Bachelor of International Relations

Rules

1. Students may transfer to the Bachelor of International Relations degree from a double degree that includes the Bachelor of International Relations.

2. Credit may be granted for relevant studies completed at a recognised tertiary educational institution, including cross-institutional language studies, a program of approved overseas study or approved TAFE qualifications. The maximum credit granted is 72 units.

3. Credit may be granted for graduates of a recognised degree in any field who gain entry into Bachelor of International Relations program. Graduates may be given full credit for International Relations courses completed as part of their previous degree. The maximum credit granted is 72 units.

Notes

1. Professional Major: students must complete an International Relations Professional Major (36 units) comprising 5 core courses plus three courses from one of four optional strands - refer Note 2. The core courses are: POLI 1015 Peace, War and International Politics; POLI 1010 International Relations and World Politics; POLI 2011 Contending Theoretical Perspectives in International Politics; POLI 2026 International Political Economy; and POLI 3016 Capstone Research Project.

2. Major Optional Strand: to complete the International Relations Professional Major, students select one of the four optional strands shown on the program schedule and undertake all three required courses associated with their chosen strand. The optional strands are: Asia and the World; Forces in World Politics; Peace and Security; Politics, Policy and Risk.

3. World Politics Minor: students complete four courses (18 units) that are generally chosen from the 'World Politics Major, Sub-major, Minor' list (except courses in that list that comprise their International Relations Major); however, other courses may be substituted with the approval of the Program Director.

4. Professional Experience: students may choose an 18-unit option either by completing POLI 3014 Hawke Ambassador International Volunteer Experience or by undertaking the International Study Experience. Alternatively, students may choose a 9-unit option in which they complete POLI 3013 Australian Professional Experience (APE), which is an internship of structured work experience; those who undertake the APE also complete an additional 9 units of Professional Specialisation courses (refer Notes 5 and 6).

5. Professional Specialisation: courses are selected from one of three categories: World Politics, Languages (refer Note 6) or Application courses (refer Note 7). Students who choose the 18-unit option for their Professional Experience (refer Note 4) complete four courses (18 units) for their Professional Specialisation. Students who undertake the APE (refer Note 4) complete six courses (27 units), of which there may be no more than 18 units of approved Application courses, one or more approved sequences of language courses, or 18 units of (additional) World Politics courses.

6. Languages: French, Italian and Japanese are available at UniSA; by cross-institutional enrolment, Chinese and German are available at the University of Adelaide, and Modern Greek, Indonesian and Spanish are available at Flinders University. Other languages available by cross-institutional enrolment may be undertaken with the approval of the Program Director. NESB students may choose up to 18 units of courses in English as an Additional Language. Students may combine: 18 units of language courses within their Professional Specialisation, a 4.5-unit language course taken as their Free Elective, and an equivalent of 18 units in a LOTE as part of an International Study Experience, for a total maximum of 40.5 units of language studies.

7. Professional Specialisation - Application courses (18 units) are selected from one of the minor sequences listed in the Program Handbook. Other application courses or minor sequences may be chosen with the approval of the Program Director.

8. Free Elective (4.5 units). All students complete at least one freely chosen Free Elective as part of their undergraduate program. See undergraduate elective courses.

9. The Program Schedule provides for World Politics Minor or Professional Specialisation course options in the first four semesters. Students who choose a language can use this for sequential enrolment in a language over those four semesters, and complete their World Politics minor in other World Politics Minor or Professional Specialisation course settings as indicated. Other students should try to complete their World Politics minor in the first four semesters. Students who prefer to undertake a Professional Experience component in the second half of second year will (and others may) need to seek advice to prepare a modified program study plan.

10. A 'Common Core' course available to students enrolled in most undergraduate programs offered within the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.

11. Required Indigenous Studies course.