Undergraduate - Area of study International studies

Caulfield and Clayton

First-year level

Students studying a sequence in international studies must complete the following two units (12 points):

• ATS1325 Contemporary worlds 1
• ATS1326 Contemporary worlds 2

Second/Third-year level

Students studying a minor or major in international studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:

• a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from List A
• a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below, including a minimum of four units from List A. A minimum of three units must be taken at third-year level.

Note: Where students undertake an inter-campus exchange, the minor or major can be comprised of a mix of units available on their home campus and the exchange campus.

List A units

• ATS2623/ATS3623 Nationality, ethnicity and conflict
• ATS2624/ATS3624 Globalisation and its discontents
• ATS2625/ATS3625 Mobile worlds: Migrants refugees and the politics of belonging
• ATS2626/ATS3626 Global disasters: Impact, inquiry and change
• ATS2627/ATS3627 Global cultures, local traditions: Creating and consuming (popular) culture
• ATS2628 Power and poverty: International development in a globalised world
• ATS2629/ATS3629 Faith in the future: Religion and spirituality in a globalising world
• ATS2630/ATS3630 Governing the global economy: Stability, efficiency, justice
• ATS2631/ATS3631 The idea of travel: Global perspectives
• ATS2632/ATS3632 Post-conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliation
• ATS2633/ATS3633 Global Cities: Past, present, future
• ATS2634/ATS3634 Global indigeneity
• ATS2636/ATS3636 Sacred and profane: Religion, the secular and the state
• ATS2637/ATS3637 The human body and the international marketplace
• ATS2638/ATS3638 Global childhoods: Children's rights, welfare and mobility in a global context
• ATS2639/ATS3639 Poverty, ecology, and international justice
• ATS2640/ATS3640 The ethics of global conflict
• ATS2920/ATS3920 Making a difference: Bringing about social and political change
• ATS3314 Seeking justice: South Africa and Rwanda

List B units

• ATS2340/ATS3340 Introduction to peace and security studies.
• ATS2353/ATS3353 Social justice and Indigenous Australians
• ATS2354/ATS3354 Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state
• ATS2376/ATS3376 Political anthropology: Ethnic and national identities in the modern world
• ATS2378/ATS3378 Development and the Third World
• ATS2441/ATS3441 Class, culture and regional identity
• ATS2462/ATS3462 International crime and justice
• ATS2507/ATS3507 Here and there: The literature of travel
• ATS2515/ATS3515 Reading across cultures
• ATS2520/ATS3520 Post World-War Two Europe
• ATS2521/ATS3521 Conflict and culture in Europe
• ATS2547 Cities and sustainability
• ATS2563/ATS3563 Global consumption, sex and race
• ATS2578/ATS3578 Soldiers of fortune: Mercenaries from antiquity to Afghanistan
• ATS2580/ATS3580 The Middle East in the modern world
• ATS2586/ATS3586 Islam: Principles, civilization, influence
• ATS2596/ATS3596 The Vietnam war
• ATS2607/ATS3607 Nationalism and revolution in Southeast Asia
• ATS2616/ATS3616 Twentieth-century America: Race, rights and power
• ATS2648/ATS3648 Japanese society in the new millennium
• ATS2688/ATS3688 Foreign policies of the great and emerging powers
• ATS2690/ATS3690 Reflections on humanity: Truth, freedom and power
• ATS2691/ATS3691 Politics, violence and memory
• ATS2694/ATS3694 International political economy
• ATS2698/ATS3698 Middle east politics: Continuity, change, conflict and co-operation
• ATS2701/ATS3701 Terrorism and insurgency in global politics
• ATS2703/ATS3703 Arms control and world politics
• ATS2706/ATS3706 Washington and world politics
• ATS2708/ATS3708 Issues in global politics
• ATS2778 Public spaces and city life
• ATS2872/ATS3872 Karma, self and liberation: Buddhist and Hindu perspectives
• ATS2897/ATS3897 Borderless media in East Asia
• ATS2908/ATS3908 Making the American century: US expansion from colonies to superpower
• ATS2909/ATS3909 Villains and rogues: A history of ideas about gangsters
• ATS2124/ATS3124 Breadlines behind the Iron Curtain: Everyday life in communist Eastern Europe
• ATS3525 The idea of Europe
• ATS3902 Geopolitics of climate change
• MON2003/MON3001 Social Inclusion Internship: Working on migrant and refugee settlement in multicultural communities
• TAD2030/TAD3030 Fashion, image and advertising

Students may also count additional units listed for the international studies major from the Sunway and South African campuses if undertaking an inter-campus exchange.

Sunway

First-year level

Students studying a sequence in international studies must complete the following two units (12 points):

• ATS1325 Contemporary worlds 1
• ATS1326 Contemporary worlds 2

Second/Third-year level

Students studying a minor or major in international studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:

• a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from List A
• a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below, including a minimum of four units from List A. A minimum of three units must be taken at third-year level.

Note: Where students undertake an inter-campus exchange, the minor or major can be comprised of a mix of units available on their home campus and the exchange campus.

List A units

• ATS2140 States and markets
• ATS2625/ATS3625 Mobile worlds: Migrants, refugees and the politics of belonging
• ATS2630/ATS3630 Governing the global economy: Stability, efficiency, justice
• ATS2633/ATS3633 Global cities: Past, present, future
• ATS2920/ATS3920 Making a difference: Bringing about social and political change

List B units

• ATS2563/ATS3563 Global consumption, sex and race
• ATS3570 International relations

Students may also count additional units listed for the international studies major from the Caulfield, Clayton and South African campuses if undertaking an inter-campus exchange.

South Africa

First-year level

Students studying a sequence in international studies must complete the following two units (12 points):

• AZA1325 International studies 1
• AZA1326 International studies 2

Second/Third-year level

Students studying a minor or major in international studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:

• a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from List A
• a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below, including a minimum of four units from List A. A minimum of three units must be taken at third-year level.

Note: Where students undertake an inter-campus exchange, the minor or major can be comprised of a mix of units available at their home campus and the exchange campus. For details of units available on these campuses refer to the international studies entry in the Handbook on the Monash website in Australian at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/aos/international-studies/ug-arts-international-studies.html.

List A units

• ATS3314 Seeking justice: South Africa and Rwanda
• AZA2378/AZA3378 Development and the developing world
• AZA2623/AZA3623 Nation building in the modern era
• AZA2625/AZA3625 Places and spaces: International migration in the global age
• AZA2633/AZA3633 World cities: A historical and comparative analysis
• AZA2641/AZA3641 Diplomacy in contemporary international relations
• AZA2643/AZA3643 Africa in the modern world
• AZA2688/AZA3688 Foreign policy: Introduction
• AZA2703/AZA3703 The global politics of arms control and disarmament

List B units

• AZA2417/AZA3417 Africa and its others
• AZA2439/AZA3439 Youth culture and the media
• AZA2549/AZA3549 Poverty and power: The uneven world
• AZA2627/AZA3627 Global local cultures: Creating and consuming
• AZA2640/AZA3640 Philosophy of war and global conflict
• MON2003 Social inclusion internship: Working on migrant and refugee settlement in multicultural communities