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International Studies

Errata

Item Errata Date
1 GOVT6111: Chinese Politics will not be available in 2017 06/01/2017
2 CISS6004: Health and Security will be offered in Semester 2 06/01/2017
3 GOVT6150: Challenges of Democratic Politics will be available in Semester 2 rather than Semester 1 31/01/2017
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

International Studies

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in International Studies are required to complete 24 credit points, including 6 credit points of core units of study and 18 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in International Studies are required to complete 48 credit points, including 12 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 36 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Master of International Studies are required to complete 96 credit points, including 12 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 78 credit points of elective units of study and 6 credit points of capstone units of study.

Core units of Study

GOVT6100
Foundations of Comparative Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6116
International Organisations
6      Semester 1
GOVT6119
International Security
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6123
Globalisation and Governance
6      Semester 2
GOVT6137
Forces of Change in Int Relations
6      Semester 2
GOVT6147
Foundations of International Relations
6      Semester 1

Elective units of study

BETH5209
Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics
6    A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission.
Semester 2
CISS6001
New Security Challenges
6      Semester 2
CISS6002
Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific
6      Semester 1
CISS6004
Health and Security
6      Semester 1
CISS6006
Statebuilding and 'Fragile States'
6      Semester 2
CISS6008
Population and Security

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
CISS6009
Research Essay 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
CISS6010
Research Essay 2
6    P Completion of a minimum of 4 units with an average of 75%
C CISS6009

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
CISS6011
Special Topic in International Security

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Summer Main
CISS6012
Civil-Military Relations
6   

Students must not undertake this unit if they took CISS6011 (Special Topic in International Security) when the special topic was Civil-Military Relations
Semester 2
CISS6013
Middle East Conflict and Security
6    N GOVT6154
Intensive December
CISS6015
Alliances and Coalition Warfare

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
CISS6016
Chinese Foreign and Security Policy
6      Semester 2
CISS6018
Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation
6      Semester 2
CISS6019
War and Strategy
6      Semester 2
CISS6020
Geopolitics of Energy Security in Asia

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Summer Main
CISS6022
Cybersecurity
6      Semester 2
CISS6023
Special topics in International Security 2
6      Semester 2
GOVT6108
Democracy and Development in SE Asia
6      Semester 1
GOVT6109
Political Regimes and Regime Transition
6      Semester 2
GOVT6111
Chinese Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6121
Northeast Asian Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6136
Asia Pacific Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6138
Gender, Family and the State
6      Semester 2
GOVT6139
Research Design
6      Semester 1
GOVT6150
Challenges of Democratic Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6156
Governance and Civil Society
6      Semester 1
GOVT6159
Emotions, Agenda Setting, and Public Policy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6163
Critical Challenges of Governing Cities
6      Semester 1
GOVT6164
The Dual Use Dilemma and Research Policy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6220
The State, Secession, and Civil War

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 1
GOVT6222
Australian Enviro Politics and Policy

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
GOVT6223
Topics in Environmental Politics

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
GOVT6225
Essential Readings in Int'l Relations
6      Semester 1
GOVT6301
Public Sector Ethics and Corruption
6      Semester 2
GOVT6304
Development and World Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6311
Issues in Public Policy

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
GOVT6313
Leadership in Theory and Practice
6      Semester 1
GOVT6314
Terrorism and International Security
6      Semester 1
GOVT6316
Policy Making, Power and Politics
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6319
Governance and Public Policy Making
6      Semester 2
GOVT6331
Public Management and Governance
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6336
Media Politics

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 1
GOVT6357
International Policy Making
6      Semester 1
GOVT6358
Comparative Migration Policy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6359
US-China Relations
6      Semester 1
FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS7002
Critical Literacies for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
WRIT6000
Professional Writing
6      Semester 2
WRIT6001
Professional Editing
6      Semester 1
Peace and Conflict Studies
PACS6901
United Nations, Peace and Security
6      Semester 1
PACS6902
Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation
6      Intensive May
PACS6909
Cultures of Violence

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 1
PACS6911
Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
6    N SCWK6930
Semester 2
PACS6912
Nonviolence: Philosophy and Practice
6    N SCWK6933
Intensive March
PACS6913
Conflict in Organisations
6      Summer Late
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media
6    N SCWK6935
Intensive August
PACS6915
Human Rights, Peace and Justice
6    N SCWK6941
Semester 2
PACS6917
Religion, War and Peace

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
PACS6921
Peace of Mind: The Psychology of Peace

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Intensive March
PACS6922
Peaceful Conflict Transformation

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 1
PACS6923
The Human Right to Food
6      Semester 2b
PACS6924
Democracy in the Developing World
6      Semester 1
PACS6925
Peace and the Global Compact
6      Semester 2b
PACS6927
Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Intensive September
PACS6928
Community Mediation: Theory and Practice
6      Summer Late
PACS6930
Ethics for a Sustainable Peace

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 1
PACS6931
Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Intensive September
PACS6934
Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6    P PACS6911 or DVST6901
Winter Main
Political Economy
ECOP6010
International Trade Regulation

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 1
ECOP6011
USA-Europe-Japan: From Growth to Crisis
6      Semester 1
Summer Main
ECOP6012
Country Risk Analysis
6      Semester 1
ECOP6015
Global Employment and Migration
6      Semester 2
ECOP6016
China in the World Economy
6      Summer Main
ECOP6018
Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing
6      Semester 1
ECOP6031
Research in Political Economy
6      Semester 2
ECOP6101
Core Concepts in Political Economy
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6103
Strategic Debates on Economic Change
6      Semester 1
ECOP6108
Economic Management for Sustainability
6      Semester 2
ECOP6130
Human Rights and International Development
6    N SCLG6912


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
ECOP6901
Finance and Economic Change
6      Semester 2
Sociology, Social Policy and Development
ANTH6916
Culture and Development: Key Concepts
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
DVST6901
Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing
6    N SSCP6900


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
Semester 2
DVST6902
Development: Communication and Education
6    N SSCP6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
DVST6904
Rethinking Poverty
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
Semester 2
DVST6905
Development Project Evaluation
6      Semester 2
DVST6906
Culture and Politics of Health Development

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
HRTD6901
Human Rights: Norms and Mechanisms
6      Semester 1
HRTD6903
Dynamics of Human Rights Violations
6      Semester 2
HRTD6904
Democratisation: Theory and Practices

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
HRTD6906
The Philosophy of Human Rights

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6    N PHIL7607
Semester 2
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6    N SCWK6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
SCLG6902
Doing Social Research

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
SCLG6903
New Debates in Social Theory
6      Semester 2
SCLG6905
Independent Study and Report
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
SCLG6916
Indigenous Rights - Global Issues
6      Semester 2
SCLG6918
Introductory Quantitative Methods

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 1
US Studies
USSC6901
Fundamentals of US Studies
6      Semester 1
USSC6902
US Politics: Presidency and Congress
6      Winter Main
USSC6903
US Foreign and National Security Policy
6      Semester 2
USSC6905
US Economic Policy and Regulation
6      Semester 1
USSC6906
US Constitution
6      Semester 1
USSC6907
American Exceptionalism
6      Semester 2
USSC6910
Special Topics in US Studies
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Main
USSC6914
Key Issues in American Culture
6      Semester 2
USSC6917
The American City

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6      Semester 2
USSC6920
US Media: Politics, Culture, Technology
6      Winter Main
USSC6205
Internship Project
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
Economics
ECON6001
Microeconomics Analysis 1
6    P ECON5001 or ECON5040
Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON6002
Macroeconomics Analysis 1
6    P ECON5002
Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON6006
Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour
6    P ECON6001 or ECOF6080
Semester 2
ECON6008
International Money and Finance
6    P ECON5002
Semester 2
ECON6009
Economics of the Labour Market
6    P ECON6001 or ECON6002
Semester 1
ECON6010
Public Economics
6    P ECON6001 and ECON6002
Semester 2
ECON6016
Trade and Development
6    P ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5040
Semester 2
ECON6018
Environmental Economics
6    P ECON5001 or ECON5040
Semester 1
ECON6021
Financial Economics
6    P ECON6001 and ECON6002
Semester 1
ECON6023
International Trade
6    P ECON6001
Semester 1
ECON6025
Strategic Decision Making
6    P ECON6001 or ECOF6080
Semester 2
ECON6027
Experimental Economics

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6    P ECON6001
Semester 2
ECON6101
Special Topic in Economics
6    P ECON5001 and ECON5002

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Postgraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit.
Intensive May
Semester 2
Foreign language
ASNS6010
Asian Language Acquisition 1
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ASNS6011
Asian Language Acquisition 2
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ASNS6012
Asian Language Acquisition 3
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ASNS6013
Asian Language Acquisition 4
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7010
European Language Acquisition 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7011
European Language Acquisition 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7012
European Language Acquisition 3
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7013
European Language Acquisition 4
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
International Law
LAWS6047
Law of the Sea
6      Intensive October
LAWS6061
International Environmental Law
6   

Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law.
Intensive May
LAWS6062
International Law-the Use of Armed Force

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6    N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183
Intensive April
LAWS6119
The State and Global Governance

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6   

Note: This unit replaced LAWS6119 Theories of International Law. Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit.
Intensive September
LAWS6161
International Human Rights
6    N GOVT6117


Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015.
Intensive August
LAWS6218
International Humanitarian Law
6    N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183
Intensive March
LAWS6243
International Law I
6    N LAWS1023, LAWS5005


This unit replaced LAWS6243 Public International Law. This unit is compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who have not completed any previous study in international law and must be taken during the first semester of candidature. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students.
Intensive March
Semester 2
LAWS6846
Human Rights and the Global Economy
6    N LAWS5178 or LAWS3478


Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit
Intensive September
LAWS6856
Anti-Terrorism Law
6    N CISS6011 or LAWS3483
Intensive May
LAWS6865
International Dispute Resolution
6    N LAWS6202
Intensive August
LAWS6916
International Investment Law
6      Intensive March
LAWS6928
Law, Justice and Development
6    N LAWS3478, LAWS5178


This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students.
Intensive April
Students may take up to two units (12 credit points) as electives from outside the International Studies postgraduate Unit of Study table in a relevant discipline. Students must obtain approval from the Department of Government and International Relations in advance, as well as the approval of the Unit of Study coordinator.

Capstone units of study

(1) Semester-long research project
GOVT6127
Research Project/Essay
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
(2) Year-long dissertation project
Students wishing to complete the year-long dissertation project must have completed GOVT6139 Research Design.
GOVT6340
Dissertation Part 1
6    P Completion of 4 postgraduate units - 75% or above average

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6341
Dissertation Part 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Exchange units of study

Available to Master of International Studies students only
FASS6901
Exchange and Study Abroad
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS6902
Exchange and Study Abroad
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS6903
Exchange and Study Abroad
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS6904
Exchange and Study Abroad
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2