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Majors, minors/sub-majors information

2008 | 2009 | 2010

International Studies

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Type:
Major, Sub-Major, Minor

Location:
Magill

International Studies develop students’ knowledge and capacity for cross-cultural comparisons, particularly of Asia, Australia, and Europe, and critical analysis of international relations, including the key players in the global system (China, the European Union, Japan, Russia and the United States) and the changing international agenda (including conflict resolution, defence, development, ecological sustainability, globalisation, human rights, regional integration, trade and global order).

Courses that are in majors, sub-majors and/or minors

Course name	Area + Catalogue No.	Units	Level
Understanding World Politics	POLI 1015	4.5	1
Introduction to International Relations	POLI 1010	4.5	1
Global Societies	POLI 1014	4.5	1
Migration, Identity and Multiculturalism	SOCU 1005	4.5	1
Contemporary Northeast Asia	POLI 2017	4.5	2
Global Governance: Utopia and Reality	POLI 2021	4.5	2
Contemporary Southeast Asia	POLI 2018	4.5	2
Activism and Change	POLI 2023	4.5	2
Australia and the Asian Century	POLI 2003	4.5	2
International Risk	POLI 2014	4.5	2
The Politics of Contemporary Japanese Identities	POLI 2024	4.5	2
Environmental Politics	POLI 2025	4.5	2
Policy and Globalisation	POLI 3010	4.5	3
European Integration	POLI 3005	4.5	3
Privileged Claims; Discounted Knowledges	SOCU 3006	4.5	3
United States Politics and International Relations	POLI 3004	4.5	3
Transformation of Security: Contemporary Issues	POLI 3015	4.5	3

Notes

1. Students may take these International Studies courses as electives, a minor of 4 courses, a sub-major of 6 or a major of 8 courses. In a minor, sub-major or major, no more than 2 courses may be at level 1.
   
2. None of these courses are compulsory for students taking a minor, sub-major or major in International Studies.
3. Students undertaking the professional major in International Relations may not include Introduction to International Relations or Global Societies in a sequence of International Studies courses, because they are required for the professional major. Students taking a minor, sub-major or major in International Studies who are not required to complete the professional major in International Relations may include courses from the professional major in International Relations in an International Studies sequence. They are: POLI 1015 Understanding World Politics, POLI 1010 Introduction to International Relations, POLI 1014 Global Societies, POLI 2020 Globalisation and Regionalism, POLI 2011 World Order: Theoretical Interrogations, POLI 2022 Islam and World Politics; POLI 3012 Contemporary International Political Economy, POLI 3011 Global Security and Sustainability.
4. Students who have completed all or part of one or more years of previously approved programs shall compete the remaining portion of their studies in accordance with this program.
5. All courses are available as BUGE courses (prerequisites will be waived).
6. Not all courses are available every year.

Further information

Dr David Lundberg
School of International Studies
Telephone: (08) 8302 4787
Facsimile: (08) 8302 4396
Email: david.lundberg@unisa.edu.au

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