Start Date
February
July

Campus
Magill

Duration
3 year(s) full-time

Program Code
MBIL

SATAC Code
444141 (Internal)

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): 55.60 (for 2015)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

The Bachelor of International Relations qualifies individuals who apply a broad and coherent body of knowledge to undertake productive and socially responsible professional work in culturally diverse global contexts, based on continuing development of professional knowledge and skilful analysis of politics and international relations, and as a pathway for further learning.

Content & Structure

Graduates of the Bachelor of International Relations will have broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge with depth in the underlying principles and concepts of the discipline of International Relations, underpinned by experiential learning via professional experience within Australia or overseas, and the option of complementing that knowledge by undertaking language studies or a sub-major or minor sequence in World Politics or another discipline or area of practice.

The Bachelor of International Relations is equivalent to three years of full-time study comprising 108 units. The program includes:

  • the professional major of eight designated courses in International Relations (36 units);
  • a World Politics minor of four courses (4 x 4.5 units = 18 units);
  • approved professional experience in Australia or overseas (9 or 18 units) or international student exchange (18 units);
  • professional specialisation courses chosen by students in World Politics, or in one or two languages, or in approved professional application courses (18 or 27 units); and
  • two Common Core courses (2 x 4.5 units), one course in Indigenous Australian Studies (4.5 units), and a Free Elective selected from undergraduate courses across the University (4.5 units).

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues HUMS 1034 4.5
Ideas, Innovation and Communication COMM 1060 4.5 Note(s): 1
Introduction to International Relations POLI 1010 4.5
World Politics Minor 4.5 Note(s): 3
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Intercultural Communication LANG 1054 4.5 Note(s): 1
World Politics Minor 4.5 Note(s): 3
World Politics Course 4.5 Note(s): 3
Free Elective 4.5 Note(s): 5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Regional Integration POLI 2028 4.5
Peace, Justice and Reconciliation POLI 3017 4.5
Or
Global Power in the Asian Century POLI 3018 4.5
World Politics Minor 4.5 Note(s): 3
Professional Specialisation 4.5 Note(s): 6,7
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
International Relations Theory POLI 1018 4.5
International Political Economy and Human Development POLI 2026 4.5
Or
Australia in the Asian Century POLI 2003 4.5
World Politics Minor 4.5 Note(s): 3
Professional Specialisation 4.5 Note(s): 6,7
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Hawke Ambassador International Volunteer Experience POLI 3014 18 Note(s): 4
Or
International Study Experience 18 Note(s): 4
Or
Australian Professional Experience POLI 3013 9 Note(s): 4
and
World Politics Course 4.5 Note(s): 3,4
World Politics Course 4.5 Note(s): 3,4
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Contemporary Security Issues POLI 3015 4.5
International Relations Research Project POLI 3016 4.5
Professional Specialisation 4.5 Note(s): 6,7
Professional Specialisation 4.5 Note(s): 6,7
WORLD POLITICS OPTIONS:
Energy, Security and Environmental Politics in Asia POLI 2025 4.5
Policy, Governance and the Economy POLI 3010 4.5
The Social World SOCU 1003 4.5
Sociological Perspectives SOCU 1002 4.5
Contemporary Security Issues POLI 3015 4.5
United States History and Contending Cultural Identities HUMS 2039 4.5
Regional Integration POLI 2028 4.5
Australia in the Asian Century POLI 2003 4.5
Peace, Justice and Reconciliation POLI 3017 4.5
Migration, Diversity and Citizenship HUMS 2038 4.5
World History Trends and Transformations HUMS 1055 4.5

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