Undergraduate - Area of study Politics

Minor in politics

Students completing a minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in politics 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 An introduction to politics
• ATS1873 Introduction to international relations

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

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

Major in politics

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

• ATS2719 Political and social theory
• ATS2903 Leaders, publics and power
• ATS2945 Australian government and politics
• ATS2961 Political ideas in context: Nature, law and revolution

(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*
• ATS3699 Parties and power

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

Elective units

• ATS2340 International security studies
• ATS2376 Political anthropology: Culture, power, religion and national identities in the Modern World
• ATS2387/ATS3387 Beyond Gallipoli: Australians in the Great War*
• ATS2394/ATS3394 Australia and Asia
• ATS2578 Soldiers of fortune: Mercenaries from antiquity to Afghanistan
• ATS2624 Global governance
• ATS2640/ATS3640 The ethics of global conflict
• ATS2691 Politics, violence and memory
• ATS2692 Progress and despair: Modern political ideologies and theories
• ATS2693 Media and politics
• ATS2694 International political economy
• ATS2698 Middle East politics: Continuity, change, conflict and cooperation
• ATS2701 Terrorism and political violence
• ATS2706 Foreign policy analysis: Washington and world politics
• ATS2853/ATS3853 Political passions*
• ATS2942 Fanatics and fundamentalists: The global politics of violence
• ATS2975 Building blocs: The European Union and the Asia-Pacific
• ATS3688 Foreign policies of the great and emerging powers
• ATS3695 Australian public policy
• ATS3697 Gender and international relations
• ATS3703 Arms control and world politics
• ATS3705 Power and justice in world politics
• ATS3708 Issues in global politics
• ATS3836 Victorian parliamentary internship
• ATS3905 Democratic theory
• ATS3854 Unconventional power: Conspiracy, confrontational politics and controversial religion
• 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.