International Master In Asean Studies (IMAS)

This International Master in ASEAN Studies programme provides an advanced level of understanding of the political, economic, social and cultural forces which shape ASEAN as well as the attendant policy process in a range of issue areas. It does so through a consideration of four aspects of ASEAN;

1.    To offer an analysis of the historical, social and cultural forces that have shaped Southeast Asia as a macro-region in the world order;

 

2.    To consider the contested nature of theoretical concepts – how the same basic categories are understood in partially different ways in competing theoretical approaches to regionalism and regionalization, and how some concepts belong more to some theories than to others;

 

3.    To assess the institutional arrangements, changing policy agenda and governance issues of ASEAN in the contemporary period; and

 

4.    To compare the key characteristics of ASEAN with analogous developments in regional associations elsewhere in the world.

 OBJECTIVES

The programme aims to critically asses the significance of ASEAN as a regional organization in terms of theoretical, conceptual and empirical debates from a range of social science disciplines. On completion of this programme, students should have;

1.    Arrived at an informed understanding of the need for concepts in understanding ASEAN and explored these concepts in some detail;

 

2.    Acquired knowledge of the context, institutional framework, issue agenda and governance mechanisms of ASEAN and interpreted several major issues assoiated with its contemporary development in some detail;

 

3.    Compared and evaluated ASEAN in the context of other regional and global developments; and

 

4.    Developed key analytical, interpretative, written and oral presentational, and practitioner skills.

 

This programme is designed for students for whom an MA will be a prelude to careers in fields related to business, international, regional, government and non-governmental organizations, or any career where advanced knowledge of ASEAN, regional integration and globalisation coupled with an advanced capacity to communicate effectively will be an advantage. It will appeal particularly to those with an interests in historical, cultural, political, cultural, political and economic aspects of regional integration.

 COURSES AND CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

1 year (full time) commencing September – August

 VISITNG PROFESSORS