Structure of the Fellowship Study Program

Recipients are required to successfully complete the following:

1. A one-hundred-hour Intensive English Language Proficiency Training Program for graduate study at Chulalongkorn University.

2. Curriculum A of the International Master Degree Program in Southeast Asian Studies at Chulaongkorn University. The curriculum is made up of the following:

1.1 A minimum of 24 credit hours of course work (8 courses), including at least 12 credit hours of required courses (4 courses), and at least 12 credit hours of elective courses (4 courses).*

1.2 One study tour (“Travelling Classroom”) in the Southeast Asian region.

1.3 A thesis equivalent to 12 credit hours, together with an oral examination on that thesis.

The following courses are required for graduation :

Southeast Asian Civilization

Course Description: Southeast Asian civilization as a product of the creative cultural life of several different races and peoples in Southeast Asia; the formation of various centers of early civilization in Southeast Asia resulting from geographical conditions, inter-regional and intra-regional contacts, cultural integration, and the rise of urban communities; the conditions that maintained the existence of each civilization center; the evolution of Southeast Asian civilization.

Modern Southeast Asia: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Democratization

Course Description: The unique character of modern Southeast Asia; creative processes by which Southeast Asians have been adapting their cultures to the world in change; factors influencing the emergence and development of Southeast Asia, including climate and ecology, science and technology, and intra-regional and international contacts; the arrival of Western colonialism and its impact on Southeast Asian economic, political and social, systems; the rise of nationalism; the democratization process in Southeast Asia.

ASEAN in a Regional and Global Context

Course Description: The emergence of ASEAN in Southeast Asia; ASEAN and its connections to Southeast Asian and world politics during and after the Cold War period; ASEAN and the problems of disunity and national interests among the individual members; external influences and internal resistance linked to the current status and future of ASEAN in world politics.

Research Methods in Southeast Asia

Course Description: Forms, methods, and direction of Southeast Asian studies structured and developed by colonial scholars; concept and ideology underlying noted works produced under the context of nationalism during the anti-colonial era; form, substance, and new direction of academic works on Southeast Asia created by American scholars during the cold war period; significant academic products of indigenous scholars after the cold war period and the methodology which emphasises internal dimension.(Please see attached document for elective course descriptions)
*Each course (3 credits) consists of 3 contact hours per week in class, 16 weeks per semester.

3. An additional six hours a week of English language proficiency training running parallel to the classes in the MA program during the first and the second semesters.