U21 Diploma in Global Issues (D-GLOBISS) // Course structure

Course structure

University of Melbourne students accepted into the Diploma are required to complete 100 points of study comprising:

• one compulsory on-line core subject (12.5 points)

and

• elective subjects chosen from the lists below (87.5 points).

At least three of the seven electives must be chosen from among the subjects offered by the partner universities (taken either on-line or via an exchange program), i.e. not taught by the University of Melbourne.

At least three of the seven elective subjects must be taught on-line.

Subjects listed below are offered as part of the Diploma and are subject to availability. Students should check subject prerequisites with relevant teaching programs.

This Diploma in Global Issues will typically add one year to the length of your Bachelor degree if studying full time. Students may credit up to 50 points of Diploma subjects taken at the University of Melbourne towards their Bachelor degree.

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Subject options

Core Subjects

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

Online Elective Subjects

Select AT LEAST THREE subjects from the online elective list: Plesae ensure you check availabilty of the following GIP website as these are subejct to change.

University of Melbourne Campus Based Elective Subjects

Overseas Campus Based Elective Subjects:

Lund University:

• Democratisation
• Emerging Asia Economic Transformation in East and South East Asia
• Gastronomy- A Global and Interdisciplinary Perspective
• Globalisation and in the Pre Modern World
• History of the Holocaust
• Human Rights – A Multidisciplinary Introduction
• International Business and Multinational Enterprises
• Peace for God's Sake
• Sustainable Eating
• The Crusades - Facts and Fiction, Past and Present
• The Politics of the Environment and Sustainable Development
• The Rising Giants - China and India Entering the Scene
• Violence, Gender and Culture- A Global Survey

University of Birmingham:

• End of Empire: Problems of International History
• Introduction to Problems of World History in the Twentieth Century
• International Political Economy
• International Security
• Europe in a Globalized World
• Gender in World Politics
• International Ethics
• LH Global Governance
• International Monetary Issues
• Introduction to International Trade
• LI Global Societies
• Global Quaternary Climatic Change
• LH Environmental Governance

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 Taxation
• International Political Economy
• 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
• International Politics of Race
• 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 Government and Politics if the USA
• The Iraq War
• 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 Nottingham - Malaysia

• Food, Hunger and Development
• Global Political Economy and International Development
• Intelligence and International Relations
• International Organisations
• International Security

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
• Foreign Policies of the Great Powers
• Global Change: Problems and Prospects
• Global Cultures & Tourism
• Global Populations 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

Tecnológico de Monterrey

• Enterprises and Business in the World
• Geopolitics
• North American Regional Scenario
• Public International Law

Last updated: 18 December 2020