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International Studies Advanced Seminar - INST3900
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  International Studies Unit
 
 
Course Outline: http://legacy.handbook.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 96 units of credit and enrolment in International Studies or International Studies/Law program
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Provides an opportunity for students to evaluate experiences and ideas gained abroad during the International Studies overseas study program in the light of recent scholarship in the field of International Studies. Particular attention will be given to debates over whether international change can be best understood through paradigms which emphasise the primacy of the state and interstate dynamics, or as evidence of newly transforming processes often labelled as 'globalisation'. Explores these competing forces and the responses to them of governments, institutions and peoples.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Engage in independent and reflective learning
  • Contribute to, and work within, the international community
  • Plan and complete successfully a sustained research project, drawing on both primary and published sources
  • Engage in analytical and critical thinking and creative problem solving
  • Develop information literacy - the skills to appropriately locate, evaluate and use relevant information
  • Develop an informed understanding of ethical practice and social responsibility.

Assessment

  • Class presentation and group report (written) - 20%
  • Major class presentation (research report) - 20%
  • Research report, written paper and select annotated bibliography (not more than 4000 words) - 50%
  • Class participation - 10%

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