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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 International Studies (course code 1817).
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 |
Session |
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Introduction to International Studies |
6 |
Autumn |
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INTS111 |
The Modern World |
6 |
Spring |
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Global Politics and Power |
6 |
Spring |
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International Relations: Issues, Concepts and Theories |
8 |
Autumn |
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Senior Seminar in International Studies |
8 |
Spring |
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International Studies in Practice |
8 |
Autumn/Spring |
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And one (1) of the following | ||||
STS300 |
The Environmental Context: Imagining a Zero Carbon Future |
8 |
Autumn |
|
POL323 |
An Unequal World |
8 |
Spring |
|
SOC326 |
Globalisation and Social Transformation |
8 |
Spring |
|
MACS333 |
Hollywood and Beyond: Genres Across Cultures |
8 |
Spring |
|
Language minors | ||||
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 |
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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 |
||||
INDO151 |
Introductory Indonesian 1A |
6 |
Autumn |
|
INDO152 |
Introductory Indonesian 1B |
6 |
Spring |
|
INDO251 |
Indonesian Language 2A Intermediate |
8 |
Autumn |
|
INDO 252 |
Intermediate Indonesian 2B |
8 |
Spring |
|
OR |
||||
INDO251 |
Indonesian Language 2A Intermediate |
8 |
Autumn |
|
INDO252 |
Intermediate Indonesian 2B |
8 |
Spring |
|
INDO351 |
Advanced Indonesian for Non-Indonesian background Students (NCB) 3A |
8 |
Autumn |
|
INDO352 |
Advanced Indonesian 3B |
8 |
Spring |
|
OR |
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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 |
||||
JAPA161 |
Post HSC Japanese 1 |
6 |
Autumn |
|
JAPA142 |
Transitional Japanese |
6 |
Spring |
|
JAPA243 |
Pre-Intermediate Japanese |
8 |
Summer |
|
JAPA261 |
Intermediate Japanese I |
8 |
Autumn |
|
JAPA262 |
Intermediate Japanese II |
8 |
Spring |
|
JAPA264 |
Japanese IIC Language (Wollongong) OR |
8 |
Winter |
|
JAPA271 |
In-Country Japanese Session |
8 |
Winter |
|
JAPA361 |
Advanced Japanese I |
8 |
Autumn |
|
Mandarin for non- character background students | ||||
MAND151 |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1A |
6 |
Autumn |
|
MAND152 |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1B |
6 |
Spring |
|
MAND251 |
Intermediate Chinese for Non-Chinese Background Students (NCB) 2A |
8 |
Autumn |
|
MAND252 |
Intermediate Chinese for Non-Chinese Background Students (NCB) 2B |
8 |
Spring |
|
OR |
||||
MAND251 |
Intermediate Chinese for Non-Chinese Background Students (NCB) 2A |
8 |
Autumn |
|
MAND252 |
Intermediate Chinese for Non-Chinese Background Students (NCB) 2B |
8 |
Spring |
|
MAND351 |
Advanced Chinese for Non-Chinese Background Students (NCB) 3A |
8 |
Autumn |
|
MAND352 |
Advanced Chinese for Non-Chinese Background Students (NCB) 3B |
8 |
Spring |
|
Mandarin for character background students | ||||
MAND161 |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1A |
6 |
Autumn |
|
MAND162 |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1B |
6 |
Spring |
|
MAND261 |
Intermediate Chinese for Characters Background Speakers (CBS) 2A |
8 |
Autumn |
|
MAND262 |
Intermediate Chinese for Characters Background Speakers (CBS) 2B |
8 |
Spring |
|
OR |
||||
MAND261 |
Intermediate Chinese for Characters Background Speakers (CBS) 2A |
8 |
Autumn |
|
MAND262 |
Intermediate Chinese for Characters Background Speakers (CBS) 2B |
8 |
Spring |
|
MAND361 |
Advanced Chinese for Character Background Students (CBS) 3A |
8 |
Autumn |
|
MAND362 |
Advanced Chinese for Non-Chinese Background Students (NCB) 3B |
8 |
Spring |
|
OR |
||||
SPAN151 |
Spanish for Beginners 1 |
6 |
Autumn |
|
SPAN152 |
Spanish for Beginners 2 |
6 |
Spring |
|
SPAN251 |
Spanish Intermediate 1 |
8 |
Autumn |
|
SPAN252 |
Spanish Intermediate 2 |
8 |
Spring |
|
OR |
||||
SPAN251 |
Spanish Intermediate 1 |
8 |
Autumn |
|
SPAN252 |
Spanish Intermediate 2 |
8 |
Spring |
|
SPAN351 |
Advanced Spanish I |
8 |
Autumn |
|
SPAN352 |
Advanced Spanish II |
8 |
Spring |
|
Strands | ||||
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 |
Spring |
|
POL 314 |
Power and the Modern State |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
|
POL 368 |
Protest and Power in America: The Sixties |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
|
Conflict and Society | ||||
Twentieth Century Dictatorships |
8 |
Autumn |
||
HIST202 |
Slavery in the Asia Pacific |
8 |
Autumn |
|
Australians and War: Kokoda to Iraq |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
||
Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order |
8 |
Spring |
||
Media, War and Peace |
8 |
Autumn |
||
SOC355 |
Cultures in Dispossession |
8 |
Spring |
|
SOC305 |
Race and Ethnicity |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
|
World Literatures | ||||
English and Empire |
8 |
Spring |
||
ENGL259 |
An Introduction to Canadian Literature |
8 |
Autumn |
|
Black Writing from Africa, the U.S. and the Caribbean |
8 |
Autumn |
||
Pacific Literature |
8 |
Spring |
||
ENGL376 |
Representing India |
8 |
Spring |
|
World Englishes |
8 |
Spring |
||
LING210 |
Communicating Across Cultures |
8 |
Autumn |
|
Media and Communications | ||||
Global networks |
8 |
Spring |
||
Risk, Media and Communication |
8 |
Autumn |
||
Media, War and Peace |
8 |
Autumn |
||
Politics and the Media |
8 |
Spring |
||
Popular culture | ||||
Youth Cultures |
8 |
Autumn |
||
SOC 327 |
Body and Society |
8 |
Spring |
|
Protest and Power in America : The Sixties |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
||
HIST353 |
Japanese History Through Film |
8 |
Autumn |
|
Pacific | ||||
An Ocean of History: An Introduction to the Pacific World |
8 |
Spring |
||
Pacific Literature |
8 |
Spring |
||
ENGL376 |
Representing India |
8 |
Spring |
|
Politics in the South Pacific |
8 |
Autumn |
||
Asia | ||||
Australia and Asia: Connections and Comparisons |
8 |
Spring |
||
Comparative Sociology: Asian Perspectives |
8 |
Autumn |
||
HIST202 |
Slavery in the Asia Pacific |
8 |
Autumn |
|
HIST252 |
A History of Modern China |
8 |
Autumn |
|
HIST352 |
The Overseas Chinese: Migration and Organisation |
8 |
Spring |
|
HIST353 |
Japanese History through Film |
8 |
Autumn |
|
POL318 |
Politics of Asian Development |
8 |
Autumn |
|
POL 323 |
An Unequal World |
8 |
Spring |
|
Europe | ||||
EURO320 |
European Identities in the 21st Century |
8 |
Spring |
|
France in the Twentieth Century |
8 |
Spring |
||
Europe in World History |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
||
Twentieth Century Dictatorships |
8 |
Autumn |
||
PHIL210 |
Contemporary European Philosophy |
8 |
Spring |
|
POL 213 |
Key Concepts and Thinkers in Political Theory |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
|
Global Labour and Employment Studies | ||||
ECON111 |
Introductory Microeconomics |
6 |
Autumn/Spring |
|
ECON216 |
International Trade Theory and Policy |
6 |
Spring |
|
ECON303 |
Economic Development Issues |
6 |
Spring |
|
POL319 |
Political Economy in the New Millennium |
8 |
N/O 2011 |
|
EESC205 |
Population Studies |
6 |
Autumn |
|
STS 218 |
Environment in Crisis |
8 |
Spring |
|
EESC 208 |
Environmental Impact of Societies |
6 |
Spring |
|
ERLS343 |
Researching employment relations and global labour studies |
8 |
Autumn |
|
ERLS340 |
Work and Employment - Global and Historical comparisons |
8 |
Spring |
|
Other Information
Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Arts - fac-arts@uow.edu.au