SE5215 Studies on Security in Southeast Asia
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
In this module, security can be determined in both its military and non-military dimensions. The module begins with an investigation of the nature of Southeast Asian regional security and how domestic factors as well as the international environment can pose a challenge to the conditions of security. The specific themes to be studied can be varied to reflect the shifting dimensions of security in a post-cold war era.

SE5218 Economic Anthropology in Southeast Asia
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil  
This module is intended to give students a theoretical and historical background for the study of economic life in its social context. One half of the module will examine important works of economic anthropology undertaken in the region. It will examine the ways in which systems of belief and systems of economic life have related to each other. The other half of the module will consider approaches to Southeast Asian history that have assigned interpretive primacy to socio-economic developments. It will address both the origins and limitations of these approaches and the validity and usefulness of the assumptions that underlie them.

SE5221 Southeast Asian Cultural Landscapes 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE5214 
Cross-listing(s): GE5214 
This module will provide an overview of the tremendous diversity of peoples and cultures in Southeast, with the aim of examining its regional identity. Aspects of material and non-material culture as they have developed from prehistoric to contemporary times will be discussed, including racial, linguistic and religious varieties and their impacts on the landscapes. The influence of "place" or local context on evolving peoples and cultures will also be examined. 

SE5222 The Arts In Contemporary Southeast Asia
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module explores the various forms of visual and performing arts in contemporary Southeast Asia in their contexts. While the different art practices, notions, institutions, and art worlds discussed in the module may be labelled traditional, tribal, modern, or contemporary, none of these terms fully expresses how each artistic phenomenon continues the artistic/ cultural history of the region and at the same time is part of the contemporary artistic, cultural, and social landscape. The module explores these and other issues through studying specific cases. The focus is on the present, but historical background will also be important to understanding the current situation. 

SE5229 Anthropological Approaches to SE Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil  
This course looks at the relationship between culture, society and politics in Southeast Asia from an anthropological perspective. It highlights the main shifts in anthropological approaches to culture and society that have emerged with the newer understandings about power and history in social sciences. In particular, it examines changes within the interpretive perspective - a perspective most closely associated with Clifford Geertz, a celebratory figure in Southeast Asian anthropology - to bring out the problems in the anthropological construction, interpretation and representation of culture to enable a more critical conceptualization of culture and society in Southeast Asia.

SE5233 Economies of Southeast Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): IZ5103, SE6233. 
Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module reviews the economic development experiences of Southeast Asian economies in the post-second World War years in order to provide a broad picture of the transformation that have characterised these economies from low-income to medium- and high-income levels, and from agricultural, agrarian-based societies to manufacturing- and/ or services-oriented economies. This module focuses on three aspects; namely, (a) the growth and development of Southeast Asian economies including their determinants, (b) an analysis of the different models of development including their relevance to Southeast Asian economies, with special attention paid to the importance of policy reforms, and (c) the various economic crises that have affected the Southeast Asian economies including their causes, consequences, policy responses and implications.

SE5234 The Political Economy of Southeast Asia
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module examines the issues of development in Southeast Asia in terms of the interplay of economic and political factors. There will be a focus on the various types of roles that the state plays in the process of economic development. Seen against the diversity of Southeast Asia, such a focus will enrich the student’s understanding through relevant comparative case studies.

SE5241 Country Studies: Mainland SE Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module provides detailed studies of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and/ or Vietnam, including their societies, history, politics, relations with each other and the rest of the world. The focus will vary, depending on staff expertise, student interest and contemporary developments. 

SE5242 Country Studies: Thailand 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module aims to study contemporary and recent economic, social and political trends in Thailand. In doing so, it will draw upon models and interpretations of Thai socio-economic and power structures which have been developed by political scientists and anthropologists. Topics for study will include the role of key institutions and interest groups - the monarchy, Buddhist Sangha, bureaucracy and military, political parties and the new middle class. 

SE5243 Country Studies: Indonesia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module aims to study contemporary and recent economic, social and political trends in Indonesia. In doing so, it will draw upon models and interpretations of Indonesia socio-economic and power structures which have been developed by political scientists and anthropologists. Topics for study will include the role of key institutions and interest groups - monarchy, bureaucracy, military, political parties and the new middle class. 

SE5244 Country Studies: The Philippines 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module provides graduate students at the M.A. level with the foundations and tools to understand the problems and challenges the Philippines faces today. At the core of the study will be a history of the Philippines since independence in 1946, focussing on the effects of colonial rule, nationalism, political crises, and the economic underpinnings of the nation-state. Topics for study will vary depending on staff expertise.

SE5245 Country Studies: Malaysia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-4-3 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module provides a multi-stranded approach to understand major political, economic and socio-cultural transformations in contemporary Malaysia. The module will investigate into issues relevant to Malaysian societal transformations such as ethno-religious politicization, consociational politics, developmentalism, money-politics, Islamism, cultural fragmentation, political feminism, “captured” civil society, and so on. Each them will be explored with the aim of developing integrated and comprehensive understanding of modern Malaysia.

SE5262 Issues in Conflict Management in SEA
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
The objective of the module is to understand cross-cultural issues and differences in negotiation and conflict management and to provide skills training in dealing with these differences.

SE5263 Cultural Resource Management in SE Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Rapidly changing political and economic factors are creating a number of different sets of problems and opportunities for the preservation and protection of cultural resources in Southeast Asia. In this module, students will compare the policies of different Southeast Asian countries as well as relevant neighbouring regions. The varying emphases placed on different components of the policy mix (museums, historic preservation, development and marketing) in different countries will be compared. Students will be required to devise suggested strategic plans for integrating heritage tourism into long-term preservation policies. 

SE5264 Archaeology and Art of Ancient Southeast Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-0-7 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
New techniques of research and analysis regularly yield important new insights on the forebears of modern Southeast Asia. Research projects currently in progress focus on such topics as prehistoric human demography, relationships between humans and the environment, early urbanization, the development of monumental architecture, and maritime trade with neighbouring regions. This module surveys the most important recent discoveries of sites and artefacts, and the new perspectives on Southeast Asian cultures and societies which these finds have already revealed or are likely to open up in the near future. 

SE5281 Socio-Linguistics in Southeast Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-5-2 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module will explore the region's great cultural and linguistic complexity, drawing on understanding derived from socio-historical linguistics and cultural studies. Topics will include the linguistic history of Southeast Asia, the use of linguistic data in investigating other areas of culture and society, multilingualism, arts, and culture and the state.

SE5294 The Politics of Environment in SE Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s): Nil 
Preclusion(s): GE5215 
Cross-listing(s): GE5215 
The growth and development that has taken place not only in the Southeast Asian region but also in the rest of the world is commonly viewed to have a negative impact on the environment in the region. Is it necessarily true? Are there positive effects as well? This module will evaluate the link between the developmental process and the environment including an analysis of the problems, the proposed solutions, and the actual policies implemented. 

SE5660 Independent Study 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 0-0-0-0-10 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Southeast Asian Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. Head's and/ or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval. 

SE6214 Studies In Southeast Asian Politics 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module offers theoretical and comparative perspectives on contemporary Southeast Asian politics. It explores the specificities as well as transformations of government institutions, political parties, military institutions, electoral systems, interest groups, and civil society in Southeast Asia in the light of domestic, regional, and international forces and examines some of the theoretical and comparative challenges in analysing contemporary political dynamics and configurations in the region.

SE6227 Postcolonialism in Southeast Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-0-7 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module explores ways of understanding the specificities and social realities of thought, action, and cultural subjectivities in Southeast Asia and how postcolonial approaches offer some answers but also pose further questions to the project of understanding local difference in Southeast Asia. It offers an introduction to major controversies in the study of local difference in Southeast Asia and explores their linkages as well as challenges to postcolonial premises, analytical concepts, and critical procedures. 

SE6233 Economic Development Issues in SE Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-0-7 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This module is designed for Ph.D. students who seek to understand the similarities and differences between the economies of the Southeast Asian states. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of their growth and development experiences. The various domestic and external factors affecting the growth and development performances of these economies, non-economic factors included, are also covered. The module also examines the contemporary political and social issues affecting the economies of the region. An interdisciplinary attitude towards the study of economic development issues is encouraged.

SE6293 International Issues in Southeast Asia 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-5-2 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Governments and people in Southeast Asia are linked through a variety of processes, such as formal inter-state diplomacy, trade, transboundary pollution flows and security cooperation. This module examines selected international and transnational issues affecting Southeast Asia, covering topics on conflict and cooperation in military, political, economic and social affairs. It aims to introduce students to both historical and contemporary aspects of the region's international relations, and to discuss different approaches to the analysis of international issues in Southeast Asia. It is an intensive module for students wishing to study at the advanced graduate level. 

SE6660 Independent Study 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 0-0-0-0-10 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Southeast Asian Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. Head's and/ or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval

SE6770 Graduate Research Seminar 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 3-0-0-1-6 
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This is a required module for all research Masters and Ph.D. students admitted from AY2004/ 2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded "Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory" on the basis of student presentation and participation.