International Students: please note that there is no mid-year intake for this program.

The aims of UNSW BInSt are:
1. To satisfy a growing demand, in Australia and abroad, for graduates who are highly skilled, well informed and professionally equipped to meet the challenges of work in a rapidly changing global environment.
2. To give students a thorough preparation for further study and employment in areas vital to Australia’s increasing participation in the international arena.
3. To examine and develop a better understanding of the interactions of nations, economies, institutions, peoples, cultures, technologies and ideas against a background of increasing international integration and changing modernity.
4. To promote competence in a major language or languages relevant and useful for the global economy in which we live in (viz. French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian).
5. To provide students with the invaluable experience of other cultures, languages and peoples - experience greatly valued by employers internationally – through the completion of a one-year Overseas Study Program.

Learning Outcomes
The Graduate Attributes for the UNSW BInst are as follows:
1. Research, Inquiry and Analytic Abilities
2. Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
3. Ethical, Social and Professional Understanding
4. Communication Skills
5. Information Literacy
6. Professional and Intellectual Development
7. Global Outlook

Core

International Studies
Compulsory International Studies courses (18 UOC) made up of:
Level 1
ARTS1810 International Relations: Conventions and Challenges
Level 2*
ARTS2240 Environment, Sustainability and Development
(Different requirement for dual Law students, please see below.)
Level 3
INST3900 Advanced Seminars in International Relations (to be completed in the last semester of study, after returning from the OSP Year Abroad)

Note: Dual degree students must do 6 UOC from a Prescribed International Studies Elective in the International Studies component of their program. A Prescribed International Studies Elective is any of the level one gateway courses from International Relations, Globalisation Studies, Asian Studies, European Studies and Development Studies. However, students can only take gateway courses from other major streams, not their own.

The Prescribed International Studies Elective list consists of:

• ARTS1210 Concepts of Asia (6 UOC)
• ARTS1211 Australia's Asian Context (6 UOC)
• ARTS1750 Intro to Development Studies (6 UOC)
• ARTS1751 Poor World, Rich World (6 UOC)
• ARTS1780 Concepts of Europe (6 UOC)
• ARTS1781 Europe and the World (6 UOC)
• ARTS1811 International Relations (6 UOC)
• GLST1000 Global Political Economy (6 UOC)
• GLST1100 Experiencing Globalisation (6 UOC)

• LAWS3067 International Criminal Law (6 UOC)
• LAWS3084 International Trade Law (6 UOC)
• LAWS3182 Human Rights Law (6 UOC)
• LAWS3381 Public International Law (6 UOC)

Language
Compulsory Language courses (24 UOC) in one of the following Languages:

Streams
54 units of credit from any of the "Internal Stream" or "External Stream" listed below:

External Stream UOC Requirement — International Business
The External Stream requirement for the award of the major stream in International Business is 48 UOC. Students completing this program, however, will undertake a further 6 UOC in this Stream to meet the depth requirements of the program.

Core Language Study and Language Stream
Students choosing to complete a Stream in a Language must complete that study in a Language other than the Language which they chose for the Core requirement.

Overseas Exchange
Students undertake two semesters of approved study at an overseas university. The Overseas Study Program (OSP) provides invaluable experience of other cultures, languages and peoples – experience greatly valued by employers internationally. UNSW manages a large and active exchange program with more than 180 different student exchange opportunities at prestigious partner universities in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Overseas Exchange and Dual Mode
Overseas exchange is full-time overseas for two semesters. Students enrolled in the program in Concurrent Mode would suspend study in their other degree program during this period of exchange.

Award with Distinction
High achieving students who secure a WAM of 75 across their program and who have completed at least 48 uoc of their program at UNSW are eligible for the award of their Pass Degree "with Distinction".

Approved Sequence of Study

An approved general sequence of study can be found here:

Stream for International Studies/Law 4765

For detailed outlines of International Studies major stream sequences please check the following links:

Asian Studies
Chinese Studies
Development Studies
European Studies
French Studies
German Studies
Globalisation Studies
Hispanic Studies
International Business
International Relations
Japanese Studies
Korean Studies

• Asian Studies
• Chinese Studies
• Development Studies
• European Studies
• French Studies
• German Studies
• Globalisation Studies
• Hispanic Studies
• International Business
• International Relations
• International Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Korean Studies
• Law