MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Graduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Caution
Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Department of Asian Languages and Studies
Head of department: Acting Professor Stuart Robson
Graduate studies coordinator: Dr Barbara Hatley
Students may undertake MA (research) and PhD studies within the department in
the areas of Chinese and Indonesian and Thai language and studies, and MA
(research) studies in Korean linguistics. The department teaches subjects in
the graduate diploma and the MA in Asian studies (see under Monash Asia
Institute) and the MA in applied linguistics (see under Department of
Linguistics). Members of the department also contribute to the MA programs in
comparative literature and cultural studies, and women's studies.
The department supervises theses of postgraduate students from other
departments and programs when it has the relevant expertise and the other
department agrees.
Members of staff and their fields of special interest
China
BRUCE JACOBS Chinese politics and society; Taiwan politics and society.
GLORIA DAVIES Chinese literature and literary theory.
LIJIAN HONG contemporary Chinese politics, government and military
XIAOQING YE Chinese modern history, Shanghai history, history of Chinese
science, popular culture in late imperial China
Indonesia
STUART ROBSON classical malay; old and middle Javanese literature; Indonesian
cultural history; sociolinguistics.
BARBARA HATLEY modern Indonesian literature and theatre; women's studies;
Javanese theatre and culture.
Korea
YOUNG-A CHO KOREAN LINGUISTICS.
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates may undertake the PhD degree through a thesis of no more than
120,000 words. Normally students seeking entry to the PhD should have an MA or
first class honours degree in a relevant field or discipline.
Master of Arts (research)
Candidates may undertake the MA (research) through a thesis of about
40,000-60,000 words. Normally, students seeking entry to the MA (research)
should have a first class honours degree or a second class, division A honours
degree in a relevant field or discipline.
Chinese
The department can provide postgraduate supervision in the areas of Chinese
politics, culture, society, linguistics and literature, as well as Taiwan
politics and society.
Indonesian
The department can provide postgraduate supervision in the areas of Classical
Malay, Old and Middle Javanese literature, modern Indonesian literature and
theatre, Javanese theatre and culture, Indonesian cultural history,
sociolinguistics and women's studies.
Korean
The department can provide postgraduate supervision in the area of Korean
linguistics.
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