Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

	Course structure
	First year (120 credit points)
	Core subjects (30 credit points)
	Electives A (30 credit points)
	Electives B (60 credit points)
	Second year (120 credit points)
	Core subject (20 credit points)
	Electives A
	Electives B
	Third year (120 credit points)
	Core subject (20 credit points)
	Electives A
	Electives B

BACHELOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - HUSBIR

The degree of Bachelor of International Relations may be awarded either as a pass degree or as a degree with honours and can be studied on a full-time or part-time basis. The pass degree requires completion of 360 credit points and, if taken full-time, can be completed in three years with students completing 120 credit points at each year level. It has been designed to allow students to gain an overview of international relations, but also the opportunity to specialise in a particular area (eg. East Asia) or a particular field (eg. diplomacy, economy, legal studies).

Course structure

First year (120 credit points)

In their first year, students study two core subjects (30 credit points) and must choose 30 credit points chosen from Electives A and 60 credit points from Electives B. In first year each subject is worth 15 points

Core subjects (30 credit points)

1	Economy, environment & human rights: world in transition	POL11EEH
2	States, nations and security: world in transition	POL12SNS

Electives A (30 credit points)

1	Culture and globalisation: introduction to anthropology	ANT11CAG
1	Introduction to Asia: Japan and Indonesia	AST11IJI
2	Australia and beyond: introduction to sociology	SOC12AAB
2	Introduction to Asia: China and India	AST12ICI
2	Asian religions 1	AST12ASR

Electives B (60 credit points)

1	Foundations of management	MGT11FOM/MGT12FOM
1	Introductory macroeconomics	ECO11IMA/ECO12IMA
1	Introductory microeconomics	ECO11IMI/ECO12IME
1	Long term economic change	ECO11LEC
1	Modern Europe A: from monarchies to nations 1760-1890	HIS11MEA
1	Windows on contemporary Europe A: cultures in transformation	EST11WEA
2	Globalisation: the rise of the modern world	HIS12DEV
2	Greece and the Balkans in the twentieth century	EST12GAB
2	Introduction to European civilisation	HIS12IEC
2	Law, rights and social justice	LST12LSJ
2	Modern Europe B: the twentieth century	HIS12MEB
2	Windows on contemporary Europe B: cultures through text	EST12WEB

Second year (120 credit points)

In second year, students study one core subject (20 credit points), and must choose 60 credit points from Electives A, 20 credit points from Electives B, and another 20 credit points from either Electives A or B. In second year each subject is worth 20 credit points unless otherwise indicated.

Core subject (20 credit points)

1

International public policy

POL21IPP

Electives A

1	Australia, Asia and the world	POL21AAW
1	Business and politics1	POL21BAP
1	Cities and people	SOC21CAP
1	Comparative trade unions	POL21CTU
1	Development, globalisation and culture	ANT21DGC
1	Ethnicity and identity: social & political approaches	SOC21EAI
1	International law and international organisation	POL21ILO
1	Introduction to American politics	POL21IAP
1	Politics and media	POL21PAM
2	Comparative social movements	SOC22CSM
2	Crises in South Asia: weapons, women, wellbeing	POL22CSA
2	Democratization, development - civil society in Asia1	POL22DDA
2	International relations of the Balkans	POL22IBK
2	International relations of the Middle East1	POL22IME
2	International relations: the cold war & the great powers	POL22INR
2	Nations and states	POL22NAS
2	Peace and change	POL22PAC
2	Politics of economic regions1	POL22PER
2	Post-colonial perspectives	ANT22PCP
2	Southeast Asian politics: change and conflict	POL22SEA
2	Theories of world politics	POL22TWP

Key: ¹ Not available in 2004.

Electives B

1	Civil and ethnic conflict in southeastern Europe & Cyprus	EST21ECC
1	Cross-cultural communication	LIN21CCC
1	Ecological philosophies	PHI21ECP
1	Europe transformed	HIS21EUT
1	Global environmental issues (15 credit points)	ECO21GEI
1	Global trading issues (15 credit points)	ECO21GTI
1	Inventing Modern Greece	EST21IMG
1	Law and the search for equality	LAW21LSE
1	The world since 1945	HIS21WOR
1	War and Peace	PHI21WAP
2	Africa in the modern world	HIS22AFM
2	Asian economic development (15 credit points)	ECO22AED
2	Genocides & Holocaust: Nazi Europe, Central America & Africa	HIS22GAH
2	Human rights law (15 credit points)	LAW22HRL
2	International business environment (15 credit points)	ECO22IBE
2	International business law	LAW22IBL
2	Language in Asia	LIN22LIA
2	Latin America today 2	SPA22LAT
2	Modern world economy (15 credit points)	ECO22MWE
2	Nazi Germany and Europe	HIS22NGE
2	Public international law	LAW22PIL

Key: ¹ Not available in 2004. ² Taught in Spanish.

Third year (120 credit points)

In third year, students study one core subject (20 credit points) and must choose 40 credit points from Electives A, 20 credit points from Electives B, and another 40 credit points from either Electives A or B. In third year each subject is worth 20 credit points unless otherwise indicated.

Core subject (20 credit points)

2

Professional competence: transition to workplace

POL32PCW

Electives A

1	Business and politics1	POL31BAP
1	Cities and people	SOC31CAP
1	Comparative trade unions	POL31CTU
1	Development, globalisation and culture	ANT31DGC
1	Ethnicity and identity: social and political approaches	SOC31EAI
1	International law and international organisation	POL31ILO
1	Introduction to American politics	POL31IAP
1	Politics and media	POL31PAM
1	Politics in the twentieth century	POL31HON
1	Politics of economic regions1	POL31PER
1	Comparative social movements	SOC31CSM
2	Crises in South Asia: weapons, women, wellbeing	POL32CSA
2	Democratization, development - civil society in Asia1	POL32DDA
2	International relations of the Balkans	POL32IBK
2	International relations of the Middle East1	POL32IME
2	Nations and states	POL32NAS
2	Peace and change	POL32PAC
2	Post-colonial perspectives	ANT32PCP
2	Southeast Asian politics: change and conflict	POL32SEA
2	Theories of world politics	POL32TWP

Electives B

1	Asia in the world economy (15 credit points)	ECO31AWE
1	Civil and ethnic conflict in southeastern Europe & Cyprus	EST31ECC
1	Cross-cultural communication	LIN31CCC
1	Ecological philosophies	PHI31ECP
1	Europe transformed	HIS31EUT
1	International management	MGT31IMG
1	International tourism (15 credit points)	THS31/33INT
1	International trade (15 credit points)	ECO31ITR
1	Inventing modern Greek	EST31IMG
1	Public international law	LAW31PIL
1	The world since 1945	HIS31WOR
1	War and peace	PHI31WAP
2	Africa in the modern world	HIS32AFM
2	Cultural interactions (15 credit points)	THS32CUI
2	Genocides & Holocaust: Nazi Europe, Central America & Africa	HIS32GAH
2	Human rights law (15 credit points)	LAW32HRL
2	International business law	LAW32IBL
2	International monetary economics (15 credit points)	ECO32IME
2	Language in Asia	LIN32LIA
2	Latin America today 2	SPA32LAT
2	Nazi Germany and Europe	HIS32NGE

Key: ¹ Not available in 2004. ^2. Taught in Spanish.

In addition to these subjects, students will be expected to participate in four workshops in the first year and five workshops in both the second and third years. Each workshop will be of two to three hours duration.

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