Undergraduate - Area of study International relations

Minor in international relations

Students completing a minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in international relations must complete four units (24 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1353 Introduction to politics
• ATS1873 Introduction to international relations

(b.) additional elective units from the list below (12 points)

Note: Students can take the second-year cornerstone units from the major as electives.

Major in international relations

Students completing a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in international relations must complete eight units (48 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1353 Introduction to politics
• ATS1873 Introduction to international relations

(b.) at least two second-year cornerstone unitscornerstone units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points), chosen from:

• ATS2340 International security studies
• ATS2624 Global governance
• ATS2694 International political economy
• ATS2706 Foreign policy analysis: Washington and world politics

(c.) at least one third-year capstone unitcapstone unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (6 points), chosen from:

• ATS3690 Reflections on humanity: Truth, freedom and power*
• ATS3705 Power and justice in world politics

(d.) additional elective units from the list below (18 points)

A minimum of three units (18 points) must be completed at third-year level.

Note: Students can take the remaining cornerstone and capstone units as electives.

* This unit is also a capstone unit for politicspolitics (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/politics/ug-arts-politics.html). Students doing a major in international relations and a major in politics need to choose a different capstone unit for each major. A unit cannot be counted twice towards different majors.

Extended major in international relations

Students studying an extended major in international relations (60 points), must complete an additional 12 points of third-year level elective units.

Elective units

• ATS2376 Political anthropology: Ethnic and national identities in the modern world
• ATS2378 Development of the third world
• ATS2387/ATS3387 Beyond Gallipoli: Australians in the Great War*
• ATS2395 Australia in a globalising world
• ATS2640/ATS3640 The ethics of global conflict
• ATS2691 Politics, violence and memory
• ATS2692 Progress and despair: Modern political ideologies and theories
• ATS2693 Politics and the media in Australia
• ATS2698 Middle east politics
• ATS2701 Terrorism and insurgency in global politics
• ATS2719 Political and social theory
• ATS2853/ATS3853 Political passions*
• ATS2903 Leaders, publics and power
• ATS2942 Fanatics and fundamentalists: The global politics of violence
• ATS2945 Australian government and politics
• ATS2961 Political ideas in context: Nature, law and revolution
• ATS2975 Building blocs: The European Union and the Asia-Pacific
• ATS3287 War and peace: Models of conflict resolution*
• ATS3462 International crime and justice
• ATS3522 Governing the European Union
• ATS3632 Post conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliation
• ATS3639 Poverty, ecology and international justice
• ATS3688 Foreign policies of the great and emerging powers
• ATS3695 Australian public policy
• ATS3697 Gender and international relations
• ATS3699 Parties and power
• ATS3703 Arms control and world politics
• ATS3708 Issues in global politics
• ATS3836 Victorian parliamentary internship
• ATS3854 Unconventional power: Conspiracy, confrontational politics and controversial religion
• ATS3905 Democratic theory
• ATS3973 The political economy of European integration
• ATS3974 European security

* Taught in Prato, Italy. This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, excursions, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.