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Bachelor of International Studies

Testamur Title:

Bachelor of International Studies

Abbreviation:

BIntlSt

Home Faculty

Faculty of Arts

Course Duration:

3 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Total Credit Points:

144

Delivery Mode:

On campus (Face-to-face)

Starting Session(s):

Autumn/Spring

Campus:

Wollongong

UOW Course Code:

1817

UAC Code:

753121

CRICOS Code:

064122E

Overview

The Bachelor of International Studies is an interdisciplinary degree. As its title suggests, it challenges students to think beyond the confines of traditional disciplines and seek different approaches to its central theme, International Studies. But what does 'International Studies' mean? It means the analysis, appreciation and study of the diversity of the global community. The degree reflects a growing scholarship that concentrates on processes and forces that know no national boundaries. By combining a core set of subjects, a language and an area of special study called a strand, the degree equips students with a theoretical background, a language and a specialised area of study that can help them in future careers in international organisations both overseas and in Australia, as part of the public sector or as part of non government organisations.

Entry Requirements / Credit Transfer

For information on Entry Requirements and Advanced Standing please see the entry for the Bachelor of Arts (course code 702).

The Major

The major consists of 50 credit points as set out in the schedule below.

The Language Minor

The Language Minor can be taken from French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Indonesian and Mandarin. Those with a language at HSC level can enter the language program at 200 level. Otherwise, students need to begin at 100 level. For further information, see the different language entries in this Handbook.

Strands

The strands are listed in the schedule below. They allow students to focus on specific areas of interest. These will normally be available in the second and third years of study.

Course Requirements

The degree consists of four compulsory segments:

    • a core of prescribed subjects (50 credit points);

    • a minimum of a minor in a language that is not the student's native tongue (minimum of 28 credit points; students may elect to take a major in a language);

    • at least one of the strands listed in the degree's schedule (minimum of 24 credit points).

    • To complete the credit points required for the degree, students can take a second strand or take as electives subjects offered in the various strands or subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts or other faculties.

Course Program

The following is the full schedule for the degree that will be offered over the next three years.

Subject Code

Subject Name

Credit Points

Delivery method(s)

  

Core subjects

INTS100

Introduction to International Studies

6

Autumn

  

INTS107

Empires, Colonies and the 'Clash of Civilisations'

6

Spring

  

INTS121

International Politics

6

Spring

  

INTS225

International Relations: An Introduction

8

Autumn

  

INTS300

Senior Seminar in International Studies

8

Spring

  

INTS375

Global Labour Studies

8

N/O 2010

  

INTS399

Special Topics in International Studies

8

Autumn

  

Language Minor

FREN151

French IA language

6

Autumn

  

FREN152

French IB Language

6

Spring

  

FREN251

French IIA Language

8

Autumn

  

FREN252

French IIB Language

8

Spring

  

or

FREN251

French IIA Language

8

Autumn

  

FREN252

French IIB Language

8

Spring

  

FREN351

French IIIA language

8

Autumn

  

FREN352

French IIIB Language

8

Spring

  

or

ITAL151

Italian IA Language

6

Autumn

  

ITAL152

Italian IB Language

6

Spring

  

ITAL251

Italian IIA Language

8

Autumn

  

ITAL252

Italian IIB Language

8

Spring

  

or

ITAL251

Italian IIA Language

8

Autumn

  

ITAL252

Italian IIB Language

8

Spring

  

ITAL351

Italian IIIA Language

8

Autumn

  

ITAL352

Italian IIIB Language

8

Spring

  

or

JAPA141

Beginners' Japanese

6

Autumn

  

JAPA142

Transitional Japanese

6

Spring

  

JAPA243

Pre-Intermediate Japanese

8

Summer

  

JAPA261

Intermediate Japanese I

8

Autumn

  

or

JAPA261

Intermediate Japanese I

8

Autumn

  

JAPA271

In-Country Japanese Session or

8

Winter

  

JAPA264

Japanese IIC Language (Wollongong)

8

Winter

  

JAPA262

Intermediate Japanese II

8

Spring

  

JAPA361

Advanced Japanese I

8

Autumn

  

or

SPAN151

Spanish for Beginners I

6

Autumn

  

SPAN152

Spanish for Beginners II

6

Spring

  

SPAN251

Spanish Intermediate I

8

Autumn

  

SPAN252

Spanish Intermediate II

8

Spring

  

or

SPAN251

Spanish Intermediate I

8

Autumn

  

SPAN252

Spanish Intermediate II

8

Spring

  

SPAN351

Advanced Spanish I

8

Autumn

  

SPAN352

Advanced Spanish II

8

Spring

  

or

INDO151

Introductory Indonesian 1A

6

Autumn

  

INDO152

Introductory Indonesian 1B

6

Spring

  

or

MAND151

Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1A

6

Autumn

  

MAND152

Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1B

6

Spring

  

MAND161

Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1A

6

Autumn

  

MAND162

Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1B

6

Spring

  

International Studies Strands

Global Labour and Employment Studies

ERLS240

Comparative Issues in Pay Determination

8

Spring

  

ERLS340

Comparative Perspectives on the Employment Relationship

8

Spring

  

ERLS342

Researching Employment Relations and Global Labour Studies

8

Autumn

  

Study of States

POL 216

Politics in the USA

8

Autumn

  

SOC 224

Violence, Fear and Civilisation: The Evolution of States

8

Autumn

  

POL 303

Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order

8

Autumn

  

POL 314

Power and the Modern State

8

Spring

  

POL 368

Protest and Power in America: The Sixties

8

Spring

  

World Literatures

ENGL265

English and Empire

8

Spring

  

ENGL366

Black Writing from Africa, the U.S. and the Caribbean

8

Autumn

  

ENGL373

Pacific Literature

8

Spring

  

ENGL388

From Sojourners to Global Citizens: writing from the Chinese Diaspora

8

N/O 2010

  

Conflict and Society

HIST322

Twentieth Century Dictatorships

8

Spring

  

HIST339

Australians and War: Kokoda to Iraq

8

Spring

  

POL 303

Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order

8

N/O 2010

  

MACS390

Media, War and Peace

8

Autumn

  

Media and Communications

DIGC202

New Media and Globalisation: Cyber-economies/Cyberculture

8

Spring

  

STS 288

Science and the media

8

N/O 2010

  

MACS390

Media, War and Peace

8

Autumn

  

POL 224

Politics and the Media

8

Spring

  

Popular Culture

SMAC201

Popular Culture in Japan since 1945

8

Autumn

  

SOC 206

Youth and Popular Culture

8

Autumn

  

SOC 230

Body and Society

8

N/O 2010

  

POL 368

Protest and Power in America : The Sixties

8

Spring

  

Pacific

HIST201

An Ocean of History: An Introduction to the Pacific World

8

Spring

  

ENGL373

Pacific Literature

8

Spring

  

POL 317

Politics in the South Pacific

8

Autumn

  

Asia

HIST 255

Australia and Asia: Connections and Comparisons

8

Spring

  

SOC 243

Contesting Asia: Culture, Diversity and Difference

8

Autumn

  

ENGL388

From Sojourners to Global Citizens: writing from the Chinese Diaspora

  

N/O 2010

  

POL 318

The Politics of Asian Development

8

N/O 2010

  

POL 319

Political Economy in the New Millennium

8

Autumn

  

POL323

An Unequal World

8

Spring

  

Europe

FREN210

France in the Twentieth Century

8

Spring

  

HIST310

Europe in World History

8

Autumn

  

HIST322

Twentieth Century Dictatorships

8

Spring

  

PHIL314

The Embodied Mind

8

Autumn

  

In the first year of study, students will need to take the core 100 level subjects (INST100, INST107, INST121). It is strongly recommended that students also begin the language requirement of the degree. To make up any credit point shortfall for full-time students (48 for the year), students can take any subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts.