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Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
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Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 27 Feb 2023
This research-based university in Perth has a strong interdisciplinary focus and a reputation for outstanding teaching and ground-breaking research. With more than 23,000 students and 2,000 staff from over 90 countries, and campuses in Dubai and Singapore, Murdoch embraces free thinking, shared ideas and knowledge to make a difference, and Open Universities Australia is certainly part of that.
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QS Ranking 2022
27
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
30
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Subject details
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- Introduction to the key ideas and debates relating to domestic and global political institutions and processes, and their intersection
- Exploration of a range of analytical frameworks that have shaped understandings of politics and power
- Application of debates and theories to contemporary real world political and policy challenges (both domestic and global).
- Challenges explored include: equality and justice; 'security'; peace and conflict; political economy; identities (such as 'race', ethnicity, gender and class); refugee flows; the legacy of imperialism and the Global North/South divide; terrorism and climate change.
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Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject introduces students to key ideas, theories and debates relating to domestic and global political institutions and processes and their broader intersection. It then examines how these ideas, theories and debates shape major contemporary political and policy questions such as: inequality and injustice; gender and class; security and human rights; violence and peace; capital flows; people flows; imperialism, globalisation and the Global North/South divide; and climate change.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Workbook 1 (30%)
- Workbook 2 (30%)
- Open book timed online exam (40%)
Current study term: 26 Feb 23 to 28 May 23
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