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Creating New States

Undergraduate | MAQ-POIX3040 | 2020

Previously MAQ-POIX304

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Strive to understand how new states are created and why they're still being formed today. Highlight examples of secessions from states. Run through the legalities involved when forming a state. Explore future possibilities for a single world state.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
18 weeks

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Creating New States

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will know:

    1. how to identify and analyse a political process when it occurs at different periods and in a different social and geographical space
    2. how to identify, compare and contrast the salient aspects of a single political process taking place in these different temporal and spatial locations
    3. how to use social science theories in the performance of above two tasks
    4. how to use social science theories in an attempt to identify the causal factors which may explain such political processes
    5. how to use normative (political and ethical) theories to evaluate/assess particular cases of political activity and their outcomes.

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-PLT310 (Not currently available)

  • MAQ-POIX304-Creating New States (no longer available)

Others

Students should have studied some politics at 200 level prior to undertaking this subject.

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

What to study next?

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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UndergraduateMAQ-ART-DEG

Bachelor of Arts

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