SEAS8025 Asean States: An Introduction

Offered By	Faculty of Asian Studies
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	South East Asia Studies
Offered in	SEAS8025 will not be offered in 2009
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	The aim of this core course is to provide an introductory survey of the history, societies and political ideologies of the states which currently make up the association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The survey will be focussed on the twentieth century and the events and influences which have contributed to the contemporary nature of the states. No previous knowledge of the region is assumed and lectures will take the form of country overviews presented by members of staff and diplomats who have specialist knowledge of the relevant nations. The course will conclude with a discussion of the objectives and achievements of ASEAN as a regional grouping. Discussion of the research and bibliographic skills necessary for academic writing will also be covered in the course. The course will be presented through two one-and-a-half hour meetings each week. Assessment will be discussed at the first meeting.
Indicative Assessment	40%, Journal – 30%, Essay – 30%.
Areas of Interest	Non Language Asian Studies
Prescribed Texts	Osbourne, Milton. 2000. Southeast Asia: An introductory History (8th Edition), Allen & Unwin. Funston, John (ed.) 2001. Government and Politics in Southeast Asia, Singapore: ISEAS.

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