International Politics

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D23-AA-SPC+1023 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011

Coordinator

Professor Ralph Pettman
School of Social and Political Sciences
Email: rpettman@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:	see course overview
Objectives:	Students who complete the postgraduate diploma should: have an advanced knowledge of the major debates in international politics; have a specialized knowledge of one or more disciplinary issue-areas; have produced academic work based on original research that reveals an awareness of the latest research and theoretical directions within the chosen disciplinary issue-area.
Structure & Available Subjects:	The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires: Thesis 12,000 words (37.5 points) two compulsory subjects (25 points) three elective subjects (37.5 points) Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Subject Options:	Thesis subject Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: POLS40012 International Politics Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 18.75 Compulsory subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar February 12.50 POLS90028 International Relations Theory Semester 1 12.50 Elective subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: POLS40018 Religion and Politics March 12.50 POLS40015 Women in Global Politics Semester 1 12.50 POLS40003 Communication and Governance Semester 1 12.50 POLS40004 Justice, Democracy and Difference Semester 1 12.50 POLS40005 Corruption in Today's World Semester 1 12.50 POLS40009 The Emerging World (Dis)Order Semester 1 12.50 POLS90016 The United Nations: Review and Reform Semester 1 12.50 POLS90017 Europe and Asia: Competing Hegemons? Semester 1 12.50 POLS90030 Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament Semester 1 12.50 POLS90011 The EU and Globalisation August 12.50 MULT50002 Indigenous Peoples in Global Context Semester 2 12.50 POLS40014 A Postcolonial International Relations? Semester 2 12.50 POLS40016 Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? Semester 2 12.50 POLS90007 US Foreign Policy Semester 2 12.50 POLS90013 Politics and Business in post-Mao China Semester 2 12.50 POLS90024 Approaches to Comparative Politics Semester 2 12.50 ASIA90001 Human Rights in Southeast Asia Semester 2 12.50 POLS40001 Contemporary Political and Social Theory Not offered in 2011 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.pscs.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Postgraduate Diploma in Arts

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