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150pt Program
Master of International RelationsCourse Entry PointYear: 2019
150pt Program
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Andrew Walter
Email: andrew.walter@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
- Contact: 'make an enquiry' on http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-international-relations/overview
Overview
The Master of International Relations is offered collaboratively by several Schools in the Faculty of Arts. The degree is designed for graduates who are seeking careers in international affairs, in government, diplomacy, international business, non-government organisations (NGOs), international organisations, and the media. It is a program that combines advanced study in the field of international relations, with relevant professional skills development, and an electives program that is specifically designed to promote cross-cultural understanding. The elective program also reflects Australia’s geographic location and the University of Melbourne’s research strengths, notably in Asian and Islamic Studies, European Studies and global and regional governance in politics, society and culture. The program will also offer students exchange, internship and language study opportunities. The degree is specifically designed as a pathway to professional employment. There is a thesis option for high achieving students who may wish to progress to a PhD.
Last updated: 18 December 2020
Structure
150 credit points
150 Point Program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / 3 years part-time
Coursework Option
- core subjects (minimum 50 points)
- elective subjects (maximum 100 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option
- core subjects (minimum 50 points)
- minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (37.5 points total)
- POLS40013 Social Sciences Research Seminar (12.5 points)
- elective subjects (maximum 50 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (25 points). Students must complete the relevant capstone option for their specialisation:
Capstone Stream 1: POLS90054 or HIST90034 or ASIA90012 International Relations Thesis Part 1 and POLS90055 or HIST90035 or ASIA90013 International Relations Thesis Part 2
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to write a research thesis; pathway to the PhD
Capstone Stream 2: POLS90009 International Relations Internship
Purpose: An opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in international policy and practice to solve problems that arise in professional contexts and develop an integrated understanding of research and practice
Capstone Stream 3: POLS90022 International Security and one of the following subjects:
- CRIM90007 Genocide, State Crime and the Law
- CRIM90015 Terror, Law and War
- HIST90026 History, Memory and Violence in Asia
- HIST90027 Middle Eastern Wars: Jihad & Resistance
- POLS90007 US Foreign Policy
- POLS90016 The United Nations: Review and Reform
- POLS90030 Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament
- POLS90034 International Policymaking in Practice
- POLS90035 Great Power Rivalry: Peace & War in 21C
- POLS90060 Gender in International Relations
Purpose: An opportunity to deepen understanding in one of three central fields of disciplinary specialization (International Security). Students will be required to tailor an assessed piece of work in the elective subject in ways that reflect their personal interests and draws on the subject matter of the core and linked international security-related elective subjects.
Capstone Stream 4: POLS90023 International Governance and Law and one of the following subjects:
- ASIA90001 Human Rights in Southeast Asia
- CRIM90007 Genocide, State Crime and the Law
- CRIM90015 Terror, Law and War
- POLS90011 The EU in International Affairs
- POLS90012 Trade Policy Politics & Governance
- POLS90016 The United Nations: Review and Reform
- POLS90017 Europe and Asia: Competing Hegemons?
- POLS90034 International Policymaking in Practice
- POLS90037 Corruption in Today's World
- POLS90038 Human Rights
- POLS90043 Comparative Regional Governance
Purpose: An opportunity to deepen understanding in one of three central fields of disciplinary specialization (International Governance and Law). Students will be required to tailor an assessed piece of work in the elective subject in ways that reflect their personal interests and draws on the subject matter of the core and linked international governance-related elective subjects.
Capstone Stream 5: POLS90026 International Political Economy and one of the following subjects:
- INTS90007 Rising China in the Globalised World
- POLS90011 The EU in International Affairs
- POLS90012 Trade Policy Politics & Governance
- POLS90013 Politics and Business in post-Mao China
- POLS90017 Europe and Asia: Competing Hegemons?
- POLS90034 International Policymaking in Practice
- POLS90037 Corruption in Today's World
- POLS90043 Comparative Regional Governance
- POLS90060 Gender in International Relations
Purpose: An opportunity to deepen understanding in one of three central fields of disciplinary specialization (International Political Economy). Students will be required to tailor an assessed piece of work in the elective subject in ways that reflect their personal interests and draws on the subject matter of the core and linked political economy-related elective subjects.
Subject Options
Core Subjects
minimum 50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90008 | Asia and the World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90022 | International Security | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90024 | International History |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POLS90023 | International Governance and Law | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90026 | International Political Economy | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90028 | International Relations Theory | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Minor Thesis Subjects
Minor Thesis Option - 50 points
Please note the following prior to enrolling in the minor thesis -
- it is important that students enrol into the thesis that is administered by the school in which their supervisor is based, e.g. HIST90034/HIST90035 if the supervisor is in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, POLS90054/POLS90055 if the supervisor is in the School of Social and Political Sciences and ASIA90012/ASIA90013 if the supervisor is in the Asia Institute.
- students admitted into the 150 point program must have completed at least 25 points of core subjects within the program, with an average of 80% (H1); and
- to be eligible to enrol in the thesis, students must submit a 300 word thesis proposal for approval by the course coordinator prior to the semester of enrolment in the thesis; and
- students enrolling in the minor thesis must also complete POLS40013 Social Sciences Research Seminar; and
- the minor thesis must be completed over two consecutive semesters (part 1 and 2).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90012 | International Relations Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
ASIA90013 | International Relations Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
HIST90034 | International Relations Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
HIST90035 | International Relations Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90054 | International Relations Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
POLS90055 | International Relations Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
Elective Subjects
Coursework Option - maximum 100 points
or
Minor Thesis option - maximum 50 points
Languages: Students may enrol in up to 25 points of language study in the following areas:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Hebrew
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Russian
- Spanish
Please note:
In addition to these electives, students enrolled in the Master of International Relations will have the option of undertaking some electives from the Master of International Business offered by the Graduate School of Business and Economics.
Students enrolled in the 150 point program will have the option of undertaking up to two of the following electives from the Master of International Business (up to a maximum of 25 points):
- ECON90025 Cooperation and Conflict in World Trade
- ECON90029 Economics for public Policy
- IBUS90002 Asian business and Management
- MGMT90038 Global Corporate Governance
- FNCE90065 Fundamentals of Finance
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90008 | Asia and the World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90011 | China's Economic and Social Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90015 | Conflict and Terrorism in Southeast Asia | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90017 | Contemporary China | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90018 | Indonesia Rising? |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AUST90008 | Migration and People Movement | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
CRIM90007 | Genocide, State Crime and the Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
CRIM90015 | Terror, Law and War | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90025 | Organised Crime and Human Trafficking | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90027 | Criminology Special Topics 1 | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90034 | Post-conflict Justice | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS90004 | Cultural Complexity and Intelligence | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90049 | Politics & Contested Development: Africa | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ECON90025 | Cooperation and Conflict in World Trade |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ECON90029 | Economics For Public Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90001 | Professional Speaking Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90002 | Advanced Self-Editing | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90003 | Professional Literacies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90004 | Intercultural Professional Communication | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FNCE90065 | Fundamentals of Finance |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90024 | International History |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
HIST90026 | History, Memory and Violence in Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90027 | Middle Eastern Wars: Jihad & Resistance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90037 | Russia and the World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
IBUS90002 | Asian Business and Management |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
INTS90007 | Rising China in the Globalised World | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INTS90008 | Education and State Power in China | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISLM90007 | Contemporary Middle East & Central Asia | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISLM90008 | Islam and Politics | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISLM90013 | Human Rights and Islam | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
ISLM90015 | Understanding the Gulf States | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
LING90026 | Transcultural Communication at Work |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90038 | Global Corporate Governance |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PADM90011 | Governing Challenges 1 | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
PADM90012 | Regional Governance | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90029 | Climate Ethics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90007 | US Foreign Policy | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90009 | International Relations Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
POLS90011 | The EU in International Affairs | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90017 | Europe and Asia: Competing Hegemons? | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90022 | International Security | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90023 | International Governance and Law | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90024 | Approaches to Comparative Politics | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90026 | International Political Economy | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90028 | International Relations Theory | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90030 | Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90031 | Special Topics A International Relations | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90035 | Great Power Politics | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90037 | Corruption in Today's World | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90038 | Human Rights | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90041 | Global Campaigning: NGOs and Movements | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90042 | Latin America in the World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90043 | Comparative Regional Governance | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90044 | ASEAN and Southeast Asian Regionalism | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90045 | Governing Money and Finance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90046 | Special Topics B International Relations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90047 | Diplomacy: Theory and Practice | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90048 | Ethics and International Relations | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90050 | Terrorism and Insurgency | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90051 | Technology and Power in World Politics | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90053 | India and the World | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90056 | Social Policy and Development |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
POLS90057 | America and the Rise of Asia | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90058 | Asia-Pacific: Zone of Conflict or Peace? | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90059 | Challenges in Australian Foreign Policy | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
POLS90060 | Gender in International Relations | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
PPMN50001 | U21 Advanced International Study | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90045 | Government Today 1 | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
PPMN90046 | Persuasion for Policymakers | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90054 | Global Issues in Indigenous Governance | December (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
SOCI90010 | International Migration | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 18 December 2020