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Politics - POLSB23456
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Social Sciences
Contact: School of Social Sciences
Program: 3456 - Music / Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Minor)
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 minor 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:
- 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)