PL5250 - Australia and World Politics
[Offered in odd-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Arts, Society & Education |
This subject examines Australia's global position and role. It explores the evolution of Australian foreign, defence and trade policies and investigates the assumptions about Australia and the world which underpin those policies. The subject is structured in four modules (with accompanying readings) dealing with: theoretical concepts; historical perspectives; process, partisanship and political economy; strategic and defence perspectives.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate and reflect critically on advanced and integrated knowledge of theories, key concepts, or practice and professional ethics in Australia's foreign relations;
- Demonstrate knowledge of research principles and methods in international relations and foreign policy with respect to Australia's place in the world;
- Analyse critically and evaluate international/global political/economic/social systems, institutions, structures and/or practices that impact on Australia's role in world politics;
- Generate, analyse, synthesise and evaluate complex perspectives, arguments and sources of qualitative and/or quantitative data pertinent to complex political, historical, economic, environmental and/or cultural issues at the international level, particularly those related to Australia's international roles in life in the tropics worldwide;
- Interpret and justify to a specialist and non-specialist audience theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions through advanced literacy and, where appropriate, numeracy skills;
- Design and execute a substantial social science research-based project with a high level of autonomy and accountability;
- Apply theories or key concepts in international relations and foreign policy to research, demonstrating advanced understanding of the relationship between theory and practice, including recent developments, in the area of Australia and world politics;
- Respectfully and responsibly apply expert knowledge of diversity and difference among people, especially vulnerable and Indigenous peoples, in scholarship and/or professional practice;
- Adapt and apply knowledge and skills to identify complex problems in world politics and Australia's roles in it, and pose creative solutions to social, political and/or enviromental challenges facing peoples and societies in diverse tropical contexts worldwide.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PL2250 PL3250 |
Availabilities | |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Surin Maisrikrod |
| Method of Delivery: | Printed materials |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essay and/or assignment work (50%). |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Surin Maisrikrod |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essay and/or assignment work (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Surin Maisrikrod |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); essay and/or assignment work (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.