AST5000

Contemporary issues in Asia

Executive officer, MAI

12 points
* One 2-hour seminar per week
* First semester
* Clayton

Objectives The principal objective of this subject is to enable students to achieve a familiarity with the `region' or `neighbourhood' usually described as `Asia'. By the end of the semester students should have a general knowledge of the three regions, East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, and their relationships with each other and Australia at the present time, as well as the areas of cooperation, benefit and difficulty which these relationships create.

Synopsis As for AST4000.

Assessment fifth year Participation and weekly assignment: 20%
* Interim report (3000 words): 30%
* Research report (6000 words): 50%