Students enroll in one required course and one elective course for a total of 8 BU units. Note: Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.
Required Course
All students enroll in the following required course:
CAS AN 368 Australian Culture & Society
Major focus on Australia’s global and national development as a multicultural nation with European roots, traditional western alliances and an imagined future in the Asia-Pacific region. The themes of continuity and change in relation to the Aboriginal population are explored in some detail.
Units: 4
BU Hub areas:
Historical Consciousness
Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
Research and Information Literacy
Elective Courses
All students enroll in one of the following elective courses:
CAS AH 374 Australian Art & Architecture
Australia owns the world’s oldest continuing art tradition (indigenous Australian art) and the youngest tradition. This course focuses on key artists, in an historical and an international context, against themes of landscape, urbanism, abstraction, realism, the noble savage, and modernism.
Units: 4
BU Hub areas:
Aesthetic Exploration
Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
CAS EC 464 The Pacific Rim: Economic and Political Orders
The course focuses on the origins and dynamics of the ‘miracle’ Asia/Pacific economic growth, emphasising its impact on Australia. This region was the crucible for a global shift in political, economic and strategic power from the ‘developed’ western economies to Asia/Pacific.
Units: 4
BU Hub areas:
Critical Thinking
CAS IR 339 Australia and the Politics of Regional Security in Asia-Pacific
This course examines the new era of regional security in the Asia-Pacific region to understand the public policy implications for Australia and the United States. Students will be able to identify and understand how the region could evolve.
Units: 4
BU Hub areas:
Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
QST MK 467 International Marketing Management
Prerequisite: QST MK 323 Marketing Management.
Develops a critical appreciation of both the opportunities and challenges associated with the increasing globalization of markets. Students learn about the key environmental forces shaping the needs and preferences of the global consumer and the impact of foreign, political, and economic factors on the marketing mix.
