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Head:
Professor David Goldsworthy
Graduate coordinator: Dr Paul James
The Department of Politics offers five main areas of specialisation for
postgraduate work: Australian politics and culture; international relations,
including both a postgraduate diploma and a separate MA in international
relations; Asian, regional and development studies; contemporary political
cultures; and social and political theory. However the research interests of
staff extend beyond these areas.
All graduate students are expected to contribute papers to the postgraduate
work-in-progress seminar and to attend regularly.
Graduate studies in politics are offered at the levels of faculty certificate,
postgraduate diploma, MA and PhD.
SUSAN
BLACKBURN Foreign aid; Southeast Asian development policies; gender and Asian
politics; non-government organisations and social movements in Southeast
Asia.
ANDREW BUTFOY International relations with special reference to arms control,
strategic studies, concepts of international security, and the US in world
politics.
BRIAN COSTAR Australian politics with special reference to elections and
parties, especially the National Party, State politics and the politics of
labour.
ALASTAIR DAVIDSON Social and political theory with special reference to modern
European theory; human rights, citizenship and the republican question; Marxist
studies; the state and constitutional reform in Australia. Aspects of modern
European politics, especially Italian; globalism.
ROBYN ECKERSLEY Green politics and philosophy, modern social and public policy,
political theory, new social movements, environmental philosophy, environmental
law and ecological economics.
NICK ECONOMOU Australian politics, especially public policy, environmental
policy and politics, federal and state elections, Australian media and
politics.
PAUL JAMES Social and political theory; nationalism, the state and community;
Australian politics with special reference to cultural studies, and the impact
of technology on politics and democracy.
MICHAEL JANOVER History of political thought; ancient Greek culture, politics
and philosophy; critical theories of modernity and postmodernity.
PETER LENTINI: Politics of mass and popular culture with particular reference
to rock music, identity politics, Russian domestic politics, comparative
postcommunist politics, and gender.
CHRIS REUS-SMIT International relations theory; history of state systems;
political economy; culture, social norms and ideas in international politics;
international institutions; international law; theories of state formation; the
United Nations; ethics and international relations; critical theory.
GILLIAN ROBINSON: Theories of modernity, particularly democracy, citizenship
and the nation state; ancient Greek politics and philosophy; Australian
politics and culture; feminist critiques of modern political theory; European
social and political theory; contemporary ethical and moral philosophy
ROGER SPEGELE The theory of international relations with special reference to
critiques of realism. International political economy, historical and
contemporary including Australia's current trading problems; ethics and
politics, globalism; political theory and aspects of literary studies.
DENNIS WOODWARD Australian politics with special reference to elections and
parties; Chinese politics with special references to the People's Liberation
Army and to industrial and agricultural policies.
DAVID WRIGHT-NEVILLE Critical theory, cultural politics and the politics of
identity; the relationship between politics and culture in East Asia; Western
conceptions of East Asia; the politics of East-West contacts, especially
Australia-Asia relations; contemporary East Asian capitalism; Japanese,
Malaysian and Singaporean politics.
Course
code: 0020
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students: $A12,000 pa
Normally, PhD work consists of the preparation of a dissertation of
80,000-100,000 words. In some cases, however, coursework may also be prescribed
by the head of the department in consultation with the candidate's supervisor.
Persons applying for admission to PhD candidature in politics will normally be
expected to have completed an honours degree in politics with at least a second
class division A result, or a masters degree in politics which includes a
significant research component. The period of candidature is between two and
five years full-time or up to eight years part-time.
Subject to the approval of the head of the department, students who have
completed a masters degree by thesis may be admitted to PhD candidature on a
firm basis. All other PhD students in the Department of Politics are initially
admitted on a probationary basis, and their candidature must be confirmed at
the end of twelve months (eighteen months for part-time students) according to
a formal project review. Upgrading from research MA to PhD is possible in line
with faculty regulations.
For further information, please consult the Doctoral information
handbook which is produced by the Research Training and Support Branch.
Course
code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
The objectives of the MA in politics are:
Applicants should normally have completed an honours degree in politics or a related discipline with at least a second class division A result; or MQual in politics or a related discipline with a research component, with at least a second class division A result.
The MA in politics by research requires the submission of a thesis (the normal length is 40,000-60,000 words) on a topic approved by the head of the department, at the end of a period of supervised study and research. The minimum duration of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time, and the maximum duration is three years full-time or five years part-time.
Applicants should normally have completed an honours degree in politics or a related discipline with at least a second class division B result; or MQual in politics or a related discipline with at least a second class division B result; or a postgraduate diploma in politics or a related discipline with at least a credit average.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily four of the semester-length subjects listed below. The period of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time.
Program code: 1988
Applicants should normally have completed a bachelors degree with at least credit results in the third-year subjects of a politics major, or equivalent.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily the core subject PLM4060.12 and three of the semester-length subjects listed below. The period of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time.
Program code: 1987
Applicants should normally have completed a bachelors degree with at least credit results in the third-year subjects of a politics major, or equivalent.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily four of the semester length subjects (not including PLM4060.12) listed under 'Masters Qualifying in politics with a research component' above. The period of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time.
Course code: 1399
To enable students to further their knowledge and understanding of politics by engaging with literatures and taking part in seminar work at postgraduate level.
Applicants should normally have completed a bachelors degree with a major in politics, or a Faculty Certificate in politics with grades of at least credit average. Subject to the approval of the head of the department. applicants who have completed a major in a cognate discipline may be admitted.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily four semester-length subjects chosen from the list below. Candidates who wish to be eligible to apply for subsequent admission to the MA in politics by research must include PLM4060.12. The period of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time.
Program
code: 2057
Program fee: Local students $A3300
To provide suitably qualified people with an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in the discipline of politics.
Applicants
should have either (a) a bachelors degree or the equivalent or
(b) relevant professional experience.
The entry requirements for candidates in category (b) are a minimum of
five years of relevant experience at a senior level in such areas as
journalism, bureaucracy which involves report writing or teaching where it
involves curriculum development. Evidence must accompany the candidate's
application for entry into the program. In addition to this the following
information must also be presented: (i) two references which comment on
the nature and extent of the experience; and (ii) a full CV;
and (iii) a statement of up to 1000 words indicating the applicant's
career objectives and reasons for applying for entry.
The evidence must accompany the candidate's application for entry.
The following may also be taken into account for applicants in
category (b):
Candidates who complete a Faculty Certificate in politics with a credit average can progress to a Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Politics) and receive 50 per cent credit towards that course.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily two of the semester-length subjects (not including PLM4060.12) listed under 'Masters Qualifying with a research component' above. The period of candidature is one semester full-time or one year part-time.
Course
code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students: $A12,000 pa
To enable students to acquire knowledge and understanding at an advanced level of the variety of changes now occurring in and to the international system, and of recent theoretical developments in the field of international relations.
Applicants should normally have completed an honours degree in politics or a related discipline with at least a second class division A result; or MQual in politics or a related discipline with a research component, with at least a second class division A result.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily PLM5520.12 (Perspectives on world politics) together with a thesis of 35,000-40,000 words on an approved topic in international relations. The weighting of the thesis is 75 per cent. The period of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time.
Applicants should normally have completed an honours degree in politics or a related discipline with at least a second class division B result; or MQual in politics or a related discipline with at least a second class division B result; or a postgraduate diploma in international relations with at least a credit average.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily four of the semester length subjects listed below including the core subject. The period of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time. Students who have completed PLM4520 should consult with the graduate coordinator as to an alternative subject.
Course
code: 1400
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students: $A12,000 pa
To enable students to further their knowledge and understanding of international relations by engaging with literatures and taking part in seminar work at postgraduate level.
Applicants should normally have completed a bachelors degree with a major in politics, or a Faculty Certificate in international relations with grades of at least credit average. Subject to the approval of the head of the department, applicants who have completed a major in a cognate discipline may be admitted.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily four semester-length subjects chosen from the list below. Candidates who wish to be eligible to apply for subsequent admission to the MA in international relations by research must include PLM4060.12. The period of candidature is one year full-time or two years part-time.
Program
code: 2058
Program fee: Local students $3300
To provide suitably qualified people with an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in the discipline of international relations.
The entry
requirements for candidates in category (b) are a minimum of five years of
relevant experience at a senior level in such areas as journalism, bureaucracy
which involves report writing or teaching where it involves curriculum
development. Evidence must accompany the candidate's application for entry into
the program. In addition to this the following information must also be
presented: (i) two references which comment on the nature and extent of
the experience; and (ii) a full CV; and (iii) a statement of up 1000
words indicating the applicant's career objectives and reasons for applying for
entry.
The following may also be taken into account for applicants in
category (b):
Candidates who complete a Faculty Certificate in international relations with a credit average can progress to a Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (International Relations) and receive 50 per cent credit towards that course.
Candidates must complete satisfactorily two semester-length subjects chosen from the list below. The period of candidature is one semester full-time or one year part-time.
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