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II Language II UM Courses that include Indonesia II Independent studies and thesis supervision II Undergraduate concentration II Graduate Degree Program II Exchange programs in Indonesia II Internship Opportunities II Funding II The University (Asian Languages and Cultures-ALC and Center for Southeast Asian Studies-CSEAS) offers four levels of Indonesian language instruction during the regular academic year including a fourth-year course that encompasses literary and cultural topics. Additional levels of advanced tutoring including reading, writing, translation and research, are available with the option to earn independent study credits. Tutorials in Javanese language and literature are also available. Instructors: Margaretha Sudarsih and Nancy Florida, Asian Languages and Cultures. Instruction in Indonesian and Javanese language is also offered at the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) at University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as at accredited language programs and exchange programs in the U.S. and in Indonesia itself.
Many of our Southeast Asia courses include Indonesia in content, theory, and/or comparative analysis for both undergraduate and graduate courses. Such courses are offered in the Departments of History (Victor Lieberman, Rudolf Mrazek), Political Science (Allen Hicken), Anthropology (Webb Keane), Asian Languages and Cultures (Nancy Florida), Business (Linda Lim), and Music (Judith Becker, Susan Walton). In these region-wide courses, students can focus their individual term or research papers on Indonesian topics. Indonesia-specific courses include "Perspectives on Indonesia: Writing, History and Culture," taught by Nancy Florida; "Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia" taught by Webb Keane; and beginning and advanced Javanese gamelan, taught by Judith Becker and Susan Walton (but whenever possible, Javanese artists teach both Students can also explore the option of Indonesia-focused term papers for disciplinary non-area courses in particular disciplines or professional schools, by arrangement with the faculty member involved. From time to time, the university hosts visiting professors who teach courses focused on Indonesia, or give public lectures on their Indonesian research. Students may take independent study courses either with professors who are Southeast Asia or Indonesian specialists or professors in particular disciplines or professional schools who are willing to supervise Indonesian-focused independent study and theses in their particular subject area or topic of research interest. UM Library has an excellent collection of materials on Indonesia, and our Librarian, Susan Go, can help students and faculty come up with suitable reading lists for independent study and thesis research. Indonesia- or Southeast Asia-specialist faculty willing to supervise independent tudy and theses on Indonesia include: Judith Becker, Ethnomusicology (Southeast Asia music specialist) Note that whereas emeritus professors do not teach courses, they are available to Undergraduate concentrations on Indonesia are available through Asian Languages and Cultures, where the concentration advisor (Nancy Florida) determines the courses which may fulfill the concentration requirement in consultation with the student. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies offers an M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies degree which requires a minimum of two years of a Southeast Asian language (in this case, most likely Indonesian), 24 credits of Southeast Asia area courses at the graduate level, and a Master's thesis. Students pursuing Master's programs in the professional schools e.g. Business, Social Work, Urban Planning, may take Indonesian language and area courses as part of or adjuncts to their professional course-work requirements. Some schools (Business, Law) also offer a professional degree/M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies dual degree program. Students pursuing a Ph.D. enroll in their particular disciplinary department (e.g. Anthropology, History, Political Science) and may take Indonesian language and area courses as part of or adjuncts to their disciplinary course-work requirements.
On a competitive basis, CSEAS is offering summer study fellowships for undergraduate students of Indonesian language for summers 2004 and 2005. Non-UM opportunities for study in Indonesia include: the USIndo (US - Indonesia) language program and the COTIM Advanced Indonesian Abroad Program. Graduate students may structure individual exchanges with these and other universities based on their interests and CSEAS faculty contacts. On a competitive basis, CSEAS is offering funding for summer internships for undergraduate students of Indonesian language for summers 2004 and 2005. Students can also work with CSEAS faculty and UM alumni to develop individual internship experiences in Indonesia. Competitive funding for overseas internships is available through the International Institute (II) (for graduate students only), the UM Center for International Business Education, and other UM and external sources. The CSEAS student services coordinator will collect this information. CSEAS administers US Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship awards and awards for summer language study, for graduate students. Students studying Indonesia are eligible to apply for these awards. The center is committed to promoting a broader and deeper understanding of Southeast Asia and its peoples, cultures, and historiesby providing resources for faculty, students and the community to learn and disseminate knowledge about the region. |