ASIA 4001 - Honours Asian Studies Special Topics

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2017

Honours Special Topics is a course under which honours students can take an existing course that is useful for his/her research topic. In the case of Honours with Asian language, this course can be a language course tailored to student needs.

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Course Details

Course Code	ASIA 4001
Course	Honours Asian Studies Special Topics
Coordinating Unit	Asian Studies
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	6
Contact	3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Prerequisites	Completed degree (72 units) including 12 units of Asian Studies courses or equivalent for non-language students, and 9 units of Asian Studies courses or equivalent plus 6 units of level III Asian language courses.
Restrictions	Available only to students admitted to the relevant Honours program
Assessment	Assessment tasks will be negotiated between the Course Coordinator of the chosen Asian Studies course, and the Honours Coordinator. Total assessment will be 6,000 words (100%).

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Gerry Groot

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Course Learning Outcomes

This course contributes to the Honours program by providing students with the opportunity to broaden and/or focus their Honours degree by studying an Asian Studies course of their choice. Students will be encouraged to select a course that will develop skills and/or knowledge relevant for their major thesis project.

On completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	understand key concepts relating to theoretical and applied issues in the chosen subject area.
2	demonstrate an advanced understanding of the relevant subject area and its main contributors
3	summarise and evaluate the range of research, theories and methodologies in relation to the subject area.
4	demonstrate a familiarity with current debates at a deep level in the chosen subject area.
5	demonstrate highly developed skills in critical reasoning, analysis and written communication.
6	recognise the ethical, social and cultural issues in relation to the identified subject area.
7	understand a number of theoretical frameworks that inform the discipline of Asian Studies.

University Graduate Attributes

No information currently available.

Learning & Teaching Modes

Honours Special Topics course is a course for honours students to take an existing course that serves their research, therefore accepts the teaching and learning mode of the course that they take.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

WORKLOAD	TOTAL HOURS
3 contact hours per week	36 hours per semeseter
6 hours research per week	72 hours per semester
6 hours mandated reading per week	72 hours per semester
9 hours writing work (drafts, editing, re-writing) per week	108 hours per semester
In addition, a further 24 hours in week 13 is expected in the preparation of the final assessment piece	24 hours per semester
	TOTAL 312 hours per semester

Learning Activities Summary

Honours Special Topics course is a shell course for honours students to take an existing course that serves their
research, therefore accepts the teaching and learning mode of the course that they take.

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Assessment tasks will be negotiated between the Course Coordinator of the chosen Asian Studies course, and the Honours Coordinator. Total assessment will be 6000 words	Formative and Summative	100%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Assessment Detail

Rationale for assessment: Honours Special Topics course is a shell course for honours students to take an existing course that serves their research, therefore accepts the assessment method of the course that they take. However, some adjustments will be made to make up the difference in credit unit if needed. In the case an honours student take an existing social science
course at undergraduate level which has 4 credit units, the difference of 2 units will be made up by writing a longer final paper. In the case of a language course also, additional work may be assigned to make up the difference in unit.

Submission

No information currently available.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M11 (Honours Mark Scheme)
Grade	Grade reflects following criteria for allocation of grade	Reported on Official Transcript
Fail	A mark between 1-49	F
Third Class	A mark between 50-59	3
Second Class Div B	A mark between 60-69	2B
Second Class Div A	A mark between 70-79	2A
First Class	A mark between 80-100	1
Result Pending	An interim result	RP
Continuing	Continuing	CN

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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