The University of Sydney Faculty of Arts Handbook 1998
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The University of Sydney Faculty of Arts Handbook 1998 EINGSMEERIENINat we sco pe: The Onluersit of Srdne The University's homepage tells you all about courses at Sydney, some careers they can lead to, and what university life is like. The interactive website, with video and sound clips, has links to the University faculties and departments. You can explore the University of Sydney at http://www.usyd.edu.au Communications should be addressed to: The University of Sydney N.S.W. 2006 Telephone (02) 9351 2222 Faculty of Arts Telephone (02) 9351 7111 (recorded information) Telephone (02) 9351 6677/6387 (initial enquiries) Facsimile (02) 9351 2045 Email [email protected] Faculty of Arts Handbook 1998 ©The University of Sydney 1997 ISSN 1323-0344 The information in this Handbook is subject to approval and/or change by the Faculty or the University. Students should always check the accuracy of the information with Faculty staff. The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Printed in Australia by Printing Headquarters, Sydney, NSW. Semester and Vacation Dates 1998 Semester Day 1998 First Semester lectures begin Monday 2 March Easter recess Last day of lectures Thursday 9 April Lectures resume Monday 20 April Study vacation 1 week beginning Monday 15 June Examinations commence Monday 22 June Second Semester lectures begin Monday 27 July Mid-semester recess Last day of lectures Friday 25 September Lectures resume Tuesday 6 October Study vacation 1 week beginning Monday 9 November Examinations commence Monday 16 November Latest Dates for Withdrawals and Discontinuations Day 1998 Semester 1 Courses Last day for Withdrawal Tuesday 31 March Last day to Discontinue with Permission Friday 17 April Last day to Discontinue Friday 19 June Semester 2 Courses Last day for Withdrawal Monday 31 August Last day to Discontinue with Permission Friday 4 September Last day to Discontinue Friday 13 November Full Year Courses Last day for Withdrawal Tuesday 31 March Last day to Discontinue with Permission Friday 31 July Last day to Discontinue Friday 13 November Please note: No discontinuations can be made after 13 November 1998 Contents 1. Message from the Dean 1 Semitic Studies 257 Social Anthropology 101 2. Brief introduction to Undergraduate Social Work, Social Policy & Sociology 267 Degrees & Diplomas 3 Spanish and Latin American Studies 221 Undergraduate Degree courses 3 Thai 164 Diplomas 3 Hindu & Urdu 148 Combined Degrees 3 Women's Studies 274 Frequently Asked Questions 3 Yiddish 266 3. Table of Units of Study 5 5. Regulations covering each Table A - Arts Units of Study 5 undergraduate degree 277 Table B - Units of Study Available BA Degree regulations 277 in Other Departments 69 Diploma regulations 281 Faculty policy relating to BA 4. Undergraduate units of candidature and Diploma candidature 283 study descriptions 100 Aboriginal Studies 100 6. Other Information 287 Ancient History 109 Degree structure 288 Anthropology 101 Staff List 293 Arab World, Islam & the Middle East 258 Arabic 257 7. General Information 300 Art History and Theory 128 Archaeology, (Prehistoric and Historical) 121 8. Glossary of Terms 303 Archaeology of the Near East 125 Archaeology, Classics & Ancient History 126 Map of Main Campus 306 Asian Studies 135 Map of Arts Buildings Australian Studies 183 Biblical Studies 260 Celtic Studies 165 Chinese 138 Classic Civilisation 112 English 167 European Studies 185 French Studies 188 Germanic Studies 199 Greek, Ancient (Classical) 113 Greek, Modern 229 Greek and Roman Literature 116 Hebrew 260 History 205 Indian Sub-Continental Studies 148 Indonesian and Malayan Studies 149 Italian 213 Japanese 152 Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture 263 Korean 161 Latin 117 Linguistics 221 Mathematics and Statistics - General Statistical Methods 226 Medieval Studies 226 Music 232 Performance Studies 239 Philosophy 242 Religious Studies 252 Sanskrit 164 Semiotics 256 Message from the Dean I extend a warm welcome to commencing and continuing students in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Sydney. Students in this University are part of a "community of scholars", a very long tradition which includes teachers and students in the circles of scholarship, teaching, learning and research. The Faculty of Arts embraces that long tradition, and adds to it a set of values and practices which reach out to the broader community, locally, nationally and internationally. The University does this through the talented students from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds who enrol in our courses with their aspirations to participate in an outstanding scholarly and vocational environment and to prepare themselves for careers and professions which are personally fulfilling and make a social contribution. Also, our academic staff continue their own active learning through their high level research and scholarship, making national and international linkages with their disciplines, professions, the arts, literary and media communities, with industry, government, community organisations, fulfilling our responsibilities as educators, researchers and in community service. The Faculty of Arts is both a community of scholars within its walls, its lecture theatres, seminar and tutorial rooms, language laboratories, excellent University library and museums, and also an integral part of the wider community. As students in the Faculty of Arts you are undertaking studies in fields which are central to the social, cultural, linguistic and intellectual development of Australian society: indeed central to our living standards and quality of life. In choosing to study in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, languages, music, in the Bachelor of Arts degree, the Bachelor of Liberal Studies or in one of the Arts combined degrees with Law, Science, Commerce, Social Work, Music, Engineering or Theology, you have not only chosen fields of study imbued with the spirit of learning for its own intrinsic human, social and cultural values, but chosen studies which are as vocationally relevant as the more apparently professional fields of scholarship. You will be aware that a dichotomy exists in popular thinking between, on the one hand, learning for its own intrinsic pleasure - the thirst for knowledge and understanding both of the contemporary world and of the past which has shaped our diverse cultures, languages, literatures, music and artistic expressions, and, on the other hand, learning which is seen as vocationally oriented. This is a mistaken, in fact dangerous dichotomy. Scholarship concerned with acquiring, understanding and applying knowledge, involving rigorous analysis and critical inquiry, interpretations of human life and our social and cultural interconnections, the development of new ideas and new ways of understanding and shaping our futures, is as relevant and "useful" in the worlds of employment in the professions, government, business, industry and the community services as are studies within designated professional boundaries. The contributions made and yet to be made by the intensive study of history, English and Australian literature, philosophy, European, Asian and Classical languages and cultures, social sciences, music and performing arts to the social and cultural development of Australia and our region are as significant as the contributions made by science, technology and commerce. It is the interconnections of all these fields of inquiry and endeavour which are necessary to ensure the best distribution of high living standards and the quality of social and cultural life to which we all aspire. As students you are participating therefore not only in a proud tradition, but in the creation of a vibrant future. You are joining a body of about 6400 students, consisting of around 4800 undergraduates and 1600 postgraduates, with an academic staff of about 300 and 85 general staff. Students come from a diversity of backgrounds: Australian and overseas born, of English and non-English speaking backgrounds, domestic and international students, students of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, recent school leavers and older students who may have begun or completed other forms of vocational or higher education, with a range of employment experiences, all creating a richness in the student population which contributes to the scholarly debates in formal tutorials and seminars and in your informal discussions. You will find that courses which you have the opportunity to study in your Arts degree are located not only within the departments and inter- departmental centres which are in the Faculty itself, but also in other departments outside of Arts, specifically in Science, Economics and Education. In this way, the University and its courses transcend boundaries, provide opportunities for studies in depth and in breadth, provide the chance for you to specialise in your preferred disciplinary fields of European, Asian, Middle Eastern or classical languages, history (ancient and modem), anthropology, philosophy, English, linguistics, sociology, art history and theory, music, archaeology, government, economics, mathematics, psychology, geography and others, and also to combine your interests in interdisciplinary programs like. Women's Studies, Aboriginal Studies, European Studies, Celtic Studies, Religious Studies and Performance Studies (amongst others). Your future may see you take a fourth year to do an honours degree, and the Faculty of Arts is proud of its advanced level courses which attract students who wish to undertake research