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AIF146 - Our Northern Neighbour: Understanding Indonesia

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Paul Thomas
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: AIF141
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week

1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)

1 x 1-hour online seminar per week

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

Indonesia is one of Australia’s closest neighbours and the fourth most populous nation on earth. Despite obvious cultural differences, Australia and Indonesia share many aspirations and our futures are inevitably inter-dependent. It is hugely important that our nations’ people develop a better understanding of each other. This unit explores the diversity of the Indonesian people across the huge archipelago, including its geography, history, language and culture. Students will develop an understanding of how Indonesia’s long history and its cultural and ethnic diversity has shaped Indonesia’s society today.

Learning Outcomes

ULO These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)

ULO1

Identify and analyse a range of social and cultural practices of modern Indonesian society

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Evaluate the relationship between Indonesia and Australia in historical and contemporary contexts and explain the complexities of this relationship using a variety of media

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Explain Indonesia's historical development and identify issues of language, culture and/or ethnic diversity that continue to shape Indonesian society today

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Presentation 1200 words
in English
30% Week 5
Assessment 2: Quiz 800 words
in English
20% Week 9
Assessment 3: Essay 2000 words
in English
50% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for AIF146 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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