Recommended Study Sequence

This unit introduces students to Australia’s history, its political structures and processes and its relationship to the world. It offers an understanding of Australia as part of a worldwide process of European colonisation, and the struggles of space and land involved in this process. The unit offers an introduction to the Westminster system and also explores Australia’s historical and contemporary relations with Japan, China, Indonesia, the United States and Great Britain.

Image and representation are integral elements of the contemporary world. Increasingly knowledge is produced, disseminated and interpreted through visual media. Individuals often use visual images to understand themselves and their society. This unit will introduce students to a range of genres as well as methodologies and theories related to visual analysis. Media considered include art (painting, drawing, and sculpture), photography, film, television and digital media.

Texts and Traditions offers students an introduction to the Western tradition through the reading of canonical texts in literature and philosophy, as well as providing an historical context to such works. Literary genres such as epic poetry and tragic drama are explored alongside philosophical themes such as: the development of the Western subject, Christianity, humanism, the Enlightenment, and the relationship of the Western tradition to other intellectual and religious traditions. Set texts will usually include works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare, the Romantic poets and Kafka; as well as pieces from the Greek and Enlightenment philosophers.

Contemporary Society introduces students to central issues in social analysis and a range of perspectives that have been used to understand the social world. It provides them with a theoretical grounding in the contral concepts and methods of social theory through an encounter with problems raised when social theory directly engages with practical problems such as racism, environmentalism, inequality etc.

This unit introduces Asian Studies and International Relations. Considering both traditional and contemporary times, it seeks to place Asia's diverse cultures in a global context. It examines issues such as how to define Asia, the relationship between Asia and Australia, how Asian states related to each other, and how Western ideas of international relations have transformed these relations. The great religions/philosophies of Asian societies - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Confuscianism - have influenced Asian states and relations between them; and the unit considers their roles. It explores other forces which have shaped the civilisations, polities and communities of Asia and influenced how they have related to each other and the world beyond.

This unit introduces Asian Studies and International Relations. Considering both traditional and contemporary times, it seeks to place Asia's diverse cultures in a global context. It examines issues such as how to define Asia, the relationship between Asia and Australia, how Asian states related to each other, and how Western ideas of international relations have transformed these relations. The great religions/philosophies of Asian societies - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Confuscianism - have influenced Asian states and relations between them; and the unit considers their roles. It explores other forces which have shaped the civilisations, polities and communities of Asia and influenced how they have related to each other and the world beyond.

This unit introduces Asian Studies and International Relations. Considering both traditional and contemporary times, it seeks to place Asia's diverse cultures in a global context. It examines issues such as how to define Asia, the relationship between Asia and Australia, how Asian states related to each other, and how Western ideas of international relations have transformed these relations. The great religions/philosophies of Asian societies - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Confuscianism - have influenced Asian states and relations between them; and the unit considers their roles. It explores other forces which have shaped the civilisations, polities and communities of Asia and influenced how they have related to each other and the world beyond.

This unit introduces Asian Studies and International Relations. Considering both traditional and contemporary times, it seeks to place Asia's diverse cultures in a global context. It examines issues such as how to define Asia, the relationship between Asia and Australia, how Asian states related to each other, and how Western ideas of international relations have transformed these relations. The great religions/philosophies of Asian societies - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Confuscianism - have influenced Asian states and relations between them; and the unit considers their roles. It explores other forces which have shaped the civilisations, polities and communities of Asia and influenced how they have related to each other and the world beyond.

This unit introduces Asian Studies and International Relations. Considering both traditional and contemporary times, it seeks to place Asia's diverse cultures in a global context. It examines issues such as how to define Asia, the relationship between Asia and Australia, how Asian states related to each other, and how Western ideas of international relations have transformed these relations. The great religions/philosophies of Asian societies - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Confuscianism - have influenced Asian states and relations between them; and the unit considers their roles. It explores other forces which have shaped the civilisations, polities and communities of Asia and influenced how they have related to each other and the world beyond.