As well as a Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies), two postgraduate programs are offered by Monash Asia Institute: the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Asian Studies) and the Master of Arts in Asian studies. Both are coursework programs, although the MA in Asian studies includes a research option in the form of a 75 per cent thesis in Part II. These two programs are particularly designed for teachers, business people and general students who wish to deepen and broaden their knowledge of Asia.
Monash Asia Institute also publishes a newsletter and other materials, including the Asian Studies Association of Australia Review, holds seminars, maintains a reference library, works with the Monash Asia Bureau and the Monash-ANZ International Briefing Centre Pty Ltd, and facilitates student and other exchange programs with Asian universities.
MA in Asian studies
This program is intended for graduates with an interest in Asia, including aspects of Australian-Asian relations, who will spend, normally, two years of full-time study, or its part-time equivalent. It is designed both to retrain and develop new expertise and skills, inservice train, and/or to encourage interdisciplinary study. Students will take subjects totalling forty-eight points in each of Part I and Part II of the program, with the option of a research project or thesis in Part II.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have a bachelors degree such as a BA or BEc or equivalent with at least credit standard results in the third part of the major sequence. Students who have an honours degree with a grade of H2B or above, or a degree which is considered to be equivalent may be admitted directly to the MA Part II by coursework. To be admitted directly to the MA Part II by research students need to have an honours degree with a degree of H2A or above, or the equivalent. Those who have extensive experience in Asian studies or Australian-Asian relations may also apply for exemption.
Language study is normally compulsory. Courses in Cambodian, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Thai and Vietnamese will be available at either an introductory or advanced level, and special subjects in Javanese, Lao and Sundanese may be available.
MA Part I
All students will enrol in the core subject AST4000.12 (Contemporary issues in Asia) and select, in addition to this subject, other subjects from the schedule of subjects below totalling thirty-six points.
MA Part II
Students will enrol for subjects totalling forty-eight points chosen from the schedule of subjects below. Subjects may include a research project of twelve points or a thesis of 75 per cent(thirty-six points) plus a twelve-point subject or the equivalent, ie an Asian language (six points per semester) over the year (total of twelve points). For further information on research projects and thesis options, see the listing at the end of the shedule of subjects. Students who are exempted from Part I of the MA must include the core subject AST5000.12 (Contemporary issues in Asia) in Part II of their program.
The selection of subjects and research topics must be discussed with the institute and approved by the faculty. Normally each student's program will emphasise one aspect of Asian studies or Australian-Asian relations, and one region (Northeast, South or Southeast Asia), cultural contacts, or history, as well as language study.
For detailed information please check in January 1995 with the relevant departments for lecture and tutorial times.
Thesis
A 75 per cent thesis of 35-40,000 words (thirty-six points), fulfilling three-quarters of the year's requirments may be undertaken in Part II of the MA in Asian Studies. This thesis will be examined by one internal and one external examiner. Its topic must be determined in consultation with its supervisor, who is to be selected in consultation with Dr Joan Grant, executive officer, Monash Asia Institute.
Research project
A research project (9000 words) fulfilling one quarter of the year's requirements (telve points) may be undertaken in Part II of the MA in Asian studies. Its topic must be determined in consultation with its supervisor, who is to be selected by the student with the supervisor's agreement.
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Asian Studies)
The diploma is intended for students who wish to complete a postgraduate qualification in Asian studies within one year of full-time study or normally two years of part-time study. The diploma is not a research-oriented qualification and does not include a dissertation.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have an approved undergraduate degree. Previous study of an Asian language or of Asian studies courses at the undergraduate level is not required.
Candidates for the diploma will take coursework totalling forty-eight points. Normally this will comprise a language and one other subject in the first semester and a combination of the language and two other subjects in the second semester. All students will enrol in the core subject AST4000.12 (Contemporary issues in Asia) and select, in addition to this subject, other subjects from the schedule of subjects totalling thirty-six points, including, normally, an Asian language. The selection of subjects must be discussed with the core course coordinator and executive officer of the institute, Dr Joan Grant, or the director, Professor John McKay, and approved by the faculty.
General requirements and prohibitions
1. All subjects within the MA in Asian studies must be passed at credit level.
2. No subject taken at undergraduate level may be credited or repeated as part of the diploma or MA in Asian studies. Credit may not be gained for any subject offered under a different name but regarded by the faculty as the equivalent or part equivalent of that subject. The following pair of subjects fall into this category: MBA6960.06 (International trade policy making) and PLM5560.12 (Politics of international trade).
3. The core subject, `Contemporary issues in Asia', is compulsory for both the diploma and the MA in Asian studies, and under normal circumstances must be taken in the first year of the diploma or the MA course.
4. It is expected that students will complete all assignments on time and at normal graduate standards of scholarship and research.
5. Language study is normally compulsory, and under normal circumstances only one language can be studied in the course of the MA in Asian studies or Graduate Diploma of Arts (Asian Studies).
6. The selection of courses must be discussed with the MAI executive officer, Dr Joan Grant (Performing Arts Centre) or director, Professor John McKay (Performing Arts Centre).
7. Students undertaking a research project or minor thesis in the second year of the MA in Asian studies must consult with MAI staff before selecting their topic and supervisor, and with their supervisor during the course of their research.
Schedule of subjects
Diploma and MA Part I subjects
Core subject
* AST4000.12 Contemporary issues in Asia (Whilst all lectures and tutorials will take place in first semester and all written assignments must be submitted before the beginning of the first semester examination period, this core subject is resultable at the end of second semester (ie no grade for this subject will appear on the mid-year exam registers). On the Monash University Student Information System (MUSIS) AST4000.12 will show up as an all-year subject.)
Elective subjects
Anthropology and sociology
* ASM4230.12 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
* ASM4430.12 The third world
* ASM4440.12 Asia and the West
* ASM4450.12 Nationalism in non-Western societies
* ASM4470.12 Comparative sociology of `development'
* ASM4490.12 Society and culture in mainland Southeast Asia
* ASM4510.12 A comparative examination of cultures in South and Southeast Asia
Asian studies
* ASN4000.12 Special reading course on Thai civilisation
Cambodian
* CAM4110.06 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer), part 1
* CAM4120.06 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer), part 2
* CAM4210.06 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 1
* CAM4220.06 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 2
Chinese
* CHI0001.12 Beginning Chinese
* CHI0002.12 Intermediate Chinese
* CHI0003.12 Advanced intermediate Chinese
* CHI4110.06 Beginning Chinese, part 1
* CHI4120.06 Beginning Chinese, part 2
* CHI4210.06 Intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI4220.06 Intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI4310.06 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI4320.06 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI4410.06 Advanced Chinese, part 1
* CHI4420.06 Advanced Chinese, part 2
* CHI4470.06 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 1
* CHI4480.06 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 2
* CHI4510.06 Advanced Chinese, part 3
* CHI4520.06 Advanced Chinese, part 4
Development studies
* DSM4020.12 Economics of developing countries
* DSM4040.06 Development in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Basin
* DSM4130.12 Economic development of East Asia
* PLM4500.12 International relations and development
Economics
* ECO3550.06 Business in Asia
* ECO4740.12 Agricultural economic development
English
* ENM4710.12 Special reading course
Geography
* GYM4710.12 Southeast Asia
Hindi
* HIN4110.06 Beginning Hindi, part 1
* HIN4120.06 Beginning Hindi, part 2
* HIN4210.06 Intermediate Hindi, part 1
* HIN4220.06 Intermediate Hindi, part 2
* HIN4211.12 and HIN4222.12 Intermediate Hindi (intensive summer subject in India)
* HIN4310.06 Advanced Hindi, part 1
* HIN4320.06 Advanced Hindi, part 2
History
* HYM4030.12 Special reading course
* HYM4040.12 Special reading course
Indonesian/Malay
* INM0001.12 Beginning Indonesian
* INM0002.12 Intermediate Indonesian
* INM0003.12 Advanced Indonesian
* INM4110.06 Beginning Indonesian, part 1
* INM4120.06 Beginning Indonesian, part 2
* *INM4210.06 Intermediate Indonesian, part 1
* *INM4220.06 Intermediate Indonesian, part 2
* *INM4310.06 Advanced Indonesian, part 1
* INM4320.06 Advanced Indonesian, part 2
* INM4330.06 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 1
* INM4340.06 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 2
* INM4410.01 Indonesian for special purposes Part 1
* INM4420.01 Indonesian for special purposes Part 2
* INM4610.06 Readings in Malaysian language, part 1
* INM4620.06 Readings in Malaysian language, part 2
* INS4110.12 Introduction to regional and classical literatures of Indonesia
* INS4210.12 Literature and society in Indonesia
* INS4310.12 Indonesian theatrical traditions
* INS4410.12 Gender and its representation in Indonesian societies
Japanese language
* JAM4010.06 Japanese I part 1
* JAM4020.06 Japanese I part 2
* JAM4030.06 Tourism Japanese 1
* JAM4040.06 Tourism Japanese 2
* JAM4050.06 Japanese I off-campus: part 1
* JAM4060.06 Japanese I off-campus: part 2
* JAM4210.06 Japanese II part 1
* JAM4220.06 Japanese II part 2
* JAM4250.06 Japanese II off-campus: part 1
* JAM4260.06 Japanese II off-campus: part 2
* JAM4330.06 Japanese III part 1
* JAM4340.06 Japanese III part 2
* JAM4350.06 Japanese III off-campus: part 1
* JAM4360.06 Japanese III off-campus: part 2
* JAM4410.12 Honours language IM
* JAM4810.06 Postgraduate expression
* JAM4820.06 Japanese business communication
* JAM4830.06 Postgraduate reading
* JAM4840.06 Newspaper Japanese A
* JAM4850.12 Special postgraduate expression
* JAM4910.06 Administrative and business Japanese
* JAM4920.06 Newspaper Japanese B
* JAM4930.06 Translation from Japanese to English
* JAM4940.06 Business interpreting and translation
Japanese studies
* JSM4110.12 Japanese society
* JSM4120.12 Work and economic organisation in Japan
* JSM4130.12 Japanese sociolinguistics
* JSM4140.12 Japanese language and society
* JSM4150.12 Japanese culture
* JSM4160.12 Advanced topics in Japanese culture
* JSM4190.12 Japanese economics
* JSM4200.12 Economic policy in contemporary Japan
* JSM4210.12 History of Japanese science and technology
* JSM4530.12 Introduction to teaching Japanese as a foreign language
* JSM4570.12 Modern Japanese literature
* JSM4580.12 Japanese literary analysis
* JSM4590.12 Japanese linguistics
* JSM4591.12 Advanced Japanese liguistics
* JSM4610.12 Research seminar
* JSM4630.12 Japanese anthropology
* JSM4680.12 Research paper A
* JSM4860.12 Japanese discourse acquisition
* JSM4890.12 Japanese systematic grammar
* JSM4910.12 Australia-Japan economic relations
Korean
* KOR4110.06 Introduction to Korean, part 1
* KOR4120.06 Introduction to Korean, part 2
* KOR4210.06 Intermediate Korean, part 1
* KOR4220.06 Intermediate Korean, part 2
* KOR4310.06 Advanced intermediate Korean, part 1
* KOR4320.06 Advanced intermediate Korean, part 2
* KOR4410.06 Advanced Korean, part 1
* KOR4420.06 Advanced Korean, part 2
Lao
* LAO4370.06 Introduction to Lao, part 1
* LAO4380.06 Introduction to Lao, part 2
Music
* MUM4260.12 Asian music: three great traditions
* MUM4340.12 Music of North and South India
* MUM4480.12 Performance studies: Indonesian Gamelan
* MUM4640.12 Fieldwork methods (including Asian performing arts)
* MUM4840.12 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia
* MUM4860.12 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand
* MUM4880.12 Music of China, Japan and Korea
Philosophy
* PHM4980.12 Special reading course
Politics
* PLM4280.12 Japan, Korea and China: East Asia states and development
* PLM4290.12 China: the quest for modernisation
* PLM4380.12 Capitalism, rationalism and the evolution of East Asian identity
* PLM4500.12 International relations and development
* PLM4750.12 Special reading course
* PLM4860.12 America, Japan and China: Asian-Pacific competitors?
* PLM4930.12 Southeast Asian politics
Sanskrit
* SKR4110.06 Sanskrit IA
* SKR4120.06 Sanskrit IB
* SKR4210.06 Sanskrit IIA (not offered in 1995)
* SKR4220.06 Sanskrit IIB (not offered in 1995)
Thai
* THA4110.06 Beginning Thai, part 1
* THA4120.06 Beginning Thai, part 2
* THA4210.06 Intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA4220.06 Intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA4310.06 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA4320.06 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA4370.06 Introduction to Lao, part 1
* THA4380.06 Introduction to Lao, part 2
Vietnamese
* VTM4110.06 Beginning Vietnamese, part 1
* VTM4120.06 Beginning Vietnamese, part 2
* VTM4210.06 Intermediate Vietnamese, part 1
* VTM4220.06 Intermediate Vietnamese, part 2
* VTM4310.06 Advanced intermediate Vietnamese, *part 1
* VTM4320.06 Advanced intermediate Vietnamese, *part 2
* VTM4330.06 Vietnamese for special purposes, part 1
* VTM4340.06 Vietnamese for special purposes, part 2
* VTM4510.06 Advanced Vietnamese, part 1
* VTM4520.06 Advanced Vietnamese, part 2
Visual arts
* VAM4670.12 Asian cinema
* VAM4750.12 Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and television
MA Part II subjects
These subjects will normally be taken by MA Part II students; however, the faculty may be requested to give special permission to students in an MA Part I or a diploma course to enrol for these subjects. Please note that some of the subjects listed have prerequisites. All subjects are available subject to staffing and satisfactory enrolments.
Core subject
* Students who have not taken the core subject in Part I of the MA must do so in PArt II:
* AST5000.12 Contemporary issues in Asia (Whilst all lectures and tutorials will take palce in first semester and the research report must be submitted before the beginning of the first semester examination period, this core subject is resultable at the end of second semester (ie no grade for this subject will appear on the mid-year exam registers). On the Monash University Student Information System (MUSIS) AST4000.12 will show up as an all-year subject.)
Asian studies
* AST5010.12 Cultural interaction in the performing arts of contemporary Asia
* AST5020.12 War and revolution in Indo-China, 1945-1979
Banking and finance and management
* FIN6030.06 Asian economics
* FIN6040.06 Asian banking and finance
* FIN6050.06 Asian business law
* FIN6060.06 Asian taxation
* MGM6070.06 Asian management
Cambodian
* CAM5110.06 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer), part 1
* CAM5120.06 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer), part 2
* CAM5210 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), part 1
* CAM5220 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), part 2
Chinese
* CHI0001.12 Beginning Chinese
* CHI0002.12 Intermediate Chinese
* CHI0003.12 Advanced intermediate Chinese
* CHI5110.06 Beginning Chinese, part 1
* CHI5120.06 Beginning Chinese, part 2
* CHI5210.06 Intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI5220.06 Intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI5310.06 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI5320.06 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI5410.06 Advanced Chinese, part 1
* CHI5420.06 Advanced Chinese, part 2
* CHI5510.06 Advanced Chinese, part 3
* CHI5520.06 Advanced Chinese, part 4
Development studies
* DSM5010.12 Environment and development
* DSM5020.12 Aid, development, education and the NGOs
* DSM5030.12 Development, lifestyle and health
Education
* GED2802.12 Comparative studies (the role of education in third world development)
* GED2823.12 Administration and planning in developing countries
* GED2846.12 Asian studies in education
* GED2851.12 Education and society in the Asia-Pacific region
Geography
* GYM5050 Advanced studies in Southeast Asia
Hindi
* HIN5110.06 Beginning Hindi, part 1
* HIN5120.06 Beginning Hindi, part 2
* HIN5210.06 Intermediate Hindi, part 1
* HIN5220.06 Intermediate Hindi, part 2
* HIN5211.12 and HIN5222.12 Intermediate Hindi (intensive summer subject in India)
* HIN5310.06 Advanced Hindi, part 1
* HIN5320.06 Advanced Hindi, part 2
Indonesian/Malay
* INM0001.12 Beginning Indonesian
* INM0002.12 Intermediate Indonesian
* INM0003.12 Advanced Indonesian
* INM5110.06 Beginning Indonesian, part 1
* INM5120.06 Beginning Indonesian, part 2
* INM5210.06 Intermediate Indonesian, part 1
* INM5220.06 Intermediate Indonesian, part 2
* INM5310.06 Advanced Indonesian, part 1
* INM5320.06 Advanced Indonesian, part 2
* INM5330.06 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 1
* INM5340.06 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 2
* INM5410.06 Indonesian for special purposes, part 1
* INM5420.06 Indonesian for special purposes, part 2
* INM5610.06 Readings in Malaysian language, part 1
* INM5620.06 Readings in Malaysian language, part 2
* INS5110.12 Introduction to regional and classical literatures of Indonesia
* INS5210.12 Literature and society in Indonesia
* INS5310.12 Indonesian theatrical traditions
* INS5410.12 Gender and its representation in Indonesian societies
Japanese language
* JAM5010.06 Japanese I part 1
* JAM5020.06 Japanese I part 2
* JAM5030.06 Tourism Japanese 1
* JAM5040.06 Tourism Japanese 2
* JAM5050.06 Japanese I off-campus: part 1
* JAM5060.06 Japanese I off-campus: part 2
* JAM5210.06 Japanese II part 1
* JAM5220.06 Japanese II part 2
* JAM5250.06 Japanese II off-campus: part 1
* JAM5260.06 Japanese II off-campus: part 2
* JAM5330.06 Japanese III part 1
* JAM5340.06 Japanese III part 2
* JAM5350.06 Japanese III off-campus: part 1
* JAM5360.06 Japanese III off-campus: part 2
* JAM5810.06 Postgraduate expression
* JAM5820.06 Japanese business communication
* JAM5830.06 Postgraduate reading
* JAM5840.06 Newspaper Japanese A
* JAM5850.12 Special postgraduate expression
* JAM5910.06 Administrative and business Japanese
* JAM5920.06 Newspaper Japanese B
* JAM5930.06 Translation from Japanese to English
* JAM5940.06 Business interpreting and translation
* JAM5970.06 Theories and principles of interpreting and translation
Japanese studies
* JSM5050.06 Australian-Japanese cultural interaction
* JSM5120.12 Work and economic organisation in Japan
* JSM5140.12 Japanese Language and society
* JSM5160.12 Advanced topics in Japanese culture
* JSM5200.12 Economic policy in contemporary Japan
* JSM5540.12 Methods in teaching Japanese
* JSM5580.12 Japanese literary analysis
* JSM5590.12 Advanced Japanese linguistics
* JSM5610.06 Research seminar
* JSM5680.12 Research paper A
* JSM5710.06 Japanese institutions
* JSM5720.06 Japanese companies overseas
* JSM5860.12 Japanese discourse acquisition
* JSM5890.12 Japanese systematic grammar
Korean
* KOR5110.06 Introduction to Korean, part 1
* KOR5120.06 Introduction to Korean, part 2
* KOR5210.06 Intermediate Korean, part 1
* KOR5220.06 Intermediate Korean, part 2
* KOR5310.06 Advanced intermediate Korean, part 1
* KOR5320.06 Advanced intermediate Korean, part 2
* KOR5410.06 Advanced Korean, part 1
* KOR5420.06 Advanced Korean, part 2
Lao
* LAO5370.06 Introduction to Lao, part 1
* LAO5380.06 Introduction to Lao, part 2
Management , Graduate School of
* MBA6930.06 Business and government in Eastern Asia
* MBA6960.06 International trade policy making
Politics
* PLM5190.12 Australian-Asian relations
* PLM5280.12 Japan, Korea and China: East Asian states and development
* PLM5290.12 China: the quest for modernisation
* PLM5380.12 Capitalism, rationalism and the evolution of East Asian identity
* PLM5500.12 International relations and development
* PLM5540.12 Advanced Australian foreign policy
* PLM5640.12 International finance: dollars, debt and development
* PLM5750.12 Special reading course
Research projects
* AST5110.12 Research project (9000 words)
* Minor thesis [uncoded] (18,000-25,000 words) (24 points)
Sanskrit
* SKR5110.06 Sanskrit IA
* SKR5120.06 Sanskrit IB
* SKR5210.06 Sanskrit IIA (not offered in 1995)
* SKR5220.06 Sanskrit IIB (not offered in 1995)
Thai
* THA5110.06 Beginning Thai, part 1
* THA5120.06 Beginning Thai, part 2
* THA5210.06 Intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA5220.06 Intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA5310.06 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA5320.06 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA5370.06 Introduction to Lao, part 1
* THA5380.06 Introduction to Lao, part 2
Vietnamese
* VTM5110.06 Beginning Vietnamese, part 1
* VTM5120.06 Beginning Vietnamese, part 2
* VTM5210.06 Intermediate Vietnamese, part 1
* VTM5220.06 Intermediate Vietnamese, part 2
* VTM5310.06 Advanced intermediate Vietnamese, part 1
* VTM5320.06 Advanced intermediate Vietnamese, part 2
* VTM5330.06 Vietnamese for special purposes, part 1
* VTM5340.06 Vietnamese for special purposes, part 2
* VTM5510.06 Advanced Vietnamese, part 1
* VTM5520.06 Advanced Vietnamese, part 2
Research projects
A research project, fulfilling one quarter of the year's requirements (twelve points) may be undertaken in Part II of the MA in Asian studies. Its topic must be determined in consultation with its supervisor, who is to be selected by the student with the supervisor's agreement.
Research projects
* AST5110.12 Research project (Monash Asia Institute) (9000 words)
* PLM5060.12 Research project (Politics) (9000 words)
* HYM5025.12 Research project (History) (9000 words)
* VTM5920.12 Research project (Asian Languages and Studies - Vietnamese) (9000 words)
* INM5920.12 Research project (Asian Languages and Studies - Indonesian) (9000 words)
* CHI5920.12 Research project (Asian Languages and Studies - Chinese) (9000 words)
Summer schools
Summer school Monash
Summer school language courses may be offered depending on enrolments. These daytime courses normally run from November to January. Students can complete one year of study in eight weeks of intensively taught subjects. All courses are offered to the general public and for university credit. For further information please contact the Department of Asian Languages and Studies (03) 905 2231 or the Department of Japanese Studies (03) 905 2281.
In-country summer school
The Monash Asia Pacific Education Centre offers intensive summer school courses in Chinese language and cultural studies at Nanjing Normal University, China; and Indonesian language and cultural studies at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Students should register with the Faculty of Education who will arrange travel and accommodation and will enrol you in Universitas Gadjah Mada or Nanjing Normal University. Contact the Monash Asia Pacific Education Centre on (03) 905 2837, Monday to Friday 12.30-4.30 pm.