The European Studies program within the Bachelor of International Studies degree requires completion of the Faculty's European Studies (EURO) program and three years' study of a European language and of a social science discipline, together with an approved program overseas, to be undertaken during the third and fourth years of study.

EURO courses are designed to provide an interdisciplinary European context which addresses basic issues and problems in the study of European culture and society, seen from the perspective of current attempts to establish a new role for a united Europe. They focus both on the enormous contribution of the European Enlightenment to our concepts of freedom, humanity and citizenship, and its troubled relationship to the realities of European world domination and power politics. The "New Europe" has become an economic power second only to the United States; will it be able to resolve these dilemmas, and regain some kind of moral and political leadership in world affairs as well? We can learn much from both Europe's failures and its achievements, especially the astonishing success of European integration in overcoming centuries-old hostilities, and its development of new political structures more appropriate to representing cultural diversity within a rapidly globalising economy.

The basic requirements for the degree are:

1. a total of 192 units of credit.

2. a total of 48 units of credit at Level 1, including not more than 12 in any one sequence.

3. a major sequence (36 units of credit) in EURO European Studies.

4. a sequence of at least 36 units of credit in one of the following European languages:

FREN French, GERS German, GREK Greek (Modern), RUSS Russian, SPAN Spanish

5. a sequence of at least 36 units of credit from List D:

ECON Economics / Economic History, GEOH/GEOS Geography, HIST History, HPSC History and Philosophy of Science, IBUS International Business, IROB Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations, LING Linguistics, PHIL Philosophy, POLS Politics and International Relations, PSYC Psychology, SLSP Policy Studies, SOCA Sociology & Anthropology.

6. a major sequence in either 4. or 5.

7. 6 units of credit in an Upper Level ARTS course.

8. INST3101 and INST3102.

9. 12 units of credit from the University's General Education program at Upper Level.

Students are also required to complete 12 units of credit from the University's General Education program during their second and third years of study. For further information, please refer to "General Education" in the Table of Contents (see left-hand side of the page)

Pass Degree

To qualify for the award of the degree, a student must obtain, normally over four years of study, a minimum of 192 units of credit in approved courses including:

1. a major sequence (36 units of credit) in EURO European Studies;

2. a sequence of at least 36 units of credit from FREN French, GERS German, GREK Greek (Modern), RUSS Russian or SPAN Spanish;

3. a further sequence of at least 36 units of credit from List D;

4. a major sequence in either 2. or 3.;

5. a total of 48 Level 1 units of credit, including no more than 12 in any one sequence of study, from Lists A, B and C of the Bachelor of Arts Rules;

6. 12 units of credit from the General Education program;

7. 6 units of credit from a third year ARTS elective;

8. an approved program at an overseas institution (Overseas Study Program) normally of two semesters undertaken during the third and fourth years of study, and equivalent to 24 units of credit in each semester. Students who enrol for only one semester overseas must complete an alternative approved program of 24 units of credit at the University of New South Wales.

9. to proceed on the Overseas Study Program, students must fulfill the requirements of the University's Exchange Program;

10. students wishing to study in a non-English speaking country must have achieved the required standard of competence in the language concerned as determined by the School of Modern Language Studies;

11. students who do not satisfy these requirements may apply to transfer to the BA program with credit for all courses completed.

List D
ECON Economics/ Economic History, GEOH/GEOS Geography, HIST History, HPSC History & Philosophy of Science, IBUS International Business, IROB Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations, LING Linguistics, PHIL Philosophy, POLS Politics and International Relations, PSYC Psychology, SLSP Policy Studies, SOCA Sociology & Anthropology.


Bachelor of International Studies with Distinction

12. The Pass degree of Bachelor of International Studies may be awarded with Distinction where a student has achieved a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75% in all courses completed since enrolment at UNSW which are credited towards the degree.


Honours Degree

To qualify for the award of the degree at Honours level in one or two Schools/specialisations, a student must:

13. have obtained 192 units of credit in accordance with the above rules and satisfied the appropriate prerequisites for entry to the Honours level program;

14. obtain a further 48 units of credit in an approved Honours program.

The Honours degree is awarded in three classes (Class 1, Class 2 in two Divisions and Class 3). Students who fail to obtain one of these classes may proceed to graduate with the Pass degree.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following web-page:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

If you are interested in the International Studies program in 2005, please refer to the entry for program 3424.