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Bachelor ofInternational Studies

Program and course requirements

Complete 48 units comprising:

  • 6 units for all BIntSt Core Courses, and
  • 4 units from BIntSt Flexible Core Courses, and
  • 6 units from General Elective Courses, and
  • 16 units for one Major from BIntSt Language Majors, and
  • 16 units for one Major from BIntSt International Studies Majors

Selected courses must include at most 24 units at level 1.

Selected courses must include at least 8 units at level 3.

Complete 6 units for ALL of the following:

COMU10022 units
Communicating Across Cultures: Theory and Practice

This course must be completed before the compulsory exchange

POLS22242 units
Culture and World Politics

This course must be completed before the compulsory exchange

COMU30602 units
Learning from the International Experience

For students commencing the compulsory exchange in semester 1

COMU30652 units
Learning from the International Experience

For students commencing the compulsory exchange in semester 2

Complete exactly 4 units from the following:

No credit will be given for ECON1011 for a student completing the BIntSt Major in Economics.

ABTS10002 units
Introduction to Aboriginal Studies
ANTH10302 units
Anthropology of Current World Issues
ECON10112 units
Economics for Business

Students in the Economics Major should not take ECON1011 and should instead take ECON1010 and ECON1020

HIST16012 units
World History: Global Connections
POLS12012 units
Introduction to International Relations
POLS15012 units
Introduction to Peace & Conflict Analysis
POLS17012 units
Introduction to International Inequality & Development
RELN10002 units
Western Religion, Spirituality, and Atheism
SOCY10502 units
Introduction to Sociology
ECON25602 units
Economics of Globalisation and Development
PHSS20002 units
Practical Employability Experience

Currently not offered

POLS22092 units
Global Security
SOCY22202 units
Globalisation & Development in Post-Colonial Societies
ABTS30202 units
Working with Indigenous People

Complete exactly 6 units from the following:

Level 1 General Electives

Level 1 courses from the BIntSt or other undergraduate course list(s). Recommended to retain for the compulsory exchange semester.

Level 2 General Electives

Level 2 courses from the BIntSt or other undergraduate course list(s). Recommended to retain for the compulsory exchange semester.

Level 3 General Electives

Level 3 courses from the BIntSt or other undergraduate course list(s). Recommended to retain for the compulsory exchange semester.

It is strongly recommended that students retain these electives for the compulsory exchange semester. You will need to apply for your Compulsory Semester-based Exchange which is recommended to be completed in Semester 2 Year 2 or Semester 1 Year 3. For more information on due dates and the application process please see the Careers and Employability Semester-based Exchange.

Complete one Major from the following:

CHINEC200016 units
Chinese
CHITIC200016 units
Chinese Translation and Interpreting
FRENCC200016 units
French
FREADC200016 units
French Advanced
GERMNC200016 units
German
INDONC200016 units
Indonesian
ITALIC200016 units
Italian
JAPANC200016 units
Japanese
JAPADC200016 units
Japanese Advanced
KOREAC200016 units
Korean
SPANIC200016 units
Spanish

Complete one Major from the following:

ECONOC200016 units
Economics
INTHIC231616 units
International History
INTIDC231616 units
International Inequality and Development
INTERC200016 units
International Relations
PEACEC200016 units
Peace and Conflict Studies

Additional Rules

1. Cross-listed courses

As a course can only be credited once, the following course replacement rules apply where a course is listed in more than one of your selected plans (minor, major or extended major):

  • If the course is compulsory in more than one plan, it will be credited towards one plan only. You must replace the compulsory course in the second plan, with a course chosen from the second plan, at the same level or higher.
  • If the course is compulsory in one plan only, it will be credited towards the plan in which it is compulsory. You must select an alternative course in the second plan, with a course chosen from the second plan, at the same level or higher.
  • If the course is an elective in more than one plan, it will be credited towards one plan only.

2. Hurdle requirements

You must complete the following program-level hurdle requirement/s:

  • You must successfully complete at least 6 units in courses approved by the executive dean for studies undertaken on overseas exchange.

3. Exit awards

Award of the Bachelor of Arts

  • If you withdraw from the program after completing the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts program, you may apply to be awarded the Bachelor of Arts.