Unit details [HSA] Race and Ethnic Politics Enrolment code: HSA201/301 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Unit description: Introduces the politics of ethnicity and race. After a study of some relevant concepts, paradigms and theories, the unit will examine a range of situations of ethnic and race politics drawn from such countries as Sri Lanka, Canada, Belgium, South Africa, and some supra-national movements. Staff: Dr WW Bostock Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv M.excl: HSP205/305 Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), tutorial participation and report (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government) Majors: Aboriginal Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Approaches to International Relations Enrolment code: HSA202/302 Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1 [by video-link] Unit description: Reviews a range of theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of international relations. The unit considers the significance of these differing perspectives in a period of growing internationalisation – both global and regional. It also seeks to promote a more effective understanding of how the nature of contemporary politics influences the desire and capacity of states (and other actors) to achieve their external objectives. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –1 Unit details [HSA] Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv Assess: 2,500-word essay (30%), 1000-word report or class test (10%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Majors: Political Science Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Media and Politics Enrolment code: HSA203/303 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: Provides students with a broad introduction to the increasingly intimate relationships between media and politics. The unit critically analyses key ideas on the role of the media in politics, including the democratic and propaganda models of media. It examines the ways in which media ownership patterns, the structure and organisation of media reporting, the relationship between ‘spin doctors’ and politicians, opinion polling, and image-making shape the political and electoral process. The implications for politics of ‘globalisation’ and new media (satellite, digital and internet casting) are also considered. Key case studies of the dynamic relationship between media and politics is drawn from Australia, the United Kingdom and other European countries, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific. Staff: Dr WW Bostock, Dr T Narramore Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv M.excl: HEJ211/311 Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), tutorial participation and report (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government) Majors: Journalism and Media Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Politics in Literature and Film ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –2 Unit details [HSA] Enrolment code: HSA204/304 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: A dominant understanding in the teaching of politics contends that political understanding is reducible to scientific method. By contrast, this unit seeks to examine politics as an art, the art of government, and more precisely the way that particular idioms of discourse have constituted that art. In order to explore these modes, students will examine the manner in which satire, the novel, film, and the media in general affect and inform contemporary political understandings. In this context the unit examines the notions of utopia and dystopia in books like 1984 and films like Brazil, the problem of bureaucracy in modernity, the media characterisation of war in films like Apocalypse Now, new wars in journalism by Timothy Garton-Ash and films like Savior and the relationship between modern politics and media depicted in films like Primary Colours and accounts of political strategy offered in The New Prince by writers/practitioners like Dick Morris. Staff: Dr DM Jones Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv M.excl: HAC244/344, FST257/357 Assess: 2,000–2,500-word essay (30%), tutorial assessment (10%), 1,000–1,500-word book review (20%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government) Majors: Journalism and Media Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Political Ideologies Enrolment code: HSA210/310 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: The central concern of this unit is to examine politics and its relationship to what Destut de Tracy termed ‘ideology’. The unit begins by considering what kind of activity politics actually involves, arguing that political rule arises when a collection of people deemed to be formally equal form a government amongst themselves. The mode of political communication between these people is persuasion. A further consequence of politics is a literature of political thought. Politics accordingly is not a universal activity and even where it is established it is often regarded with hostility. This rhetorical style is contrasted ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –3 Unit details [HSA] with a rationalistic, scientistic and ideological style of thinking that emerged in the 19th century. In this context, the unit considers liberalism, nationalism, Marxism and fascism as ideological styles of rule located in modernity, and concludes by considering whether postmodernity offers any relief from the rationalistic certainties of modernity. Staff: Dr DM Jones Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv Assess: 2,500-word essay (30%), 1,000-word report (20%), tutorial assessment (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government) Majors: Political Science Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Political Thought: Liberal Democracy Enrolment code: HSA212/312 Offered: Hbt: sem 2 Unit description: Parliamentary multi-party democracy is now widely accepted as the dominant expression of the democratic ideal in most parts of the world. This historical transformation has occurred alongside the ostensible ascendance of capitalism over state socialism and the declining influence of Marxist ideas. The triumph of democracy in the 1990s has brought to prominence liberal democratic ideas and institutions as well as renewing support for free-market capitalism and neo liberal principles. Despite its virtues, however, liberal democracy continues to generate dispute among both its defenders and its critics. This unit explores the key theoretical underpinnings of the tradition of liberal democracy; including Lockean liberalism (the freedom of the governed); free-market capitalism; the discourse of civil society; and understandings of freedom and justice. It then addresses some of the most important criticisms of liberal democracy including those that flow from the republican; Marxist; feminist; and post-structuralist traditions. From this background it will then be possible to mark out and examine key contemporary debates occurring within the liberal democratic tradition such as those surrounding the issues of liberty versus equality; citizenship; identity; multiculturalism; and participatory democracy. Staff: Assoc Prof B He Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –4 Unit details [HSA] Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), 1,000-word tutorial paper or book review (10%), tutorial presentation/participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government) Majors: Political Science Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Comparative Political Systems Enrolment code: HSA222/322 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: A study of the concept of system and its relevance to politics, with particular reference to the relationship between system and structure. Britain, France, Germany and the European Union are given particular attention. Staff: Dr WW Bostock Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), tutorial participation and report (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government) Majors: Political Science Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Politics of Democratisation, East and West Enrolment code: HSA227/327 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: Considers the historical, cultural, social and political preconditions for democratisation in East Asia, and Eastern and Western Europe. Examines the process of democratisation and ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –5 Unit details [HSA] the attended problems, by comparing and contrasting the democratic experiences of a range of cases including China, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, Poland and the European Union. The ‘transition to democracy’ literature will constitute the theoretical framework for the discussion of change in East Asia and Europe in the context of global democratisation in the world of post-cold war era. Staff: Dr DM Jones Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv M.excl: HMA216/316 Assess: 2,500-word essay (30%), 1,000-word report (10%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Majors: Asian Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Australian Foreign Policy Enrolment code: HSA240/340 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: A critical examination of Australian foreign policy from federation until the present. This unit focuses on the search for an independent foreign policy throughout this period, including recent attempts to define an integral role in the Asia Pacific region and its role as a middle power in international affairs in the 1990s. It examines political, economic and strategic issues and includes an evaluation of the links between external and domestic policy decisions. Staff: tba Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or Public Policy or equiv M.excl: HSD241/341 Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), tutorial paper (10%), tutorial participation and presentation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%) Majors: Public Policy Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –6 Unit details [HSA] Australian Political Institutions Enrolment code: HSA241/341 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: Australian liberal democracy provides a distinctive political culture. Within this concept the unit considers the Australian state, the party system, the media, electoral law and behaviour drawing on theoretical and comparative material. Staff: tba Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or Public Policy or equiv M.excl: HSD242/342 Assess: 2,500-word essay (30%), 1,000-word report or class test (10%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Required: tba Majors: Public Policy Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Globalisation and East Asian Politics Enrolment code: HSA258/358 Offered: Hbt: sem 2 Unit description: Examines the political development of the countries of the East Asian region – Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia – in the context of the international political economy. The unit begins with an introduction to the main interpretations of international political economy. It then considers: the relationship between the countries of East Asia and the US-dominated postwar international political economy; the nature of an East Asian model of political economy, pioneered by Japan, and the extent to which it may be imitated in the region; the challenge of this East Asian model to international political economy; the potential for an East Asian regionalism; and the pressures for radical change in the political economy of East Asia as a result of the financial crisis in the region. Staff: Dr T Narramore, Assoc Prof B He ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –7 Unit details [HSA] Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv M.excl: HMA258/358 Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), 1,000-word report (10%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%) Majors: Asian Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Tasmanian Politics and Australian Federalism Enrolment code: HSA260/360 Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2 [by video-link] Unit description: Introduces students to both Tasmanian politics and the politics of Australian federalism as seen from the state perspective. The specific features of Tasmanian politics will be used to help explain the broader changes in contemporary Australian federalism. Special attention will be given to understanding the needs of Tasmania in responding to the dynamics of Australian federal policy-making. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or Public Policy or equiv M.excl: HSD243/343 Assess: 2,500-word essay (30%), 1,000-word report or class test (10%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government, Hbt; Uniprint, Ltn) Majors: Public Policy Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Foreign Correspondence: Foreign Policy and the Media ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –8 Unit details [HSA] Enrolment code: HSA262/362 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Unit description: Provides a consideration of the interaction between the making of foreign policy and the influence of public participation through the media. Several models of interaction will be developed to explore and assess this interaction including the democratic elitist model (minimal public participation) through to the populist model (only ‘the people’ can prevent war). Technological change has made for significant challenges to older styles of foreign policy-making in the 20th century and more can be expected in the 21st century. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr (Coordinator), Dr T Narramore Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv Assess: 2,500-word essay (30%), 1,000-word report or class test (10%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Required: tba Majors: Journalism and Media Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Espionage, Terror and Global Disorder Enrolment code: HSA270/370 Offered: Hbt: sem 1, dist.ed: sem 1 [by web] Unit description: Offers a systematic study of various forms of ‘disorder’ in the post-Cold War era, with a particular focus on terrorism. States are increasingly confronted with unpredictable, internal and trans-national threats to their security, for example: new and diverse forms of terrorism and political violence; international organised crime and traffic in arms, drugs and people; religious nationalism and ethnic/racial conflict; and struggles for new states and national liberation. In attempts to maintain security, states use a range of overt and covert techniques, such as surveillance, espionage, counter-terrorism, and military force. This diverse range of threats and state responses is analysed in key examples from around the globe and in the Asia-Pacific region. This year the unit focuses on the ‘globalisation’ of terrorism in such forms as Osama bin Laden’s al-Qa’ida network, and the implications for global security and intelligence of the ‘war on terrorism’. Staff: Dr T Narramore ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –9 Unit details [HSA] Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: int: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly; dist.ed: web-based delivery (13 wks) Prereq: 25% at level 100 in Political Science or equiv M.excl: HSP203/303, HMA259/359 Assess: 2,500-word essay (40%), 750–1,000-word tutorial paper/presentation and participation (20%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%) Required: Reader (available from School of Government) Majors: Police Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> The Politics of International Justice Enrolment code: HSA271/371 Offered: Hbt: sem 2 Unit description: Provides an introduction to, and an assessment of, the agencies and institutions that make up the international justice system. These range from the national instruments of police, courts and foreign affairs departments through international instruments such as Interpol, the Red Cross/Red Crescent, Amnesty International, a suite of United Nations regulatory agencies, the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. The unit also addresses issues such as what is ‘international justice’, human rights, war crimes, and the significance and nature of transnational and multinational crime. Staff: Assoc Prof Herr (Coordinator), Dr R Hall Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly (13 wks) Prereq: HSG101 and HSG102 or equiv Assess: 2,500-word essay (30%), 1,000-word class test (10%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%) Majors: Police Studies Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Parliamentary Internship ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –10 Unit details [HSA] Enrolment code: HSA361 Offered: Hbt: may be taken in sem 1 OR sem 2, Ltn: may be taken in sem 1 OR sem 2 Special note: enrolment in this unit requires the approval of the unit coordinator; places are limited Unit description: A Parliamentary Internship is available at the Parliament of Tasmania. It involves a part-time placement with a Member of Parliament or a Parliamentary Committee and involves the intern undertaking a practical, research oriented report. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr (Coordinator) Unit weight: 12.5% Prereq: HSA241/341 or HSA260/360 Majors: Political Science Courses: [R3A] [R3K] [R3C] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Political Science 4 (Honours) Full time/Part time Enrolment code: HSA400/401 Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2 Special note: length of course – one academic year (or two semesters) full-time or up to two years (or four semesters) part-time Unit description: The full-time course (HSA400 weight 100%) consists of two units normally taken in semester 1 and a dissertation of 15,000 words on a subject approved by the Head of School in semester 2. Students commencing in semester 2 or undertaking the part-time course (HSA401 weight 50%) should plan their course in consultation with the Honours Coordinator. Full-time students enrol in HSA400 (100%) Part-time students enrol in HSA401 (50%) Plus HSA499 Dissertation and two of the following elective units: HSD418 Challenges to Governance (see page C-xx) ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –11 Unit details [HSA] HSA425 Comparative Politics: Order and Conflict HSA475 Contemporary Political Thought HSA437 International Relations in Asia HSA476 Issues in Polar and Marine Policy HSA434 Parliament in Society HSA432 Parliamentary Internship HSA420 Politics of International Relations HSA430 Politics of Terrorism HSA431 Selected Topics in Australian Politics HSA438 Seminar in Foreign Correspondence HSA435 Special Reading Program A relevant Honours level unit from another discipline may be substituted for one of the above electives, subject to the approval of the Head of the School of Government as to its suitability, weighting, and satisfaction of any prerequisites. The number and pattern of elective units offered may depend on staff loads and student numbers. Staff: Dr MG Haward (Coordinator) Unit weight: 100%/50% Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher Courses: [R4A] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Politics of International Relations Enrolment code: HSA420 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master of International Politics Unit description: Provides students with the opportunity for advanced level study of international relations. The unit explores the politics of international relations examining such topics as the global politics of the environment, Australian foreign relations and the principle and practice of diplomacy, the international relations of the Pacific Islands, peacekeeping and transnational crime, managing international conflicts and strategic defence issues. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr (Coordinator) Unit weight: 0%/25% ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –12 Unit details [HSA] Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] [R5Q] [R6Q] [R7Q] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Comparative Politics: Order and Conflict Enrolment code: HSA425 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling Graduate Diploma or Master of Police Studies Unit description: Provides students with the opportunity for advanced level study of comparative politics. Special attention is given to issues concerning order and conflict. Staff: Dr WW Bostock Unit weight: 0%/25% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] [R6L] [R7L] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Politics of Terrorism Enrolment code: HSA430 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in Graduate Diploma or Master of Police Studies; and for students enrolling in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master of International Politics Unit description: Offers an introduction to current thinking on the character of terrorism, its definitional ambiguity and its relationship to globalisation and the internationalisation of the media. The unit examines the emergence of terror strategies after 1945 and through an investigation of a number of case studies, considers both the strategic use and ideological ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –13 Unit details [HSA] justification of terror during the Cold War and the changing nature of terror in the post Cold War era of low intensity conflict. Staff: Dr T Narramore Unit weight: 0%/25% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] [R6L] [R7L] [R5Q] [R6Q] [R7Q] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Selected Topics in Australian Politics Enrolment code: HSA431 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master of Public Policy Unit description: Provides students with the opportunity for advanced level study of Australian politics. The unit is normally undertaken as a reading unit and students must contact the Honours Coordinator prior to enrolling in the unit. Staff: as appropriate, depending on topic Unit weight: 0%/25% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] [R5M] [R6M] [R7M] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Parliamentary Internship Enrolment code: HSA432 Offered: Hbt: may be taken in sem 1 OR sem 2 Special note: enrolment in this unit requires approval of unit Coordinator; places are limited Unit description: ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –14 Unit details [HSA] A Parliamentary Internship is available at the Parliament of Tasmania. It involves a part-time placement with a Member of Parliament or a Parliamentary Committee and involves the intern undertaking a practical, research oriented report. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr (Coordinator) Unit weight: 0% Teaching pattern: supervised research Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher plus HSA241/341 or HSA260/360 Assess: 8,000-word report Courses: [R4A] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Parliament in Society Enrolment code: HSA434 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master of Public Policy Unit description: Examines the role of Parliament in modern democratic society. While this unit may focus on Australia, comparative parliamentary experience can be covered. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr Unit weight: 0%/25% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] [R5M] [R6M] [R7M] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Special Reading Program Enrolment code: HSA435 Offered: Hbt: may be taken in sem 1 OR sem 2 Special note: students must contact the Honours Coordinator prior to enrolling in this unit Unit description: ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –15 Unit details [HSA] Involves supervised reading on a topic selected by the student in consultation with an appropriate member of staff. Students must contact the Honours Coordinator prior to enrolling in this unit Staff: as appropriate, depending on topic Unit weight: 0% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> International Relations in Asia Enrolment code: HSA437 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in Graduate Diploma or Master of Asian Studies; or students enrolling in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master of International Politics Unit description: Provides students with the opportunity for advanced level study of international relations. The unit focuses on international relations in Asia – the international politics of South-East Asia, Asian and Australian security and finally, the evolving triangular relations between China, the United States and Japan are described. Staff: Dr T Narramore Unit weight: 0%/25% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] [R6K] [R7K] [R5Q] [R6Q] [R7Q] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Seminar in Foreign Correspondence Enrolment code: HSA438 Offered: Hbt: sem 2 ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –16 Unit details [HSA] Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master of International Politics Unit description: Examines in depth some of the critical issues in the impact of news on foreign policy-making particularly in the tension between the public’s ‘right to know’ and a country’s ‘right to national security’. The precise content of the seminar will vary from year to year to allow for a special focus on the current controversies of the day. Staff: Assoc Prof R Herr, Dr T Narramore Unit weight: 0%/25% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A][R5Q] [R6Q] [R7Q] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Contemporary Political Thought Enrolment code: HSA475 Offered: Hbt: sem 1 Unit description: Examines a number of current approaches to issues of equity, equality and freedom that perennially trouble the liberal conscience. Beginning with John Rawls’ Theory of Justice the unit examines the justice oriented thinking of Dworkin, Barry, the communitarian modifications of Will Kymlicka and Charles Taylor together with the criticism of new liberalism posed by feminists like IM Young and Ann Phillips and sceptical ironists like John Gray and Richard Rorty. Staff: tba Unit weight: 0% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Issues in Polar and Marine Policy ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –17 Unit details [HSA] Enrolment code: HSA476 Offered: Hbt: sem 2 Special note: unit weighted at 25% for students enrolling in Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master of International Politics Unit description: The management of both polar and marine policy areas has become much more contentious in recent decades. The unit considers the challenge to traditional State interest by increasing use of multilateral mechanisms. Staff: Assoc Prof RA Herr, Dr R Hall Unit weight: 0%/25% Teaching pattern: 2-hr seminar weekly (13 wks) Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher for honours entry Assess: 8,000 words in written assignments Courses: [R4A] [R5Q] [R6Q] [R7Q] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Dissertation Enrolment code: HSA499 Offered: Hbt: may be taken in sem 1 OR sem 2 Special note: undertaken following completion of all coursework units Unit description: Involves supervised research on a subject approved by the Head of School. The results of the research are reported in a 15,000-word dissertation. Staff: as appropriate, depending on topic Unit weight: 0% Teaching pattern: supervised research Prereq: major, with GPA of 6.5 or higher Assess: 15,000-word dissertation Courses: [R4A] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Research Thesis ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –18 Unit details [HSA] Full time Enrolment code: HSA701 Offered: Hbt: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem 2 Special note: this unit is offered as part of the Master of International Politics and is undertaken following completion of all coursework units Unit description: Students undertake independent research on an approved subject. The results of the research are reported in a thesis of 15,000 words. Guidance will be provided in a short series of workshops at the beginning of the unit and through supervision while research work is in progress. Staff: Assoc Prof R Herr (Coordinator) Unit weight: 50% Teaching pattern: supervised research Assess: 15,000-word thesis Courses: [R7Q] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> Research Thesis Part time Enrolment code: HSA702 Offered: Hbt: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem 2 Special note: this unit is offered as part of the Master of International Politics and is undertaken following completion of all coursework units; thesis to be completed over two consecutive semesters Unit description: Students undertake independent research on an approved subject. The results of the research are reported in a thesis of 15,000 words. Guidance will be provided in a short series of workshops at the beginning of the unit and through supervision while research work is in progress. Staff: Assoc Prof R Herr (Coordinator) Unit weight: 50% Teaching pattern: supervised research ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –19 Unit details [HSA] Assess: 15,000-word thesis Courses: [R7Q] Faculty website: <www.arts.utas.edu.au> ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year July 11, 2016, 18:56 PM, page –20