AMU2690 Discovering the Asia-Pacific study trips
Faculty of Arts
AMU2690 Discovering the Asia-Pacific study trips is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before AMU2690
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After AMU2690
No unit lists AMU2690 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Students enrolling into these units must also have enrolled into courses A2006, A2007 or A2011.
Prerequisite: 48 credit points of first year Arts units study in Monash Malaysia or its equivalent
Overview
The unit provides learning opportunities for students to become experientially and intellectually literate with the varied contemporary social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental realities of various countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The specific focus for the study trip will vary each year. They will cover topics in environment and human development, everyday identities and identity politics, media and popular culture, and democracy and social movements. The overall pedagogical stress is on critically mapping and understanding various kinds of social transformations in the Asia-Pacific region.
Each year, one or two countries would form the focus/foci of study.
The unit comprises a mix of pre-study trip preparatory lectures (including film screenings), a series of lectures, talks and immersion activities facilitated by various institutes and civil society groups during the study trip proper, and the submission of a post-study trip portfolio.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for AMU2690.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Recognise and explain the key socio-cultural, economic, political, developmental and environmental challenges facing the country/countries visited in relation to the wider Asia-Pacific region;
- 2
Evaluate a range of social responses to these challenges in the Asia-Pacific region;
- 3
Critically reflect on the application of their theoretical knowledge to real-world issues;
- 4
Communicate effectively in both written, digital and oral formats;
- 5
Work collaboratively;
- 6
Identify and utilise skills in intercultural competency.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Yeoh Seng Guan
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Yeoh Seng Guan
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AMU2690?
AMU2690 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is AMU2690 offered?
AMU2690 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is AMU2690?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.