The course introduces students to contemporary Southeast Asia by focusing on case studies from central Vietnam.  The emphasis is on integrating formal learning with first hand experience.  The in-country work will include fieldtrips, village stay, language training, as well as formal classes given by staff from ANU and staff from the University of Da Nang. The course focuses on understanding the complex relationships between development and the environment issues.  Students will have the opportunity to case studies such as the changing nature of village/rural lives, the relationship between the modern and traditional sectors, rural-urban migration and livelihood issues and the social and environmental impacts of tourism. The focus is on the impact of contemporary change on the environment, culture, family structure etc. and on specific groups such as villagers, migrants, farmers and women. The cost of the fieldwork will be charged directly to students.

For more details and pre course reading see http://fennerschool-people.anu.edu.au/richard_baker/ENVS2017/index.htm

5% pre-trip learning goal statement that will be placed on the course webpage as a resource for fellow students, and 30% for group project to be presented at the end of the field course,   10% for Vietnamese language improvement and 55% for a reflective learning portfolio due one week after the field-course finishes.  The portfolio will include responses to questions posed by staff during the trip and analysis of set reading and field work tasks.  As well as the above-mentioned assessment students enrolled in the 12 unit option will be required to complete a  research project before the field course starts and give a seminar on this research at the beginning and end of the field trip.

Summer session (Two days of pre-trip seminars October 30-31 2010 at ANU, followed by in-country course 10-30th January 2011.  Note the running of the course is subject to DFAT Travel advice.  Open to any first year and later year students. The course is offered jointly by the Colleges of Science, Arts & Social Sciences and Asia & the Pacific.

24 units towards a degree

GEOG2017 or SRES2017

Note: The cost of the fieldwork will be charged directly to students.