Compulsory pre-trip briefing session will be held at ANU on November 3-4 2012   

Note this course will be offered biennially.  Next offered in 2013.  In alternate years when ENVS2017 is not running, ANTH3014 (a closely related course) runs in its place (NB:  Students cannot do both courses).

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.

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

• Pre-trip learning goal statement that will be placed on the course webpage as a resource for fellow students (5%)
• Group project to be presented at the end of the field course (40%)
• Reflective learning portfolio due one week after the field-course finishes (55%).  The portfolio will include responses to questions posed by staff during the trip and analysis of set reading and fieldwork 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.  

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

Summer session (Two days of pre-trip seminars November 3-4, 2012 at ANU, followed by in-country course 23 January - February 9th 2013.  Note that 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, and the College of Arts & Social Sciences.

24 units towards a degree

ANTH3014,GEOG2017 or SRES2017

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