AMU3248 Field methods in anthropology and international development
Faculty of Arts
AMU3248 Field methods in anthropology and international development is a level 3, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2025
- Other periods
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before AMU3248
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After AMU3248
No unit lists AMU3248 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3248, APG4248
Pre-requisite: Must have completed 12 credit points of Level 2 Arts units
Overview
The unit involves a field trip within Malaysia that provides you with formal and applied training in qualitative and ethnographic field research methods. The unit consists of a two-week travel that includes a field site visit, in which you will work with the Australian-based unit coordinator, local staff members from the School of Arts and Social Sciences (Monash Malaysia) and the Southeast Asian Community Observatory (SEACO) to conduct small-scale research projects, gather data in the field, analyse, and present findings. You also spend time at Monash Malaysia Sunway campus at the start and end of the field trip, with briefings and introductory presentations by academic staff, and data analysis and debriefing workshops at the end. In this briefing, you also learn about the socioeconomic and development context of Malaysia and the districts in which you will conduct your research. You will engage with the ethical issues of field research in regional Malaysia. You also learn about the aims, objectives and research methods of the research platform in which your field project is situated.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 2 | Malaysia | Block on |
Assessment
- Literature reviewWritten25%
- Research proposalWritten25%
- Presentation20%
- Research projectWritten30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
explain the historical, social, cultural, economic and public health dimensions of the Malaysian research context;
- 2
discuss the ethical dimensions of community-based research in Malaysia, including those issues particular to the research setting or platform of their field project (example: SEACO or other research program);
- 3
utilise qualitative and ethnographic research methods;
- 4
develop a research question, designing appropriate research field methods, gathering data, and analysing that data;
- 5
working with field interpreters, and working in complex cross-cultural settings;
- 6
communicate in a presentation and written report the significance, design and findings of a small-scale research project;
- 7
critically analyse some of the key sustainable development issues facing communities in peri-urban and regional Malaysia.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops84 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachField trips
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 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
- Dr Stefan Baechtold
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Stefan Baechtold
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AMU3248?
AMU3248 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is AMU3248 offered?
AMU3248 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is AMU3248?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does AMU3248 have an exam?
No. AMU3248 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.