10% pre-trip learning goal statement that will be placed on the course webpage as a resource for fellow students and 20% for group project to be presented at the end of the field course.  10% for a reflective seminar at the end of the trip on the key issues that emerged on the trip.  Students need to select the balance of their own assessment package from 10-20% for Vietnamese language improvement and 40-50% 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 4,000-5,000 word research essay and give a seminar.

Summer session (One day of pre-trip seminars in November 2009,  followed by 27 January to 12 February 2010 subject to DFAT Travel advice.) Open to first year and later year students. The course is offered jointly by the Colleges of Science, Arts & Social Sciences and Asia and the Pacific.

This course is offered as a 6 units or 12 units. 

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