{"id":4812,"date":"2025-09-10T17:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/?post_type=bu-program-page&#038;p=4812"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:55:45","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/degree-program\/sydney-study-abroad-summer\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Study Abroad Summer Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<nav class=\"toc-wrapper\" id=\"toc\" aria-label=\"Page Section Navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"toc-heading toc-nav-toggle\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle Page Contents Navigation\" aria-expanded=\"true\">Page Contents<\/span><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Required Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All students enroll in the following required course:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS AN 368<\/span><br \/><span class=\"course-title\">Australian Culture &#038; Society<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n<p>Major focus on Australia\u2019s 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.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Historical Consciousness<\/li>\r\n<li>Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy<\/li>\r\n<li>Research and Information Literacy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Elective Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All students enroll in one of the following elective courses:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS AH 374<\/span><br\/>\r\n<span class=\"course-title\">Australian Art &amp; Architecture<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n\r\nAustralia owns the world\u2019s 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.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Aesthetic Exploration<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS EC 464<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"course-title\">The Pacific Rim: Economic and Political Orders<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n\r\nThe course focuses on the origins and dynamics of the \u2018miracle\u2019 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 \u2018developed\u2019 western economies to Asia\/Pacific.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Critical Thinking<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS PO 260<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"course-title\">The Australian Political System<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\nAn introduction to the study of Australian politics and government, focusing on basic institutions such as Federation, the Constitution, pressure groups, political parties, Parliament, and Cabinet; and the major political institutions and processes in Australia; approaches used in the study of politics; and experience and expertise in oral and written analysis. Suter.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/wp-content\/plugins\/bu-front-end-library\/js\/collapsible.js?ver=5.4.2\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum 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. 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