Students who commenced study in 2016 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

International relations

NOTE: This area of study has been updated - please refer to the change register for details.

Undergraduate
Specialisation

Commencement year

This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2016 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.

Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Arts component of any bachelors double degrees.

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Managing faculty

Faculty of Arts

Offered by

School of Social Sciences

Coordinator

Dr Remy Davison

Websites

Faculty of Arts

School of Social Sciences

Location

Clayton

This is a discipline that examines the dynamics of global politics and economics, including the relationships between political institutions, international organisations, governmental and non-governmental players. It uses evidence-based explanations to study war/conflict, development, financial, and other crises at the global level.

Compulsory overseas study component

A minimum of 18 points must be chosen for study abroad from the units listed below or an overseas partner institution. For more information go to Arts study abroadArts study abroad (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/study-overseas/).

Units

Students complete:

(a.) Five units (30 points) as follows:

Two level 1 gateway units (12 points):

ATS1701 Terrorism and political violence: An introduction
ATS1873 Introduction to international relations

Two level 2 cornerstone units (12 points):

ATS2624 Global governance
ATS2706 Foreign policy analysis

One level 3 capstone unit (6 points), chosen from:

ATS3340 International security studies
ATS3705 Knowledge and power in world politics

(b.) Seven units (42 points) from the remaining capstone units above or from the list of international relations electives below, with at least three units (18 points) at level 3.