Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of International Studies

(BIntSt)

Program of study
Honours degree

INTRODUCTION

The course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.

The Bachelor of International Studies may also be studied in a combined degrees program with:

• Bachelor of Business (four years full-time or equivalent).
• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) (four years full-time or equivalent)
• Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (five-and-a-half years full-time or equivalent)
• Bachelor of Laws (five years full-time or equivalent)

COURSE AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide a wide choice of studies related to international relations, foreign policy, foreign societies and cultures, politics and government around the world, global history and the role of international organisations and movements. Students are encouraged - but not required - to undertake foreign language studies to complement the social science orientation of the rest of the International Studies course. Opportunities for elective study are also built into the course.

The course aims to produce graduates with employment-related skills and with knowledge of the international developments which will shape the world and Australia's place in it.

The course aims to produce graduates who have acquired an understanding of:

• the political, social, economic and cultural relationships within the international system;
• foreign policy, diplomacy and other modes of interaction between the countries of the world;
• Australia's place within the Asia-Pacific region and the world;
• the significance of foreign societies, cultures and systems of government;
• the international movement of people, as immigrants, refugees, workers, students, tourists and investors;
• the globalisation of the world economy;
• languages other than English, for students who wish to undertake them.

Learning outcomes

Bachelor of International Studies graduates should be able to:

• contribute to the formulation, implementation and evaluation processes within specific specialist areas of international relations, foreign policy, studies of other countries, societies and governments, and languages;
• apply their professional knowledge to the formulation of policies, the provision of policy advice, the preparation of political analyses, the undertaking of policy research, and the evaluation of programs;
• apply skills relating to information processing, archival research, documentary and data interpretation, bibliographic compilation, normative evaluation and other related analytical and research techniques;
• communicate in a professional manner through analytical professional reports and effective verbal presentations;
• be well equipped for graduate-entry employment positions, especially within the public and non-profit sectors.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008]

To qualify for the Bachelor of International Studies a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic. This must include:

• six compulsory core topics;
• 9 units of other International Studies First Year topics;
• two major sequences of 33 units selected from the options listed below.

To complete 108 units, other topics may be selected from any offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met and that at least 27 units, but no more than 45 units, of First Year topics are included. In some cases these topics may be grouped to form a minor sequence (comprising 9 units at First Year and 12 units at Second Year).

With the permission of the Faculty Board, up to 54 units of topics may be taken at another approved institution by cross-institutional enrolment.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

The Board may approve substitute topics if a student is unable to undertake particular core topics while studying overseas on a program supported by the course management committee.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Core Topics

	(a)
POLI1003	Australian Politics: A Comparative Study	4.5
INTR1006	International Relations: An Introduction	4.5
INTR1007	Australia and the World	4.5
	(b)
	Two of the following:
INTR2004	Peace and War	6
INTR2024	The Modern International System	6
INTR2044	Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region	6
	(c)
INST3001	Perspectives in International Studies	6

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FIRST YEAR TOPICS

Students select at least 9 units from the following:

AMST1001	American Popular Culture	4.5
AMST1002	America and the World: The United States in a Global Context	4.5
ASST1001	Discovering Asia	4.5
ASST1002	Modern Asia: Economy, Society and Politics	4.5
ASST1004	Southeast Asia in World History	4.5
ASST1101	Indonesian, Introductory, Part 1	4.5
ASST1102	Indonesian, Introductory, Part 2	4.5
ASST1201	Indonesian, Introductory A, Part 1	4.5
ASST1202	Indonesian, Introductory A, Part 2	4.5
ASST1301	Indonesian for Background Speakers, Part 1	4.5
ASST1302	Indonesian for Background Speakers, Part 2	4.5
DVST1001	The Political Economy of International Development	4.5
DVST1002	Culture and Development	4.5
FREN1121	French 1, Part 1	4.5
FREN1122	French 1, Part 2	4.5
GLOB1001	Introduction to Globalisation	4.5
GLOB1002	Making Globalisation	4.5
HIST1702	New World Nations, 1800-1918	4.5
HIST1703	Turning Points in World History	4.5
HIST1704	History's Killing Fields	4.5
HIST1801	Modern Europe, 1900-1945	4.5
HIST1802	Europe, 1945 to the Present	4.5
INTR1010	The Middle East: From the Rebirth of Zionism to the Iraq War	4.5
ITAL1121	Italian 1, Part 1	4.5
ITAL1122	Italian 1, Part 2	4.5
LAMS1001	Introduction to Latin American Studies	4.5
MGRE1121	Modern Greek, Part 1	4.5
MGRE1122	Modern Greek, Part 2	4.5
POLI1004	Modern Political Thought	4.5
POLI1005	Australian Politics: Aboriginal Issues and Immigration	4.5
POLI1008	Politics Through Film	4.5
POLI1009	Government, Business and Society	4.5
SPAN1121	Spanish 1, Part 1	4.5
SPAN1122	Spanish 1, Part 2	4.5
	First Year topics from any other recognised university-level studies in any foreign language

MAJOR SEQUENCE OPTIONS
Students select two of the following sequences, at least one of which must be from Group 1 (which includes the Globalisation Program).

The programs of study for major sequences in Groups 1 and 2 can be found in the Bachelor of Arts entry.

• Group 1:
  American Studies; Asian Studies; Development Studies; Globalisation; History; International Relations; Latin American Studies; Politics
• Group 2:
  French; Indonesian; Italian; Modern Greek; Spanish
• Group 3:
  Chinese, German and Japanese are taught at University of Adelaide. These language majors are recognised in the Bachelor of International Studies. Any other recognised university-level sequence in any foreign language approved by the Director of Studies.

HONOURS DEGREE

A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of International Studies, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.

Honours programs may be undertaken in the following disciplines with program details in the Bachelor of Arts entry: American Studies; Asian Studies; Development Studies; French; History; Indonesian; International Relations; Italian; Latin American Studies; Modern Greek; Politics and Spanish.