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 Introduction to International Relations
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 1: 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, Asian Studies, European Studies and Development Studies. However, students can only take gateway courses from other major streams, not their own.

Note 2: Students in the Asian Studies Major or the European Studies Major must complete a sequence of 24 UOC in an Asian or European language stream as appropriate.

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)
• ARTS1752 Development in Global Context (6 UOC)
• ARTS1780 Concepts of Europe (6 UOC)
• ARTS1781 Europe and the Modern World (6 UOC)
• ARTS1811 Contemporary Issues in IR (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 one (6 UOC) Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective to meet the depth requirements.

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 Study Program
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 200 different student exchange opportunities at prestigious partner universities in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Overseas Study Program and Dual Mode
Overseas Study Program is full-time overseas for two semesters. Students enrolled in the program in Dual Mode would suspend study in their other degree program during this period of overseas study.
Award with Distinction in NonLLB Degree
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 (This stream is no longer accepting new enrolments.)
Spanish and Latin American Studies
International Business
International Relations
Japanese Studies
Korean Studies

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws
For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to program 4701. Although 4701 program is no longer on offer, all combined law students enrolled in the LLB will need to comply with the rules stated here.

A direct link is given below:
Bachelor of Laws 4701

• Asian Studies
• Chinese Studies
• Development Studies
• European Studies
• French Studies
• German Studies
• Globalisation Studies
• International Business
• International Relations
• International Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Korean Studies
• Law
• Spanish and Latin American Studies