A Bachelor of Arts is your ticket to a career you're passionate about. Tailor your degree to align with your career aspirations, and enjoy flexible study options. You'll benefit from a personalised learning experience and small class sizes, learning from educators who are leaders in their fields. With a distinct emphasis on careers and skills development, you'll develop the complex critical thinking and problem solving skills that employers are looking for.
International Relations Major
International relations studies a world divided among different countries, and the relationship between power, policy and government in and between those countries. Its elements include diplomacy, foreign policy, military affairs, human rights, international political economy and trade, international organisations like the United Nations, and global issues such as inequality, weapons proliferation, terrorism and environmental cooperation.
International relations also seeks to understand the role of 'middle powers' (like Australia) in a world that also includes a 'super power' (like the United States) and 'small powers' (many poorer states). It asks key questions about war and peace, about how to maintain a ‘rules-based global order,’ and about who gets to participate in global decision-making for our shared future.
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Delivery mode
This course is available in the following study modes:
Entry Requirements
You must meet ONE of the following requirements:
Completed Year 12 (ATAR optional) with ATAR score 60.00 or equivalent.
Admission Pathways
You have recent secondary education
If you’ve finished Year 12 (and do not have more than 2 years of higher education study), or are currently studying Year 12 and complete the SACE/IB (or interstate equivalent) you are eligible to compete for uni entry via your Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
You have completed vocational education and training (VET)
If you have TAFE/VET qualifications (Cert 3 or higher) you are eligible to apply. Note, admission is competitive and most courses require higher than Certificate 3 level for admission.
You have completed some higher education
If you have completed the equivalent of at least one semester (full-time) but no more than the equivalent of two years (full-time) of a higher education course you may be considered for entry to most courses on the basis of your higher education results or any other qualifications that meet the University's entry requirements (eg Year 12 results or VET qualifications).
If you have completed more than the equivalent of two years (full-time) of a higher education course you will normally be considered for entry on the basis of your higher education results only.
You have work and life experience
- If you have not had the opportunity to gain access to university by traditional means there are these options.
- Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)
- Flinders Foundation Studies Program
- Skills Assessment Program
- Year 12 qualifications
Adjustment factors available
- Guaranteed selection rank 70.00
- TAFElink
- Certificate IV or above
Course fees
Course fee
$50,766
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About Flinders University
Flinders has a vision to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.
Flinders University has developed a remarkable record of achievement across an impressive range of endeavour.
Through the diverse efforts of an eclectic cohort of teachers, researchers and graduates, Flinders has exerted a profound and distinctive influence on society and in its various communities.
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