The course is for students with a higher level of attainment in one of the major Southeast or South Asian languages taught in the School (Hindi, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese or Sanskrit). Enrolled students conduct an independent research project under of the supervision of the course coordinator (or someone else if deemed necessary and available), on a common theme that may change from semester to semester. Meetings with the course Coordinator or a substitute Supervisor are usually five times in the semester (roughly every two weeks). In these meetings, the lecturer can give broad guidelines in the beginning of the semester. Class meetings are for students to report their work in-progress or discuss the readings assigned by the course coordinator in the semester.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Have significantly increased their proficiency in reading and writing in the language at the level studied.
2. Have deepened their ability to discuss and synthesize complex ideas about a given discipline or topic area.
3. Have gained substantial knowledge about that discipline/ area and ability to critically analyse texts within it.
4. Have demonstrated that they have read a significant number of the key sources about the discipline/ area that they have studied for the course.
5. Demonstrate generic skills, eg, critical thinking, written and oral communication, research skills.
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Workload
Fortnightly meetings with Course Coordinator or Supervisor. Students are expected to read a representative set of readings, as agreed with the supervisor, in academic and non-academic texts in the target language, and demonstrate the ability to analyze the subtleties and nuances that are found in the selected readings.Requisite and Incompatibility
Majors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $2718 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3876 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus | ||||||
| 9713 | 18 Jul 2016 | 29 Jul 2016 | 31 Aug 2016 | 28 Oct 2016 | In Person | N/A |
| Online | ||||||
| 9714 | 18 Jul 2016 | 29 Jul 2016 | 31 Aug 2016 | 28 Oct 2016 | Online | N/A |