The International Relations Honours Specialisation gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of international relations, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.
Learning Outcomes
- pose a significant research question relating to international relations;
- investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to international relations, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
- communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.
Relevant Degrees
Admission Requirements
1. a major or equivalent in one of the following:
Human Rights
International Relations
Latin American Studies
2. with the written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis
Cognate Disciplines
Not applicable
Requirements
This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
30 units from completion of the following courses:
POLS4011 Research Training: Scope and Methods (6 units)
THES4103 Thesis (24 units)
A minimum of 6 units and a maximum of 12 units from the following list:
POLS4042 Quantitative Research for Political Science (6 units)
POLS4044 Qualitative Research in Politics (6 units)
POLS4047 Interpretivist Methods (6 units)
SOCR4002 Survey Data Analysis (6 units)
SOCR4006 Online Research Methods (6 units)
SOCR4008 Qualitative Social Research (6 units)
SOCR4009 Quantitative Social Research (6 units)
A minimum of 6 units and a maximum of 12 units from the following list:
POLS4013 International Relations Theory (6 units)
POLS4019 Democracy and its Discontents (6 units)
POLS4021 Civilian Protection in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones (6 units)
POLS4027 Terrorism and Counter Terrorism (6 units)
POLS4032 Globalisation: the Interaction of Economics and Politics (6 units)
POLS4038 Comparative Political Institutions (6 units)
POLS4043 State Formation and Contested Political Orders (6 units)
HONS4100 Final Honours Grade will be used to calculate the Class of Honours and the Mark. It will be calculated using the formula: S (mark x units) / S units, giving NCN and WN a nominal mark of zero.
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