UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

ATS3089 Social institutions and power in Asia

Faculty of Arts

ATS3089 Social institutions and power in Asia is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2025 in Summer A at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2025
Summer A
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ATS3089

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After ATS3089

No unit lists ATS3089 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisite: 12 credit points of level 2 Arts units

Prohibition: ATS2089

Overview

In this unit you will examine social institutions as sites for the exercise of power among individuals, organisations and states in Asia. You will consider institutions such as education, law, family, mass media, religion and business are examined from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, using contemporary case studies drawn from across the Asian region. You will explore how policy, discourse and practice surrounding social institutions shape and are shaped by individual action, and how the study of social institutions can enrich understanding of the cultures.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
Summer semester AClaytonFlx blk

Assessment

  • Online quizzesQuiz / Test
    25%
  • Practice portfolioPortfolio
    25%
  • Research projectProject
    50%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Identify the key contemporary social institutions in a variety of local, national and transnational contexts in Asia;

  2. 2

    Demonstrate a critical understanding of the key changes in social organisation and lifestyles in Asia today, and the regional and global dimensions of these changes;

  3. 3

    Apply a range of disciplinary approaches to analyse major contemporary issues in Asian societies;

  4. 4

    Employ appropriate strategies for communicating the findings of analysis to a range of audiences and stakeholders;

  5. 5

    Reflect on the relevance of Asian experiences of social change to other national and individual circumstances;

  6. 6

    Understand how cultural context affects the dynamics of individual and group empowerment in Asian societies, and communicate that understanding to others;

  7. 7

    Read critically and engage with existing research, with the potential to facilitate life-long learning;

  8. 8

    Demonstrate independent research skills including enquiry techniques, critical thinking, and advanced skills of oral and written communication.

Workload and teaching

  • Tutorials24 hours
  • Lectures12 hours
  • Teaching approachProblem-based learning
  • Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachResearch activities

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.

This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.

This unit engages you in enquiry-based learning, where you will be encouraged to use your own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.

This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.

This unit allows you to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.

Learning resources

Required resources

This unit requires access to a laptop that meets minimum specifications (https://www.monash.edu/esolutions/students/bring-your-own-device-byod). Free specialist software is available via MoVE (https://www.monash.edu/learning-teaching/innovation/learning-technologies/move).

Where it fits

ATS3089 is part of 8 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Associate Professor Jeremy Breaden
Unit Coordinators
Associate Professor Jeremy Breaden

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS3089?

ATS3089 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS3089 offered?

In 2025, ATS3089 runs in Summer A at Clayton.

How much work is ATS3089?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ATS3089 have an exam?

No. ATS3089 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include ATS3089?

ATS3089 is part of Chinese studies, Global Asia, Indonesian studies, Japanese studies and Korean studies.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
Japanese Studies
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Available