Undergraduate - Area of study International studies

Caulfield and Clayton

Minor in international studies

Students completing a minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in international studies 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):

• ATS1325 Contemporary worlds 1
• ATS1326 Contemporary worlds 2

(b.) additional elective units from List A only (12 points)

Note: Students can take the second-year cornerstone units and/or units from the Asian Studies and European Studies streams in the major as electives.

Major in international studies

Students completing a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in international studies 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):

• ATS1325 Contemporary worlds 1
• ATS1326 Contemporary worlds 2

(b.) at least one second-year cornerstone unitcornerstone unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (6 points), chosen from:

• ATS2625 Mobile worlds: Migrants, refugees and the politics of belonging
• ATS2628 Power and poverty: International development in a globalised world*
• ATS2633 Global cities: Past, present, future

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

• ATS3623 Nationality, ethnicity and conflict
• ATS3627 Global cultures, local traditions: Creating and consuming (popular) culture
• ATS3639 Poverty, ecology and international justice**

(d.) additional elective units from List A and List B (24 points). No more than two units (12 points) can be taken from List B.

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

Note: Students can take the remaining cornerstone and capstone units and/or units from the Asian Studies and European Studies streams as electives. 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.

* This unit is also a cornerstone unit for society, cities and sustainabilitysociety, cities and sustainability (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/aos/society-cities-and-sustainability/). Students completing a major in international studies and a major in society, cities and sustainability need to choose a different cornerstone unit for each major. A unit cannot be counted twice towards different majors.

** This unit is also a capstone unit for human rightshuman rights (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/aos/human-rights/). Students completing a major in international studies and a major in human rights need to choose a different capstone unit for each major. A unit cannot be counted twice towards different majors.

Major in international studies: Asian studies stream

Students completing a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in international studies, Asian studies stream 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):

• ATS1319 Understanding Asia
• ATS1326 Contemporary worlds 2

(b.) at least one second-year cornerstone unitcornerstone unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (6 points), chosen from:

• ATS2625 Mobile worlds: Migrants, refugees and the politics of belonging
• ATS2628 Power and poverty: International development in a globalised world*
• ATS2633 Global cities: Past, present, future
• ATS2941 Asia's underside: Protest, violence and crime

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

• ATS3089 Social institutions and power in Asia
• ATS3623 Nationality, ethnicity and conflict
• ATS3627 Global cultures, local traditions: Creating and consuming (popular) culture
• ATS3639 Poverty, ecology and international justice**

(d.) additional elective units from List A and List B (24 points). No more than two units (12 points) can be taken from List B.

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

Note: Students can take additional cornerstone and capstone units as electives. For students who are studying a language, the units within the Asian studies stream incorporates the use of material in languages other than English. Students are encouraged to study a minor or major from the languages offered by the School of Languages, Cultures and LinguisticsSchool of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/lcl), as a complement to taking international studies.

Major in international studies: European studies stream

Students completing a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in international studies, European studies stream 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):

• ATS1303 Contemporary Europe
• ATS1326 Contemporary worlds 2

(b.) at least one second-year cornerstone unitcornerstone unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (6 points), chosen from:

• ATS2520 Post World-War Two Europe
• ATS2625 Mobile worlds: Migrants, refugees and the politics of belonging
• ATS2628 Power and poverty: International development in a globalised world*
• ATS2633 Global cities: Past, present, future

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

• ATS3525 The idea of Europe
• ATS3623 Nationality, ethnicity and conflict
• ATS3627 Global cultures, local traditions: Creating and consuming (popular) culture
• ATS3639 Poverty, ecology and international justice**

(d.) additional elective units from List A and List B (24 points). No more than two units (12 points) can be taken from List B.

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

Note: Students can take additional cornerstone and capstone units as electives. For students who are studying a language, the units within the European studies stream incorporates the use of material in languages other than English. Students are encouraged to study a minor or major from the languages offered by the School of Languages, Cultures and LinguisticsSchool of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/lcl), as a complement to taking international studies.

Extended major in international studies

Students completing an extended major in international studies (60 points), must complete an additional 12-point unit chosen from the following:

• ATS3129 Arts internship
• ATS3130 Arts international internship

Elective units

List A

• ATS2624 Global governance
• ATS2629 Faith in the future: Religion and spirituality in a globalising world
• ATS2630/ATS3630 Governing the global economy: Stability, efficiency, justice*
• ATS2637 The human body and the international marketplace
• 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**
• ATS3626 Global disasters: Catastrophe and social change
• ATS3631 The idea of travel: Global perspectives
• ATS3632 Post-conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliation
• ATS3634 Global indigeneity
• ATS3636 Sacred and profane: Religion, the secular and the state
• ATS3638 Global childhoods: Children's rights, welfare and mobility in a global context
• ATS3897 Borderless media in East Asia
• ATS3952 The world of textiles
• ATS3956 Trauma and memory in the modern world

List B

• ATS2340 International security studies
• ATS2354/ATS3354 Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state
• ATS2376 Political anthropology: Culture, power, religion and national identities in the modern world
• ATS2378 Development and the Third World
• ATS2382 War and memory in the Asia Pacific: Legacies of World War II
• ATS2387/ATS3387 Beyond Gallipoli: Australians in the Great War***
• ATS2394/ATS3394 Australia and Asia
• ATS2395 Australia in a globalising world
• ATS2515 Reading across cultures
• ATS2521 Conflict and culture in Europe
• ATS2547 Cities and sustainability****
• ATS2563 Global consumption, sex and race
• ATS2578 Soldiers of fortune: Mercenaries from antiquity to Afghanistan
• ATS2586 Islam: Principles, civilization, influence
• ATS2596 The Vietnam war
• ATS2621 Religion as culture in the Malay world
• ATS2648 Contemporary Japan
• ATS2691 Politics, violence and memory
• ATS2694 International political economy
• ATS2698 Middle east politics: Continuity, change, conflict and co-operation
• ATS2701 Terrorism and political violence: An introduction
• ATS2706 Foreign policy analysis: Washington and world politics
• ATS2778 Public spaces and city life
• ATS2872/ATS3872 Topics in Indian philosophy
• ATS2909 Villains and rogues: A history of ideas about gangsters
• ATS3090 European internship
• ATS3124 Breadlines behind the Iron Curtain: Everyday life in communist Eastern Europe
• ATS3392 A lonely planet? Travel, culture, power
• ATS3441 Class, culture and regional identity
• ATS3462 International crime and justice
• ATS3522 Governing the European Union
• ATS3580 The Middle East in the modern world
• ATS3688 Foreign policies of the great and emerging powers
• ATS3690 Reflections on humanity: Truth, freedom and power
• ATS3697 Gender and international relations
• ATS3703 Arms control and world politics
• ATS3708 Issues in global politics
• ATS3908 American empire: The United States from colonies to super power
• ATS3951 Japanese popular culture and identity
• MON2003/MON3001 Social Inclusion Internship: Working on migrant and refugee settlement in multicultural communities

* Taught in Malaysia.

** Taught in South Africa. 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.

*** 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.

**** 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.

Malaysia

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.

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