.

Beginners and students with existing knowledge of Korean

First-year Korean is taught on the assumption that students are starting from the beginning. Those who have studied the language before may be allowed to begin at a level higher than Spoken Korean 1.

Students with a background knowledge of Korean, who have less than secondary education from Korea are also able to study and/or major in Korean at the ANU. The normal pattern would be to undertake Written Korean A and B in Year 1, Korean for Background Speakers A and B and Classical Chinese 1 and 2 in Year 2, Korean for Background Speakers C and any language course offered within the Faculty of Asian Studies in Year 3. Korean for Background Speakers A, B, and C are designed to assist students to upgrade their literacy skills in a systematic way. Intending students should note that they need to take a placement test and obtain permission from the convener of the Program.

Background speakers enrolled in the Bachelor of Asian Studies (Korean) undertake their Year-in-Korea for Background Speakers after completing Korean for Background Speakers C, and on returning from their Year-in-Korea, they take the course Korean Seminar B (or A) to complete their Korean language major.

The Korean language major may comprise courses from the following list:

KORE1020 Spoken Korean 1

KORE1021 Spoken Korean 2

KORE2020 Spoken Korean 3

KORE2021 Spoken Korean 4

KORE2009 Written Korean A

KORE2010 Written Korean B

KORE2015 Korean for Background Speakers A*

KORE2016 Korean for Background Speakers B*

KORE3012 Written Korean C**

KORE3013 Written Korean D**

KORE3014 Korean for Background Speakers C*

KORE3009 Korean Seminar A

KORE3010 Korean Seminar B

KORE3016 Practical Assignment in Korea (6 units)

KORE3017 Practical Assignment in Korea (12 units)

CHIN3030 Classical Chinese 1

CHIN3031 Classical Chinese 2

CHIN3032 Classical Chinese 3

CHIN3033 Classical Chinese 4

and the major must include one of the following components:

Written Korean D, Korean for Background Speakers C, or Korean Seminar B (or A)

* course to be taken by background speakers only
** course not to be taken by background speakers

Advanced Applied Hindi HIND3002
(incompatible with SWAH3002) (18 units)

Summer session

Three hours of lectures in the morning and workshop sessions in the afternoon five days per week in a city in northern India. The course will be held in January and February for a period of six weeks. Emphasis is on improvement of conversational skills in Hindi.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Mr Yadav

Prerequisite: Applied Hindi (HIND2002/SWAH2002)

Advanced Hindi Conversation A HIND2006
(incompatible with SWAH2006) (3 units)

First semester

Two hours per week. To be taken concurrently with an advanced Hindi or Urdu course.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Syllabus: Practice in comprehension and use of the spoken language.

Advanced Hindi Conversation B HIND2007
(incompatible with SWAH2007) (3 units)

Second semester

Two hours per week. To be taken concurrently with an advanced Hindi or Urdu course.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Syllabus: Practice in comprehension and use of the spoken language.

Advanced Hindi Conversation C HIND3006
(incompatible with SWAH3006) (3 units)

Not offered in 2002

Two hours per week. To be taken concurrently with an advanced Hindi or Urdu course.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Syllabus: Practice in comprehension and use of the spoken language.

Advanced Hindi Conversation D HIND3007
(incompatible with SWAH3007) (3 units)

Not offered in 2002

Two hours per week. To be taken concurrently with an advanced Hindi or Urdu course.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Syllabus: Practice in comprehension and use of the spoken language.

Advanced Japanese A JPNS3016
(6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Dr Li

Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 (JPNS2013) and Written Japanese D (JPNS2015) at credit level or above, or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: This course aims to develop further competence in spoken and written Japanese through reading and discussion of such varying materials as articles from newspapers, magazines, or academic journals; book chapters; essays; fiction; drama; video; and so on. These materials will be selected so as to address a theme or themes relevant to understanding contemporary Japanese society.

Advanced Japanese B JPNS3017
(6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Dr Li

Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 4 (JPNS2013) and Written Japanese D (JPNS2015) at credit level or above, or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: This course aims to develop further competence in spoken and written Japanese through reading and discussion of such varying materials as articles from newspapers, magazines, or academic journals; book chapters; essays; fiction; drama; video; and so on. These materials will be selected so as to address a theme or themes relevant to understanding contemporary Japanese society.

Advanced Modern Chinese 1 CHIN3024
(6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Convener: Dr Xu

Prerequisite: Completion of Year-in-China (CHIN3550/CHIN3500) as Bachelor of Asian Studies (Chinese) student, or Modern Chinese 6 (CHIN3023) or equivalent

Syllabus: Reading and discussion of a variety of texts on modern China. Translations of Chinese into English. Most classes will be conducted in the Chinese language.

Advanced Modern Chinese 2 CHIN3025
(6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Convener: Dr Xu

Prerequisite: Advanced Modern Chinese 1 (CHIN3024) or equivalent

Syllabus: A continuation of the work of Advanced Modern Chinese 1 and translation from English into Chinese.

Advanced Persian A PERS3005
(6 units)

First/second semester

Four hours of lectures throughout the semester (may include language laboratory sessions).

Persian Program. Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts)

Lecturer: Dr Torabi

Prerequisite: Intermediate Persian B (PERS2004) or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer

Syllabus: This course builds on the Introductory and Intermediate levels of Persian language and is aimed at developing the student's knowledge and improving their ability in reading, writing and speaking Persian. The grammar in this course will cover more about prefixes and suffixes as well as adverbs and prepositions. Selected texts will also be studied.

Proposed Assessment: Final examination 50%, attendance/class participation 25%, homework 25%.

Course materials will be available from the lecturer

Advanced Persian B PERS3006
(6 units)

First/second semester

Four hours of lectures throughout the semester (may include language laboratory sessions).

Persian Program. Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts)

Lecturer: Dr Torabi

Prerequisite: Advanced Persian A (PERS3005) or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer)

Syllabus: This course will further develop the student's knowledge and improve Persian reading, writing and speaking skills. The course will deal with Persian literature, both prose and verse, including the three areas of Persian verse: the epic, the lyric and the dramatic, and consider poetic structure such as rhythm, rhyme and rank. Students will read selected texts from Persian prose and poetry.

Proposed Assessment: Final examination 50%, attendance/class participation 25%, homework 25%.

Course materials will be available from the lecturers

Advanced Readings in Chinese A CHIN3211
(6 units)

First semester

Two classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer TBA

Prerequisite: Completion of Year-in-China (CHIN3550/ CHIN3500) or equivalent, and permission of the Program convener.

Syllabus: This course guides advanced students in extensive reading and in analysis and discussion of Chinese texts in a field of specialisation. The content of the course will be determined in the light of students' specific needs and the availability of teaching, and will prepare students for independent research in their field.

Advanced Readings in Chinese B CHIN3212
(6 units)

Second semester

Two classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: TBA

Prerequisite: Completion of Year-in-China (CHIN3550/ CHIN3500) or equivalent, and permission of the Program convener.

Syllabus: As for Advanced Readings in Chinese A (CHIN3211)

Advanced Readings in Chinese C CHIN3210
(3 units)

First/second semester

One class a week

Chinese Program

Prerequisite: Completion of Year-in-China (CHIN3550/ CHIN3500) or equivalent, and permission of the Program convener.

Syllabus: As for Advanced Readings in Chinese A. This course will involve an amount of work equivalent to Advanced Readings in Chinese A or B but spread over two semesters. Students must enrol in this course in each semester to complete the study requirement.

Advanced Readings in South Asian Cultures SKRT3108
(6 units)

Second semester

Fortnightly meetings with lecturers

Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu and Persian Programs

Coordinator: Dr Barz

Prerequisites: Two years' study of a South Asian language taught in the South and West Asia Centre, e.g. Hindi, Urdu, Persian (in relation to South Asia) or Sanskrit, completion of Readings in South Asian Cultures with at least a high credit result and permission of the Program convener.

Syllabus: The content of the course is decided by consultation between each student and the supervising lecturer. Students read widely in all aspects of the culture of the language studied, including literature, linguistics, anthropology, religious studies, politics and mass media. Texts studied should be primarily in one of the relevant languages with supplementary material in English. Students present short reports on their reading every fortnight.

Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture INDN3005
(incompatible with SEAI3005) (6 units)

Not offered at undergraduate level in 2002

Second semester -- graduate level only

Fortnightly meetings with lecturers

Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese Programs.

Coordinator: Professor V. Hooker

Prerequisites: Completion of Year-in-Asia, or Distinction in third year language or permission of the Coordinator. Intending students will be expected to have a Distinction average in language.

N.B. Students are strongly advised to take a supporting course (focused on historical background culture, linguistics, anthropology etc) before enrolling in this vernacular language Reading Course.

Syllabus: The content of the course is decided by consultation between each student and the supervising lecturer. Students read widely in a vernacular language about Southeast Asian on one of the following: literature, socio-linguistics, religion, popular culture, political culture. Students present short reports on their reading every fortnight, prepare a Bibliography based on vernacular holdings in the ANU libraries and write a long essay analysing their reading topic.

Applied Arabic ARAB2010
(18 units)

Summer session

Four hours of lectures in the morning and workshops and activities in the afternoon five days per week. The course will be held in Beirut -- Lebanon in January and February for a period of six weeks. Emphasis is on acquisition of conversational skills in Arabic. Themes covered include: education and literature, culture and society, politics and economics and trade and tourism.

Arabic Studies Program

Convener: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisites: Introductory Arabic B (ARAB1003 / SWAA1003) or equivalent

Applied Hindi HIND2002
(incompatible with SWAH2002) (18 units)

Summer session

Three hours of lectures in the morning and workshop sessions in the afternoon five days per week in a city in northern India. The course will be held in January and February for a period of six weeks. Emphasis is on acquisition of conversational skills in Hindi.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Mr Yadav

Prerequisites: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Authenticity, Identity and Technology: The Poetics and Politics of Arts as Performance in Asia INDN3008
(incompatible with SEAI3008) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Three class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Mr Widodo

Prerequisite: Introduction to Asian Performing Arts: Performance, Genres and Intercultural Translation (INDN3007/SWAH3007)

Aim: To focus on theoretical debates concerning the construction of the performance genres studied in the first semester. Study will focus on four topics: authenticity, identity, polity and technology.

Syllabus: The course will examine questions such as: how are our identities relevant to certain genres of performing arts? What is a nation or an ethnic group? In what sense can we 'own' a certain artistic tradition? What do we know of the past and what claims can its performing arts make on our lives? Weekly participation in performance laboratory sessions will be a feature of the course leading to an end-of-semester public performance.

Basic Hindi Conversation A HIND1006
(incompatible with SWAH1006) (3 units)

First semester

Two hours per week. To be taken concurrently with Introductory Hindi A.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrolment in Introductory Hindi A (HIND1002/SWAH1002)

Syllabus: Development of conversational skills for practical use of the spoken language.

Basic Hindi Conversation B HIND1007
(incompatible with SWAH1007) (3 units)

Second semester

Two hours per week. To be taken concurrently with Introductory Hindi B

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Introductory Hindi A (HIND1002/SWAH1002) and Basic Hindi Conversation A (HIND1006/SWAH1006). Concurrent enrolment in Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003)

Syllabus: Development of conversational skills for practical use of the spoken language.

Buddhism ASIA2251
(incompatible with AREL2251) (6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Powers

Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Contemporary Asia A or B (ASHI1002 or ASHI1003) or Introduction to Religion B (RELS1003)

Syllabus: This course is concerned with the world views of selected Buddhist traditions -- their context, history, philosophy, manifestations and impact on Asian cultures. We will examine the Indian background of Buddhism, how it was translated into Tibet, China and Japan, and how major philosophical and religious movements in India were adapted to East Asian ideas and symbols.

The course will be concerned mainly with a history of ideas in Asian Buddhism, and its aim is to give students a conceptual grasp of important Buddhist ideas, myths and symbols. In additions to these theoretical concerns, we will examine the connection between theory and practice and the cross-cultural ramifications of Buddhist thought.

Buddhist Texts SKRT2106
(incompatible with SWAS2106) (6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of lectures and one hour of tutorial a week

Sanskrit Program

Lecturer: TBA

Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit (SKRT1002/SWAS1002)

Syllabus: Reading of selections from the Buddhacarita, a sutra or another Buddhist text.

Cantonese A CHIN3201
(6 units)

First semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

Three hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Zhang

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 4 (CHIN3021) or equivalent. Native speakers of Cantonese are not eligible.

Syllabus: An introduction to spoken Cantonese with emphasis on comparison with Modern Standard Chinese.

Cantonese B CHIN3202
(6 units)

Second semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

Three hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Zhang

Prerequisite: Cantonese A (CHIN3201) or permission of lecturer. Native speakers of Cantonese are not eligible.

Syllabus: Follow on from Cantonese A and completes the introduction to Cantonese. Students who successfully complete the two-course program will have a working knowledge of Cantonese.

China Now ASHI2014
(6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Jacka

Prerequisites: Individual and Society in Asia (A and B) (ASHI1002/ASHI1003) or comparable courses.

Syllabus: In the 1980s, China has undergone enormous social, political and economic changes. This course examines what it is like to be an ordinary person living in China today and secondly, the directions in which Chinese peoples' lives have changed in recent years. Issues include: rural-urban differences, kinship and gender relations, human rights, cultural change and the impact of capitalism and globalisation. The course looks critically at different perspectives that have been used in studies of Chinese society, focussing in particular on the ways in which scholars have addressed the interplay between social continuity and change, relationships between individuals, society and the state, and the epistemological and political issues that arise in cross-cultural examinations of society.

Chinese `Renaissance': The Song Period ASHI2162
(6 units)

Second Semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott

Prerequisite: 16 units from courses in Asian History or History or English

Syllabus: Song dynasty China (960-1278) belongs to a period of profound change in most aspects of Chinese social, economic and political structure. In particular, there seems to have been continuing economic growth at a level which is very rare in world history before the modern period.

This course will begin with a brief study of these changes, but its main focus will be on the culture of the Song period. It will emphasise the creativity and variety of Song literature and art, and the contemporary debates about them. While almost all the surviving material concerns the culture of the literate elite, we will give attention also to evidence on popular culture and its connections with the high tradition.

The practice, doctrine and organisation of religions, at both the elite and the popular level, will be studied. Students will be guided to an informed understanding of the main schools of philosophical thought, and the major thinkers who helped to create them. Insofar as it is possible without specialised technical study, the course will also examine the development of scientific knowledge in the period.

Chinese Southern Diaspora, The ASHI3002
(6 units)

Second semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Lecturer: TBA

Prerequisites: Individual and Society in Asia A (ASHI1002) or Individual and Society in Asia B (ASHI1003) or a first-year course in History or Anthropology from the Faculty of Arts.

Syllabus: Australia, New Zealand, and the adjacent islands of the Pacific have become one of the key new frontiers of Chinese migration. The Chinese now represent the largest Asian minority in these countries, of roughly Southeast Asian dimensions.

In the age of globalisation, dual or multiple identity, which Chinese migrants have long been accustomed to negotiating, have taken on fresh significance. With the study of nationalism increasingly concerned with diasporas and multiculturalism, the course will focus on the Chinese in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Taught normally by a visiting specialist scholar funded by the Jennifer Cushman Memorial Fund, the course will cover both theoretical issues of diasporic identities, and the particular experience of the Chinese in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific.

Classical Arabic A ARAB2004
(incompatible with SWAA2004) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Four hours a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic B (ARAB1003/SWAA1003) or equivalent

Classical Arabic B ARAB2008
(incompatible with SWAA2008) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Four hours a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic B (ARAB1003/SWAA1003) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course develops the materials of Classical Arabic A.

Classical Chinese 1 CHIN3030
(6 units)

First semester

Thirty hours of classes a semester

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 2 (CHIN2020) or Written Japanese B (JPNS1015) or equivalent.

Syllabus: The basic grammar of Classical Chinese and introductory readings.

Classical Chinese 2 CHIN3031
(6 units)

Second semester

Thirty hours of classes a semester

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott

Prerequisite: Classical Chinese 1 (CHIN3030)

Syllabus: Further readings in Classical Chinese.

Classical Chinese 3 CHIN3032
(6 units)

First semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

Thirty hours of classes a semester

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott

Prerequisite: Classical Chinese 2 (CHIN3031)

Syllabus: Readings in Classical Chinese history, philosophy and poetry from various periods.

Classical Chinese 4 CHIN3033
(6 units)

Second semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

Thirty hours of classes a semester

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott

Prerequisite: Classical Chinese 3 (CHIN3032)

Syllabus: Further readings in Classical Chinese history, philosophy and poetry from various periods.

Classical Civilisations of Southeast Asia ASHI2262
(6units)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies & Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Proudfoot

Prerequisite: A first-year unit in Asian History or History or permission of the Head of the Centre.

Syllabus: The political and cultural history of the Indianised kingdoms of Southeast Asia, which flourished from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries. The unit will explore the processes of state formation, religious change, and the aesthetics of court culture. It will involve the study of the archaeology of the early kingdoms, inscriptions and literary works (in translation), and contemporary Chinese ethnographies (in translation).

Special attention will be given to questions of historiography. Interpretations of the rise of the Indianised state have been deeply influenced by the ideologies of colonial power and decolonisation. Further, the relative poverty of sources for this period compels an acute appreciation of problems inherent in the economy of sources.

Comparative-Historical Tai Linguistics THAI2107
(incompatible with SEAT2107) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Two hours a week

Thai Program. National Thai Studies Centre: Southeast Asia Centre (Students from Linguistics Program in the Faculty of Arts studying LING3008 may co-study in this course)

Lecturer: Dr Diller

Prerequisites: Thai IB (THAI1003/SEAT1003) and Linguistics LING2005

Syllabus: The Tai language family includes Lao, Nung (in Vietnam), Zhuang (in China), Shan (in Burma) and Khamti (in India), in addition to Standard Thai. The relationship of these languages and their derivation from a common proto language will be critically studied using comparative-historical methods. The question of the wider relationship of the Tai family to other languages will be considered.

Comparisons from Asian Literatures: Gender and Sexuality ASIA1004
(incompatible with ALIT1004) (6 units)

See ASIA2002.

NOTE: First-year students will normally take ASIA1004; later-year students ASIA2002

Comparisons from Asian Literatures: Gender and Sexuality ASIA2002
(incompatible with ALIT2002) (6 units)

Second semester

Two lectures and one tutorial per week

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Coordinator: Ms McKinney

Syllabus: The course will explore the construction and representation of gender and sexuality in a variety of Asian literatures. Materials range from ancient to contemporary texts, which will all be presented in accessible English translation. The course aims to develop a basic historical background through the use of comparative materials from ancient and medieval texts through to modern and contemporary, as a basis for comparing the portrayal of gender and sexuality in literary texts across Asia. The theoretical underpinning of the course will be drawn from recent critical writings in the areas of feminism and literary and cultural studies.

Gender dynamics involve a complex interaction between female and male representations of each other and themselves, the material form of their society and the shared perceptions of that society. The course will explore such issues as: images of the feminine and masculine, the seemingly universal pattern of female subordination in traditional societies, distinctions between politics and culture, prescriptions of sexuality, the relation between gender and class, and the relation of gender to colonialism and nationalism.

Contemporary Arabic Literature A ARAB2005
(incompatible with SWAA2005) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Four hours a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic B (ARAB1003/SWAA1003) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course is devoted to reading texts from modern Arab writers, both fiction and non-fiction, with continuing development of conversational skills.

Contemporary Arabic Literature B ARAB2006
(incompatible with SWAA2006) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Four hours a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic B (ARAB1003/SWAA1003) or equivalent or equivalent

Syllabus: This course is devoted to reading texts from modern Arab writers, both fiction and non-fiction, with continuing development of conversational skills.

Contemporary Hindi Literature HIND2004
(incompatible with SWAH2004) (3 units)

First semester

Classes are conducted primarily in Hindi. Two hours of lectures per week. To be taken concurrently with Advanced Hindi Conversation A.

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisites: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007). Concurrent enrolment in Advanced Hindi Conversation A (HIND2006/SWAH2006)

Syllabus: The course is devoted to readings from contemporary Hindi literature and comprises:

(a) Reading of Hindi short stories or a short novel
(b) advanced discussion of Hindi grammatical usage and literary style
(c) comprehension of lectures given in Hindi.

Engaging Asia: Working with Government ASHI2020
(6 units)

Second semester. To be delivered intensively -- arrangements TBA

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturers: Professor Milner and Ms Broinowski. The course will also draw upon the expertise and experience of a range of senior members, and former senior members, of Government departments in Canberra.

Syllabus: The ambitious Asia Programs of the Australian National University were initiated fifty years ago to support the Australian Government's postwar national re-orientation toward Asia. The application of knowledge about Asia to Government's engagement with the region is more important today than ever before, with Asian economies and Asian confidence still recovering from the 1997-8 crisis. This course involves (a) a brief overview of the development of Australian Government policy toward the Asian region: and (b) an introduction to the practical work of a number of Government departments and organisations in implementing that policy.

The course will be of particular interest to students intending to pursue a career in Government.

Future of East Timor, The ASHI2027
(6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours per week

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Coordinator: Dr Quinn. The course will be team-taught with contributions from ANU academics (Faculty of Asian Studies and RSPAS) as well as experts from off-campus. In tutorial classes there is round-table discussion of the issues raised in lectures, and in the first weeks of the course films and TV reports will be shown. Current events in East Timor will be discussed.

Syllabus. The course provides an introduction to the main political, economic, social and strategic issues that East Timor will face in the first years of its independence. The first part of the course provides an overview of East Timor's past and present as an essential context for the study of its future. The major component of the course assesses the nation's future problems and prospects in diverse domains, concentrating on politics, the economy, community development and military/strategic issues. The course concludes with discussion of media perceptions of East Timor and issues in the scholarly study of East Timorese society.

Gender and Korean History ASHI2006
(6units)

Second semester

32 contact hours per semester

Lecturer: Dr Ken Wells

Prerequisite: Individual & Society in Asia A (ASHI1002) or Individual & Society in Asia B (ASHI 1003), or from the Faculty of Arts: an approved Gender based unit, or a first year unit in History, Politics or Anthropology,

Syllabus: This course is a cultural history course in which the organisation and activities of the people on the Korean peninsula are approached from the point of view of various beliefs and practices concerning gender. The Korean experience is perhaps ideal for a study of this kind, since from traditional times its society had been organised according to a cosmic, explicit doctrine of gender.

The course begins with consideration of the chief issues that have been raised in writings on gender history, including whether there is a virtually universal pattern of female subordination in traditional societies and beyond, distinctions between biology, politics and culture, prescriptions of sexuality, the relation between gender and class, and the relations of gender to colonialism and nationalism.

This is followed by consideration of traditional gender relations in Korea on the basis of a variety of materials, including literature, and the alleged transformation of gender relations between the Koryo and Chosen dynasties.

The main focus of the course, however, will be placed on the 20th century, where we will deal specifically with the question of gender in relation to invasion, colonial rule, nationalism movements and modernisation.

Hindi Bhakti Poetry HIND2005
(incompatible with SWAH2005) (3 units)

Second semester

Two hours of lectures devoted to readings from pre-modern Hindi literature. Classes are conducted primarily in Hindi. To be taken concurrently with Advanced Hindi Conversation B (HIND2007 / SWAH2007).

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisites: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Hindu Texts SKRT2104
(incompatible with SWAS2104) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Three hours of lectures a week

Sanskrit Program

Lecturer: TBA

Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit B (SKRT1003/SWAS1003)

Syllabus: Reading of selections from the Bhagavad Gita or a Purana or a similar text.

History and Theory HIST2110
(6 units)

First semester

One two-hour lecture and one-hour tutorial a week. Lectures will be taped

Co-taught by the Asian Societies and Histories Program and School of Humanities (Faculty of Arts)

Lecturers: Dr Forth and Dr Powers

Prerequisite: At least twelve units in History (Arts) or Asian History

Syllabus: This course explores long-standing and recent debates over the nature of history, historians, and the past. The course will consider a wide variety of historical texts, looking at notions of historical truth, history as a process, and how historians construct an historical past. In particular, it will focus on theory and writing of history since the linguistic turn. Topics will include: the Annales School; social history; Marxist theories of history; 'postcolonial' critiques of history; Foucault and the new cultural history; feminist histories; and postmodernism and history.

History of the Japanese Language JPNS3011
(6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Dr Hendriks

Prerequisites: Introduction to the Study of Language (LING1001), Spoken Japanese 4 (JPNS2013), Written Japanese D (JPNS2015) or permission of Program convener.

Syllabus: The goals of the course are to see how the principles of historical and comparative linguistics are reflected in the history of Japanese. We will look at several important phonological and syntactic phenomena, (and at how they might be accounted for in various frameworks) both native and Western. Students will acquire a sense of the depth of the language, and an understanding of what is involved in doing historical linguistic research.

History of Modern Japan: Imperial Japan 1895-1945 ASHI2029
(6 units)

Second semester

32 contact hours

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Dr Li

Syllabus: This course focuses on the changes brought by the imperialist expansion on the political, cultural, and economic fabric of Japanese society. With its successes in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05 Japan emerged as a great power in world history. Japan challenged the colonial interests of the Western powers in Asian continent and developed its expansionist ambitions. Starting from colonial bases in Taiwan and Korea, Japan launched a programme of military, economic and cultural expansion, first on the Asian mainland, and then in the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Although this programme of expansion ended more than 50 years ago, Japan's activities in Asia in the first half of this century remain unfinished business in a political sense. Even beyond the boundaries of the Japanese empire, the rest of Asia was affected in one or the other way by the Japanese military interlude, and those territories occupied by Japan experienced fundamental transformations. The issue of collaboration and the questions of reparations and of textbook history remain profoundly sensitive across the Asian continent. Through lectures, discussions and films, students will gain a better understanding of these historic changes and Japan's political and economic relations with its Asian neighbours today.

Individual and Society in Asia A ASHI1002
(6 units)

First semester

Two lectures and one tutorial weekly

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Jeffcott

Syllabus: This course introduces students to some of the central issues that Asian nations have been facing in modern times, by focussing on the relations between the individual and the socio-political order, and between tradition and change. Major themes include the interaction of indigenous and western concepts of the rights and responsibilities of the individual, ideas relating to family and gender, and the impact of globalisation on the social and working lives of individuals. The course examines the major religious and cultural traditions of Asia and aims to develop a comparative understanding of Asian cultures and societies.

Individual and Society in Asia B ASHI1003
(6 units)

Second semester

Two lectures and one tutorial weekly

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturers: Dr Wells and Dr Reynolds

Syllabus: This course will continue discussion of the issues developed in First semester but will focus specifically on religion, colonialism and nationalism. Each of these three themes will be considered in their transcultural aspect and studied as instances of globalisation and localisation. Case histories from across the region -- South, Southeast, and East Asia -- will illustrate popular as well as elite perceptions of religion, colonialism and nationalism.

Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development ASHI2516
(6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Kumar

Prerequisite: A first-year course in Asian History or Anthropology, Economics, Economic History, History, Geography, Political Science or Sociology

Syllabus: The syllabus will focus on current political, economic and social issues and the post-independence developments that have given rise to the present situation. It will also deal with the cultural and intellectual aspects of these issues.

Indonesian 1A INDN1002
(incompatible with SEAI1002) (6 units)

First semester

Five class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Dr Quinn

Syllabus: An introduction to spoken Indonesian covering the core vocabulary and grammar of the language, question-answer interaction and a practical command of four commonly occurring conversational topics/situations.

Indonesian 1B INDN1003
(incompatible with SEAI1003) (6 units)

Second semester

Five class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Dr Quinn

Prerequisite: Indonesian 1A (INDN1002/SEAI1002)

Syllabus: Further practice in spoken Indonesian with special emphasis on the mastery of the most frequent verb-forms and a practical command of four commonly occurring conversational topics/situations. A start is made on developing reading skills.

NOTE: The prerequisite for entry to Indonesian 2A is at least a high pass in Indonesian 1B, or permission of the convener of the Program.

Indonesian 2A INDN2002
(incompatible with SEAI2002) (6 units)

First semester

Four class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Dr Hassall

Prerequisite: Indonesian 1B (INDN1003/SEAI1003) at the level of a high pass or permission of the convener of the Program

Indonesian 2B INDN2003
(incompatible with SEAI2003) (6 units)

Second semester

Four class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Dr Hassall

Prerequisite: Indonesian 2A (INDN2002/SEAI2002)

Indonesian 3A INDN3002
(incompatible with SEAI3002) (6 units)

First semester

Four class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Mr Widodo

Prerequisite: Indonesian 2B (INDN2003/SEAI2003)

Indonesian 3B INDN3003
(incompatible with SEAI3003) (6 units)

Second semester

Four class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Mr Widodo

Prerequisite: Indonesian 3A (INDN3002/SEAI3002)

Intermediate Persian A PERS2003
(6 units)

First/second semester

Four hours of lectures throughout the semester (may include language laboratory sessions).

Persian Program. Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts)

Prerequisite: Introductory Persian B (PERS1002) or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer.

Lecturer: Dr Torabi

Intermediate Persian B PERS2004
(6 units)

First/second semester

Four hours of lectures throughout the semester (may include language laboratory sessions).

Persian Program. Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts).

Prerequisite: Intermediate Persian A (PERS2003) or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer.

Lecturer: Dr Torabi

International Relations in Northeast Asia ASHI2017
(6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Convener and principal lecturer: Dr Lankov. Other ANU specialists in the history, politics and international relations of the region will also contribute to the course.

Syllabus: This course will examine the international relations of Northeast Asia over the last hundred years, from the height of 'old' imperialist rivalry to the post-Soviet world. This region has been critical to global security since the 1930s. The main focus will be on the interactions of China, Japan, Korea, Russia/the USSR, the European powers and the United States through two centuries of upheaval and change.

Introduction to Asian Performing Arts: Performance, Genres and Intercultural Translation INDN3007
(incompatible with SEAI3007) (6 units)

Second semester

Three class hours per week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Mr Widodo. It is planned to include lectures and workshops by visiting artists as well as by lecturers in the Institute of the Arts, the Faculty of Asian Studies and the Faculty of Arts.

Syllabus: Case studies and 'experiences' of attending or performing particular genres in the performance laboratory will be discussed and analysed in the context of intercultural translation. This will include issues such as: What is 'performance'? How do we read, understand and experience performances from other cultures? How do we translate performances? What are issues of inter-cultural performance?

The semester will conclude with a public performance by students based on their work in the performance laboratory.

Introduction to Religions A (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) RELS1002
(6 units)

First semester

Two hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week

Co-taught by: Asian Religions Program/Faculty of Arts.

Coordinator: Mr Barnes

Syllabus: Methods in the study of religion. The question of religious evolution. Historic religions. The three Semitic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), studied from the point of view of their historical relationships and their present situation in the world. Contemporary religious revivalism and fundamentalism. Women and religion.

Introduction to Religions B: (South Asian and East Asian Religious Traditions) RELS1003
(6 units)

Second semester

Two hours of lectures and one one-hour tutorial a week

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Powers

Syllabus: Anthropological and philosophical approaches to religion. An introduction to Indian and Chinese religious traditions. A discussion of Eastern and Western views of religion from a philosophical perspective. Religion and ideology in the world today.

Introductory Arabic A ARAB1002
(incompatible with SWAA1002) (6 units)

First semester

Four class hours a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Syllabus: This course assumes no previous knowledge of the language. It covers the Arabic script and sound system and basic grammar rules. The teaching uses an audio-visual and audio-lingual approach, and is designed to develop the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in an integrated way by the use of dialogues in realistic situations, class interaction and oral and written drills.

Introductory Arabic B ARAB1003
(incompatible with SWAA1003) (6 units)

Second semester

Four class hours a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic A (ARAB1002/SWAA1002) or permission of Coordinator

Syllabus: This course extends Introductory Arabic A. Students will develop their conversational skills, study samples of modern Arabic literature and the press, and undertake translation from and into Arabic. As in the previous course, grammar is explained in its functional aspect using basic structures of Arabic in realistic situations.

Introductory Hindi A HIND1002
(incompatible with SWAH1002) (3 units)

First semester

Two hours of lectures a week throughout the semester. To be taken concurrently with Basic Hindi Conversation A

Hindi Program

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrolment in Basic Hindi Conversation A (HIND1006/SWAH1006)

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Introductory Hindi B HIND1003
(incompatible with SWAH1003) (3 units)

Second semester

Two hours of lectures throughout the semester. To be taken concurrently with Basic Hindi Conversation B

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisites: Introductory Hindi A (HIND1002/SWAH1002) and Basic Hindi Conversation A (HIND1006/SWAH1006). Concurrent enrolment in Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Introductory Persian A PERS1001
(6 units)

First/second semester

Four hours of lectures throughout the semester (may include language laboratory sessions).

Persian Program. Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts)

Prerequisite: None

Lecturer: Dr Torabi

Introductory Persian B PERS1002
(6 units)

First/second semester

Four hours of lectures throughout the semester (may include language laboratory sessions).

Persian Program. Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts)

Prerequisite: Introductory Persian A (PERS1001) or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer)

Lecturer: Dr Torabi

Introductory Sanskrit A SKRT1002
(incompatible with SWAS1002) (6 units)

First semester (subject to enrolment numbers). Prospective students should contact the Faculty Secretary, Asian Studies, before enrolling.

Three hours per week

Sanskrit Program

Coordinator: Dr Barz

Introductory Sanskrit B SKRT1003
(incompatible with SWAS1003) (6 units)

Second semester

Three hours per week

Sanskrit Program

Coordinator: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit A (SKRT1002/SWAS1002)

Islam: History and Institutions ASIA2162
(Incompatible with AREL2162 and AREL2815) (6 units)

(Incompatible with AREL2815 Trends in Modern Islamic Thought)

Semester one

32 hours for the Semester

Co-taught by: Asian Societies and Histories program/Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies: Middle East and Central Asia (Faculty of Arts)

Convener: Dr Hajjar with Professor Saikal

Syllabus: Students will be presented with a survey of the history of Islam from the seventh century to the present day. The unit also examines the development of the central institutions of Islam in the context of that history. Special attention will be paid to those institutions and events (The Koran, the Holy Law and the Caliphate) which determine the substance and allusions of modern political debate in Muslim communities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia

Japanese and Information Technology JPNS2001
(6 units)

Second semester

One lecture (one hour) and one tutorial (one and a half hour) of classes a week.

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Dr Lee

Prerequisite: Written Japanese B (JPNS1015) and Spoken Japanese 4 (JPNS2013) or permission of the Program convener. No previous knowledge/skills of Japanese word-processor is required. English word-processor skills are preferred but not essential.

Syllabus: The course aims to provide the students with the opportunity (i) to further develop Japanese writing and reading competence, and (ii) to develop Japanese communication skills using information technology. The course introduces the students to relevant knowledge needed for dealing with Japanese word-processors, email and internet systems, and also studies the formal Japanese language focussing on reading and writing skills using these facilities.

By the end of the course, successful learners will be expected to be able to:

(i) obtain further advanced knowledge/skills of reading and writing Japanese passages on various topics;
(ii) summarise Japanese articles on various topics;
(iii) produce formal Japanese passages using a Japanese word-processor; and
(iv) use Japanese email and internet systems.

Assessment will be based on assignments, practical exercises and projects using information technology, and submitted by email.

Japanese Economic Development
since World War II ASHI2023
(6 units)

Second semester

32 contact hours

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturers: Professor Corbett, Professor Drysdale

Syllabus: The economy of Japan since World War II; the course is concerned with the political economy of Japan and focuses on post-World War 2 economic growth, the development of economic institutions and on economic policy issues.

Prerequisites: No formal economics training required

Japanese Grammar JPNS2024
(6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week.

Japanese Linguistics Program

Lecturer: Dr Lee

Prerequisite: Written Japanese B (JPNS1015) and Spoken Japanese 4 (JPNS2013) or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: The course aims to provide a systematic treatment of modern Japanese grammar for intermediate/advanced students of the language. All major aspects will be covered, ranging from inflection and grammatical word classes (particles, etc), to grammatical derivation (causative, passive, etc) and clause and sentence construction. Lectures will be supplemented by regular exercises, with the objective of consolidating and extending students' grammatical knowledge and proficiency.

Note: Those who have completed Year-in-Japan are not permitted to enrol in this course.

Japanese Linguistics JPNS2007
(6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes a week

Japanese Linguistics Program

Lecturer: Mr Ishihara

Prerequisites: Introduction to the Study of Language (LING1001/LING2001) or permission of the convener of the Program. Some knowledge of Japanese is desirable but not essential.

Syllabus: The course will examine certain characteristic features of modern Japanese from a general linguistic perspective. A selection of topics will be discussed in conjunction with relevant literature.

Japanese Phonetics and Phonology JPNS2019
(6 units)

First semester

Three class hours per week

Japanese Linguistics Program

Lecturer: Mr Ishihara

Prerequisites: Introduction to Study of Language (LING1001/LING2001) and Spoken Japanese 2 (JPNS1013) or equivalent

Syllabus: The first half of the course will focus on then pronunciation of Japanese vowels and consonants and will include practical exercises on the description and production of long and short vowels and double consonants, the mora nasal, devoicing, accent patterns etc. The second half of the course will be devoted to the description of structural aspects of the Japanese sound system.

Preliminary reading: To be drawn from prepared reading brick

Japanese Pre-Honours Course JPNS3104
(3 units)

First/second semester

One hour of class a week and one hour of class a fortnight throughout the year.

Japanese Program

Coordinator: Dr Hendriks

Available to third year students (fourth year combined degree) who have been judged by the Japan Centre as potential honours students. The course has two goals:

(a) Develop research techniques (Bibliographies and Japanese-language materials: Indexes, Personal Names, Biographies, Genealogies, Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Translations, Japanese Libraries and Research Institutions, Internet search.)
(b) Teach classical Japanese grammar and introduce students to pre- and early twentieth-century texts.

The course will be team taught by the Japan Centre staff and other scholars involved in Japanese Studies at the ANU, with a view to introducing students to potential supervisors and to the areas of research available at ANU.

We will also discuss content and presentation of an honours thesis and speak to current and past students as well as look at the structures of past theses.

Students must enrol in this course, each semester, to complete the study requirement.

Japanese Seminar A JPNS3102
(6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Mr Ikeda

Prerequisites: Year-in-Japan (JPNS3550/JPNS3500) or permission of Head of Centre

Syllabus: Extensive reading in contemporary Japanese texts on social, religious, historical, and cultural themes, and discussion of issues raised. No English translation involved. Essays in Japanese will be required.

Japanese-English Translation JPNS3013
(6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturers: Mr Ikeda, Dr Hendriks

Prerequisites: Completion of Year-in-Japan (JPNS3550/JPNS3500) or an equivalent level of competence or permission of Program convener.

Syllabus: The aim of the course is to develop Japanese-English translation skills and to familiarise students with available reference and technological resources. Students will translate original Japanese and English texts from a range of fields and genres (economic, political, technical, medical, journalistic, etc) and will be introduced to major lexicographical and other reference materials.

Knowledge and Society ASHI3009
(6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Vervoorn

Prerequisites: One successful year of university study.

Syllabus: The course focuses on the ways in which contemporary societies produce knowledge and are in turn shaped by knowledge systems. It considers how traditional knowledge systems and modern scientific systems function and interact, paying particular attention to ideas regarding how knowledge is generated, communicated, accumulated, and institutionalised.

Perspectives on knowledge to be explored include religious experience and social tradition as knowledge; scientific knowledge and ideas of development and progress; links between knowledge, power and control; and knowledge as systems of shared meaning or understanding. The course examines the experience of a range of Asian societies as well as drawing on western experience. In assignments it will be possible for students to concentrate on countries in which they have a particular interest.

This course satisfies the pre-honours requirement for students planning to do an honours degree in Asian Studies.

Korean for Background Speakers A KORE2015
(incompatible with CHIK2015) (6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Background knowledge of Korean to be assessed by a placement test and the permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: This course is designed to assist students to upgrade their literacy skills in a systematic way. While expanding and refining the student's language resource, this course pays particular attention to developing all-round language skills, to the choice of the right word, and to writing in different genres.

Korean for Background Speakers B KORE2016
(incompatible with CHIK2016) (6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Korean for Background Speakers A (KORE2015/CHIK2015) or background knowledge of Korean to be assessed by a placement test and the permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Korean for Background Speakers A.

Korean for Background Speakers C KORE3014
(incompatible with CHIK3014) (6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisites: Korean for Background Speakers B (KORE2016/CHIK2016) or equivalent

Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Korean for Background Speakers B, including the acquisition of Sino-Korean characters, Hanja.

Korean Seminar A KORE3009
(6 units)

First semester

Three hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Completion of Year-in-Korea (KORE3550/CHIK 3500/CHIK3550), Year-in-Korea FBS (KORE3552/CHIK3552) or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: Extensive readings and discussion in Korean of Korean texts on economic, political, legal, cultural and other topics. Written Korean-English, ad Korean summaries of English language texts. Basic interpreting skills. The selection of material to be studied each year will take account of the needs of the students.

Korean Seminar B KORE3010
(6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Completion of Year-in-Korea (KORE3550/CHIK 3500/CHIK3550), Year-in-Korea FBS (KORE3552/CHIK3552) or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: See Korean Seminar A

Language in Asia ASIA1001
(incompatible with ALIN1001) (6 units)

See ASIA 2001.

NOTE: First-year students will normally take ASIA1001; later-year students ASIA2001

Language in Asia ASIA2001
(incompatible with ALIN2001) (6 units)

Second semester

May be delivered intensively/flexibly over two weekends, complemented by assignment work.

Faculty-based course

Coordinator: TBA

Prerequisite: Introduction to the Study of Language (LING1001/LING2001)

Syllabus: The course aims to familiarise students with the linguistic situation in Asia. It investigates the major languages of the region from the perspective of their genetic status, their historical development and interaction, their major typological features, and their present-day social position. Sample topics discussed will include writing-systems, the role of classical varieties, patterns of borrowing, honorifics, and language standardisation, with illustration from the range of Asian languages taught at the ANU. Students enrolled in ASIA2001 will be required to undertake additional reading and assignments.

Lao LAOT3001
(incompatible with SEAL3001) (6 units)

First semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

Three class hours a week

Thai Program. National Thai Studies Centre/Southeast Asia Centre

Lecturer: TBA

Prerequisite: Thai 2A (THAI2002/SEAT2002)

Law and Society in Southeast Asia ASHI2268
(6 units)

Second semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Professor B. Hooker

Syllabus: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the legal cultures of Southeast Asia, an area of immediate importance to Australia. Legally speaking the area is one of the most complex in the world for law; it comprises: Burmese, Thai, Khmer and Java-Bali laws (the so-called Indian group), the Malay and cognate laws (the Islamic group), the Vietnamese (the Chinese group); on the European side we have Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch and English laws. These laws exist today in varying combinations, occasionally in harmony, often in mixed or hybrid forms and, not infrequently, in conflict.

Part 1 of this course provides an historical outline of these systems. In Part 2 we choose from among a number of contemporary issues which include the following: Constitutional law; Family law; Women and religious law (Islam); Laws applicable to the overseas Chinese; Customary law of the land; Current law reforms in selected states; Islamic law in Southeast Asia; Colonial law and Legal pluralism.

Literary Activism and State Power in Contemporary Indonesia INDN3006
(incompatible with SEAI3006) (6 units)

First semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

Two hours of classes a week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Dr Quinn

Prerequisites: Indonesian 2B (INDN2003/SEAI2003) or equivalent, or permission of Coordinator

Syllabus: With emphasis on the study of Indonesian-language texts the course examines how state power is projected in the realm of language and literature and how this power has been resisted in post-independence Indonesia. After surveying the state-managed propagation of the Indonesian language and state-defined norms of correctness and good style, the course looks at several case studies of literary censorship, focussing on ideas in the texts and the political/religious rationales for the censorship of them. The case studies are drawn from activist drama, public poetry, and polemical prose fiction with special emphasis on comedy as an activist weapon. The course is team-taught.

Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Predicaments ASHI2041
(incompatible with ASHY2014) (6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours per semester

Asian Histories and Society Program

Coordinator: Dr Reynolds

Incompatible with ASHY 2013 and 2014 delivered in 1999

Prerequisite: Individual and Society in Asia A (ASHI1002) and B (ASHI1003), Introduction to Religions B (RELS1003) or two introductory units in history, politics, anthropology from listings in the Faculty of Arts, or equivalent units from other universities.

Syllabus: Through historical examples from Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, this course will emphasise the study of mainland Southeast Asia in a comparative framework, with particular attention to political culture, the production of knowledge, concepts of `civilisation', and emerging civil societies in the twentieth century.

Media Arabic A ARAB2003
(incompatible with SWAA2003) (6 units)

First semester

Four class hours, and one hour in the language laboratory a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic B (ARAB1003/SWAA1003) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course is devoted to the language and style of the Arabic press and radio. The material covers ordinary news items, printed or broadcast. The course provides students who have mastered basic grammar, with an introduction to the language of the Arabic media and develops their basic listening and interpreting skills.

Media Arabic B ARAB2007
(incompatible with SWAA2007) (6 units)

Second semester

Four class hours, and one hour in the language laboratory a week

Arabic Program

Coordinator: Dr Hajjar

Prerequisite: Introductory Arabic B (ARAB1003/SWAA1003) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course develops further the materials of Media Arabic A (ARAB2003 / SWAA2003).

Modern Chinese 1 CHIN1020
(12 units)

First semester

Five hours of lectures and five of tutorials each week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Jacka

Prerequisite: None

Syllabus: This is the first half of a one-year intensive beginners program in modern standard Chinese (Putonghua). The main aim of this semester is to enable the students to make a good start in spoken Chinese while also beginning to learn the script.

Modern Chinese 2 CHIN2020
(12 units)

Second semester

Five hours of lectures and five of tutorials each week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Dr Jacka

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 1 (CHIN1020) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course completes the intensive beginners program in modern standard Chinese, continuing work in the spoken language while putting more emphasis on the written language than in Modern Chinese 1. Students who complete the year successfully will have a good grasp of the fundamentals of written and spoken Chinese.

Modern Chinese 3 CHIN3020
(6 units)

Four semester

Five hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Ms Yang

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 2 (CHIN2020) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course, with Modern Chinese 4 (CHIN3021), is designed to raise students' competence in reading, writing and speaking through the use of a variety of approaches and media, including texts and audio and video recordings.

Modern Chinese 4 CHIN3021
(6 units)

Second semester

Five hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Ms Yang

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 3 (CHIN3020) or equivalent

Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Modern Chinese 3 (CHIN3020).

Modern Chinese 5 CHIN3022
(6 units)

First semester

Four hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Ms Yang

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 4 (CHIN3021) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course, with Modern Chinese 6 (CHIN3023), is designed to enable students to reach advanced levels of competence in reading, speaking and writing modern Chinese. A wider range of texts will be read and discussed in Chinese. There will be a study of selected aspects of Chinese grammar.

Modern Chinese 6 CHIN3023
(6 units)

Second semester

Four hours of classes a week

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Ms Yang

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 5 (CHIN3022) or equivalent

Syllabus: A continuation of the work in Modern Chinese 5 (CHIN3022) and an introduction to the original complex forms of simplified Chinese characters and language variation used in Taiwan.

Modern Japanese Literature in Translation JPNS2011
(6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Ms McKinney

Prerequisites: No previous knowledge of Japan or Japanese is required

Syllabus: Readings will cover poetry, fiction and critical material. The course will explore the social and literary environment which produced certain texts, treating Japanese modern literature as a window onto Japanese society and its concerns. The course will focus on such issues as: the evolution of modern Japanese literature; the development of new styles; elements of continuity with the past; the formation of the Japanese canon (both in Japan and in the West through translation); the dichotomy between pure and popular literature; and the impact of the West on post-Meiji work.

Modern Japanese Society ASHI2009
(6 units)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Akami

Prerequisite: A first-year course in History, Asian History, Politics, or Anthropology.

Syllabus: This course is an introductory course on modern Japanese society, which provides students with basic understanding and introduces key issues and various perspectives to analyse these issues. While it covers major economic and political events after the Meiji restoration of 1868 to the present, its main focus is on the consequences of these events on social, intellectual and cultural aspects. The course aims to provoke questions about assumptions behind the perspectives, such as the notion of an East/West dichotomy and the totality of national culture. It also tries to see the historicity of conventional understandings of modern Japanese society. It sets out to examine when, how and why these understandings were constructed, and it considers the implications of recent events. Students will be encouraged to bring in a comparative perspective in tutorials and essays.

Modern Javanese A JAVA2005
(incompatible with SEAJ2005) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Four class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Lecturers: Dr Quinn and Mr Widodo

Prerequisite: Indonesian 1B (INDN1003/SEAI1003)

Syllabus: The basics of modern spoken Javanese, including mastery of the honorific levels, phonology, grammar and the role of the language in modern Indonesia.

Modern Javanese B JAVA3005
(incompatible with SEAJ3005) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Four class hours a week

Indonesian Program

Lecturers: Dr Quinn and Mr Widodo

Prerequisite: Modern Javanese A (JAVA2005/SEAI2005)

Syllabus: Further practice in spoken Javanese. Reading of fiction and non-fiction in modern Javanese.

Modern Korea ASHI2005
(6 units)

Not offered in 2002

32 contact hours for the Semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Wells

Prerequisites: A first-year course in history, politics, anthropology, religious studies or permission of the lecturer

Syllabus: The course will introduce students to the history of modern Korea, with a focus on Korean nationalism. The course is divided into three periods, the Early Modern Period (1800-1910, the Colonial Period (1905-1945), and the Era of Division (1945 to the present), and examines the chief internal and external forces which shaped the Korean nation up to the late 1980s. In particular, the course examines the ferment in education, religion, and the political and economic ideologies, as the nation falls under Japanese colonial rule and then splits into two states as a result of World War II and the subsequent Cold War.

Nineteenth-Century Hindi Literature HIND2102 (incompatible with SWAH2102) (3 units)

Not offered in 2002

Two hours of lectures a week

Hindi Program

Lecturer: Dr Barz

Prerequisites: Introductory Hindi B (HIND1003/SWAH1003) and Basic Hindi Conversation B (HIND1007/SWAH1007)

Syllabus: The course is devoted to readings from nineteenth-century Hindi literature. Classes are conducted primarily in Hindi. To be taken concurrently with Advanced Hindi Conversation D (HIND3007/SWAH3007).

Reading of nineteenth-century Hindi literature:

(a) advanced discussion of Hindi grammatical usage and literary style
(b) comprehension of lectures given in Hindi.

Politics of China, The ASHI2026
(6 units)

Second semester

32 contact hours

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: TBA

Syllabus. This course introduces the structure and workings of the political system of China. It examines the development of China's revolution before and since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949. The course includes such topics as the role of the Communist Party and other formal and informal political groups. It also examines such issues as: political leadership in china, state and society, the role of the military, political dissent and opposition, the politics of post-Mao reform, nationalism and China's foreign policy, the growing importance of provincial politics, the importance of ethnic minorities, the prospects for change, and the values and interests involved in policy-making and social control.

Practical Assignment in Australia ASHI3006
(6 units)

See below.

Practical Assignment in Australia ASHI3016
(12 units)

First semester/second semester/summer session

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Coordinator: Dr Vervoorn

Prerequisite: Two years successful university study.

The aim is to give students towards the end of their degree an opportunity to apply in a work environment the knowledge and skills they have acquired. This involves a ten week full-time (12 units) or half-time (6 units) placement with either a public sector or private sector organisation in Australia, during which the student undertakes an agreed project or duties that will provide experience in using and further developing their Asian Studies knowledge in an organisation context, while learning about the operations of the organisation itself.

During the placement the student will receive advice and direction from a designated supervisor within the organisation and a supervisor from the Faculty. Details of the project to be undertaken will be agreed by the supervisors in consultation with the student.

Assessment will be based on: (1) a learning journal kept by the student reflecting on tasks undertaken, the organisation and the knowledge and skills acquired, and an overall evaluation of the placement; and (2) a report on the student's performance by the organisational supervisor during the placement.

Students wanting to undertake an assignment should apply to the Coordinator no less than three months in advance. Placements will be subject to availability.

Practical Assignment in Korea KORE3016
(6 units)

See below.

Practical Assignment in Korea KORE3017
(12 units)

First/second semester

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Completion of Year-in-Korea (KORE3550/CHIK3500/CHIK3550) or Year-in-Korea FBS (KORE3552/CHIK3552) and permission of the Coordinator. Intending students should apply to the Coordinator no less than four months in advance. Placement will be subject to availability of a hosting organisation in Korea.

Syllabus: The aim is to give returning students from their Year-in-Korea an opportunity to apply in a work environment their Korean language skills and knowledge about the culture.

The course involves a twenty week (12 units), or ten week (6 units), half-time placement with a private sector organisation in the Republic of Korea. During the placement, the student undertakes an agreed project or duties that will provide experience in extending their linguistic and cultural competence in an organisational context, while learning about the operations of the organisation itself. While in Korea the student will receive advice and direction from a designated supervisor within the organisation and a supervisor from the Faculty. Details of the project to be undertaken will be agreed by the supervisors in consultation with the student.

Assessment will be based on a learning journal maintained by the student reflecting on tasks undertaken, the organisation and the knowledge and the skills acquired, and an overall evaluation of the placement, and a report on the student's performance by the organisational supervisor during the placement.

Practical Assignment in Southeast Asia ASHI3007
(6 units)

First semester/second semester/summer session/winter session. Six weeks participation in an approved professional organisation in Indonesia or Thailand

Indonesian Program and Thai Program

Coordinators: Professor V. Hooker and Dr Diller

Prerequisite: Distinction (or above) in a second year Asian language course or equivalent and permission of the coordinator, or completion of any third year language course and permission of the coordinator. May be taken at any time after completion of second year language courses (or equivalent) with prior approval of the coordinator. Ability to finance travel to and from destination and pay for a visa and living expenses for the period of participation in the organisation. Students will not receive remuneration for their participation in the organisation.

Syllabus: Students will be required to attend four weeks of regular briefing sessions before departure. These will cover the background of the organisations with which they will work, current in-country situation, and basic skills such as letter writing in the target language and business etiquette.

Before departure students will select an assignment topic in consultation with the coordinator. While participating in the organisation they will collect material for their topic and may begin writing it.

Pre-Honours Research Seminar ASHI3010
(6 units)

Second semester

32 contact hours

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Coordinator: Dr Reynolds

Prerequisites: At least 30 units taught in the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories OR equivalent OR permission of the instructor.

Syllabus: This seminar is designed for third-year students intending to do honours in the Faculty of Asian Studies. Students will be introduced to planning a research project, to a variety of research techniques and to a range of disciplinary approaches. Academic staff in the Faculty will be invited to share their expertise with the class.

Reading Modern Malay INDN3009
(incompatible with SEAI3009) (6 units)

First semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

Two class hours per week

Indonesian Program

Coordinator: Professor V. Hooker

Prerequisite: Indonesian 3B (INDN3003) or equivalent

Reading the Indonesian Media INDN3010
(incompatible with SEAI3010) (6 units)

Second semester -- Offered in alternate years with INDN3016/SEAI3006 Literary Activism and State Power (subject to enrolment numbers).

Two class hours per week

Indonesian Program

Lecturer: Professor V. Hooker

Prerequisite: Indonesian 3B (INDN3003/SEAI3003) or equivalent.

Syllabus:

(a) Brief history and survey of the role of the media in contemporary Indonesia
(b) Reading and translating extracts from the Indonesian print media on a variety of topics and in a variety of styles
(c) Attention will be given to the regional press

Material will be distributed throughout the semester

Readings in Asian Societies and Histories A ASHI3012
(6 units)

First semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Coordinator: Dr Vervoorn

Prerequisite: The permission of the Head of the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, based on evidence of strong ability and motivation.

Syllabus: An individual course of readings on a topic identified by the student in consultation with the coordinator. The focus will be on English language material but students with particular Asian language skills will be encouraged to use them where possible. Weekly meetings to discuss material covered will be on a one-to-one basis.

Readings in Asian Societies and Histories B ASHI3013
(6 units)

Second semester

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Coordinator: Dr Vervoorn

Prerequisite: The permission of the Head of the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, based on evidence of strong ability and motivation.

Syllabus: An individual course of readings on a topic identified by the student in consultation with the coordinator. The focus will be English language but students with particular Asian language skills will be encouraged to use them where possible. Weekly meetings to discuss material covered will be on a one-to-one basis.

Readings in Japanese A JPNS3018
(6 units)

First semester

Two hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Coordinator: Mr Ikeda

Prerequisites: Enrolment in Asian Studies Honours, or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: The course draws on pre-modern, modern, or contemporary materials, as appropriate, with a view to developing students' research and bibliographic skills in advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences.

Prescribed texts: Materials will be selected after consultation between the lecturer and each student.

Readings in Japanese B JPNS3019
(6 units)

Second semester

Two hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Coordinator: Mr Ikeda

Prerequisites: Enrolment in Asian Studies Honours, or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: The course draws on pre-modern, modern, or contemporary materials, as appropriate, with a view to developing students' research and bibliographic skills in advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences.

Prescribed texts: Materials will be selected after consultation between the lecturer and each student.

Readings in Japanese C JPNS3020
(6 units)

First semester

Two hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Coordinator: Mr Ikeda

Prerequisites: Enrolment in Asian Studies Honours, or permission of Head of Centre

Syllabus: The course draws on pre-modern, modern, or contemporary materials, as appropriate, with a view to developing students' research and bibliographic skills in advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences.

Prescribed texts: Materials will be selected after consultation between the lecturer and each student.

Readings in Japanese D JPNS3021
(6 units)

Second semester

Two hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Coordinator: Mr Ikeda

Prerequisites: Enrolment in Asian Studies Honours, or permission of Head of Centre

Syllabus: The course draws on pre-modern, modern, or contemporary materials, as appropriate, with a view to developing students' research and bibliographic skills in advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences.

Prescribed texts: Materials will be selected after consultation between the lecturer and each student.

Readings in Modern Chinese Literature and Thought CHIN3105
(6 units)

Second semester

Thirty two hours of classes a semester

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Ms Yang

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 4 (CHIN3021) or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: Extensive reading in modern Chinese literature and thought and discussion of the texts. The main emphasis will be on contemporary writing.

Readings in Modern Chinese Society and Law CHIN3108
(6 units)

First semester

Thirty two hours of classes a semester

Chinese Program

Lecturer: Ms Yang

Prerequisite: Modern Chinese 4 (CHIN3021) or permission of the convener of the Program

Syllabus: Extensive reading in contemporary Chinese texts on law and discussion of legal and social issues raised.

Readings in South Asian Cultures SKRT2108
(6 units)

First semester

Fortnightly meetings with lecturers

Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu and Persian Programs.

Coordinator: Dr Barz

Prerequisites: Two years' study of a South Asian language taught in the South and West Asia Centre, e.g. Hindi, Urdu, Persian (in relation to South Asia) or Sanskrit, with at least a high credit result in the second semester of the second year or in the Applied Hindi summer course and permission of the convener of the Program.

Syllabus: The content of the course is decided by consultation between each student and the supervising lecturer. Students read widely in all aspects of the culture of the language studied, including literature, linguistics, anthropology, religious studies, politics and mass media. Texts studied should be primarily in one of the relevant languages with supplementary material in English. Students present short reports on their reading every fortnight.

Readings in Southeast Asian Culture INDN3004
(incompatible with SEAI3004) (6 units)

Not offered at undergraduate level in 2002

First semester -- at graduate level only

Fortnightly meetings with lecturers

Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese Programs.

Coordinator: Professor V. Hooker

Prerequisites: Completion of Year-in-Asia, or Distinction in third year language or permission of the Coordinator. Intending students will be expected to have a Distinction average in language.

N.B. Students are strongly advised to take a supporting course (about historical background, culture, linguistics, anthropology etc) before enrolling in this vernacular language Reading Course.

Syllabus: The content of the course is decided by consultation between each student and the supervising lecturer. Students read widely in a vernacular language about Southeast Asia on one of the following: literature, socio-linguistics, religion, popular culture, political culture. Students present short reports on their reading every fortnight, prepare a bibliography based on vernacular holdings in the ANU libraries and write a long essay analysing their reading topic.

Representing Asia on Film: Southeast Asia ASHI2010
(6 units)

(Incompatible with ASHI2010 Asia and Australia in the Visual Media I -- now defunct)

First semester

32 contact hours for the semester

Lecturer: Dr Kumar

Prerequisite: A first or later year unit dealing with Asian or Australian society, or one year of an Asian language, or the Faculty of Arts course FILM1001 Introduction to Film Studies A & FILM 1001 Introduction to Film Studies B

Syllabus: The course will take as its texts feature films plus some documentaries by both Western and Southeast Asian directors to explore the following issues:

• representation of self and other, with reference to cultural identity, ethnicity and gender.
• nations and nationalisms (foundation myths, the significance of history, the invention of tradition, national institutions); the issue of national media cultures vs. genre films and hybridisation; globalisation vs localisation.
• perceptions of Asia: the unit will use concepts such as Orientalism and Occidentalism to explore the representation of Asian and Western identities.

Samurai Society and Social Control in Japan ASHI3011
(6 units)

First semester (subject to enrolment numbers)

32 contact hours (Delivered in seminar format)

Asian Societies and Histories Program

Lecturer: Dr Li

Prerequisite: Taken only by later year students with permission of Course convener

Syllabus: This course treats the development of Japanese Culture from earliest times to the early 19th century in the context of the major political and social forces that moulded the country's history. The course covers major periods and cultural epochs of Japanese history, but particular attention will be paid to samurai culture and systems of social control from the 12th century onwards. The themes to be covered include the formation and the evolving conceptions of Japan's identity, politics, economic development, social trends, and religion, as well as Japan's interaction with Asian and European civilisations.

The course aims:

To provide students with a basic factual knowledge in Japanese history and to assist them in understanding modern Japanese society in its historical context;

To develop the ability to assess and think critically about historical issues

Sanskrit Epics SKRT2103
(incompatible with SWAS2103) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Two hours a week.

Sanskrit Program

Coordinator: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit B (SKRT1003/SWAS1003)

Syllabus: Reading of selections from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana

Sanskrit Narrative Literature SKRT2105
(incompatible with SWAS2105) (6 units)

First semester

Two hours a week

Sanskrit Program

Coordinator: TBA

Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit B (SKRT1003/SWAS1003)

Syllabus. Reading of selections from the Hitopadesa or Jatakamala or a similar text.

Seminar on Hindi Language and Literature HIND3501
(incompatible with SWAH3501) (6 units)

Not offered in 2002

Hindi Program

Coordinator: Dr Barz

Prerequisite: Year-in-India (Hindi) (HIND3550/SWAH3500/SWAH3550) or permission of the Program convener.

Syllabus: Treatment of topics in Hindi language and literature. This course is intended to build upon the experience gained by students in the Year-in-India, and will be conducted in Hindi. It will be tailored to the needs of individual students and will involve an extensive essay written in Hindi.

Spoken Japanese 1 JPNS1012
(6 units)

First semester

Four hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Dr Lee

Spoken Japanese 2 JPNS1013
(6 units)

Second semester

Four hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Dr Lee

Prerequisite: Spoken Japanese 1 (JPNS1012) or equivalent

Spoken Japanese 3 JPNS2012
(6 units)

First semester

Four hours of classes and one hour of language laboratory study a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Mr Ishihara

Prerequisite: Spoken Japanese 2 (JPNS1013) or equivalent.

Spoken Japanese 4 JPNS2013
(6 units)

Second semester

Four hours of classes a week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Mr Ishihara

Prerequisites: Spoken Japanese 3 (JPNS2012) or equivalent

Spoken Korean 1 KORE1020
(incompatible with CHIK1020) (6 units)

First semester

Five hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Syllabus: This course introduces students to modern spoken Korean and to its writing system, Hangeul. It lays the foundations for later Korean language courses.

Spoken Korean 2 KORE1021
(incompatible with CHIK1021) (6 units)

Second semester

Five hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Spoken Korean 1 (KORE1020/CHIK1020) or equivalent

Syllabus: Spoken Korean 2 completes the beginner's course in modern Spoken Korean. The emphasis is firmly on the acquisition of an ability to use the language, and by the end of the course students will be able to conduct a simple daily conversation and to find their way around in Korea.

Spoken Korean 3 KORE2020
(incompatible with CHIK2020) (6 units)

First semester

Four hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Spoken Korean 2 (KORE1021/CHIK1021) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course extends the students command of modern Spoken Korean. While focussing on various themes relevant to daily lives, this course introduces basic functions in Korean; including requesting, offering, thanking, apologising, asking for and giving directions.

Spoken Korean 4 KORE2021
(incompatible with CHIK2021) (6 units)

Second semester

Four hours of classes a week

Korean Program

Coordinator: Dr Shin

Prerequisite: Spoken Korean 3 (KORE2020/CHIK2020) or equivalent

Syllabus: This course continues to pursue more complex themes in daily life, such as money matters, immigration, education and employment, this course also provides a systematic practice of a wide range of functions in Korean.

Teaching Japanese: Content JPNS3012
(6 units)

First semester
Three hours of classes per week

Japanese Program

Lecturer: Mr Ikeda

Prerequisites: Completion of Year-in-Japan (JPNS3550/JPNS3500) or an equivalent level of competence or permission of Program convener.

Syllabus: This course focuses on the teaching of Japanese to English-speaking learners from the viewpoint of the linguistic and sociocultural content of Japanese language courses. The broad areas of sound, writing, grammar, vocabulary and discourse are surveyed from this perspective, with detailed consideration of specific topics and analysis of learner errors.

Teaching Japanese: Method JPNS3014
(6 units)

Second semester

Three hours of classes per week

Japanese Linguistic Program

Lecturer: Dr Lee

Prerequisites: Teaching Japanese: Content (JPNS3012) or permission of Program convener.

Syllabus: This course focuses on methodological aspects of teaching Japanese as a foreign language. Topics include approaches to language teaching, program and task design, the teaching of culture, and materials evaluation; the course may also include a practical teaching component.