Disciplines and areas of study
Indonesian
Program Coordinator: Dr Novi Djenar.
Indonesian is the national language of the world’s fourth most populous country and Australia’s important neighbour. The study of Indonesian has two major objectives. One is to equip students with appropriate knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in this language. The other is to develop a sympathetic understanding of the complex and diverse cultures of Indonesia and the Malay world: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.
In-country study
Students have the further opportunity, through formal classes and fieldwork, to develop practical language skills and to study the life, culture, and institutions of a South-East Asian country where Indonesian is used in everyday life. This work is normally undertaken within the framework of a course in Indonesian for foreign speakers, provided by one of the major Indonesian or Malaysian universities. Completion of a four-week course will be credited as 20 credit points, while completion of a six-week course will be credited as 40 credit points. Students are responsible for their own expenses. Students may take a maximum of 80 credit points of in-country study units towards their degree.
Students must seek permission from the Asian Studies Convenor in advance if they wish to take up this option.
Programs of study
To qualify for a degree with a major in Indonesian, a student must normally complete 110 credit points of Indonesian 1, 2 and 3, as well as 20 credit points of INM3TDA, INM3TDB or a relevant unit from another discipline such as linguistics, politics or sociology. Students are advised to note the prerequisites for the linguistics, politics, and sociology units that they wish to be included in the major. Students wishing to qualify as language teachers in schools are required to complete the third year advanced level of the language, in order to be able to take Indonesian as a teaching method towards the Diploma of Education.
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| First year units / core language units (15 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Indonesian Advanced 1A | INM1ADA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Indonesian Beginners 1A | INM1BEA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Indonesian Advanced 1B | INM1ADB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Indonesian Beginners 1B | INM1BEB |
| Second year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Indonesian Advanced 2A | INM2ADA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Indonesian Beginners 2A | INM2BEA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Indonesian Advanced 2B | INM2ADB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Indonesian Beginners 2B | INM2BEB |
| Second or third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Cross-cultural Communication | LIN2CCC/LIN3CCC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Development, Globalisation and Culture | ANT2DGC/ANT3DGC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Goddesses, Sexuality and Liberation: India and beyond | AST2GSL/AST3GSL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Buddhism | AST2INB/AST3INB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Love and Eroticism in Asian Literature1 | AST2LEA/AST3LEA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Translation and Discussion A | INM2TDA/INM3TDA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australian Foreign Policy | POL2AAW/POL3AAW |
| TE-SEM-2 | Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition1 | LIN2BSA/LIN3BSA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Ethnographic Research | ANT2MQA/ANT3MQA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Hinduism1 | AST2INH/AST3INH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Language in Asia1 | LIN2LIA/LIN3LIA |
| TE-SEM-2 | South-East Asian Politics: change and conflict | POL2SEA/POL3SEA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Translation and Discussion B | INM2TDB/INM3TDB |
| Third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Indonesian Advanced 3A | INM3ADA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Indonesian Beginners 3A | INM3BEA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Indonesian Advanced 3B | INM3ADB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Indonesian Beginners 3B | INM3BEB |
- Key: 1 Not available in 2008.
Prescribed reading
All students taking language units more advanced than INM1BEA Indonesian Beginners 1A should acquire the following texts:
- Echols, J. M., and Shadily, H. An Indonesian-English dictionary. Gramedia 1989
- Echols, J. M., and Shadily, H. Kamus Inggris-Indonesia. Gramedia 1989
- Either Mintz, M. A student’s grammar of Malay and Indonesian. EPB Publishers 1994 or Sneddon, J. Indonesian reference grammar. Allen & Unwin 1996.
Honours
Students wishing to enter the fourth year honours program in Indonesian should have a consistently high level of performance in Indonesian at the second and third year levels (normally at a level of B or above) and have satisfied requirements for the Bachelor of Arts pass degree. Indonesian 4 comprises a combination of coursework (50%) and a minor thesis (50%).
Coursework
Students must complete 60 credit points of coursework in their honours year. Students may be able to undertake some coursework components in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, or Brunei. They will be required to return to the university by the beginning of the second semester in order to prepare and submit their minor thesis. Details of overseas study opportunities are available from the Honours Coordinator.
Thesis
Students must prepare, under supervision, a minor thesis of 12000 to 15000 words. The topic must be agreed upon by the student and their supervisor(s) at the beginning of the course and should be written in English.
A full description of these units (including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites, and readings) appears at the end of each discipline entry. A full description of INM units appears below. For the most recent descriptions of all units, please access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.