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School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
ASIA3039 Research Project in Asian and Pacific Studies provides students with an opportunity to conduct an in-depth review of the literature on a topic of their interest in the Humanities and Social Sciences, with an Asia Pacific focus. Students develop their research paper along with a select cohort of peers. Each student receives close guidance from the program convenor and professional academic skills advisers as well as structured peer input; students also learn to formulate and provide constructive criticism of others’ work and to edit their own work. This systematic approach helps to appropriately frame the research questions, define the literature to be reviewed, and structure the paper. As the first of an optional two-part undergraduate research sequence in Majors associated with the Bachelor of Asian Studies, ASIA3039 will help to provide a foundation for the subsequent ASIA3012, as well as avenues to and skills for to independent research with guidance from an academic supervisor in Work-Integrated-Learning and/or Honours research.
Assessment will be based on a literature review paper of 4500 words, including notes but not including bibliography, plus a presentation of findings to peers and academic supervisors. The disciplinary area and topic of the review will be decided by the student and PhB convenor in consultation.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Active participation in unstructured in-class discussion is expected and constitutes 10% of the final grade.
Learning outcomes 3, 6
Active participation in structured prompting and peer feedback, both online and in face-to-face group work, is expected and constitutes 10% of the final grade.
Learning outcomes 3, 4, 6
This course requires a total of 130 hours of work on the following activities: 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks and 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Textbook #1: Efron (2018). Efron, Sara Efrat, and Ruth Ravid. 2019. Writing the Literature Review: A Practical Guide. New York: Guilford Press. https://anu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61ANU_INST/1b9evlp/alma991002065819707631 Textbook #2: Mullaney & Rea (2022). Mullaney, Thomas S., and Christopher G. Rea. 2022. Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World). Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing. Chicago, Illinois. The University of Chicago Press. https://anu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61ANU_INST/auraal/alma991026996442507631 Preliminary Reading ANU. 2021. 'Key Ethical Concerns: Human Research Ethics Committee', Accessed December 13. https://services.anu.edu.au/research-support/ethics-integrity/key-ethical-concerns. Braudel, Fernand. 2009 [1958]. 'History and the Social Sciences: the Longue Duree', Review, XXXII 171-203. Dietz, Thomas, Rachael L. Shwom, and Cameron T. Whitley. 2020. 'Climate Change and Society', Annual Review of Sociology, 46: 135-58. Dooly, Melinda, Emilee Moore, and Claudia Vallejo. 2017. 'Research Ethics.' in Melinda Dooly, Emilee Moore and Claudia Vallejo (eds.), Qualitative Approaches to Research on Plurilingual Education (Research-publishing.net). Efron, Sara Efrat, and Ruth Ravid. 2019. Writing the literature review: A practical guide (Guilford Press: New York). George, Alexander, and Andrew Bennett. 2005. Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (MIT Press: Cambridge). Klinenberg, Eric, Malcolm Araos, and Liz Koslov. 2020. 'Sociology and the Climate Crisis', Annual Review of Sociology, 46: 649-69. Lawrence, Roderick J. 2015. 'Advances in transdisciplinarity: Epistemologies, methodologies and processes', Futures, 65 Le Guin, Ursula. 1973. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (https://www.worldcat.org/title/ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/oclc/25282554/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true). Mullaney, Thomas S., and Christopher G. Rea. 2022. Where research begins : choosing a research project that matters to you (and the world) (The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois ;). Randolph, Justus. 2009. 'A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review', Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 14: 13. Smith, Deborah. 2003. 'Five Principles for Research Ethics: Cover Your Bases with These Ethical Strategies', Monitor: The American Psychological Association, 34: 56. Stember, Marilyn. 1991. 'Advancing the social sciences through the interdisciplinary enterprise', The Social Science Journal, 28: 1-14.