U21 Certificate in Global Issues (777CC) // Course structure

Course structure

University of Melbourne students accepted into the Certificate are required to complete 50 points of study comprising:

• one compulsory on-line core subject (12.5 points)
and
• elective subjects chosen from the lists below (37.5 points).

At least one of the three elective subjects must be taught (either on-line or via an exchange program) by a Global Issues Program partner university, ie. not by the University of Melbourne.

Subjects listed below are offered as part of the Certificate are subject to availability. Students should check subject prerequisites with relevant teaching programs where it will be determined whether prospective students can satisfy prerequisites.

Subject options

Core Subjects

All students in the U21 Certificate in Global Issues are required to complete ONE of the following core subjects:

Online Elective Subjects

All students in the U21 Certificate in Global Issues are required to select AT LEAST ONE subject from the online elective list which is not taught by the University of Melbourne:

Overseas Campus Based Elective Subjects:

Lund University:

• Democratization

• Global Environmental Justice

• Global Relation of Power

• History of the Holocaust

• Human Rights – A Multidisciplinary Introduction

• International Business and Multinational Enterprises

• The Politics of the Environment and Sustainable Development

• Violence, Gender and Culture- a Global Survey

University of British Columbia:

• Indigenous Peoples in Comparative and International Law

• International Business Management

• International Financial Management
• International Financial Markets and Institutions
• International Law

• International Law Problems

• International Macroeconomics and Finance

• International Marketing
• International Political Economy

• International Taxation

• Introduction to International Finance

• Introduction to International Trade

• Understanding Globalization

• World History From 1500 to the 20th Century

University of Nottingham:

• Afghanistan- Pakistan: Crucible of Conflict
• African Politics
• China's International Relations
• Ethnic Conflict in Comparative Perspective
• Global Security
• Government and Politics of East and Central Europe
• Human Rights and the Global Sex Trade
• International Firms
• Intervention in Africa
• IPE and Global Development
• Politics and Drugs
• Politics, Power and Political Economy in Latin America
• Power and International Order
• Rethinking the Cold War
• Revolution and Political Modernity
• Russia and its Neighbours: Security Developments in the Soviet Successor States
• Terrorism
• The Making of Foreign Policy
• The Making of Middle Eastern Politics
• Transatlantic Security Relations
• War, Disaster and Political Psychology
• Weapons of Mass Destruction

The University of Queensland

• Anthropology of Current World Issues: An Introduction
• Business Management in a Carbon Constrained World
• Climate Change and Environmental Management

• Crossing Bridges: Communicating Between Cultures

• Economic Institutions and Global Banking

• Foreign Policies of the Great Powers
• Global Change: Problems and Prospects

• Global Cultures & Tourism
• Global Population Issues

• Globalisation & Business

• Globalisation & Development in Post-Colonial Societies

• Globalisation & International Political Economy

• Globalisation and Economic Development

• Health and Social Justice in Global Contexts

• Human Rights & International Politics

• Human Security in Global Politics
• Human Settlements

• International Organisations & Political Cooperation

• International Peacekeeping

• Introduction to International Inequality and Development

• Introduction to International Relations

• Managing in the Global Workplace

• Politics of Development

• Terrorism & Insurgency in World Politics

• The United States & the Evolving International Order

• World Women: International Perspectives on Politics & Culture

University of Melbourne Campus Based Elective Subjects

Last updated: 5 January 2021