Australian Foreign Policy (PAIS318)

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of: Australia's changing political, strategic and economic relations with the Asia Pacific region, and bilateral relations with particular states in the region; the way in which Australia's relations with the Asia Pacific have been shaped by such factors as strategic concerns, internal political considerations, ethnocentrism, stereotypical images, and racist sentiment; and changes in Australian policies on immigration;
2. use key concepts in political and international studies to analyse Australia's relations with the Asia Pacific and bilateral relations with specific states in the region;
3. reflect upon, and critically analyse, Australia's changing relations with the Asia Pacific, and competing interpretations of these changing relations;
4. independently develop, through synthesising and evaluating evidence from a range of sources, coherent arguments about Australia's relations with the Asia Pacific and communicate these in a clear manner; and
5. display well-developed research, analytical and written communication skills through the planning and execution of written work in which they examine Australian foreign policy in the Asia Pacific.