Monash Asia Institute (MAI) was established in 1988 as the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS), and was reorganised and renamed in 1991. The institute reflects the belief of Monash University in Asia's significance to Australia, and together with its six centres - the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, the Centre of East Asian Studies, the Centre of South Asian Studies, the Japanese Studies Centre, the Development Studies Centre and the Centre of Malaysian Studies - and its affiliated Asia Pacific Education Centre, Monash Asia Bureau and Monash-ANZ International Briefing Centre, exemplifies the university's commitment to the study of Asian countries, cultures and languages and to the growth of interaction between Asians and Australians in the fields of education, research, business and government. This commitment not only emphasises the burgeoning relationship between Australia and the countries of Asia, but also the continuation of an involvement which is as old as the university itself.
Monash provides more students with access to Asian studies than any other university in Australia, through its Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) and by offering within the faculties of Arts, Education, and Business and Economics, about 100 undergraduate courses in Asian studies (Northeast, South and Southeast Asia) and thirteen Asian languages, the largest range available at any institution in Australia, including the opportunity to undertake honours in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Thai. The university also offers more than eighty courses at postgraduate level within a diploma and Master of Arts in Asian Studies and provides flexible interdisciplinary studies and Asian content within non-Asian Studies courses.
Students in the Faculty of Arts can pursue their interest in Asian studies in a number of ways. They can undertake a general BA which concentrates on Asian studies by taking appropriate major and minor sequences in Asian languages and studies selected from the subjects listed below or by selecting particular units with Asian content. Alternatively, they can enrol in the specialised Bachelor of Arts(Asian Studies).
Specialised Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies)
The specialised degree provides students interested in Asian studies with a structured course of study and recommends particular combinations of subjects which focus on Asia. Students entering the degree are expected to request guidance from the Monash Asia Institute to ensure the most appropriate selection of subjects. Enrolment in the specialised degree takes place at the start of second year, after satisfactory completion of a first year of the general BA. The normal prerequisite for entry to the specialised degree Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) is a first-year sequence in an Asian language and at least one first-year sequence in one of the disciplines designated below.
The structure of the specialised Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) at pass level is a double major: one major in an Asian language and one major in a discipline with some Asian content. The language major can be chosen from the following languages: Cambodian, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Thai, and Vietnamese. The discipline major with Asian content can be chosen from the sequences available in the following departments and centres: Anthropology and Sociology, Economics, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Geography and Environmental Science, History, Music, Politics and Visual Arts. Within the discipline major, students are required to take at least two units (minimum value of fourteen points) with an Asian focus or content, which must be relevant to the region (Northeast Asia, South Asia or Southeast Asia) in which the selected major Asian language sequence is spoken. These Asia-focused subjects need not be sequential.
Students must take a minimum of fifty-two points over three years in each of their major sequences. For the remaining forty points, which must include at least twenty-four points at first-year level (including at least one other first-year sequence), students may select subjects from other disciplines. Students are encouraged to take Asia-related subjects taught in the departments of Asian Languages and Studies, Japanese Studies and other departments.
Students who wish to enrol in this degree but have not taken an Asian language sequence in their first year would need to pass an approved summer school course either between first and second year or between second and third year, or complete the third-year major sequence in the language after completing the rest of their subjects.
Students will also be able to take an honours year in this program.
Advisers
Students seeking advice on their selection of courses should obtain an appointment with one of the following:
* Dr Ian Copland, director, Centre of South Asian Studies, room 605, telephone 905 2201.
* Dr Joan Grant, executive officer, Monash Asia Institute, Performing Arts Centre, telephone 905 5281.
* Associate Professor D P Chandler, Research director, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, room S521, telephone 905 4993.
* Professor Bruce Jacobs, Department of Asian Languages and Studies, room S520, telephone 905 2233.
* Dr Zaniah Marshallsay, Centre of Malaysian Studies, room 1149, telephone 905 3537.
* Associate Professor Ross Mouer, Director, Japanese Studies Department, room 418, Telephone 905 2271.
Anthropology and sociology
* ANY1010 Contemporary anthropology
* ANY1020 Anthropology of social change
* ANY2190/COS2110 Comparative social structures (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ANY2130 Race and sexual politics
* ANY3230 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
* ANY3490 Society and culture in mainland Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ANY3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and South East Asia
* COS3430 The Third World
* COS3350 Nationalism in non-Western societies (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* COS3370 Comparative sociology of `development' (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
Asian languages and studies
Cambodian
* CAM1110 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 1
* CAM1120 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 2
* CAM1210 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 1
* CAM1220 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 2
* CAM2210 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 1
* CAM2220 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), Part 2
Chinese
* CHI1110 Beginning Chinese, part 1
* CHI1120 Beginning Chinese, part 2
* CHI1111 Intensive beginning Chinese (summer school), part 1
* CHI1122 Intensive beginning Chinese (summer school), part 2
* CHI1210 Intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI1220 Intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI1310 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI1320 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI1410 Advanced Chinese, Part 1
* CHI1420 Advanced Chinese, Part 2
* CHI1470 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 1
* CHI1480 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 2
* CHI1510 Advanced Chinese, Part 3
* CHI1520 Advanced Chinese, Part 4
* CBL1010 Business Chinese 1
* CBL1020 Business Chinese 2
* CHI2210 Intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI2220 Intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI2310 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI2320 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI2410 Advanced Chinese, part 1
* CHI2420 Advanced Chinese, part 2
* CHI2430 Chinese readings in a discipline area, part 1
* CHI2440 Chinese readings in a discipline area, part 2
* CHI2450 Chinese business communication, part 1
* CHI2460 Chinese business communication, part 2
* CHI2470 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 1
* CHI2480 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 2
* CHI2510 Advanced Chinese, Part 3
* CHI2520 Advanced Chinese, Part 4
* CBL2010 Business Chinese 3
* CBL2020 Business Chinese 4
* CHI3310 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 1
* CHI3320 Advanced intermediate Chinese, part 2
* CHI3330 Chinese newspaper readings, part 1
* CHI3340 Chinese newspaper readings, part 2
* CHI3410 Advanced Chinese, part 1
* CHI3420 Advanced Chinese, part 2
* CHI3430 Chinese readings in a discipline area, part 1
* CHI3440 Chinese readings in a discipline area, part 2
* CHI3450 Chinese business communication, part 1
* CHI3460 Chinese business communication, part 2
* CHI3470 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 1
* CHI3480 Chinese for dialect speakers, part 2
* CHI3510 Advanced Chinese, part 3
* CHI3520 Advanced Chinese, part 4
* CHI3530 Chinese readings in a discipline area, part 3
* CHI3540 Chinese readings in a discipline area, part 4
* CBL3010 Business Chinese 5
* CBL3020 Business Chinese 6
Chinese studies
* ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
* ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
* CHS2550 Second language acquisition and attrition
* HSY2120/3120 Modern China
* HSY2170/3170 Traditional China
* HSY2180/3180 The making of the Asian world, II
* HSY2210/3210 Japan: origins to 1800
* PLT2630/3630 China: revolution versus pragmatism
* CHS3550 Second language acquisition and attrition
* ECO3890 Economic development of East Asia
* MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
* DTS2050/3050 Asian theatre: an introduction
Hindi
* HIN1110 Beginning Hindi, part 1
* HIN1120 Beginning Hindi, part 2
* HIN1210 Intermediate Hindi, part 1
* HIN1220 Intermediate Hindi, part 2
* HIN2210 Intermediate Hindi, part 1
* HIN2220 Intermediate Hindi, part 2
* HIN2211 and HIN2222 Intermediate Hindi, Parts 1 and 2 (Intensive summer subject in India)
* HIN2310 Advanced Hindi, Part 1
* HIN2320 Advanced Hindi, Part 2
* HIN3310 Advanced Hindi, part 1
* HIN3320 Advanced Hindi, part 2
Indian studies
* ANY3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and Southeast Asia
* ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
* ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
* ENH2710 Orientations: representations of Asia
* HSY2500/3500 Faith, power and revolution: Islam in modern history (not offered in 1995)
* HYS2670/3670 The emergence of modern India I: Mughal India 1526-1858
* HSY2680/3680 The emergence of modern India II: British India 1858-1947
Indonesian
* INM1110 Beginning Indonesian, part 1
* INM1120 Beginning Indonesian, part 2
* INM1210 Intermediate Indonesian, part 1
* INM1220 Intermediate Indonesian, part 2
* INM1610 Readings in Malaysian language, part 1
* INM1620 Readings in Malaysian language, part 2
* INM2210 Intermediate Indonesian, part 1
* INM2220 Intermediate Indonesian, part 2
* INM2310 Advanced Indonesian, part 1
* INM2320 Advanced Indonesian, part 2
* INM2330 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 1
* INM2340 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 2
* INM2610 Readings in Malaysian language, part 1
* INM2620 Readings in Malaysian language, part 2
* INM3310 Advanced Indonesian, part 1
* INM3320 Advanced Indonesian, part 2
* INM3330 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 1
* INM3340 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 2
* INM3410 Indonesian for special purposes, part 1
* INM3420 Indonesian for special purposes, part 2
* INM3430 Beginning Javanese, part 1
* INM3440 Beginning Javanese, part 2
* INM3450 Beginning Sundanese, part 1
* INM3460 Beginning Sundanese, part 2
* INM3470 Introduction to Classical Malay, part 1
* INM3480 Introduction to Classical Malay, part 2
* INM3610 Readings in Malaysian language, part 1
* INM3620 Readings in Malaysian language, part 2
Indonesian studies
* ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
* ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
* INS2010/INS3010 Indonesian societies and cultures
* INS3110 Introduction to regional and classical literatures of Indonesia
* INS3210 Literature and society in Indonesia
* INS3310 Indonesian theatrical traditions
* INS3410 Gender issues in Indonesian society and literature
* ANY3230 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
* ANY3490 Society and culture in mainland Southeast Asia
* GES3710 Southeast Asia
* HSY2710/3710 Southeast Asia: the early modern era to c. 1900
* HSY2190/3190 Indonesia in the twentieth century
* HSY2720/3720 Tradition and transformation in Southeast Asian
* INS2150/3150 Understanding Malaysian society and culture
* MUS1050 Introduction to Asian music, dance and theatre
* MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
* MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia
* PLT2750/3750 Gender in Asian politics
* PLT3930 Southeast Asian politics
* VSA2670/3670 Asian cinema (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
Korean
* KOR1110 Introduction to Korean, part 1
* KOR1120 Introduction to Korean, part 2
* KOR2210 Intermediate Korean, part 1
* KOR2220 Intermediate Korean, part 2
* KOR3310 Advanced intermediate Korean, part 1
* KOR3320 Advanced intermediate Korean, part 2
* KOR3330 Readings in contemporary Korean, part 1
* KOR3340 Readings in contemporary Korean, part 2
Korean studies
* ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
* ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
* KOS2010/3010 Korean politics and economy
* KOS2020/3020 Korean society
Lao
* LAO3370 Introduction to Lao, part 1
* LAO3380 Introduction to Lao, part 2
Malaysian
* INM2330 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 1
* INM2340 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 2
* INM2610 Readings in Malaysian language, part 1
* INM2620 Readings in Malaysian language, part 2
* INM3330 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 1
* INM3340 Introduction to Malaysian language, part 2
* INM3610 Readings in Malaysian language, part 1
* INM3620 Readings in Malaysian language, part 2
* INS2150/3150 Understanding Malaysian society and culture
Sanskrit
* SKR1110 Sanskrit IA
* SKR1120 Sanskrit IB
* SKR2210 Sanskrit IIA
* SKR2220 Sanskrit IIB
Thai
* THA1110 Beginning Thai, part 1
* THA1120 Beginning Thai, part 2
* THA1210 Intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA1220 Intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA2210 Intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA2220 Intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA2310 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA2320 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA3310 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 1
* THA3320 Advanced intermediate Thai, part 2
* THA3330 Specialised readings in Thai A
* THA3340 Specialised readings in Thai B
* THA3350 Thai for business communication A
* THA3360 Thai for business communication B
* THA3370 Introduction to Lao, part 1
* THA3380 Introduction to Lao, part 2
Thai studies
* ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
* ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
* HSY2180 The making of the Asian world
* HSY2460/3460 Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam since 1945
* HSY2710/3710 Southeast Asia: the early modern era to c. 1900
* HSY2720/3710 Tradition and transformation in Southeast Asia
* MUS3860 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand
* ANY3490 Society and culture in mainland Southeast Asia
* ANY3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and South East Asia
* THS2160/3160 Civilisation of Thailand
Vietnamese
Beginners stream
* VTN1110 Beginning Vietnamese, part 1
* VTN1120 Beginning Vietnamese, part 2
* VTN2210 Intermediate Vietnamese, part 1
* VTN2220 Intermediate Vietnamese, part 2
* VTN3310 Advanced intermediate Vietnamese, part 1
* VTN3320 Advanced intermediate Vietnamese, part 2
* VTN3330 Vietnamese for special purposes, part 1
* VTN3340 Vietnamese for special purposes, part 2
Post-VCE stream
* VTN1510 Advanced Vietnamese, part 1
* VTN1520 Advanced Vietnamese, part 2
Economics
* ECO1520 Economic history: Japan and Australia
* ECO2500 Imperialism and development in Asia
* ECO3550 Business in Asia
* ECO3890 Economic development in East Asia
English
* ENH2710/3710 Orientations: representations of Asia (not offered in 1995)
History
* HSY1050 Asian civilisations: an historical introduction
* HSY1060 The transformation of Asia, c. 1800 to the present day
* HSY1090 Enter the dragons: the roots of modern East Asian capitalism
* HSY2120/3120 Modern China
* HSY2170/3170 Traditional China
* HSY2180 The making of the Asian world
* HSY2210/3210 Japan: origins to 1800
* HSY2220/3220 Japan: 1800 to the present
* HSY2460/3460 Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam since 1945
* HSY2470/3470 The religious quest: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
* HSY2480/3480 The religious quest: Eastern faith and illumination
* HSY2500/3500 Faith, power and revolution: Islam in moder history (not offered in 1995)
* HSY2670/3670 The emergence of modern India I: Mughal India 1526-1858
* HYS2680/3680 The emergence of modern India II: British India 1858-1947
* HSY2710/3710 Southeast Asia: the early modern era to c. 1900
* HSY3190 Indonesia in the twentieth century
Japanese
* JPL1010 Comprehensive Japanese IA: part 1
* JPL1020 Comprehensive Japanese IA: part 2
* JPL1030 Business Japanese IA: part 1
* JPL1040 Business Japanese IA: part 2
* JPL1050 Comprehensive Japanese IA, off campus: part 1
* JPL1060 Comprehensive Japanese IA, off campus: part 2
* JPL1210 Comprehensive Japanese IB: part 1
* JPL1220 Comprehensive Japanese IB: part 2
* JPL1230 Business Japanese IB: part 1
* JPL1240 Business Japanese IB: part 2
* JPL1250 Comprehensive Japanese IB, off campus: part 1
* JPL1260 Comprehensive Japanese IB, off campus: part 2
* JPL1310 Comprehensive Japanese IC: part 1
* JPL1320 Comprehensive Japanese IC: part 2
* JPL1330 Business Japanese IC: part I
* JPL1340 Business Japanese IC: part 2
* JPL1350 Japanese IC, off-campus: part 1
* JPL1360 Japanese IC, off-campus: part 2
* JPL2210 Comprehensive Japanese IIB: part 1
* JPL2220 Comprehensive Japanese IIB: part 2
* JPL2230 Business Japanese IIB: part 1
* JPL2240 Business Japanese IIB: part 2
* JPL2250 Comprehensive Japanese IIB, off campus: part 1
* JPL2260 Comprehensive Japanese IIB, off campus: part 2
* JPL2310 Comprehensive Japanese IIC: part 1
* JPL2320 Comprehensive Japanese IIC: part 2
* JPL2330 Business Japanese IIC: part 1
* JPL2340 Business Japanese IIC: part 2
* JPL2350 Japanese IIC, off-campus: part 1
* JPL2360 Japanese IIC, off-campus: part 2
* JPL2410 Japanese IID: part 1
* JPL2420 Japanese IID: part 2
* JPL3070 Theory and research in Japanese studies A
* JPL3090 Theory and research in Japanese studies B
* JPL3310 Comprehensive Japanese IIIC: part 1
* JPL3320 Comprehensive Japanese IIIC: part 2
* JPL3330 Business Japanese IIIC: part 1
* JPL3340 Business Japanese IIIC: part 2
* JPL3350 Japanese IIIC, off-campus: part 1
* JPL3360 Japanese IIIC, off-campus: part 2
* JPL3410 Japanese IIID: part 1
* JPL3420 Japanese IIID: part 2
* JPL3510 Japanese IIIE: part 1
* JPL3520 Japanese IIIE: part 2
* JPL3610 Japanese for engineers and scientists
* JPL3750 Reading Japanese texts A
* JPL3752 Reading Japanese texts B
* JPL3990/4990 Language study abroad program
Japanese studies
* JPS1070 Sources of contemporary Japanese culture and society
* JPS1090 Understanding contemporary Japan
* JPS2110 Japanese society
* JPS2130 Japanese sociolinguistics
* JPS2150 Japanese culture
* JPS2160 Japanese popular culture
* JPS2190 Japanese economics
* JPS2210 History of Japanese science and technology
* JPS2530 Introduction to the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language
* JPS2570 Modern Japanese literature
* JPS2590 Japanese linguistics
* JPS2710 History of Australia-Japan relations
* JPS2810 Australia-Japan social relations
* JPS2910 Australia-Japan economic relations
* DTS2050 Asian theatre: an introduction
* HSY2210/3210 Japan: origins to 1800
* HSY2220/3220 Japan: 1800 to the present
* JPS3071 Theory and research in Japanese studies A
* JPS3072 Theory and research in Japanese studies B
* JPS3081 Critical debate in contemporary Japan A
* JPS3082 Critical debate in contemporary Japan B
* JPS3110 Japanese society
* JPS3130 Japanese sociolinguistics
* JPS3150 Japanese culture
* JPS3160 Japanese popular culture
* JPS3190 Japanese economics
* JPS3210 History of Japanese science and technology
* JPS3530 Introduction to the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language
* JPS3570 Modern Japanese literature
* JPS3590 Japanese linguistics
* HSY3210 Japan: origins to 1800
* HSY3220 Japan: 1800 to the present
* JPS3710 History of Australia-Japan relations
* JPS3810 Australia-Japan social relations
* JPS3910 Australia-Japan economic relations
* DTS3050 Asian theatre: an introduction
* MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
* PLT3860 America, Japan and China: Asian-Pacific competitors
Caulfield and Peninsula campuses
* JBL1010 Business Japanese 1A
* JBL1020 Business Japanese 2A
* JBL1030 Business Japanese 1B
* JBL1040 Business Japanese 2B
* JBL1050 Business Japanese 1C
* JBL1060 Business Japanese 2C
* JBL2010 Business Japanese 3B
* JBL2020 Business Japanese 4B
* JBL2030 Business Japanese 3C
* JBL2040 Business Japanese 4C
* JBL3010 Business Japanese 5C
* JBL3020 Business Japanese 6C
* JPS1010 Introduction to Japanese communication
* JPS1020 Understanding contemporary Japan
Music
* MUS1040 Music and popular culture in the twentieth century
* MUS1050 Introduction to Asian music, dance and theatre
* MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts
* MUS2260/3260 Asian music: three great traditions
* MUS2480/3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
* MUS3330 Music of north and south India
* MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
* MUS3860 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand (proposed to be offered next in 1998)
* MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
Philosophy
* PHL2850/3850 Topics in Indian philosophy
Politics
* PLT1080 Confusionism, capitalism and culture: an introduction to the politics of East Asia
* PLT2200 State and society in modern Japan
* PLT2290 Australia and Asia
* PLT2470 Politics of development
* PLT2630/3630 China: revolution versus pragmatism
* PLT2750/3750 Gender in Asian politics
* PLT3860 America, Japan and China: Asia-Pacific competitors?
* PLT3930 Southeast Asian politics
Visual arts
* VSA2670/3670 Asian cinema (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* VSA3750 Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and television
Other subjects
Please note that the above is not an exhaustive list. An examination of the outline of studies may reveal other relevant subjects offered in some disciplines, as well as supplying further information on prerequisites or corequisites, and in some disciplines, different structures for students intending to complete a minor sequence only.
It is also possible to have particular combinations of subjects approved as special major or minor sequences. Thus, for example, a student prepared to argue that the combination of GES2652 (Development theory and practice) and PLT2290 (Australia and Asia) is a particularly valuable association of subjects could ask to have them approved as the second-year component of a special minor sequence in either politics or geography. Similar special arrangements can be made from time to time which allow prerequisites and corequisites to be waived.