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BP332 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree

Bachelor of International Studies

College of Design and Social Context

Minimum ATAR
61.8
Full time
3 years
Part time
6 years
Credit points
—
Campus
Melbourne City
Mode
On campus

Overview

If you're passionate about international affairs and cultural diversity, this course will guide you towards a multitude of careers across the globe, preparing you for a versatile and imaginative future.

Expand your worldview with international studies, exploring intercultural, social and political issues.

Course structure

Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.

Year One of Program

48 cp

Students must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination:

  • HUSO2363Digital Disruption: Meeting the Challenges of our Digital Age12 cp
  • SOCU1011Globalisation and our Global Futures12 cp
  • SOCU2112Global Political Economy12 cp
  • SOCU1025Intercultural Communication12 cp

Year Two of Program

24 cp

Complete 24 credit points from the following: AND Complete 72 credit points from your chosen combination:

Year Three of Program

12 cp

Complete 12 credit points from the following: AND Complete 12 credit points from the Program Options listed at the end of this structure: AND Complete 72 credit points from your chosen combination:

Major: Global Politics

AND

  • SOCU1026Global History12 cp
  • SOCU1036Global Governance and International Law12 cp
  • HUSO2316Global Conflict, War and Violence12 cp
  • POLI1110Technology and Global Risk12 cp
  • HUSO2328Contemporary Foreign Policy and the Asia Pacific12 cp
  • SOCU1042Global Research Project12 cp
  • HUSO2388Global Feminisms12 cp
  • COMM2409Talking Politics12 cp
  • HUSO2318Contemporary Europe: Unity, Diversity, Ideology12 cp
  • HUSO2329Globalising Societies12 cp
  • HUSO1301International Perspective on Community Development12 cp
  • SOCU2108Global Leadership for Social Change12 cp
  • SOCU2237Humanitarian Interventions and Peace Transitions12 cp
  • HUSO2314Global Internship24 cp

Major: Development & Social Equity

AND

  • SOCU1026Global History12 cp
  • SOCU1036Global Governance and International Law12 cp
  • HUSO2036International Development, Themes, Debates and Practice12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • SOCU1016Asia Pacific Futures12 cp
  • SOCU1042Global Research Project12 cp
  • SOCU1027Moving People, Changing Places: Migration, Mobility and Displacement12 cp
  • SOCU2316Sport, Equity and Social Change12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • OENG1252Fundamentals of Humanitarian Innovation12 cp
  • ENVI1153Sustainable Futures12 cp
  • HUSO2329Globalising Societies12 cp
  • HUSO1301International Perspective on Community Development12 cp
  • SOCU2108Global Leadership for Social Change12 cp
  • HUSO2314Global Internship24 cp

Major: Language & Intercultural Communication

AND AND

Language Minors:

List of Language Minors:

Minor: Chinese

Minor: Japanese

Minor: Spanish

Minor: French

Disciplinary Minors:

List of Disciplinary Minors:

Minor: Translating & Interpreting

AND

  • LANG1435Ethics and Professional Issues12 cp
  • LANG1329Discourse Studies for Translators and Interpreters12 cp
  • LANG1333Theoretical Bases of Translating and Interpreting12 cp
  • LANG1328Interpreting Practice and Principles12 cp
  • LANG1436Interpreting Certification Practice 124 cp
  • LANG1437Translation Certification Practice24 cp

Minor: Global Politics

  • COMM2409Talking Politics12 cp
  • SOCU1036Global Governance and International Law12 cp
  • HUSO2316Global Conflict, War and Violence12 cp
  • HUSO2388Global Feminisms12 cp
  • POLI1110Technology and Global Risk12 cp
  • HUSO2328Contemporary Foreign Policy and the Asia Pacific12 cp
  • SOCU2237Humanitarian Interventions and Peace Transitions12 cp

Minor: Development & Social Equity

  • SOCU2316Sport, Equity and Social Change12 cp
  • SOCU1036Global Governance and International Law12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • HUSO2036International Development, Themes, Debates and Practice12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • SOCU1027Moving People, Changing Places: Migration, Mobility and Displacement12 cp
  • SOCU1016Asia Pacific Futures12 cp

Minor: Language & Intercultural Communication

Minor: Foundations in Sustainability

AND

  • ENVI1153Sustainable Futures12 cp
  • ENVI1212Climate Change Responses12 cp
  • ENVI1211The Science of Climate and Biodiversity12 cp
  • ENVI1049Environmental Management and Assessment12 cp
  • ENVI1048Building Relationships with Country12 cp
  • ENVI1137Communicating Sustainability12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • PHYS2066Energy and Earth's Environment12 cp
  • ENVI1179Environmental Policy Project12 cp

Minor: Social Impact

  • BUSM2656Principles of Social Impact12 cp
  • BUSM4702Social Enterprise and Innovation12 cp
  • BUSM2655Designing Social Futures12 cp
  • BUSM1789Information and Accountability for Social Impact12 cp

Minor: Gender Studies

  • COMM2925Introduction to Gender12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • HUSO2388Global Feminisms12 cp
  • COMM2926Rethinking Masculinities12 cp
  • COMM2879Feminist and Queer Perspectives12 cp
  • COMM2927Gender, Communication and Social Change12 cp

Minor: Asian Media & Culture

  • COMM2878Contemporary Asian Modernities12 cp
  • COMM2871Asian Media and Communication12 cp
  • COMM2873Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts12 cp
  • COMM2345Exploring Asian Popular Culture12 cp
  • COMM2253Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia12 cp

Minor: Contemporary Politics & Communication

Minor: Dispute Resolution

  • HWSS1144Alternative Dispute Resolution12 cp
  • HWSS2157Understanding Conflict and Mediation12 cp
  • JUST2316Labour Relations Law12 cp
  • JUST2366Family, Society and the Law12 cp

Minor: Law & Procedure

Minor: Regenerative Futures

AND

  • ENVI1241Regenerative Fundamentals12 cp
  • ENVI1242Regenerative Challenge12 cp
  • ENVI1243Systems Thinking for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1244Eco-Literacy6 cp
  • ENVI1245Regenerative Design6 cp
  • ECON1629Regenerative Value Systems6 cp
  • HWSS2262Social Equity and Regeneration6 cp
  • BUSM2779Regenerative Business Models6 cp
  • ECON1630Design for the Circular Economy6 cp
  • COSC3158AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1246Regenerative Design for Built Environment6 cp
  • PERF2076Storytelling for Speculative Futures6 cp
  • PROC2131Biomaterials and Biofabrication6 cp
  • COMM3024Reimagining Futures in Media and Culture6 cp
  • ENVI1247Regenerative Supply Chain Management6 cp
  • EMPL1008Linking Life and Learning6 cp
  • BUSM2777Leading Regenerative Action6 cp
  • ENVI1248Regenerative Futures Incubator6 cp
  • ENVI1249Reworlding for Creative Place Keeping6 cp
  • HUSO2459Planetary Pedagogies and Civics6 cp

Program Option List

List of Program Option Courses:

  • HUSO2215Learning on Country: Indigenous Communities in a Global Context12 cp
  • HUSO2266Critical Ideas in International, Social, and Political Thought12 cp
  • SOCU2314Many Ways of Knowing: Studies in Epistemological Diversity12 cp
  • SOCU2080Crisis Live: Critical Global Analysis in Real Time12 cp

Careers

  • Oxfam
  • UNDP
  • UNICEF
  • World Vision
  • Deloitte
  • Asylum Seeker Resource Centre