International Relations
Unit of study table (Table S)
| This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 29 January 2024. View details of the changes below. |
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Major | ||
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| A major in International Relations requires 48 credit points from this table including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units* | ||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units** | ||
| (iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units | ||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project unit | ||
Minor | ||
| A minor in International Relations requires 36 credit points from this table including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units* | ||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units** | ||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | ||
| *1000-level and 2000-level selective units can replace 1000-level core units where those units have already been completed in another major. | ||
| **2000-level selective units can replace 2000-level core units where those units have already been completed in another major |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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1000 level units of study | ||
Core | ||
| GOVT1621 Introduction to International Relations | 6 | |
| GOVT1641 Introduction to Politics | 6 | |
Selective | ||
| GOVT1661 Politics and Popular Culture | 6 | |
2000 level units of study | ||
Core | ||
| GOVT2921 Intermediate International Relations | 6 | P A minimum of 36 credit points including 12 credit points at 1000 level in GOVT units |
| GOVT2991 Political Analysis | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in GOVT and a minimum of 36 credit points N GOVT2091 |
Selective | ||
| GOVT2119 Southeast Asian Politics | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Government and International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
| GOVT2225 International Security in 21st Century | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Government and International Relations N GOVT2205 |
| GOVT2226 International Organisations | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Government and International Relations N GOVT2206 |
| GOVT2444 Europe in World Affairs | 6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Government and International Relations N GOVT2404 |
| GOVT2112 Introduction to Political Theory | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from Philosophy, Government and International Relations, Politics, International Relations |
| GOVT2603 Media Politics and Political Communication | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Government and International Relations |
| GOVT2617 Introduction to Non-Traditional Security | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Government and International Relations |
| PHIL2635 Contemporary Political Philosophy | 6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Philosophy, Government, International Relations, Politics |
| USSC2602 US Politics: Race, Power, Polarisation | 6 | N USSC1602 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 1000 level in International Relations |
3000 level units of study | ||
Selective | ||
| GOVT3622 Politics of Intl Economic Relations | 6 | N GOVT2221 or GOVT2201 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3623 Non-state Actors in Global Politics | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3625 Global Health, Politics and Security | 6 | |
| GOVT3631 Politics of the Global South | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics and International Relations stream |
| GOVT3641 Government, Business and Society | 6 | N GOVT2558 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3661 Politics of the Pacific Region | 6 | |
| GOVT3664 Key Concepts in Political Thought | 6 | N GOVT2616 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History and Philosophy of Science or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3665 Collateral Damage and the Cost of Conflict | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3671 Australian Foreign and Security Policy | 6 | N GOVT2116 or GOVT2106 |
| GOVT3672 American Politics and Foreign Policy | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in GOVT or 12 credit points at 2000 level in American Studies N GOVT2405 or GOVT2445 |
| GOVT3901 Digital Politics | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Government and International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3980 Democracy and Dictatorship | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3986 Gender, Security, and Human Rights | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Diversity Studies or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations N GOVT2336 |
| GOVT3988 Globalisation, Governance and the State | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations N GOVT2440 |
| GOVT3989 Divided Societies | 6 | N GOVT2412 or GOVT2442 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3990 Islam and Democracy in the Muslim World | 6 | N GOVT2774 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3993 Power | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations N GOVT3991 |
| GOVT3995 Politics and Environment: Current Issues | 6 | N GOVT2615 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| GOVT3999 Terrorism and Organised Crime | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations |
| PHIL3613 Philosophy of Human Rights | 6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations |
| PHIL3663 Justice | 6 | N PHIL2663 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in any combination of Philosophy or International Relations or Politics |
Interdisciplinary project | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 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. | ||
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact | 6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points |
| FASS3333 Industry and Community Project | 6 | C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major P 72 credit points |