Politics

The range of Politics subjects covers aspects of Australian politics, international relations, political theory, public policy and comparative politics, including the politics of less developed, newly industrialising and advanced industrial countries. It introduces students to diverse approaches, ideologies, methods and theories in political studies.

Major Study: A major in Politics consists of not less than 52 credit points, including at least 24 credit points at 300-level in Politics subjects. Graduates with a Politics major will normally have included at least one subject from each of the following areas in their program: (1) Australian Politics, (2) Political Theory and (3) the Politics of a country other than Australia or Comparative Politics or International Relations.

Students may apply to the Professor of Politics or nominee for permission to count up to 12 credit points worth of studies in the following areas towards a Politics major: Philosophy, Sociology, Industrial Relations, History, and/or Science and Technology Studies (refer to the History and Politics Program for further information).

Other subjects which may count towards a Politics major, subject to approval from the Professor of Politics or his nominee, include PHIL232, PHIL270, PHIL390, SOC221, SOC309.

NOTE: Certain Politics subjects can count towards a major in Communication Studies, History or Philosophy. Others are well-suited to programs containing a major in Resource and Environmental Studies.

If you are uncertain about any aspect of the above, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Politics staff.

History And Politics Joint Major
The History and Politics Program also offers a Joint Major for students with an interest in both disciplines. The Major offers students the opportunity to explore two disciplines without the need to complete two separate majors (sometimes known as a Double Major), and it offers students the opportunity to combine the specialist areas offered by the History and Politics Program. The Joint Major consists of a minimum of 76 credit points. A minimum of 38 credit points must be taken from History subjects and a minimum of 38 credit points must be taken from Politics subjects. Students taking the Joint Major must have completed at least one 100-level subject, one 200-level subject and one 300-level subject drawn from History subjects and at least one 100-level subject, one 200-level subject and one 300-level subject drawn from Politics subjects. The balance can be made up from any subjects from 100- to 300-level, providing pre-requisites have been met for the subjects chosen, or the waiving of pre-requisites has been approved by the subject co-ordinator, the Head of Program or the Professor of Politics where appropriate.

A major in Politics consists of not less than 52 credit points, including at least 24 credit points at 300-level, in Politics subjects. Graduates with a Politics major will normally have included at least one subject from each of the following areas in their program: (1) Australian Politics, (2) Political Theory and (3) the Politics of a country other than Australia or Comparative Politics or International Relations.

100-Level	Credit Points
POL111	Australian Politics	6
POL121	Politics in a Globalising World	6
POL141	Change and Debate in Contemporary Australian Politics	6
200-Level
POL211	Democracy in Theory and Practice	8
POL216	Politics in the USA	8
POL222	Australian Public Policy	8
POL224	Politics and the Media	8
POL225	International Relations: An Introduction	8
POL226	Australian Political Thought	8
POL230	Latin America: The Politics of Conquest and Colonisation	8
300-Level
POL314	Power and the Modern State	8
POL315	Post-Communist Politics	8
POL316	Chinese Politics: Problems and Prospects	8
POL317	Politics in the South Pacific	8
POL318	The Asian Tigers - Newly Industrialising Countries in Transition	8
POL323	North and South: Approaches to Relations between
	Advanced, Industrialising and Less Developed Countries	8
POL324	Culture and Politics	8
POL368	Protest and Power in America:The Sixties	8
400-Level
POL401	Politics IV (Honours)
POL430	Joint Honours in Politics and another Discipline