Political Science

Extended Major

#24 consisting of:
#2 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS1301 2 Introduction to Political Ideas

and #2-4 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS1101 2 Introduction to Australian Political Institutions
POLS1601 2 Power, Politics & Society: Passionate Encounters

plus #10-14 from at least 3 of the 4 areas of study listed below -

Australian Politics & Policy
Level 2

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2101 2 Indigenous Politics & Policy
POLS2107 2 Queensland: People and Politics
POLS2111 2 Politics & the Media
POLS2113 2 Political Communication & Public Affairs
POLS2115 2 Environmental Politics & Policy
POLS2116 2 Politics of Law & Justice in Australia
POLS2201 2 Australian Foreign Policy
POLS2805 2 Advanced Topics in Political Science

Level 3

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3807 2 Policy Practice

Political Theory & Methodology
Level 2

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2117 2 Political Leadership
POLS2208 2 Conceptions of World Politics
POLS2302 2 Political Thought: Plato to Modernity
POLS2310 2 Politics in Literature & Film
POLS2703 2 Principles of Research: Social and Comparative Perspectives
POLS2805 2 Advanced Topics in Political Science

Level 3

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3502 2 Ethics in International Politics

Global Governance & Political Economy
Level 2

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2211 2 International Organisations & Political Cooperation
POLS2222 2 Human Security in Global Politics
POLS2401 2 Politics & the Economy
POLS2402 2 Globalisation & International Political Economy
POLS2404 2 The Political Dynamics of Development and Resistance
POLS2501 2 Human Rights & International Politics
POLS2603 2 World Women: International Perspectives on Politics & Culture
POLS2805 2 Advanced Topics in Political Science

International & Comparative Politics
Level 2

Course Code Units Course Title
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
POLS2301 2 Democratic World Politics
POLS2503 2 Conflict & Nonviolent Change
POLS2509 2 Ethnic Conflict & Nationalism
POLS2510 2 International Peacekeeping
POLS2805 2 Advanced Topics in Political Science

Level 3

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3202 2 Foreign Policies of the Great Powers
POLS3504 2 Conflict Prevention & Resolution

and at least #2 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3102 2 Governance & Australian Public Policy
POLS3203 2 Power and Order in Transnational Politics
POLS3801 2 Internship
POLS3511 2 The Politics of Peacebuilding
POLS3802 2 Independent Study

and #2 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3803 2 Landmarks of Political Science