Asian studies

• Specialised Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies)
• Advisers
• Course descriptions
• Anthropology and sociology
• Asian languages and studies
  • Cambodian
  • Chinese
    • Business Chinese (offered at the Peninsula campus)
  • Chinese studies
  • Indian studies
  • Indonesian
  • Indonesian studies
  • Korean
  • Korean studies
  • Thai
  • Thai studies
  • Vietnamese
    • Beginners stream
    • Post-VCE stream
• Economics
• English
• History
• Japanese
• Japanese studies
• Music
• Philosophy
• Politics
• Visual arts
• Womens studies
• Other subjects

Specialised Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies)

This specialised degree provides students interested in Asian studies with a structured course of study and recognises particular combinations of subjects which focus on Asia. The specialised degree can be entered upon enrolment for the first-year level or at the start of second year, after satisfactory completion of appropriate studies in the first year of the general BA. The normal prerequisite for entry to the specialised degree Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) at second-year level is a first-year sequence in an Asian language and at least one first-year sequence in one of the disciplines designated below.

The specialised Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) at pass level requires that students complete 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: Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, 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, English, Geography and Environmental Science, History, Music, Politics, Visual Arts and Women's Studies. 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. A minor in Asian studies, comprising subjects from a number of disciplines with a particular thematic focus, such as contemporary Asian politics, or gender issues across several Asian countries, may be included in the forty points. 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 at second-year level 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.

A minor in Asian studies, comprising Asia-focused subjects from different disciplines, may be undertaken by both students of the BA(AsianStudies) degree, and other students. The minor consists of either a first or second year sequence or a second and third year sequence of subjects with a common thematic focus. Such a focus might be, for example, gender issues, performing arts or contemporary politics in a number of Asian countries. Students should discuss such planned minor sequences with advisers at the time of enrolment.

Advisers

Students seeking advice on their selection of courses should obtain an appointment with one of the following:

• Dr Barbara Hatley, director, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, room S516, telephone 9905 2232;
• Associate Professor Ian Copland, director, Centre of South Asian Studies, room 605, telephone 9905 2201;
• Professor Bruce Jacobs, head, Department of Asian Languages and Studies, room S520, telephone 9905 2233;
• Dr Alison Tokita, director, Japanese Studies Centre, room 416, Telephone 9905 2261.

Course descriptions

• For course descriptions and reading guides, see the relevant departmental listings.

Anthropology and sociology

• ANY1010 Contemporary anthropology
• ANY1020 Anthropology of social change
• ANY2130 Race and sexual politics
• ANY2530 Culture, colonialism and modernity (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ANY3230 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
• ANY3350 Questions of identity: ethnicity, nationalism and globalisation (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ANY3370 Comparative sociology of `development' (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ANY3490Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ANY3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and South East Asia
• JPS3110 Japanese society
• COS3430 The Third World
• JPS3710 Australia- Japan relations

Asian languages and studies

Cambodian

• CAM1110 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer), part 1
• CAM1120 Introductory Cambodian (Khmer), part 2
• CAM1510 Post-advanced Cambodian (Khmer), part 1
• CAM1520 Post-advanced Cambodian (Khmer), part 2
• CAM2210 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), part 1
• CAM2220 Intermediate Cambodian (Khmer), part 2
• CAM2610 Post-advanced Cambodian (Khmer), part 3
• CAM2620 Post-advanced Cambodian (Khmer), part 4

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
• 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
• 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

Business Chinese (offered at the Peninsula campus)

• CBL1110 Beginning Business Chinese, part 1
• CBL1120 Beginning Business Chinese, part 2
• CBL1210 Intermediate Business Chinese, part 1
• CBL1220 Intermediate Business Chinese, part 2
• CBL1310 Advanced Intermediate Business Chinese, part 1
• CBL1320 Advanced Intermediate Business Chinese, part 2
• CBL2210 Intermediate Business Chinese, part 1
• CBL2220 Intermediate Business Chinese, part 2
• CBL2310 Advanced Intermediate Business Chinese, part 1
• CBL2320 Advanced Intermediate Business Chinese, part 2
• CBL3310 Advanced Intermediate Business Chinese, part 1
• CBL3320 Advanced Intermediate Business Chinese, part 2

Chinese studies

• ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
• ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
• HSY2120/HSY3120 Modern China
• HSY2170/HSY3170 Traditional China (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2180/HSY3180 The making of the Asian world (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2210/HSY3210 Japan: origins to 1800
• HSY2220/HSY3220 Japan: 1800 to the present
• ECO2890 Economic development of East Asia
• MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• DTS2050/DTS3050 Asian theatre: an introduction (proposed to be offered next in 1999)

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/ENH3710 Orientations: reading Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ENH3800 In other worlds: post-colonial literature
• HSY2680/HSY3680 The struggle for freedom in India (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• MUS3330 Music of north and south India

Indonesian

• INM1110 Beginning Indonesian, part 1
• INM1120 Beginning Indonesian, part 2
• INM1210 Intermediate Indonesian, part 1
• INM1220 Intermediate Indonesian, part 2
• INM2210 Intermediate Indonesian, part 1
• INM2220 Intermediate Indonesian, part 2
• INM2310 Advanced Indonesian, part 1
• INM2320 Advanced Indonesian, part 2
• INM3310 Advanced Indonesian, part 1
• INM3320 Advanced Indonesian, 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
• INM3470 Introduction to Classical Malay, part 1
• INM3480 Introduction to Classical Malay, part 2

Indonesian studies

• ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
• ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
• DTS2050/DTS3050 Asian theatres: an introduction (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• INS2010/INS3010 Indonesian societies and cultures
• INS3110 Introduction to regional and classical literatures of Indonesia
• INS3210 Literature and society in Indonesia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• INS3310 Indonesian theatrical traditions (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• INS3410 Gender and its representations in Indonesian society (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ANY3230 Culture and conflict in Indonesia
• ANY3490 Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• GES3710 Southeast Asia
• HSY2710/HSY3710 The island world of Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• [breve]HSY2720/HSY3720 Modern Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2190/HSY3190 Indonesian struggle for democracy.
• HSY2720/HSY3720 Southeast Asia: nationalism and revolution (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
• MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia (proposed to be offered next in 2002)
• PLT2750/PLT3750 Gender in Asian politics (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• PLT3930 Southeast Asian politics
• VSA2670/VSA3670 Asian cinema
• VSA3750 Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and television

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/KOS3010 Korean politics and economy
• KOS2020/KOS3020 Korean society

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

Thai studies

• ASN1010 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 1
• ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
• HSY2180 The making of the Asian world (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2460/HSY3460 The Vietnam war
• HSY2720/HSY3720 Nationalism and revolution in Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ANY3490 Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ANY3510 A comparative examination of cultures in South and South East Asia
• THS2160/THS3160 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 Reading Vietnamese for special purposes, part 1
• VTN3340 Reading Vietnamese for special purposes, part 2

Post-VCE stream

• VTN1510 Advanced Vietnamese, part 1 (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• VTN1520 Advanced Vietnamese, part 2 (proposed to be offered next in 1999)

Economics

• ECO1520 Economic history: Japan and Australia
• ECO2500 Imperialism and development in Asia
• ECO3550 Business in Asia
• ECO2890 Economic development of East Asia

English

• ENH2710/ENH3710 Orientations: reading Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• ENH2800/ENH3800 In other worlds: postcolonial literature

History

• HSY1050 Asian civilisations: an historical introduction 1 - from the early times to c1600
• HSY1060 Asian civilisations: an historical introduction 2 - the transformation of Asia, c.1800 to the present day
• HSY2120/HSY3120 Modern China (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2170/HSY3170 Traditional China (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2180/HSY3180 The making of the Asian world (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2190/HSY3190 Indonesian struggle for democracy
• HSY2210/HSY3210 Japan: origins to 1800
• HSY2220/HSY3220 Japan: 1800 to the present
• HSY2460/HSY3460 The Vietnam war
• HSY2470/HSY3470 The religious quest: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• HSY2480/HSY3480 The religious quest: Eastern faith and illumination
• HYS2680/HYS3680 The struggle for freedom in India (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2710/HSY3710 The island world of Southeast Asia (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2720 Southeast Asia: nationalism and revolution (proposed to be offered next in 1999)

Japanese

• JPL1110 Japanese 1A: part 1
• JPL1120 Japanese 1A: part 2
• JPL1210 Japanese 1B: part 1
• JPL1220 Japanese 1B: part 2
• JPL1310 Japanese 1C: part 1
• JPL1320 Japanese 1C: part 2
• JPL1710 Accelerated Japanese 1B/C: part 1
• JPL1720 Accelerated Japanese 1B/C: part 2
• JPL2210 Japanese 2B: part 1
• JPL2220 Japanese 2B: part 2
• JPL2310 Japanese 2C: part 1
• JPL2320 Japanese 2C: part 2
• JPL2410 Japanese 2D: part 1
• JPL2420 Japanese 2D: part 2
• JPL2510 Japanese 2E: part 1
• JPL2520 Japanese 2E: part 2
• JPL2990 Language study abroad program
• JPL3071 Theory and research in Japanese studies A
• JPL3072 Theory and research in Japanese studies B
• JPL3310 Japanese 3C: part 1
• JPL3320 Japanese 3C: part 2
• JPL3410 Japanese 3D: part 1
• JPL3420 Japanese 3D: part 2
• JPL3510 Japanese 3E: part 1
• JPL3520 Japanese 3E: part 2
• JPL3610 Japanese for engineers and scientists (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• JPL3750 Reading Japanese texts A
• JPL3752 Reading Japanese texts B
• JPL3850 Advanced Japanese texts A
• JPL3852 Advanced Japanese texts B
• JPL3910 Accelerated Japanese 3F: part 1
• JPL3920 Accelerated Japanese 3F: part 2
• JPL3990 Language study abroad program

Japanese studies

• JPS1070 Sources of contemporary Japanese culture and society
• JPS1090 Understanding contemporary Japan
• JPS2110/JPS3110 Japanese society and culture
• JPS2130/JPS3130 Japanese sociolinguistics (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• JPS2150/JPS3150 Japanese culture (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• JPS2170/JPS3170 Women in Japanese Society
• JPS2190/JPS3190 Japanese management and the economy (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• JPS2530/JPS3530 Japanese language acquisition and use
• JPS2590/JPS3590 Japanese linguistics
• JPS2710/JPS3710 Australia- Japan relations
• DTS2050/DTS3050 Asian theatre: an introduction (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• HSY2210/HSY3210 Japan: origins to 1800
• HSY2220/HSY3220 Japan: 1800 to the present
• 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
• MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• PLT3860 America, Japan and China: Asian-Pacific competitors?

Music

• MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts
• MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
• MUS3330 Music of north and south India
• MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia (proposed to be offered next in 2002)
• MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• MUS3490 Indonesian Gamelan (special studies)

Philosophy

• PHL2850/PHL3850 Topics in Indian philosophy (proposed to be offered next in 1999)

Politics

• PLT2250/PLT3250 East Asia and the politics of difference (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• PLT2750/PLT3750 Gender in Asian politics (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• PLT3860 America, Japan and China: Asia-Pacific competitors?
• PLT3930 Southeast Asian politics

Visual arts

• VSA2670/VSA3670 Asian cinema
• VSA3750 Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and television

Womens studies

• WMN2130 Race and sexual politics
• WMN2160/WMN3160 Women in Japanese society
• WMN3120 Gender, race and empire: Feminist readings
• WMN3290 Gender and its representation in Indonesian society (proposed to be offered next in 1999)
• WMN3630 Feminism cross-culturally
• WMN3760 Gender in Asian politics (proposed to be offered next in 1999)

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 GES2650 (Development theory and practice) and PLT3930 (Southeast Asian politics) 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.