2009 Undergraduate Courses

2009 Postgraduate Courses

Bachelor of International Studies

Testamur Title:

Bachelor of International Studies

Abbreviation:

BIntlSt

Home Faculty

Faculty of Arts

Course Duration:

3 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Total Credit Points:

144

Delivery Mode:

Mostly Face-to-face

Starting Session(s):

Autumn/Spring

Campus:

Wollongong

UOW Course Code:

1817

UAC Code:

753121

CRICOS Code:

064122E

Overview

The Bachelor of International Studies is an interdisciplinary degree. As its title suggests, it challenges students to think beyond the confines of traditional disciplines and seek different approaches to its central theme, International Studies. But what does 'International Studies' mean? It means the analysis, appreciation and study of the diversity of the global community. The degree reflects a growing scholarship that concentrates on processes and forces that know no national boundaries. By combining a core set of subjects, a language and an area of special study called a strand, the degree equips students with a theoretical background, a language and a specialised area of study that can help them in future careers in international organisations both overseas and in Australia, as part of the public sector or as part of Non Government Organisations.

The Major

The major consists of 50 credit points as set out in the schedule below.

The Language Minor

The Language Minor (plus the additional single language required) can be taken from French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish (a minor in Indonesian and Mandarin will be available from 2010). (Those with a language at HSC level can enter the language program at 200 level. Otherwise, students need to begin at 100 level. For further information, see the different language entries in this Handbook).

Strands

The strands are listed in the schedule below. They allow students to focus on specific areas of interest. These will normally be available in the second and third years of study.

Advanced Standing

Information about Approved Credit Transfer Arrangements is available at

www.uow.edu.au/handbook/advancedstanding/

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

NSW HSC entry through UAC

Students apply through UAC and satisfy the UAI requirement for the year of application.

Assumed Knowledge: Any two units of English.

Other Secondary Qualifications

Students with secondary qualifications outside NSW will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Tertiary Qualifications

Applications will be considered from students with the following tertiary qualifications:
A completed Two-year Diploma or Advanced Diploma from TAFE or another accredited institution;
Not less than one-sixth of a Bachelor degree from an approved University;
Other tertiary courses approved by the University of Wollongong.

Overseas Qualifications

Students with tertiary qualifications obtained overseas will be considered provided that they satisfy University's minimum admission requirements.

Alternative Entry (Domestic applicants)

STAT test
UAP
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alternative entry program

Course Requirements

The degree consists of four compulsory segments:

    • a major of prescribed subjects (50 credit points);

    • a minor in a language (minimum of 28 credit points) plus one extra language subject in a language that is not the student's native tongue;

    • and at least one of the strands taken from the list below (minimum 24 credit points).

    • To complete the credit points required for the degree, students can take a second strand or take as electives subjects offered in the various strands or subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts or other faculties.

Course Program

The following is the full schedule for the degree that will be offered over the next three years.

Subject Code

Subject Name

Credit Points

Delivery method(s)

Core subjects

INTS100

Introduction to International Studies

6

Autumn

INTS107

Empires, Colonies and the 'Clash of Civilisations'

6

Spring

INTS121

International Politics

6

Spring

INTS225

International Relations: An Introduction

8

Autumn

INTS300

Senior Seminar in International Studies

8

N/O 2009

INTS375

Global Labour Studies

8

N/O 2009

INTS399

Special Topics in International Studies

8

N/O 2009

Language Minor

FREN151

French IA language

6

Autumn

FREN152

French IB Language

6

Spring

FREN251

French IIA Language

8

Autumn

FREN252

French IIB Language

8

Spring

or

FREN251

French IIA Language

8

Autumn

FREN252

French IIB Language

8

Spring

FREN351

French IIIA language

8

Autumn

FREN352

French IIIB Language

8

Spring

or

ITAL151

Italian IA Language

6

Autumn

ITAL152

Italian IB Language

6

Spring

ITAL251

Italian IIA Language

8

Autumn

ITAL252

Italian IIB Language

8

Spring

or

ITAL251

Italian IIA Language

8

Autumn

ITAL252

Italian IIB Language

8

Spring

ITAL351

Italian IIIA Language

8

Autumn

ITAL352

Italian IIIB Language

8

Spring

or

JAPA141

Beginners' Japanese I

6

Autumn

JAPA142

Beginners' Japanese II

6

Spring

JAPA143

Beginners' Japanese III

8

Summer 09/10

JAPA261

Intermediate Japanese I

8

Autumn

or

JAPA261

Intermediate Japanese I

8

Autumn

JAPA271

In-Country Japanese Session or

8

Winter

JAPA264

Japanese IIC Language (Wollongong)

8

Winter

JAPA262

Intermediate Japanese II

8

Spring

JAPA361

Advanced Japanese I

8

Autumn

or

SPAN151

Spanish for Beginners I

6

Autumn

SPAN152

Spanish for Beginners II

6

Spring

SPAN251

Spanish Intermediate I

8

Autumn

SPAN252

Spanish Intermediate II

8

Spring

or

SPAN251

Spanish Intermediate I

8

Autumn

SPAN252

Spanish Intermediate II

8

Spring

SPAN351

Advanced Spanish I

8

Autumn

SPAN352

Advanced Spanish II

8

Spring

or

INDO151

Introductory Indonesian 1A*

6

Autumn

INDO152

Introductory Indonesian 1B

6

Spring

or

MAND151

Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1A*

6

Autumn

MAND152

Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1B

6

Spring

MAND161

Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1A

6

Autumn

MAND162

Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1B

6

Spring

*These majors are currently being developed

ALISS strands

Global Labour and Employment Studies

ERLS240

Comparative Issues in Pay Determination

8

Spring

ERLS340

Comparative Perspectives on the Employment Relationship

8

Spring

ERLS342

Researching Employment Relations and Global Labour Studies

8

Autumn

Study of States

POL 216

Politics in the USA

8

Autumn

SOC 224

Violence, Fear and Civilisation: The Evolution of States

8

Autumn

POL 303

Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order

8

Autumn

POL 314

Power and the Modern State

8

Spring

POL 368

Protest and Power in America: The Sixties

8

N/O 2009

World Literatures

ENGL265

English and Empire

8

Spring

ENGL366

Black Writing from Africa, the U.S. and the Caribbean

8

Autumn

ENGL373

Pacific Literature

8

Spring

ENGL388

From Sojourners to Global Citizens: writing from the Chinese Diaspora

8

N/O 2009

Conflict and Society

HIST322

Twentieth Century Dictatorships

8

Spring

HIST339

Australians and War: Kokoda to Iraq

8

Spring

POL 303

Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order

8

Autumn

MACS390

Media, War and Peace

8

Autumn

Media and Communications

DIGC202

New Media and Globalisation

8

Spring

STS 288

Science and the media

8

Autumn

MACS390

Media, War and Peace

8

Autumn

POL 224

Politics and the Media

8

Spring

Popular Culture

SMAC201

Popular Culture in Japan

8

N/O 2009

SOC 206

Youth and Popular Culture

8

Autumn

SOC 230

Body and Society

8

Spring

POL 368

Protest and Power in America : The Sixties

8

N/O 2009

Pacific

HIST201

History and Ocean: The Pacific

8

Spring

ENGL373

Pacific Literature

8

Spring

POL 317

Politics in the South Pacific

8

Spring

Asia

HIST 255

Australia and Asia: Connections and Comparisons

8

Spring

SOC 243

Contesting Asia: Culture, Diversity and Difference

8

Autumn

ENGL388

From Sojourners to Global Citizens: writing from the Chinese Diaspora

  

N/O 2009

POL 318

The Politics of Asian Development

8

Autumn

POL 319

Political Economy in the New Millennium

8

N/O 2009

POL323

An Unequal World

8

Autumn

Europe

FREN210

France in the Twentieth Century

8

Spring

HIST310

Europe in World History

8

N/O 2009

HIST322

Twentieth Century Dictatorships

8

Spring

PHIL314

The Embodied Mind

8

Autumn

2009 Intake

In the first year of study, students will need to take the core 100 level subjects (INST100, INST107, INST121). It is strongly recommended that students also begin the language requirement of the degree. To make up any credit point shortfall for full-time students (48 for the year), students can take any subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts.

Last reviewed: 30 March, 2009