• Offered by School of Politics and International Relations
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Transitional
  • Course subject Political Science
  • Areas of interest Political Sciences
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr April Biccum
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Second Semester 2021
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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Assess the extent to  which empire as a category of analysis is adequate to describing contemporary global politics and North/South relations;
  2. Compare and assess different theoretical and normative perspectives on empire;
  3. Appreciate the potential contribution of postcolonial theory to political theory generally and a normative understanding of empire;
  4. Have developed some capacity to apply theoretical analysis to empirical/historical/cultural sources;

Indicative Assessment

Major Essay (4,000 words) (60%) (LO 1,2,3,4)

Take Home Exam (2,000 words (40%) (LO 1,2,3,4)

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 24 hours of seminars over 12 weeks; and,
b) 106 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
14
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

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Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2021 $4110
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2021 $5880
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
5865 26 Jul 2021 02 Aug 2021 14 Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 In Person View

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