BACHELOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INDUCTION SEMINAR

POL1ISP

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

The BIR induction seminars introduce incoming BIR students to the study of International Relations, prompt you to think about your own role in the world and the complex processes we study in IR, and set you up for your future IR studies. The seminars draw on innovative and engaging teaching methodologies, including an enquiry based learning team project during semester. Speakers during the seminar series include academics in the international relations and politics programs. These seminars introduce you to the academics who will be teaching you during your BIR, give you a sense of the spread of their research expertise, and get you thinking about your potential career routes post-ABIR. You will explore key themes that underpin the study of IR, including power, politics, language, conflict, cooperation, inequality, capital, change and waste. They will also give you an opportunity to work in small groups and research a current global issue that you find particularly interesting, present your findings back to the rest of the cohort, and develop study resources for your future studies. This subject addresses La Trobe's Sustainability Thinking essential.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Jasmine Westendorf

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in the ABIR or LWLINT or LZCIR

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. To understand the scope of International Relations as a discipline, and be able to engage with some of the major issues and debates that IR is concerned with

02. To develop connections and working relationships with other students enrolled in the degree, and the communications and team-work skills required for effective collaborations with them,

03. To critically engage with media representations of global events and to position them in relation to scholarly works on the same issues, and begin to develop independent analyses of those issues

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jasmine Westendorf

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Flat floor seminar room required. Moveable

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Group enquiry-based learning (EBL) project (equivalent to 1,800 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Blogs and online discussion (equivalent to 1,000 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Development of glossaries (equivalent to 1,200 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2