Description
Southeast Asia is known for its role as an economic hub, as well as its political and cultural diversity. Students in the Southeast Asian Studies major at ANU have access to a wide range of scholars and courses on language, history, cultures, and politics in the region. By completing coursework as prescribed by the major, students will gain a deeper understanding of regional issues, such as power, globalization, ethnicity and gender, as well as processes and issues specific to their country or area of interest. These can include religious systems, economic networks and cross-cultural contact. Current major strengths are in Burmese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese studies, and some of our staff also support work relating to other ethnic nationality and trans-border issues. In addition to developing a critical, analytical understanding of Southeast Asia, past and present, students gain significant knowledge and skills which will boost their qualifications for finding employment, or alternatively, further study for a higher degree program.
The Southeast Asian studies major is designed to complement the Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese language majors, and the Burmese and Tetum language minors, though knowledge of these languages is not required for courses in the Southeast Asian studies major.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Understand and
evaluate historical and current events and developments that have shaped
Southeast Asia,
2. Identify and critique the contemporary socio-cultural and political
systems of Southeast Asia, with detailed understanding of differing
trajectories across Mainland and Island Southeast Asia,
3. Analyse current debates relating to regional cooperation and unity,
including with supra-national groups, namely ASEAN, in the context of
tensions in traditions,
4. Analyse the global significance of events and developments in Southeast
Asia,
5. Understand the processes and disciplinary approaches through which current
knowledge about Southeast Asia Studies has developed.
Areas of Interest
- Anthropology
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Asian Studies
- Security Studies
- Asia Pacific Studies
- Asia-Pacific Studies
- Politics
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
Major Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:
A minimum of 6 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA1025 | Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change | 6 |
| ASIA1030 | Asia and the Pacific in Motion | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA2041 | Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Predicaments | 6 |
| ASIA3030 | History of the State System in Southeast Asia | 6 |
A minimum of 18 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH3014 | Indonesia Field School: Contemporary Change in Indonesia | 6 |
| ARCH2050 | Archaeology of Southeast Asia | 6 |
| ARTH2056 | Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia: Tradition and Transformation | 6 |
| ASIA2039 | Burma/Myanmar - a Country in Crisis | 6 |
| ASIA2060 | Southeast Asian Security | 6 |
| ASIA2070 | Democracy in Southeast Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2090 | Study Tour: The Political Economy of Myanmar | 6 |
| ASIA2165 | Islam in Southeast Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2167 | Borders and their Transgressions in Mainland Southeast Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2516 | Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development | 6 |
| ASIA3035 | Indonesia in the Malay World: Culture, Media and Everyday Life | 6 |
| ASIA3014 | Study Tour: Southeast Asian Frontiers – Thailand and Burma/Myanmar | 12 |
| ANTH2135 | Vietnam Field School | 6-12 |
| INTR2028 | Regionalism, Rights and Order in Southeast Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2111 | Indonesian Foreign and Security Policy | 6 |
| WARS2002 | The Vietnam Wars: 1941-1989 | 6 |
A maximum of 6 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA2016 | The Mongol Empire in World History | 6 |
| ASIA3029 | Reconciliation and the memory of conflict in Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2045 | Lies, Conspiracy and Propaganda | 6 |
| ASIA3021 | Engaging Asia: Australia and the Asian Century | 6 |
| ASIA2093 | Natural Resource Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific | 6 |
| ASIA2307 | History of Empire in Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2304 | What is Literature? Asian Perspectives | 6 |
| ASIA2067 | Economies of Emerging Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2065 | Asian Politics: From Concepts to Causes | 6 |
| ASIA2301 | Human Migration and Expansion in the Rise of the Asia-Pacific | 6 |
| ASIA2302 | Culture and Modernity in Asia: Anthropological Perspectives | 6 |
| ASIA2001 | Language in Asia and the Pacific | 6 |
| ASIA2103 | Language in Asia and the Pacific (L) | 6 |
| ASIA2311 | Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific | 6 |
| INTR2047 | Human Security: Conflict, Displacement and Peace Building | 6 |
| INTR2014 | Indian Foreign and Security Policy | 6 |
| INTR2012 | Chinese Foreign and Security Policy | 6 |
| INTR2016 | US Foreign and Security Policy in Asia | 6 |
| INTR2010 | International Relations in the Asia-Pacific | 6 |
| ASIA3053 | The Death of God in the Asia-Pacific | 6 |
| STST2001 | International Security issues in the Asia Pacific | 6 |