Master of Arts (Southeast Asian Studies)
Joint program with the National University of Singapore
Incorporating a unique exchange at Singapore's NUS, this program provides access to the leading academics in SEA studies
Recognising the role that Southeast Asia plays for Australia and Singapore, the College of Asia and the Pacific and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS, NUS) offer a joint Masters degree program in Southeast Asian Studies. The joint degree is a prestige program. It offers the advantage of mutual exchange and collaboration between academic specialists in the partner institutions.
ANU students will benefit from taking NUS courses on Southeast Asia not offered at the ANU and also from working with Southeast Asian Studies specialists at NUS. ANU students will be able to utilize the NUS and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) libraries.
The degree features approximately 60% coursework and a significant research project requiring a 15,000 word research project essay, jointly assessed by an expert panel of leading academics from both universities.
The program
The degree is structured as a full-time two-semester program, comprising 48 ANU units or 40 NUS modular units. The program commences its first semster in August at NUS in Singapore. It concludes in June of the following year after a second semester is completed at the ANU. Students from the ANU and NUS commence as a single cohort in Singapore.
In their first semester at NUS in Singapore, students will complete 4 NUS standard modules offered by the Southeast Asian program and will start work on their research project. Prior to leaving for Singapore, ANU students will be required to obtain program approval for their research project and the modules to be taken at the NUS.
Students will return to the ANU for their second semester to complete the remaining coursework requirements, comprising an ANU graduate core course and an ANU graduate elective course and complete their research project. The research project will be supervised by a supervisor at the ANU
Semester 1:
National University of Singapore
- ASIA7550 Research Project A (compulsory)
4 NUS modules:
- SE5151 Approaches to the Study of Southeast Asia
- SE5229 Anthropological Approaches to SE Asia Culture
- SE5264 Archaeology and Art of Ancient SE Asia
- SE5243 Country Studies: Indonesia
- SE5281 Socio-Linguistics in Southeast Asia
- SE5294 Environment in Southeast Asia
- SE5660 Independent Study
- SE6770 Graduate Research Seminar
Semester 2:
Australian National University
- ASIA8020 Asia-Pacific Core Studies A
- ASIA7600 Research Project B (15,000 words)
- One elective course
Entry requirements
- Graduate Diploma with Distinction or A/B+ average
- Four year undergraduate degree with distinction average or A/B+ average plus substantial relevant work experience demonstrating the capacity for analysis and research
See Study@ or visit the National University of Singapore for more information.
