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POL399: Political Thought in Action
This unit is strongly recommended for students intending to do politics Honours. Entry is restricted to those students who have received at least a credit in any 200 or 300 level politics unit and at least a distinction in any 200 or 300 level politics unit. The essays in this unit must be based on a subject area covered in one of the prerequisites units. Students in this unit are individually supervised by a member of the politics staff. Prior to enrolling, qualified students must have obtained the agreement of the appropriate staff member to supervise their proposed research project. This unit is required for all students undertaking a Politics major. The unit builds on the diversity of earlier units in Politics and International Relations by placing emphasis on the ability to form reasoned arguments to present findings to a critical audience. All students will be required to show capacity in making both written and oral arguments that address selected themes in the study of politics. Students entering the unit with a high GPA area encouraged to develop a substantial piece of written work under supervision, akin to a minor thesis.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 0.5 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Geoffrey Hawker |
| Prerequisites: |
30cp or (6cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units at 200 level including 3cp in POL) |
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| NCCW(s): | POL368 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations |
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