Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Arts

Politics major sequence

The following is the program of study [November, 2008] for a 33-unit major sequence in Politics within a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of International Studies and should be read in conjunction with the respective course rule.

	First Year
	9 units from the following:
DVST1001	The Political Economy of International Development	4.5
INTR1006	International Relations: An Introduction	4.5
INTR1007	Australia and the World	4.5
INTR1010	The Middle East: From the Rebirth of Zionism to the Iraq War	4.5
POLI1003	Australian Politics: A Comparative Study	4.5
POLI1004	Modern Political Thought	4.5
POLI1008	Politics through Film	4.5
POLI1009	Government, Business and Society	4.5
	Second and Third Years
	6 units from the following:
POLI2013	Classics of Political Thought	6
POLI2018	Basic Issues in Contemporary Political Theory	6
POLI2023	Feminist Political Theory	6
POLI2046	Continental Political Thought	6
	plus 6 units from the following:
INTR2004	Peace and War	6
POLI2009	Political Sociology: Introduction to Power, Politics and Society	6
POLI2014	The Politics of Third World States	6
POLI2045	Australian Politics: Parties, Voters and Elections	6
	plus 12 units from the following (excluding any already taken at Second Year):
AMST2005	American Politics	6
AMST3011	The Alliance: The Shaping of Australian and American Trade and Strategic Policy	6
ASST3040	Island Southeast Asia: State, Society and Development	6
ASST3049	Asia Rising: The Politics of Development in the Asia Pacific *	6
DVST2001	Sustainable Development	6
DVST3002	Intellectual Traditions in International Development	6
INTR2024	The Modern International System	6
INTR2044	Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region *	6
INTR3004	Australian Foreign Policy	6
INTR3022	Regionalism in East Asia: ASEAN, APEC and Beyond	6
INTR3039	International Political Economy and World Order	6
INTR3058	Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific	6
INTR3059	Debating Human Rights in International Relations	6
INTR3061	Food, Frontiers and International Relations	6
INTR3062	Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Security	6
INTR3064	Africa on a Global Stage	6
INTR3065	The United States, International Relations and World Politics	6
INTR3066	European Union	6
INTR3067	Energy and Security: Black Gold, Yellowcake and Old King Coal	6
INTR3068	Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and Globalisation	6
INTR3069	War of the Fleas: Asymmetric Conflict since 1945	6
INTR3070	Arc of Crisis: The Modern Middle East	6
POLI2013	Classics of Political Thought	6
POLI2015	Australian Government and Public Policy	6
POLI2018	Basic Issues in Contemporary Political Theory	6
POLI2023	Feminist Political Theory	6
POLI3012	People and Politics: Australia, the United States and Canada	6
POLI3016	Western European Politics: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives	6
POLI3017	Urban Politics	6
POLI3026	Leftist Traditions: After the End of Communism	6
POLI3041	The Next Superpower? The Rise of China in the 21st Century	6
POLI3046	Parliamentary and Public Sector Internship	6
POLI3047	Liberalism and its Critics	6
POLI3049	Environmental Politics	6
POLI3052	Business, Culture and Politics in China	6
POLI3054	Power and Political Violence in Latin America	6
POLI3055	Indigenous People and Politics	6
POLI3057	Music and Politics in the Americas	6
POLI3060	Globalisation and Ethics	6
POLI3066	Protest and Dissent: Activist Pathways to Social and Political Change	6
SOAD3002	Access and Equity: Social Issues in Public Policy	6
WMST2003	Gender and Development	6
WMST2010	Witches, Heretics and Holy Women: Women in World Religions	6
WMST3003	Gendering Politics and Policy: Justice, Rights and Representation	6

* Students cannot study both ASST3049 and INTR2044.