• Offered by Department of International Relations
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Classification Research
  • Course subject International Relations
  • Areas of interest International Relations, Political Sciences
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Mathew Davies
    • Prof Lorraine Elliott
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2015
    Second Semester 2015
    See Future Offerings

The final component of the MAIR is a 15 000 word thesis on a topic the student devises in consultation with their supervisor.

A thesis might apply an established theory to a new body of evidence or set of cases.  It might try to develop a new theory about well known evidence.  A mojor part of the thesis writing process is establishing what research question you will ask and how you will go about answering that question. 

The thesis should be an extended argument addressing an intellectual question, problem or issue. As it is 15 000 words in length it must be divided into a number of sections or chapters, with an introduction and conclusion.

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Fees

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Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
24 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
24.00 0.50000
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $11832
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $17400
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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2164 16 Feb 2015 06 Mar 2015 31 Mar 2015 29 May 2015 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2124 20 Jul 2015 07 Aug 2015 31 Aug 2015 30 Oct 2015 In Person N/A

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