Cambridge International Examinations - General Certificate of Education - Ordinary Level History

Modular Description
Module EB0003 (Cambridge International Examinations - GCE Ordinary Level History) aims to provide students with a basic grasp of Southeast Asian History using Syllabus 2158 of CIE.

Syllabus Outline
Students will study the following topics:


 * The Japanese Occupation
 * Malaya (present-day Malaysia) and the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia)
 * Domestic and foreign issues since independence.
 * The Indonesian Revolution

Schedule

 * Week 1: Administration of the Malay States, 1874-1941
 * Week 2: Administration of the Malay States, 1874-1941
 * Week 3: Formation of the Straits Settlements
 * Week 4: Administration of the Dutch East Indies
 * Week 5: Japanese occupation and impact
 * Week 6: Post-War Nationalism and Constitutional Developments
 * Week 7: Post-War Nationalism and Constitutional Developments
 * Week 8: Domestic and foreign issues since independence
 * Week 9: Domestic and foreign issues since independence / Revision
 * Week 10: Final Paper

Assignments

 * Describe the events since the Second World War that led to:
 * the creation of the Federation of Malaya in 1948;
 * the creation of Malaysia in 1963;
 * the secession of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
 * To what extent, during the years 1965-91, have the governments of both Malaysia and Singapore proved stable?
 * While stability is the dominant impression, reserve marks in the higher range for those who do indicate the opposite, e.g. conflict with Chinese, suspension of parliamentary government in 1971. 1

Lessons
Week 1: Administration of the Malay States, 1874-1941

List of students and contributors

 * Lockleong93 (Modular Coordinator)
 * ValerietheBlonde (Student)
 * lcaro88 (Student)
 * [[User:Dantovski] [Dantovski] (Student)
 * dgeary (Student)

Related Schools & Departments

 * School of History
 * Department of European History
 * Department of Indic History
 * Department of Philosophy of History
 * Department of Southeast Asian History

Related External Pages

 * Cambridge International Examinations - GCE Ordinary Level History