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Politics and International Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Lauren Rosewarne
Email: lrose@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
Students undertaking pure honours in Politics and International Studies complete:
- A 15,000 word thesis: POLS40021 Politics & International Thesis Part 1, and POLS40022 Politics & International Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points);
- Three Politics and International Studies Honours elective subjects (37.5 points)
Students undertaking combined honours in Politics and International Studies complete:
- POLS40021 Politics & International Thesis Part 1, and POLS40022 Politics & International Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points);
- Coursework subjects from the combining discipline (37.5 points)
or
- Honours thesis in the combining program (50 points);
- Coursework subject from the combining discipline (12.5 points);
- Three Politics and International Studies Honours elective subjects (37.5 points)
Total: 100 points
Subject Options
Students enrolled in the Politics and International Studies Honours program must complete the following compulsory subjects. Please note, the thesis POLS40021 Politics & International Thesis Part 1 and POLS40022 Politics & International Thesis Part 2 must be taken over two consecutive semesters.
Compulsory Subjects
Students enrolled in the Politics and International Studies Honours program must complete the following compulsory subjects. Please note, the thesis POLS40021 Politics & International Thesis Part 1 and POLS40022 Politics & International Thesis Part 2 must be taken over two consecutive semesters.
62.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40021 | Politics & International Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
POLS40022 | Politics & International Thesis Part 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40002 | Australian Politics:Democracy & Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40015 | Women in Global Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90024 | Approaches to Comparative Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40001 | Contemporary Political and Social Theory | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40014 | A Postcolonial International Relations? | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40016 | Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH40002 | Imagined Societies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40004 | Justice, Democracy and Difference | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/students/honoursLast updated: 30 January 2024