HMA Unit Details as at 13th June, 2002
Asian Studies 1A
Enrolment code: HMA101
Offered: Hobart: semester 1, Launceston: semester 1 [by video-link]
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 and their architectural expression in the built
environment. 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 pattern 2 hrs lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Mutual exclusions HMA100
Assessment mode 2,500-word essay (35%), 2-hr exam in June (40%), 1,250-word tutorial
paper (15%), tutorial participation (10%)
Courses [R3A] [OC]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Asian Studies 1B
Enrolment code: HMA102
Offered: Hobart: semester 2, Launceston: semester 2 [by video-link]
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 pattern 2 hrs lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Mutual exclusions HMA100
Assessment mode 2,500-word essay (35%), 2-hr exam in Nov (40%), 1,250-word tutorial
paper (15%), tutorial participation (10%)
Courses [R3A] [OC]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Asian Languages and Cultures
Enrolment code: HMA120
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Offered: Hobart: semester 2, Launceston: semester 2 [by video-link]
Special note: available as an elective to students of other courses
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 analyse the norms and values structuring
such communication and to draw 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 pattern 1 hr lecture, 2 seminars weekly
Mutual exclusions not available to students who have undertaken one or more language
subject in the same Asian language
Assessment mode oral exam (20%), 2-hr written exam (20%), continuous assessment (35%),
individual 1,000-word project (25%)
Courses [R3A] [OC]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Australia and Asia
Enrolment code: HMA211 or HMA311
Offered: Hobart: semester 2, Launceston: semester 2 [by video-link]
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 and differing ideas about the individual will be
some of the problems investigated.
Staff Dr S Philpott
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1-hr lecture, 1.5-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites 25% level 100 Arts
Assessment mode 2-hr exam (40%), 2,500-word essay (20% ea), 1,000-word tutorial
participation (20%)
Majors HMA
Courses [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
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Contemporary Asian Issues
Enrolment code: HMA221 or HMA321
Offered: not offered in 2002
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 pattern 1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual exclusions HMA246/346
Assessment mode 2-hr exam (50%), 2,500-word essays (25%), (1,000 words) tutorial
participation (25%)
Majors HMA
Courses [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Issues in Contemporary China
Enrolment code: HMA246 or HMA346
Offered: not offered in 2002
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 pattern 1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual exclusions HMA221/321
Assessment mode 2-hr exam (50%), 2,500-word essay (25%), (1,000 words) tutorial
participation (25%)
Majors HMA
Courses [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Reporting Asia
Enrolment code: HMA260 or HMA360
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
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.
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Staff Dr S Philpott (Coordinator) and others
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1-hr lecture, 1.5-hr tutorial, weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual exclusions HSA273/373
Assessment mode 3,000-word essay (40%), 1,000-word tutorial paper and presentation
(20%), 2-hr exam in June (40%)
Majors HMA HSA
Courses [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Asian Ethnic and Religious Politics
Enrolment code: HMA261 or HMA361
Offered: not offered in 2002
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 pattern 1-hr lecture, 1.5-hr tutorial weekly
Prerequisites 25% level 100 Arts
Mutual exclusions HSA272/372
Assessment mode 2-hr exam in Nov (40%), 3,000-word essay (40%), 1,000-word tutorial
paper and presentation (20%)
Majors HMA HSA
Courses [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Research Project
Enrolment code: HMA300 or HMA301
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2 OR semester 1 OR semester 2, Launceston:
semesters 1 & 2 OR semester 1 OR semester 2 [by video-link]
Special note: the HoS’s permission is needed for enrolment in this unit
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%
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Prerequisites at least 25% at level 200 in Asian Studies or equiv
Assessment mode a report of 10,000 words (5,000 for 12.5% unit); alternatively, the lecturer
responsible for the unit may approve a report of 7,000 words (or 2,000 for the 12.5%
unit) for 50% of the assessment, and a 3-hr exam for the other 50%
Majors HMA
Courses [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Asian Studies 4 (Honours)
Full time/Part time
Enrolment code: HMA400 or HMA401
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2 Launceston: semesters 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%.
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 three components:
1. A compulsory core unit: HMA414 Theories of Social and Cultural Expression in Asian
Contexts
2. one elective unit from the following list:
HMA410 Asian Studies for Professional Purposes
HMA412 Postmodern Politics: East and West
HMA413 Colonialism/Postcolonialism in Southeast Asia
HMA404 Guided Reading Program
3. HMA402 Thesis
Note: In special circumstances, an alternative seminar unit other than those stipulated
above may be approved by the Coordinator and the relevant School, whereby a student
may select a seminar unit from another major discipline, which may not necessarily
contain an Asian Studies component, but is likely to have methodological benefits for the
student. Such selections are strictly subject to approval by the Coordinator, as well as by
the Schools concerned.
Unit weight 100%/50%
Prerequisites Major, including satisfaction of the Faculty GPA, plus a completed first year
of a relevant language other than English, or equivalent. By the end of the honours
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year, students will have undertaken additional language study so as to demonstrate
an ability to read competently in that language.
Courses [R4A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Thesis
Enrolment code: HMA402
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Close and careful consultation between the student, the supervisor of the thesis concerned,
and the Coordinator will be needed to determine the area of research and the nature and
direction of the student’s honours thesis. Regular consultation with the supervisor of the
thesis, within the broad University guidelines on conducting research, will be the norm for
conducting research and preparing the thesis. Thesis weight: 50%; length of the thesis:
10,000–12,000 words; submission date: early November; examination of the thesis: by two
examiners, one of whom should be external to the supervisor’s School.
Unit weight 0%
Courses [R4A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Asian Studies for Professional Purposes
Enrolment code: HMA410
Offered: Hobart: semester 1 OR semester 2 [by internet], Launceston: semester 1 OR
semester 2 [by internet], North-West Centre: semester 1 OR semester 2 [by internet]
Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in graduate diploma or master degree
courses
On-line course of intensive study on significant topics on China, Indonesia and Japan,
including effects of colonialism on present political and business practices, demographics,
human rights and international relations. The unit includes a significant literary
component, whereby students examine literary representations of Asian-Australian
relations. The unit is unique in that it aims to train the student in the use of the internet as
a research and communication tool with particular reference to Asia. Students are also
required to reprocess this knowledge for communication in various contexts, eg in
business and tourism, in the classroom, to adults in a further education context, or as a
member of the community to the media.
Staff Dr P Allen (Coordinator), Dr M Flutsch, Dr Mobo Gao
Unit weight 0%/25%
Teaching pattern 40-hrs on-line
Prerequisites entry into BA(Hons) program or postgraduate program in education
Assessment mode 6,000-word paper (60%), 4,000-word journal (40%)
Courses [R4A] [E5E] [E7E] [E7D] [R6J] [R6K] [R7K]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
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Postmodern Politics: East and West
Enrolment code: HMA412
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in graduate diploma or master degree
courses
Examines key themes in the theoretical background, interpretation and practices of
postmodern politics in contemporary Asia. The unit considers ideas of ‘deconstruction’,
power and subjectivity in their impact on political analysis, and introduces examples of
how these ideas are being adapted to the study and practice of politics in North and
Southest Asia.
Staff Dr T Narramore, Dr S Philpott
Unit weight 0%/25%
Teaching pattern 2 hrs seminar weekly
Prerequisites entry into BA(Hons) program or postgraduate program in education
Assessment mode 2x3,500-word essays (45% ea), participation (10%)
Courses [R4A] [R6K] [R7K]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Colonialism/Postcolonialism in Southeast Asia
Enrolment code: HMA413
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in graduate diploma or master degree
courses
Colonialism and postcolonialism are established as major areas of research in the social
sciences and the humanities. Southeast Asia was profoundly affected by the economics,
politics and culture of European colonialism. The unit focuses on European ideas about
colonial subjects and the ways in which these ideas were resisted or incorporated by
Southeast Asians themselves. The unit considers colonial discourses of race, hybridity,
economics, politics, anti-colonialism, nationalism, gender and sexuality. It also examines
the nature of postcolonial politics in Southeast Asia’s ‘new nations’ and the emergence of
postcolonialism as a critique not only of colonialism, but also of post WWII nationalism.
The emergence of postcolonial analysis in the social sciences and humanities is a feature of
the unit.
Staff Dr S Philpott
Unit weight 0%/25%
Teaching pattern 2 hrs seminar weekly
Prerequisites faculty requirements
Assessment mode exam in June (40%), 5,000-word essay (40%), tutorial participation and
discussion (20%)
Courses [R4A] [R6K] [R7K]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
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Theories of Social and Cultural Expression in
Asian Contexts
Enrolment code: HMA414
Offered: Hobart: semester 1 [by video-link], Launceston: semester 1 [by video-link],
North-West Centre: semester 1 [by video-link]
Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in graduate diploma or master degree
courses; compulsory unit in Asian Studies Honours program
Introduces and explores contemporary theories of cultural expression such as
post-modernism, post-colonialism, globalisation and the resurgence of local identity,
feminism and ecocriticism, and suggest ways they might be applied to the contexts of
Southeast Asia, China and Japan.
Staff Prof B Hatley (Coordinator), Dr P Allen, Dr M Flutsch, Dr Mobo Gao, Dr Tongtao
Zheng, Mr M Clark, Ms Taka-Ueki-Sabine, Mr Yoji Hashimoto
Unit weight 0%/25%
Teaching pattern 2 hrs weekly
Prerequisites entry into BA(Hons) program
Assessment mode fortnightly papers (total 6,000 words), final 3,000-word essay
Courses [R4A] [E5E] [E7E] [E7D] [R6J] [R6K] [R7K]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Research Project/Thesis
Enrolment code: HMA701
Offered: Hobart: summer school OR semester 1 OR semester 2 Launceston: summer
school OR semester 1 OR semester 2
Students undertake independent research on an approved subject. The results of the
research are reported in a thesis of 12,500–15,000 words. Guidance will be provided in a
short series of workshops at the beginning of the unit and through supervision while
research work is in progress.
Unit weight 50%
Prerequisites successful completion of 100% of coursework component
Assessment mode 12,500- to 15,000-word thesis
Courses [R7K]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
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