Politics - POLSB13937
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Social Sciences
Contact: School of Social Sciences
Program: 3937 - Science/Social Rsch & Policy
Award(s):
Bachelor of Social Research and Policy (Major)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream Outline
Students graduating from UNSW with a major stream in Politics should be able to demonstrate:
• an ability to place questions of political order, political values, and political decision-making at the centre of analysis
• a knowledge of the key concepts, main approaches and alternative methods employed in the study of politics
• an understanding of what political knowledge is and how it is acquired
• an appreciation of the contested nature and the problematic character of political inquiry
Students will also develop discipline-specific and generic social science skills, including being able to:
• respond to a piece of writing on Politics, identifying its strengths and weaknesses;
• distinguish among theoretical, conceptual, and empirical lines of enquiry;
• contribute to the discussion of political and ethical issues in a reasoned manner;
• undertake research, using both traditional, and technological sources;
• communicate ideas fluently, develop a reasoned argument, synthesise relevant information and exercise critical judgement;
• write in a style used within this discipline;
• reflect on their own learning and seek to make use of constructive feedback.
A student who wishes to do a major stream in Politics and a major stream in International Relations, or a major stream in one and a minor stream in the other will be required to complete 18 uoc at level 1 in ARTS1840 Intro to Australian Politics, ARTS1810 Int'l Rel in the 20th Century and ARTS1811 International Relations and another 6 uoc at level 1 from a ‘related’ course approved by the course coordinator. |
Stream Structure
Politics Courses:
Politics Courses:
- ARTS3843 Modern Political Thought (6 UOC)
- ARTS3845 Debates (6 UOC)
- ARTS3846 Prime Ministers & Presidents (6 UOC)
- ARTS3847 West European Politics (6 UOC)
- ARTS3368 Social & Political Philosophy (6 UOC)
- ARTS3783 Great and Emerging Powers (6 UOC)
- ARTS3811 Regional Dynamics (6 UOC)
- ARTS3812 Theorising IPE (6 UOC)
- ARTS3814 Australian Foreign Policy (6 UOC)
- ARTS3841 Politics Capstone (6 UOC)