Offered By	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest	International Relations

Description

The study of International Relations has traditionally focused upon the (often hostile) engagements between nation-states and/or their diplomatic elites seeking to advance the national interest by war or other means. These are still important themes in the contemporary IR agenda. However, at the beginning of the 21st century analysts and policymakers require a more comprehensive body of knowledge and deeper understanding of the world and how it operates. This major is designed to provide students with such knowledge and understanding in regard to both traditional and more recent agendas.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Due to structural changes in the undergraduate program rules in 2012, the courses that make up the new 2012 majors may be different to the pre-2012 majors, and therefore some courses cannot be counted between majors.  Students are advised to contact the CASS Student Office if they are unsure about their Majors.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this major will have the skills and knowledge to:

• Identify the core concepts and theories that dominate global politics in the 21^st century
• Have a thorough understanding of the historical development of the global system
• Examine the contemporary challenges facing the global system and evaluate the policies implemented to address them
• Identify the role that people, states, ideas, and institutions play in shaping the international political economy
• Understand Australia’s role in global politics
• Reflect critically on the knowledge and skills developed in their study of International Relations

Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

30 units from the completion of the following compulsory courses:

POLS1005 – Introduction to International Relations (6 units)

POLS1006 – Introduction to International Relations: Contemporary Global Issues (6 units)

POLS2094 – Issues in International Political Economy (6 units)

POLS3001 – Australian Foreign Policy: Australia’s Foreign Wars (6 units)

POLS3017 – International Relations Theory (6 units)

 

18 units from completion of courses from the following list:

EURO2003 – European Union: Policies, Institutions and Challenges (6 units)

EURO2011 – Nationalism in Europe: History, Politics, Theory (6 units)

HIST2136 ­– World at War 1939-1945 (6 units)

HIST2140 – Europe in the 20^th Century (6 units)

HIST2141 – The Cold War: 1945-1989 (6 units)

INTR2010 – International Relations in the Asia-Pacific (6 units)

MEAS2001 – New States of Eurasia: Emerging Issues in Politics and Security (6 units)

MEAS2105 – The Political Economy of the Middle East (6 units)

POLS2011 – Development and Change (6 units)

POLS2031 – Politics in the Middle East (6 units)

POLS2064 – Global Social Movements (6 units)

POLS2075 – Globalism and Politics of Identity (6 units)

POLS2085 – Gendered Politics of War (6 units)

POLS2095 – Development in Latin America (6 units)

POLS2097 – Strategy I: Grand Strategy, Peace and Security through War, Power, Force and Fraud (6 units)

POLS2098 – Strategy II: Revolution, Terror, Resistance, Rebellion and Death (6 units)

POLS2099 – Cartographies of Security: Critical Security Studies and International Politics (6 units)

POLS2101 – Refugee Politics (6 units)

POLS2102 – The Political Philosophy of Deception (6 units)

POLS2109 – Politics of Empire (6 units)

POLS2113 – Human Rights in International Relations (6 units)

POLS2115 – Revolution! (6 units)

POLS2117 – The International Relations of Latin America (6 units)

POLS2123 – Peace and Conflict Studies (6 units)

POLS2124 – Politics of Nuclear Weapons (6 units)

SOCY2030 – Sociology of Third World Development (6 units)

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.