Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts
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Political Science is the study of how individuals and groups exercise power and influence, or resist power and influence being exercised over them. It deals with an enormous range of phenomena, from how individuals formulate their own self-identity to how nations become involved in war.
The study of politics is a crucial part of any liberal education, linking readily with history, philosophy, sociology and anthropology, psychology, criminology, social theory and literary studies.
The Department of Political Science subjects focus not merely on current Australian issues but also on areas such as Europe, post-communist societies, the United States, the Middle East and China. There are also subjects dealing with broad issues of social and economic change, as well as subjects dealing with political and philosophical ideas, debates and assumptions. Other subjects concentrate on providing practical experience and a variety of skills used in political analysis.
Anyone considering working in government, law, the media, welfare or business needs some grounding in politics.
First year subjects make no assumption of previous study of VCE Politics.
The general prerequisite for all second and third-year politics subjects is normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year co-ordinator.
A major in Political Science requires the completion of five subjects at second and third-year level (a total of 83.3 points). Students may enrol in an individual second or third-year subject provided that they have met the normal prerequisites noted above.
Students wishing to enter Fourth Year Politics Honours in 1996 will need to have completed a major in Politics. A minimum overall standard of H2A will be required in the major. These requirements apply to both Pure and Combined Politics Honours. Students who wish to enrol in 166-400 Politics Honours Thesis (Pure Politics students and Combined Politics Honours students wishing to undertake their thesis in the Political Science Department) will need to make written application to the Director of the Politics Honours School by September 30 1995. Forms will be available from the Departmental Office.
Students taking Pure Politics Honours enrol in Fourth-year Politics subjects to a total of 66.6 points and in 166-400 Politics Honours Thesis (33.3 points). Students taking Combined Politics Honours enrol in 33.3 points of fourth-year Politics and the thesis subject (33.3 points) in Politics or the combining department.
Note: The prerequisite for all fourth-year subjects is admission to fourth-year Political Science.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts
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