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Bachelor of International Studies

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This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 21 November 2024.
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Bachelor of International Studies

Candidates must complete 144 credit points of units of study comprising:
(i) 48 credit point International Studies major
(ii) a minor (36 credit points) or second major (48 credit points)
(iii) If (ii) is not a language minor or major, then students must take 24 credit points from: Arabic Language and Cultures, Chinese Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Studies, Hebrew (Modern), Indonesian Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Modern Greek or Spanish and Latin American Studies
(iv) For students enrolled in the Dalyell Stream, a minimum of 12 credit points of Dalyell Stream units of study as specified in Table D
(v) As required, elective units from Table A for the Bachelor of International Studies, or Table S, or for students enrolled in the Dalyell stream, Table D, or a maximum of 12 credit points of units from Table O.

International Studies major

A major in International Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units
(ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level units
(iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level core units of study

INTS1001
What is International Studies?
6 N GOVT1601 or INGS1003
INTS1002
The Rise of the Global Order
6 N INGS1004

2000 level core units of study

INTS2001
Global Peace and Justice
6

P 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Studies

INTS2002
Decolonisation: The End of Empire?
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Studies
N INGS2602
INTS2003
War and its Legacy
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Studies
N INGS3603

3000 level selective units of study

INTS3001
Global Responses to Climate Change
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies
N GOVT3652
INTS3002
Foundations of International Society
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies
N INGS2605
INTS3003
Southern Social Movements and Theories
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies
N INGS3602

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 72 credit points
C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
21/11/2024 Prerequisites (P) for INTS3001 published as:
"18 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies"
Prerequisites (P) for INTS3001 amended to:
"12 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies"
21/11/2024 Prerequisites (P) for INTS3002 published as:
"18 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies"
Prerequisites (P) for INTS3002 amended to:
"12 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies"
21/11/2024 Prerequisites (P) for INTS3003 published as:
"18 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies"
Prerequisites (P) for INTS3003 amended to:
"12 credit points at 2000 level in International Studies"