Description
This subject will provide students with an introduction to the history, structure, development, and world view of the United Nations. The subject will analyse the UN as the centre of world diplomacy, as well as a supranational human rights and welfare agency. Through this subject, students will better understand the intricate makeup and limitations of an organisation designed to ‘save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.’ Topics covered include the embrace of international organisations, the structure of the United Nations, international Peacekeeping, human rights, and international development.
Subject details
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Code | INTR12-203 |
| EFTSL | 0.125 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Society & Design |
| Semesters offered |
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| Credit | 10 |
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Learning outcomes
1. Develop a critical understanding of the concepts of global governance through committed research on the United Nations and how the organisation works to preserve international peace and security.
2. Reframe and contextualise critical arguments and perspectives of a chosen country, in both the written and oral form, in order to work cooperatively, and provide solutions to some of the most pressing problems of the 21st century.
3. Evaluate their active participation in local and global communities by applying theoretical constructs into a simulated workplace environment.
Enrolment requirements
| Requisites: ? | Nil |
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| Restrictions: ? | Nil |
Subject outlines
Subject dates
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| Enrolment opens | 02/08/2020 |
| Semester start | 14/09/2020 |
| Subject start | 14/09/2020 |
| Cancellation 1? | 28/09/2020 |
| Cancellation 2? | 05/10/2020 |
| Last enrolment | 27/09/2020 |
| Withdraw – Financial? | 10/10/2020 |
| Withdraw – Academic? | 31/10/2020 |
| Teaching census? | 09/10/2020 |