Overview
Requisites
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Unit Coordinator(s)
Notes
- This unit is an international study program that requires an application to be enrolled and may incur additional cost.
- The unit may be offered in non-standard teaching periods.
- The unit may be offered as part of the Winter Arts Program.
Learning outcomes
An understanding of some of the key sustainable development issues facing communities in regional and rural Malaysia;
An understanding of the ethical dimensions of community-based research in Malaysia, including those issues particular to the research setting or platform of their field project (i.e. SEACO or other research program);
Formal training in qualitative and ethnographic research methods;
Field experience of developing a research question, designing appropriate research field methods, gathering data, and analysing that data;
Experience of working with field interpreters, and working in complex cross-cultural settings;
Experience of communicating in a presentation and written report the significance, design and findings of a small-scale research project.
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
Workload requirements
Other unit costs
Costs are indicative and subject to change.
International study tour cost estimate for planning purposes - $3,455
Expenses of a personal nature (e.g. visas, entrance fees, meals etc.) may also be at participant's expense unless specifically included in the tour arrangements.