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International Relations

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1.

Pre-requisites for the following units have changed:

GOVT2921 Intermediate International Relations: 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream or 12 Junior credit points in Government and International Relations

GOVT3622 Politics of Intl Economic Relations: 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream or 12 senior credit points in Government and International Relations

GOVT3664 Key Concepts in Political Thought: 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics OR International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream or 12 senior credit points in Government and International Relations

GOVT3665 Collateral Damage and The Cost of Conflict: 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics OR International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream or 12 senior credit points in Government and International Relations

GOVT3672 American Politics and Foreign Policy: 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics OR International Relations OR American Studies OR Politics and International Relations stream or 12 senior credit points in Government and International Relations

  11/1/2018
2.

The following unit is missing from the table. It is available as a selective unit.

PHIL3613 Philosophy of Human Rights Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: 1x2hr lecture/week, 1x1hr tutorial/week Prerequisites: 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy
Assessment: Tutorial participation (10%), 1x 2000 wds Midterm Essay (35%), 1x 2500 wds Final Essay (55%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day
Description: This unit addresses central themes from the history and philosophy of human rights. Topics may include justifications for human rights, dangers and threats to human rights, the meaning and role of dignity, tensions between human rights and state sovereignty, as well as wider themes in political thought such as equality, liberty, and power. Thinkers may include Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, Marx, Arendt, Levi, Rawls, and Nussbaum.

 5/2/2018
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

International Relations

Major
A major in International Relations requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of compulsory 1000-level core units *
(ii) 12 credit points of compulsory 2000-level core units *
(iii) 18 credit points of selective 3000-level units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project unit
* Selective units can replace core units already completed in another major

Minor
A minor in International Relations requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of compulsory 1000-level core units *
(ii) 12 credit points of compulsory 2000-level core units *
(iii) 12 credit points of selective 3000-level units
* If these compulsary core units have already been completed in another major, then they can be replaced with selectives.

1000 level units of study
Core
GOVT1621
Introduction to International Relations 		6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT1641
Introduction to Politics 		6      Semester 1
Semester 2
Selective
GOVT1661
Popular Culture and Politics 		6      Semester 1
Semester 2

2000 level units of study
Core
GOVT2991
Political Analysis 		6    P 12 Junior credit points with Credit or greater in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or International Relations
N GOVT2091
Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT2921
Intermediate International Relations 		6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream
Semester 1
Semester 2
Selective
GOVT2119
Southeast Asia: Dilemmas of Development 		6    P 12 Junior credit points each in either Government and International Relations or Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or International Relations
N GOVT2109
Semester 1
GOVT2225
International Security in 21st Century 		6    P 12 Junior credit points from Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or International Relations
N GOVT2205
Semester 1
GOVT2226
International Organisations 		6    P 12 Junior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or International Relations
N GOVT2206
Semester 2
GOVT2603
Media Politics and Political Communication 		6    P 12 Junior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 Junior credit points from GCST, SCLG, ANTH, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013 or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or International Relations
Semester 2
GOVT2617
Introduction to Non-Traditional Security 		6    P 12 Junior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or International Relations
Semester 1

3000 level units of study
Selective
GOVT3901
Digital Politics
This unit of study is not available in 2018

 6    P 12 Senior credit points from Government and International Relations
Semester 2
GOVT3980
Democracy and Dictatorship 		6    P 12 Senior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or International Relations
Semester 1
GOVT3986
Gender, Security and Human Rights 		6    P 12 Senior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Diversity Studies
N GOVT2336
Semester 1
GOVT3988
Globalisation, Governance and the State
This unit of study is not available in 2018

 6    P 12 Senior credit points in Government and International Relations
N GOVT2440
Semester 2
GOVT3989
Divided Societies 		6    P 12 Senior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points a 2000 level in Politics or International Relations
N GOVT2412 or GOVT2442
Semester 1
GOVT3990
Islam and Democracy in the Muslim World 		6    P 12 Senior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points a 2000 level in Politics or International Relations
N GOVT2774
Semester 2
GOVT3993
Power 		6    P 12 Senior credit points from Government and International Relations and GOVT2991, each at the level of Credit or better, or with the consent of the Honours Coordinator.
N GOVT3991
Semester 1
GOVT3996
Science, Tech and International Security 		6    P 12 Senior credit points in Government and International Relations, including GOVT2225 or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or International Relations
N GOVT2618
Semester 2
GOVT3999
Terrorism and Organised Crime 		6    P 12 senior credit points in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or International Relations
Semester 1
GOVT3211
International Political Risk Analysis
This unit of study is not available in 2018

 6    P 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations
Semester 2
GOVT3622
Politics of Intl Economic Relations 		6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream
N GOVT2221, GOVT2201
Semester 1
GOVT3664
Key Concepts in Political Thought 		6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics OR International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream
N GOVT2616
Semester 2
GOVT3665
Collateral Damage and The Cost of Conflict 		6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics OR International Relations OR Politics and International Relations stream
Semester 1
GOVT3672
American Politics and Foreign Policy 		6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics OR International Relations OR American Studies OR Politics and International Relations stream
N GOVT2405, GOVT2445
Semester 2

Interdisciplinary project
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact 		6    P 18 credit points at 2000 level

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

 Semester 1
Semester 2

Honours
The Honours track in International Relations requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 4000-level core seminar units
(ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level core Honours thesis units

Core seminar
GOVT4111
Research Methods and Research Design 		6      Semester 1
GOVT4112
Topics in International Relations 		6      Semester 1
GOVT4113
Topics in Politics 		6      Semester 1

Honours thesis
GOVT4114
Govt and Int Relations Honours Thesis 1 		12      Semester 1
GOVT4115
Govt and Int Relations Honours Thesis 2 		24      Semester 2

Advanced coursework
The requirements for advanced coursework in Philosophy are described in the degree resolutions for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies.
24-36 credit points of advanced study will be included in the table for 2019.
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