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Overseas Study - Asian Studies
Enrolment code: HMA060
Unit description: For details, contact Faculty of Arts
Asian Studies 1A
Enrolment code: HMA101
Offered: Hbt, sem 1; Ltnv, sem 1
Unit description: Explores a range of issues of relevance to contemporary
Asia beginning with an analysis of the history of Australian attitudes to race
and ethnicity and Australia’s relations with the countries of Asia. The unit
considers the major religions of Asia and their role in contemporary social and
political life. Basic concepts in development are introduced in the context of
discussions of environment, Indigenous peoples and tourism.
Staff: Dr S Philpott
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Mutual excl: HMA100
Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), 2-hr exam in June (40%), 1,250-word tutorial
paper (10%), tutorial participation (10%)
Courses: R3A +OC
Asian Studies 1B
Enrolment code: HMA102
Offered: Hbt, sem 2; Ltnv, sem 2
Unit description: Is primarily concerned with the emergence of modern Asia.
The unit begins with an analysis of European colonialism, its economic effects
and cultural assumptions. Japan was the first Asian country to industrialise and
modernise and the unit explores the ways Japan made this transition. The 20th
century has been one of profound change and the unit considers the major
events, people, and social, economic and political developments in Asia. Topics
include: Orientalism, European ideas about Asia, nationalism, Marxism,
independence movements and struggles, capitalism in Asia, socialism in Asia,
regionalism and the emergence of the Asia Pacific.
Staff: Dr S Philpott
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
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Mutual excl: HMA100
Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), 2-hr exam in Nov (40%), 1,250-word tutorial
paper (10%), tutorial participation (10%)
Courses: R3A +OC
Asian languages and cultures
Enrolment code: HMA120
Offered: Hbt, sem 2; Ltn, sem 2
Unit description: Provides basic linguistic skills and cultural knowledge in an
Asian language, either Chinese or Japanese or Indonesian. The unit provides
students with basic oral/aural communicative skills in Japanese, Chinese or
Indonesian and some familiarity with written forms of the language. At the
same time students are introduced to basic norms and values of the societies in
which these languages are spoken as expressed in social interaction. By the
completion of the unit students should be able to conduct conversations in
various everyday situations in a communicative way, to interact in varying
contexts expressing appropriate degrees of politeness, be capable of analysing
the norms and values structuring such communication and of drawing
comparisons with the expression of values through language in their own
cultures. They will also have been given the opportunity to analyse the
significance of these findings and to look at examples of basic communication
in relation to their own field of interest – eg tourism, business, computing etc.
Staff: Japanese: Ms Takame Ueki-Sabine (coordinator) Dr Maria Flutsch;
Chinese: Dr Mobo Gao (coordinator) Dr Tongtao Zheng; Indonesian:
Professor Barbara Hatley (coordinator) Dr Pam Allen, Mr Marshall Clark
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 1 lecture, 2 tutorials weekly
Mutual excl: not available to students who have undertaken one or more
language subject in the same Asian language
Assess: oral and written exam (40%), continuous assessment (35%), individual
project (25%)
Courses: R3A
Australia and Asia
Enrolment code: HMA211/311
Offered: Hbt, sem 2; Ltnv, sem 2
Unit description: Analyses history, theory and practice of contact between
Asian and Western cultures. The unit aims to foster understanding of cultural
difference. Initial contact, colonialism, ‘orientalism’, human rights, education
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and differing ideas about the individual will be some of the problems
investigated.
Staff: Dr S Philpott
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 1-hr lecture, 1.5-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: 25% level 100 Arts
Assess: exam (40%), 2,500-word essay (20% ea), tutorial participation (20%)
Majors: Asian Studies
Courses: R3A
Contemporary Asian Issues
Enrolment code: HMA221/321
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Examines the issues and problems facing contemporary
Asian societies and states. Issues such as population control, deforestation, the
position of women, human rights, ethnic/group relations and economic
development will be analysed using a multidisciplinary approach.
Staff: Dr M Gao
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual excl: HMA246/346
Assess: exam (50%), 2,500-word essays (25%), tutorial participation (25%)
Majors: Asian Studies
Courses: R3A
Issues in Contemporary China
Enrolment code: HMA246/346
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Examines the issues and problems facing contemporary
China. Issues such as population control, human rights, ethnic relations, and
economic development will be analysed using a multi-disciplinary approach.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual excl: HMA221/321
Assess: exam (50%), 2,500-word essay (25%), tutorial participation (25%)
Majors: Asian Studies
Courses: R3A
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Reporting Asia: Western Media Perceptions of
Asia
Enrolment code: HMA260/360
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Unit description: The aim of the unit is to explore the relationship between
images and reality and to analyse to what extent western postmodern media
reflects Asian reality.
Staff: Dr S Philpott (Coordinator) and others
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 1-hr lecture, 1.5-hr tutorial, weekly (13 wks)
Prereq: 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual excl: HSA273/373
Assess: 3,500-word essay (40%), 1,500-word tutorial paper and presentation
(20%), 2-hr exam in June (40%)
Majors: Asian Studies, Political Science
Courses: R3A
Ethnic Politics and Religious Nationalism in Asia
Enrolment code: HMA261/361
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Unit description: The unit examines the emergence of ethnic and religious
politics in Asia including their religious and community origins, their modes of
political and social organisation, issues of violence associated with their rise
and the responses of governments and other nationalist groups. The aim of the
unit is to highlight the changing forms of identity politics in Asia and to
consider the impact of these changes on the societies in which they have
emerged.
Staff: Dr S Philpott (Coordinator), Dr M Gao and others
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 1-hr lecture, 1.5-hr tutorial weekly
Prereq: 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual excl: HSA272/372
Assess: 2-hr exam in Nov (40%), 3,500-word essay (40%), 1,500-word tutorial
paper and presentation (20%)
Majors: Asian Studies, Political Science
Courses: R3A
Research Project
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Enrolment code: HMA300/301
Offered: Hbt, sem 1&2/sem 1/sem 2/; Ltnv, sem 1&2/sem 1/sem 2/
Special note: the HoS’s permission is needed for enrolment in this unit
Unit description: Involves structured reading and writing on a topic agreed
upon by the student and a supervisor and approved by the lecturer responsible
for the unit. Students are expected to employ the skills and conceptual
knowledge acquired in earlier units to investigate an appropriate issue or topic
in Asian studies.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 25%/12.5%
Prereq: at least 25% at level 200 in Asian Studies or equiv
Assess: a report of 7,000 words (3,500 for 12.5% unit); alternatively, the lecturer
responsible for the unit may approve a report of 3,500 words (or 2,000 for
the 12.5% unit) for 50% of the assessment, and a 3-hr exam for the other
50%
Majors: Asian Studies
Courses: R3A
Asian Studies 4 (Honours)
Enrolment code: HMA400/401
Full time/Part time
Offered: Hbt, sem 1&2
Special note: partly in Ltn if necessary; full-time students enrol in HMA400
(100%); part-time students in HMA401 (50%); the units which go to make up
the Honours are weighted at 0%.
Unit description: A multidisciplinary program, Asian Studies honours draws
on the resources primarily within the Faculty of Arts. Note: admission into
honours is subject to attainment of standards as stipulated in the specifications
of the Bachelor of Arts with Honours (see Calendar). Additionally, candidates
are expected to have completed a first year of a relevant language other than
English, or equivalent, and by the end of the honours year have undertaken
additional language study which would demonstrate an ability to read
competently in that language. The Coordinator shall be responsible for
approving the candidature of each applicant. Intending candidates are asked to
consult the Coordinator at the end of the preceding year or the beginning of the
honours year. The program comprises four components: 1. A compulsory core
unit: HMA413 Colonialism/Postcolonialism in Southeast Asia. 2. Two elective
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units OR one elective unit and the Guided Reading Program. 3. Guided
Reading Program: HMA404. 4. Thesis: HMA402. The units are: HMA400/401
Asian Studies 4 (Honours): 100% (full time)/50% (part time) HMA413
Colonialism/Postcolonialism in Southeast Asia 0% HMA402 Thesis 0% Plus two of
the following electives: HMA412 Postmodern Politics: East and
West<un>[a]<ux> 0% (School of Asian Languages and Studies)<un>[a]
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