Course list for the International Relations Single Major
Information valid for students commencing 2014
International Relations
Single Major
16 units consisting of:
2 units for compulsory gateway course -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS1201 | 2 | Introduction to International Relations |
and 2 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS1301 | 2 | Introduction to Political Ideas |
POLS1701 | 2 | Introduction to International Inequality & Development |
and 2 units for compulsory cornerstone course -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS2409 | 2 | International Relations of the Twentieth Century |
and 2 units to 6 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS2209 | 2 | Global Security |
POLS2211 | 2 | International Organisations & Political Cooperation |
POLS2402 | 2 | Globalisation & International Political Economy |
which may include up to 4 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS2201 | 2 | Australian Foreign Policy |
POLS2204 | 2 | International Relations of East Asia |
POLS2206 | 2 | Problems of Asia-Pacific Security |
POLS2207 | 2 | Terrorism & Insurgency in World Politics |
POLS2217 | 2 | European Political Issues |
POLS2221 | 2 | The United States & the Evolving International Order |
POLS2222 | 2 | Human Security and the Responsibility to Protect |
POLS2501 | 2 | Human Rights & International Politics |
POLS2603 | 2 | World Women: International Perspectives on Politics & Culture |
POLS2703 | 2 | Principles of Research: Social and Comparative Perspectives |
POLS3802 | 2 | Independent Study |
and 2 units for compulsory capstone course -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS3208 | 2 | Conceptions of World Politics |
and 2 units to 6 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS3115 | 2 | Environmental Politics & Policy |
POLS3202 | 2 | Foreign Policies of the Great Powers |
POLS3203 | 2 | Power and Order in Transnational Politics |
POLS3502 | 2 | Ethics in International Politics |
POLS3512 | 2 | Global Media, War and Peace |
POLS3801 | 2 | Internship |