Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Area of Study

Asian studies enables students to study specific issues across a range of Asian countries, cultures and societies and provides a broad comparative perspective across these areas of study. The interdisciplinary major is available to all students and has a particular relevance for those studying an Asian language.

The major in Asian studies draws on units not only in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, but also on units offered by most other schools. The units may be:

• broadly Asian-focused
• related exclusively to an individual country or region such as China, Japan, Korea or Southeast Asia
• focused on a specific issue in a discipline such as history, politics, theatre studies, anthropology or English (provided the unit has a strong Asian component or otherwise allows for a marked Asian focus in a significant part of the unit).

First-year level units

Students studying a sequence in Asian studies must complete two units (12 points) from the following:

• HSY1050 Understanding Asia 1: Foundations
• HSY1060 Understanding Asia 2: Transformations
• JPS1090 Understanding contemporary Japan

For the purposes of a minor or major a first-year sequence in Asian studies can be replaced by a first-year sequence in any Asian language or a combination of any Asian language unit and one first-year level Asian studies unit.

Second/Third-year level units

Students studying a minor or major in Asian studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:

• a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from the units listed below
• a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below. A minimum of three units must be taken at third year level.

Available units include:

• ANY2210/ANY3210 Society and culture of Indonesia
• ASN2010/ASN3010 Global change and changing identities in Asia
• ASN3071 Theory and research in Asian studies
• CHI2430/CHI3430 Understanding modern China**
• CHI2440/CHI3440 Understanding contemporary China**
• DTS2050/DTS3050 Asian theatre
• ECC2890 Economic development of East Asia*
• HSY2725/HSY3725 Nationalism and revolution in Southeast Asia
• INT2060/INT3060 Global cultures and local traditions: The production and consumption of (popular) culture
• JPS2150/JPS3150 Japanese culture: Identity and tradition
• JPS2180/JPS3180 Japan as Empire
• JPS2530/JPS3530 Japanese language acquisition and use
• MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian Gamelan
• MUS2490/MUS3490 Flaring up: Bali and musical revolution
• PHL2850/PHL3850 Topics in Indian philosophy
• PLT2631/PLT3631 China: Revolution versus pragmatism
• PLT3930 Southeast Asian politics

Note: Non-Arts units are prohibited for students fulfilling a core arts requirement, for example, non-Arts units cannot count towards the 96 point Arts core necessary to qualify for the Bachelor of Arts degree.

* This unit cannot be included in an arts double-degree course.

** These units are normally taken as part of the Chinese language major. Upon consultation, students with no background in Chinese language may be permitted to enrol in these units, with assessment tasks modified to suit their needs.

Units not offered in 2010

• ANY3230 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
• ASN2020/ASN3020 War and memory in the Asia Pacific: Legacies of World War II
• ASN2030/ASN3030 Narratives in a globalising Asia: From oral literature to the modern novel
• ASN2170/ASN3170 Women in Asia: Gender, tradition and modernity
• CLS2160/CLS3160 Chinese literature and modernity
• ECC2500/ECC3500 Imperialism and development in Asia
• ECC2520/ECC3520 The economic history of Australia in Asian business
• ECC2550/ECC3550 Business in Asia
• ENH2710/ENH3710 Orientations: Reading Asia
• FTV2110/FTV3110 Independent cinema in Southeast Asia
• FTV2120/FTV3120 Malaysian cinema (offered at Sunway)
• FTV2670/FTV3670 Asian cinema
• HSY2100/HSY3100 The great divide: Religion and genocide in 20th century India
• HSY2105/HSY3105 Religion and genocide in 20th century Asia
• HSY2110/HSY3110 Centres of power: Great cities of Asia
• HSY2140/HSY3140 Faith and power: Islam in history and society
• HSY2190/HSY3190 Modern Indonesia: Nation and State
• HSY2460/HSY3460 The Vietnam war
• HSY2710/HSY3710 The island world of Southeast Asia
• INS2020/INS3020 Islam in the Malay world
• JPS2110/JPS3110 Japanese society in the new millennium
• JPS2130/JPS3130 Introduction to Japanese sociolinguistics
• JPS2140/JPS3140 Touring Japanese culture (offered in Japan in summer semester)
• JPS2190/JPS3190 Japanese management and the economy
• JPS2590/JPS3590 Introduction to Japanese linguistics
• JPS2710/JPS3710 Australia-Japan relations
• KOS2010/KOS3010 Korean politics and economy
• KOS2020/KOS3020 Korean society and culture
• MUS3330 Music of North and South India
• MUS3450 Asian performance studies
• MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia 1: Indonesia
• MUS3860 Music of Southeast Asia 2: Thailand
• MUS3880 Music of China, Korea and Japan
• RLT2480/RLT3480 The religious quest: Eastern faith and illumination
• VSA2670/VSA3670 Asian cinema
• VSA3750 Indonesian and Southeast Asian cinema

Diplomas

• 2430 Diploma in Arts (Asian Studies)
• 2431 Diploma in Arts (Chinese Studies)
• 2445 Diploma in Arts (Indonesian Studies)
• 2446 Diploma in Arts (Japanese Studies)
• 2366 Diploma in Languages (Chinese)
• 2370 Diploma in Languages (Indonesian)
• 2372 Diploma in Languages (Japanese)
• 2373 Diploma in Languages (Korean)

Bachelors

Single degrees

• 0002 Bachelor of Arts
• 1638 Bachelor of Arts as a Participant in the Dean's Scholars Program
• 3907 Bachelor of Arts (English Language)
• 3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
• 1366 Bachelor of Arts (Languages)
• 1275 Bachelor of Communication
• 4042 Bachelor of Journalism
• 0202 Bachelor of Letters
• 0821 Bachelor of Music
• 1144 Bachelor of Performing Arts

Double degrees

• 3277 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
• 0550 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
• 0553 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
• 0555 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Management)
• 0556 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
• 1807 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business and Commerce
• 3912 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business Information Systems
• 0542 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce
• 2672 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Computer Science
• 0170 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics
• 1541 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education-primary
• 1641 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education-secondary
• 3906 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems
• 0080 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
• 3054 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music
• 0530 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
• 3426 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work
• 0002b Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology
• 3779 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Visual Arts
• 1941 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Communication
• 3909 Bachelor of Communication and Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems
• 1945 Bachelor of Communication and Diploma of Professional Writing
• 0116 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
• 3281 Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering and Bachelor of Arts