THE BASICS:
Lecturers:
Dr Pattana Kitiarsa (NUS)
A/P John Miksic (NUS)
A/P Cynthia Chou (COP)
Field Trip:
Cambodia, Laos and Thailand (Option A); or Java, Indonesia (Option B)
Tuition: SGD5,180
Accommodation:
SGD555
(for 5 weeks)
Target audience:
Undergraduate
students across academic majors with strong interest in Southeast Asia
About the National University of Singapore
Founded in1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS)
is Singapore's flagship university which offers a global approach to
education and research, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise.
Its holistic educational approach is supported by its dedication to
strategic research in key areas such as engineering, life sciences and
biomedicine, social sciences and natural sciences. NUS' cosmopolitan
community of students from over 100 countries further provides a diverse
social and cultural educational experience. As a globally-oriented
institution that strives towards the nurturing of an innovative community
amongst students, NUS is an active partner in numerous activities,
particularly the Global Summer Program and the Global Internship Program.
NUS also spearheads discussions in areas such as global education and
the value of research intensive universities. NUS President Professor Tan
Chorh Chuan is the incumbent IARU Chairman. For more information, visit http://www.nus.edu.sg/
Southeast Asia in Context
Hosted by the National University of Singapore
20 June – 23 July, 2011
The Southeast Asia in Context (SEAiC) GSP course is a 5-week
thematically based exploration of Southeast Asia's geographical and cultural
diversity. It takes advantage of
Singapore's position and character as a microcosm of this diversity. SEAiC offers
modules on Southeast Asian Studies with archaeological, anthropological and
historical concentrations. It also
blends classroom instruction on NUS Kent Ridge campus with hands-on fieldwork
at sites in Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia. You can also hear more about the course from
the following YouTube videos (link 1 & link 2)
Testimonials
“The 5 weeks I spent in Singapore, Thailand, and Cambodia were the most enlightening, transformative weeks of my life. I, like most of the other Yale students, came into the program with little to no background about the region we would be studying. This was really the only opportunity I had to study Southeast Asia, because classes on the region's history, politics, and culture are simply not offered at Yale. Although I wish I'd had more background to better understand the material, I nevertheless feel that I learned more in these 5 weeks than I learned in many of my semester long classes back in New Haven. This was largely a result of the field trip. I only wish the program could have been longer so that we could have traveled more extensively.”
- Ruth Montiel, 2010 participant from Yale University
“The Southeast Asia in Context program has been quite an experience. The international environment with students
from very different academic and cultural backgrounds which provide a valuable
contribution to any student of any age, culture and field of academic interest.
The intensity of the course at NUS as
well as the field trip itself has at times been stressful, but a few days of
rest after completion has lead to more of the impressions to really sink in,
and for me personally this has been a major influence on my further advancement
in the world of academia. I know a lot
of my fellow students have changed their major or chosen courses for the next
semester based on parts of what they learned during the program.”
- Simon Storm, 2010 participant from the University of Copenhagen
NUS Summer Internship
The National University of Singapore offers a series of research and administrative internship opportunities for IARU students. Please visit http://www.iaruni.org/internships for more information. Internships run 23 May - 15 July.
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