International Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1025 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011
Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for International studies honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in International studies and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%).

Objectives: See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in international studies complete:

  • Thesis (37.5 points):
  • Two Compulsory Subjects (25 points); and
  • Three Elective Subjects (37.5 points).

Students undertaking combined honours in international studies and another program complete:

  • Thesis (37.5 points);
  • Two Compulsory Subjects (25 points); and
  • Three subjects from the combining discipline (37.5 points).

or

  • Thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
  • Two subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and
  • Three elective subjects including International Relations Theory (37.5 points).
Total 100 points
Subject Options:

Compulsory subjects:

62.5 points for students in pure honours
Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75

Elective Subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.ssps.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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