Bachelor of International and Global Studies

The world is changing at an unprecedented pace as the forces of globalisation prompt increasingly complex interconnectedness. Our Bachelor of International and Global Studies degree centres on the study of the underlying processes driving this phenomenon, including travel, communication technology, political and economic currents, and globalising markets, and they way these processes constantly evolve and interrelate.



Global processes are linked both by interactions involving nation-state authorities but also through less formal processes of integration, such as networks, migration and political and cultural connections. Our program devotes attention to the complete gamut of such global connections, allowing you to gain highly developed and integrated knowledge of global and international issues.



With an interdisciplinary social science approach, the degree’s core units enable you to acquire varied perspectives on international and global dynamics informed by a wide range of social science standpoints. In your core major, you will focus on one of a specified range of relevant social science or area studies disciplines. You can choose how to complement your major from a wide range of subject areas across the University.



As the degree aims to develop skills relevant to international and intercultural contexts you will also be required to undertake language study from a very diverse range offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. You’ll also gain a first-hand appreciation of the degree’s core concerns through embarking on a semester of international exchange at a partner university, preferably in a country speaking your chosen language. This semester of exchange is a required component of the degree.



Our graduates are recognised for their conceptual ability, critical and research skills and the ethical perspective needed to interpret and operate effectively in an increasingly integrated world. These are the attributes that...