2010 Undergraduate Courses
2010 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: |
On campus (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.
Entry Requirements / Credit Transfer
For information on Entry Requirements and Advanced Standing please see the entry for the Bachelor of Arts (course code 702).
The Major
The major consists of 50 credit points as set out in the schedule below.
The Language Minor
The Language Minor can be taken from French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Indonesian and Mandarin. 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.
Course Requirements
The degree consists of four compulsory segments:
• a core of prescribed subjects (50 credit points);
• a minimum of a minor in a language that is not the student's native tongue (minimum of 28 credit points; students may elect to take a major in a language);
• at least one of the strands listed in the degree's schedule (minimum of 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 | |||
Introduction to International Studies |
6 |
Autumn | |
Empires, Colonies and the 'Clash of Civilisations' |
6 |
Spring | |
International Politics |
6 |
Spring | |
International Relations: An Introduction |
8 |
Autumn | |
Senior Seminar in International Studies |
8 |
Spring | |
Global Labour Studies |
8 |
N/O 2010 | |
Special Topics in International Studies |
8 |
Autumn | |
Language Minor | |||
French IA language |
6 |
Autumn | |
French IB Language |
6 |
Spring | |
French IIA Language |
8 |
Autumn | |
French IIB Language |
8 |
Spring | |
or | |||
French IIA Language |
8 |
Autumn | |
French IIB Language |
8 |
Spring | |
French IIIA language |
8 |
Autumn | |
French IIIB Language |
8 |
Spring | |
or | |||
Italian IA Language |
6 |
Autumn | |
Italian IB Language |
6 |
Spring | |
Italian IIA Language |
8 |
Autumn | |
Italian IIB Language |
8 |
Spring | |
or | |||
Italian IIA Language |
8 |
Autumn | |
Italian IIB Language |
8 |
Spring | |
Italian IIIA Language |
8 |
Autumn | |
Italian IIIB Language |
8 |
Spring | |
or | |||
Beginners' Japanese |
6 |
Autumn | |
Transitional Japanese |
6 |
Spring | |
Pre-Intermediate Japanese |
8 |
Summer | |
Intermediate Japanese I |
8 |
Autumn | |
or | |||
Intermediate Japanese I |
8 |
Autumn | |
In-Country Japanese Session or |
8 |
Winter | |
Japanese IIC Language (Wollongong) |
8 |
Winter | |
Intermediate Japanese II |
8 |
Spring | |
Advanced Japanese I |
8 |
Autumn | |
or | |||
Spanish for Beginners I |
6 |
Autumn | |
Spanish for Beginners II |
6 |
Spring | |
Spanish Intermediate I |
8 |
Autumn | |
Spanish Intermediate II |
8 |
Spring | |
or | |||
Spanish Intermediate I |
8 |
Autumn | |
Spanish Intermediate II |
8 |
Spring | |
Advanced Spanish I |
8 |
Autumn | |
Advanced Spanish II |
8 |
Spring | |
or | |||
Introductory Indonesian 1A |
6 |
Autumn | |
Introductory Indonesian 1B |
6 |
Spring | |
or | |||
Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1A |
6 |
Autumn | |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1B |
6 |
Spring | |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1A |
6 |
Autumn | |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Character Background Students (CBS) 1B |
6 |
Spring | |
International Studies Strands | |||
Global Labour and Employment Studies | |||
Comparative Issues in Pay Determination |
8 |
Spring | |
Comparative Perspectives on the Employment Relationship |
8 |
Spring | |
Researching Employment Relations and Global Labour Studies |
8 |
Autumn | |
Study of States | |||
Politics in the USA |
8 |
Autumn | |
Violence, Fear and Civilisation: The Evolution of States |
8 |
Autumn | |
Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order |
8 |
Autumn | |
Power and the Modern State |
8 |
Spring | |
Protest and Power in America: The Sixties |
8 |
Spring | |
World Literatures | |||
English and Empire |
8 |
Spring | |
Black Writing from Africa, the U.S. and the Caribbean |
8 |
Autumn | |
Pacific Literature |
8 |
Spring | |
From Sojourners to Global Citizens: writing from the Chinese Diaspora |
8 |
N/O 2010 | |
Conflict and Society | |||
Twentieth Century Dictatorships |
8 |
Spring | |
Australians and War: Kokoda to Iraq |
8 |
Spring | |
Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order |
8 |
N/O 2010 | |
Media, War and Peace |
8 |
Autumn | |
Media and Communications | |||
New Media and Globalisation: Cyber-economies/Cyberculture |
8 |
Spring | |
Science and the media |
8 |
N/O 2010 | |
Media, War and Peace |
8 |
Autumn | |
Politics and the Media |
8 |
Spring | |
Popular Culture | |||
Popular Culture in Japan since 1945 |
8 |
Autumn | |
Youth and Popular Culture |
8 |
Autumn | |
Body and Society |
8 |
N/O 2010 | |
Protest and Power in America : The Sixties |
8 |
Spring | |
Pacific | |||
An Ocean of History: An Introduction to the Pacific World |
8 |
Spring | |
Pacific Literature |
8 |
Spring | |
Politics in the South Pacific |
8 |
Autumn | |
Asia | |||
Australia and Asia: Connections and Comparisons |
8 |
Spring | |
Contesting Asia: Culture, Diversity and Difference |
8 |
Autumn | |
From Sojourners to Global Citizens: writing from the Chinese Diaspora |
N/O 2010 | ||
The Politics of Asian Development |
8 |
N/O 2010 | |
Political Economy in the New Millennium |
8 |
Autumn | |
An Unequal World |
8 |
Spring | |
Europe | |||
France in the Twentieth Century |
8 |
Spring | |
Europe in World History |
8 |
Autumn | |
Twentieth Century Dictatorships |
8 |
Spring | |
The Embodied Mind |
8 |
Autumn | |
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.