Major type

Undergraduate

Description

This major is a second required major option for the Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies) and will be offered by the Faculty of Arts, through the Department of Government and International Relations in the new School of Social and Political Sciences from 2008.

Government and International Relations is one of the largest academic groups within the Faculty of Arts, offering a range of units in areas such as:international relations and international business; the state and organisation of economic activity; communist and post-communist systems; Asia and the Pacific; Australian politics; Australian foreign and defence policy; American politics; public policy and public management; international security; human rights; political institutions; and political theory. Units offered by the Department of Government and International Relations are available to all students, subject to award course requirements.

The Internship in Public Policy and Affairs provides selected senior students with the opportunity to complete a research project whilst undertaking a professional placement. This unit is equivalent to 18 credit points of senior units of study in Government and International Relations.

Requirements for the major

Students intending to complete a major in Government and International Relations must complete two prerequsite junior units of study (12 credit points) selected fromthe following:

• GOVT1101 Australian Politics
• GOVT1105 Geopolitics
• GOVT1202 World Politics
• GOVT1406 International Business and Politics *

To obtain a major in Government and International Relations, students must complete at least 36 credit points in senior units of study selected the following:

• GOVT2114 The Australian Political Party System
• GOVT2116 Australian Foreign and Defence Policy
• GOVT2119 Southeast Asia: Dilemmas of Development
• GOVT2221 Politics of International Economic Relations
• GOVT2225 International Security in the 21st Century
• GOVT2226 International Organisations
• GOVT2228 Environmental Politics
• GOVT2331 Social Change and Politics
• GOVT2336 Gender and Human Rights
• GOVT2440 Globalisation and National Governance
• GOVT2444 Europe in World Affairs*
• GOVT2445 American Politics and Foreign Policy
• GOVT2552 Policy Analysis
• GOVT2557 Public Sector Management
• GOVT2558 Government, Business and Society
• GOVT2611 Capitalism and Democracy in East Asia
• GOVT2665 Ethics and Politics*
• GOVT2774 Islam: Democracy, Development and Gender
• GOVT2801 Applied International Studies (This unit is available to Bachelor of International Studies students only)
• GOVT2802 International Studies Practicum (This unit is available to Bachelor of International Studies students only)
• GOVT2991 Government 2 Honours
• GOVT3993 Government 3 Honours Part A
• GOVT3994 Government 3 Honours Part B

Please Note.

1. All units of study marked with an "*" will NOT be offered for 2009 enrolments.
2. The Faculty of Arts allows students to cross list units from other departments are part of this major. For details of the available cross-listed units, students should refer to the Faculty of Arts website.

Pre-2006 students

Students who commenced their degree prior to 2006 may complete the following to qualify for a major in Government and International Relations:

1. 2 x GOVT1000 level units of study
2. A minimum of 32 credit points of senior (2000 or 3000 level) units of study in Government and International Relations.

Availability of this major

The Government and International Relations major is available as a second required major under the Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies).

Students may also be able to complete this major under the following degrees. (Restrictions on the availabily of this major apply. Its availabily is subject to the credit point restrictions on units from other faculties in course rules of these degrees and restrictions based on other compulsory requiresments of these degrees).

• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Economics

Units of study in this major

For details of available compulsory and elective units of study for 2008, students should refer Online Unit of Study Handbook or the School of Political and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts) website.

• Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies) (FH019)

• University of Sydney