International Relations
Unit of study table
Master of International Relations |
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| Students complete 96 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 30 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 24 credit points of selective units of study; and | ||
| (c) a maximum of 36 credit points of elective units of study, which can include an optional specialisation: | ||
| (i) Economics specialisation: 12 credit points in compulsory units and 6 credit points in units selected from the list | ||
| (ii) Foreign Language specialisation: 18 credit points | ||
| (iii) Global Migrations specialisation: 18 credit points | ||
| (iv) Human Rights specialisation: 12 credit points in compulsory units and 6 credit points in units selected from the list | ||
| (v) International Law specialisation: 18 credit points | ||
| (vi) Peace and Conflict Studies specialisation: 18 credit points | ||
| (vii) Political Economy specialisation: 18 credit points | ||
| (viii) Social Research specialisation: 12 credit points in compulsory units and 6 credit points in units selected from the list | ||
| (ix) American Foreign Policy specialisation: 6 credit points in compulsory units and 12 credit points in units selected from the list | ||
| (d) a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study. | ||
Graduate Diploma in International Relations |
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| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 24 credit points of selective units of study | ||
| (c) a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study | ||
Graduate Certificate in International Relations |
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| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a maximum of 12 credit points of selective units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core |
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| All Masters students will complete the following two core units: | ||
| GOVT6137 Forces of Change in Int Relations |
6 | |
| GOVT6147 Foundations of International Relations |
6 | |
| Masters students completing 72 credit points must also complete one of the following three units of study. Masters students completing 96 credit points must complete all of the following three units of study: | ||
| GOVT6116 International Organisations |
6 | |
| GOVT6119 International Security |
6 | |
| GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance |
6 | |
Selective units of study |
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| GOVT6111 Chinese Politics |
6 | |
| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | |
| GOVT6139 Research Design |
6 | |
| GOVT6150 Challenges of Democratic Politics |
6 | |
| GOVT6156 Strategy and Civil Society |
6 | |
| GOVT6159 Emotions, Agenda Setting, and Public Policy |
6 | |
| GOVT6301 Public Sector Ethics and Corruption |
6 | |
| GOVT6311 Issues in Public Policy |
6 | |
| GOVT6314 Terrorism and International Security |
6 | |
| GOVT6316 The Politics of Policy Making |
6 | |
| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | |
| GOVT6336 Media Politics |
6 | |
| GOVT6359 US-China Relations |
6 | |
| CISS6001 New Security Challenges |
6 | |
| CISS6002 Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific |
6 | |
| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | |
| CISS6013 Middle East Conflict and Security |
6 | N GOVT6154 |
| CISS6018 Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation |
6 | |
| CISS6022 Cybersecurity |
6 | |
| USSC6903 US Foreign and National Security Policy |
6 | |
Capstone units of study |
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| Students completing a Masters in International Relations are required to complete at least 6 credit points of capstone units of study. Students complete either of the following two capstone options: | ||
(1) Semester-long research project |
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| GOVT6127 Research Project/Essay |
6 | |
(2) Year-long dissertation project |
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| 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 |
| GOVT6341 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | C Recommended: GOVT6340 (if enrolled full-time) |
Elective units of study |
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| ARIN6906 Emerging Technologies and Issues |
6 | |
| 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 |
| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 | Where students intend to complete both FASS7001 and FASS7002, they should undertake FASS7001 first then FASS7002. Do not enrol in both in one semester. |
| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | |
| GOVT6405 Government Masters Placement |
12 | P 24 credit points in GOVT 6000 level units N GOVT6148 or GOVT6149 or GOVT6340 or GOVT6341 or GOVT6127 |
| SCLG6923 Social Justice Vocational Project Design |
6 | N SCLG6914 |
| SCLG6913 Social Justice Vocational Placement |
6 | P 24 credit points at 6000 level and including SCLG6923 |
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6003 Vocational Placement |
6 | Where appropriate, prior professional experience will be taken into account when assessing eligibility for this unit. |
| WRIT6000 Professional Writing |
6 | |
| WRIT6001 Professional Editing |
6 | |
| Students who complete 18 credit points within a single cognate discipline with relevance to International Relations will have a specialisation recorded. Students must satisfy any prerequisite requirements set by the offering Department or Centre, as well as any prerequisites set by individual units of study, before they enrol in any unit of study. Students may complete up to 12 credit points (2 units of study) outside the international relations postgraduate Unit of Study table, with permission of the Postgraduate Coursework coordinator. | ||
Optional specialisations |
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Economics specialisation |
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| 12 credit points in compulsory units | ||
| ECON6001 Microeconomics Analysis 1 |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 N ECON6701 |
| ECON6002 Macroeconomics Analysis 1 |
6 | P ECON5002 N ECON6702 |
| At least 6 credit points of elective units from the following: | ||
| ECON5006 Economics of Law and Public Policy |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 |
| ECON5007 The Economics of Financial Markets |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701 |
| ECON5008 Behavioural Economics |
6 | P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001) |
| ECON5026 Strategic Business Relationships |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 |
| ECON6003 Mathematical Methods of Econ Analysis |
6 | P ECON5001 and ECON5002 N ECON6703 |
| ECON6006 Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 or ECON6701 |
| ECON6008 International Money and Finance |
6 | P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON5002 or ECON6002 or ECON6702) and (ECMT5001 or QBUS5001 or QBUS5002 or ECMT6002 or ECMT6702) |
| ECON6009 Economics of the Labour Market |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECON6701 or ECON6002 or ECON6702 |
| ECON6010 Public Economics |
6 | P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) |
| ECON6016 Trade and Development |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5040 or ECON6701 or ECON6702 |
| ECON6018 Environmental Economics |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701 |
| ECON6021 Financial Economics |
6 | P (ECON6001 or ECON6701) and (ECON6002 or ECON6702) |
| ECON6023 International Trade |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECON6701 |
| ECON6025 Strategic Decision Making |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 or ECON6701 |
| ECON6029 Health Economics and Policy Evaluation |
6 | P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001) |
| ECON6031 International Finance and Globalisation |
6 | P ECON5001 and ECON5002 |
| ECON6101 Special Topics in Economics 1 |
6 | P (ECON5001 and ECON5002) or (ECON6701 and ECON6702) Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Postgraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit. |
| ECON6102 Special Topics in Economics 2 |
6 | P (ECON5001 and ECON5002) or (ECON6701 and ECON6702) |
Foreign Language specialisation |
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| 18 credit points from the following: | ||
| ASNS6010 Asian Language Acquisition 1 |
6 | |
| ASNS6011 Asian Language Acquisition 2 |
6 | |
| ASNS6012 Asian Language Acquisition 3 |
6 | |
| ASNS6013 Asian Language Acquisition 4 |
6 | |
| EUST7010 European Language Acquisition 1 |
6 | |
| EUST7011 European Language Acquisition 2 |
6 | |
| EUST7012 European Language Acquisition 3 |
6 | |
| EUST7013 European Language Acquisition 4 |
6 | |
Global Migrations specialisation |
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| 18 credit points from the following: | ||
| FASS6001 Dimensions of Inequality |
6 | |
| ECOP6015 Global Employment and Migration |
6 | |
| GOVT6108 Democracy, Development and Rights in SE Asia |
6 | |
| SCLG6700 Global and Regional Migration Governance |
6 | |
Human Rights specialisation |
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| 12 credit points from the following | ||
| SCLG6903 Topics in Rights, Justice and Society |
6 | |
| HRTD6901 Human Rights and the Human Rights System |
6 | |
| HRTD6916 Human Rights Simulation |
6 | |
| 6 credit points from the following: | ||
| HRTD6903 Dynamics of Human Rights Violations |
6 | |
| SCLG6916 Indigenous Rights - Global Issues |
6 | |
International Law specialisation |
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| 18 credit points from the following: | ||
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 | Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6062 International Law-the Use of Armed Force |
6 | N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6243 International Law I |
6 | N LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 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. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| 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. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6856 International Counter-Terrorism Law |
6 | A Students should have either completed LAWS6243 International Law I or have an understanding in at least one of the following areas: public or a specialised area of international law or criminal law or criminology or human rights or security and conflict studies acquired through university studies and/or relevant professional experience. N CISS6011 or LAWS3483 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS6202 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
| LAWS6928 Courts, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS5178 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html |
Peace and Conflict Studies specialisation |
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| 18 credit points from the following: | ||
| PACS6901 United Nations, Peace and Security |
6 | |
| PACS6902 Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation |
6 | |
| PACS6909 Cultures of Violence |
6 | |
| PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies |
6 | N SCWK6930 |
| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
| PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice |
6 | N SCWK6941 |
| PACS6921 Peace of Mind and Peace in the World |
6 | |
| PACS6924 Democracy in the Developing World |
6 | |
| PACS6928 Community Mediation: Theory and Practice |
6 | |
| PACS6931 Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice |
6 | |
| PACS6934 Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice |
6 | |
Political Economy specialisation |
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| 18 credit points from the following: | ||
| ECOP6012 Country Risk Analysis |
6 | |
| ECOP6016 China in the Global Economy |
6 | |
| ECOP6017 Global Inequality |
6 | |
| ECOP6018 Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing |
6 | |
| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy |
6 | |
| ECOP6033 Research Project |
6 | P 24 Credit Points |
| ECOP6101 Political Economy: A Primer |
6 | |
| ECOP6103 Dynamics of Economic Change |
6 | |
| ECOP6108 Economy-Environment Sustainability |
6 | |
| ECOP6115 History of Australian Capitalism |
6 | |
| ECOP6901 Finance and Economic Change |
6 | |
Social Research specialisation |
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| 12 credit points from the following: | ||
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
| 6 credit points from the following: | ||
| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy |
6 | |
| FASS6001 Dimensions of Inequality |
6 | |
| GOVT6139 Research Design |
6 | |
| SSPS6004 Social Research Ethics |
6 | N SCLG6902 or SCLG3003 |
| SSPS6005 Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis |
6 | |
| SSPS6006 Data Analytics for Social Research |
6 | |
| SSPS6007 Intro to Computational Social Sciences |
6 | |
American Foreign Policy specialisation |
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| 6 credit points from the following: | ||
| USSC6903 US Foreign and National Security Policy |
6 | |
| 12 credit points from the following: | ||
| GOVT6359 US-China Relations |
6 | |
| USSC6205 Internship Project |
6 | |
| USSC6902 US Politics: The World of Washington |
6 | |
| USSC6910 Special Topics in US Studies |
6 | |
| USSC6922 The US in the Indo-Pacific |
6 | |
Country Risk Assessment specialisation |
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| 6 credit points from the following: | ||
| ECOP6012 Country Risk Analysis |
6 | |
| 6 credit points from the following: | ||
| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | |
| 6 credit points from the following: | ||
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
