Undergraduate courses and subjects 2000 - Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies)

Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies)

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Course structure

General information

Course code: 0563. · Coordinator: Dr Barbara Hatley
The BA (Asian Studies) is designed for students wishing to augment the objectives of the general BA with specialised knowledge of Asia.

This specialised degree provides students who are interested in Asian studies with a structured course of study that offers particular combinations of subjects which focus on Asia. Students are required to complete two majors - one in an Asian language and the other in a discipline with some Asian content. The language major can be chosen from the following languages: Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean. The discipline major should include at least two subjects with an Asian focus or content, to a minimum of 14 points, which must be relevant to the Asian language being studied.
It is highly recommended that students undertake the subjects ASN1010 (Introduction to Asian civilisations 1) and ASN1020 (Asian civilisations: an historical introduction 2). These can then be followed in second year with subjects that have an Asian focus.
The discipline major with Asian content can be chosen from sequences available as follows:

Anthropology and sociology

· ANY1010 Contemporary anthropology
· ANY1020 Anthropology of social change
· ANY2130 Race and sexual politics
· ANY2530 Tradition and change: culture, colonialism and modernity
· ANY3230/COS3260 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
· ANY3490/COS3490 Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia
· ANY3510/COS3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and Southeast Asia
· ANY3480/COS3430 The third world
· COS3350/ANY3350 Questions of identity: ethnicity, nationalisation and globalisation
· COS3370/ANY3370 Comparative sociology of 'development'
· Chinese studies
· ASN1010 Asian civilisations 1
· ASN1020 Asian Civilisations: an historical introduction 2
· PLT2630/PLT3630 China: revolution vs pragmatism (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
· DTS2050/DTS3050 Asian theatre: an introduction
· CLS2160/CLS3160 Chinese literature and modernity
· ECO3880/ECO2890 Economic development of East Asia

Indian studies

· ASN1010 Asian Civilisations 1
· ASN1020 Asian civilisations: an historical introduction 2
· ANY3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and Southeast Asia
· PHL2850/PHL3850 Topics in Indian philosophy

Indonesian studies

· ASN1010 Asian civilisations 1
· ASN1020 Asian civilisations: an historical introduction 2
· INS2010/INS3010 Indonesian societies and cultures
· INS3110 Introduction to regional and classical literatures of Indonesia
· INS3210/CLS3220 Literature and society in Indonesia (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· INS3310/CLS3370 Indonesian theatrical traditions (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· INS3410/CLS3310 Gender and its representation in Indonesian societies (Proposed to be offered in 2001)
· ANY3230/COS3260 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
· ANY3490 Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia
· HSY2190/HSY3190 Indonesia: the struggle for democracy
· MUS2480/MUS3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
· MUS2830/MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia 1: Indonesia
· PLT2750/PLT3750 Gender in Asian politics (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· PLT3930 Southeast Asian politics
· VSA2670/VSA3670 Asian cinema
· VSA3750 Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and television (proposed to be offered in 2001)

Korean studies

· ASN1010 Asian civilisations 1
· ASN1020 Asian civilisations: an historical introduction 2
· KOS2010/KOS3010 Korean politics and economy
· KOS2020/KOS3020 Korean society

Thai studies

· ASN1010 Asian Civilisations 1
· ASN1020 Asian Civilisations: an historical introduction 2
· HSY2460/HSY3460 The Vietnam war
· MUS2860/MUS3860 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· ANY3490 Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia
· ANY3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and Southeast Asia
· THS3160 Civilisation of Thailand

Economics

· ECC1520 Economic history: Japan and Australia
· ECC2500/ECC3500 Imperialism and development in Asia
· ECC2520/ECC3520 The economic history of Australia in Asian business
· ECC2550/ECC3554 Business in Asia
· ECC2890/ECC3980 Economic development in East Asia
· ECC3670/ECC3674 Economics of developing countries

English

· ENH2710/ENH3710 Orientations: reading Asia (proposed next to be offered in 2001)
· ENH2800/ENH3800 In other worlds: postcolonial literature

History

· HSY1050 Asian civilisations 1
· HSY1060 Asian civilisations: an historical introduction 2
· HSY2190/HSY3190 Indonesia: the struggle for democracy
· HSY2460/HSY3460 The Vietnam War

Japanese studies

· JPS1090 Understanding contemporary Japan
· JPS2110/JPS3110 Japanese society and culture
· JPS2130/JPS3130 Introduction to Japanese sociolinguistics (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· JPS2150 Japanese culture (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· 1PS2170/3170 Women in Japanese society (proposed to be offered in 2001)
· JPS2190/JPS3910 Japanese management and the economy
· JPS2530/JPS3530 Japanese language acquisition and use
· JPS2590/JPS3590 Introduction to Japanese linguistics
· JPS2710/JPS3710 Australia-Japan relations
· JPS2990/JPS3990 Japanese studies in Japan
· JPS3071 Theory and research in Japanese studies A
· JPS3072 Theory and research in Japanese studies B
· JPS3081 Critical issues in Japanese studies
· JPS3082 Critical debate on contemporary Japan
· JPS3150 Japanese culture
· MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea

International studies

· INT2020 Asian studies

Management

· MCG2XXX Asian management

Music

· MUS2480/MUS3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
· MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia
· MUS3860 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand
· MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea

Philosophy

· PHL3850 Topics in Indian philosophy

Politics

· PLT2250/PLT3250 East Asia and the politics of difference
· PLT2750/PLT3750 Gender in Asian politics (proposed to be offered in 2001)

Visual culture

· VSA2670/VSA3670 Asian cinema
· VSA2780/VSA3780 Contemporary art of the Asia Pacific