1. The course for the Degree with Honours in the School of Political Science comprises the following subjects:
Political Science A Political Science B Political Science C Political Science D British History
General History Part II or General History Part III International Relations.
In addition, candidates for the Degree with Honours must take one other subject at Pass standard in each of the first three years of the course, and Part I or IA of a foreign language. In general these three additional courses should con- stitute an approved major or an approved sequence of three subjects.
2. The subjects of the course should be taken in the following order. unless.
because of special circumstances, the Faculty allows the order to be varied.
First Year: (a) Political Science A (Ions.), (b) British History (Ions.),
(c) The Pass course in one other subject, (d) Part I or IA of a foreign language.
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Second Year: (a) Political Science B (Ions.),
(b) General History Part II or General History Part III, (c) The Pass course in one other subject.
Third Year: (a) Political Science C (Ions.), (b) International Relations (Ions.), (c) The Pass course in one other subject.
Fourth Year: Political Science D.
3. Comments.—The First Year is regarded as a preliminary year, and students who have completed it must be approved by the Faculty of Arts as candidates for the Degree with Honours before entering the Second Year of the Honour School. Admission will normally be given only to candidates who have obtained at least Second Class Honours in Political Science A and British History. Other candidates who wish to continue in the Honours School should interview the head of the Department, who will be guided in his recommendations by the merits of the case.
A student who has not attempted Honours, but who at the end of the First Year passes in Political Science A and wishes to enter the Honour School, must make special application to the Faculty through the Sub-Dean for permission to do so. 1f such permission is given, the Faculty will prescribe what further work must be completed before the student is allowed to proceed to the Final Examination.
The Second and Third Years of the Honour course are regarded as forming a continuous whole. Candidates who during their Second Year have made satistactory progress in Political Science B and in General History Part II or General History Part III will not be given a formal examination in these subjects.
Candidates whose progress in these subjects during the first two terms is not considered of satisfactory Honours standard will be informed at the end of the second term that they must sit for an Annual Examination in them at the end of the Sесопд Year.
As mentioned above, the three additional Pass courses taken in the first three years of the course should, in general, form a major recognized for the Ordinary Degree in Arts or some other approved sequence of three subjects. Students should submit their proposed major to the Head of the Department for approval at the beginning of their course; in special circumstances, permission may be given to modify the proposed major at the end of the First Year.
The following course has been approved for students who intend to combine the School of Political Science with a Law course:
First Year: Political Science A (Ions.) .
British History (Ions.) Introduction to Legal Method Part I or IA of a Foreign Language.
Second Year: Political Science B (Ions.).
General History Part II or General History Part
III
Legal HistoryCriminal Law and Procedure Third Year: Political Science C (Ions.)
International Relations (lions.) Tort
Principles of Contract Fourth Year: Political Science D
Principles of Property Fifth Year: As for Third Year Law.
Sixth Year: As for Fourth Year Law.
4. The Final Examination in the School of Political Science will be divided into two parts as follows:
Part I
(taken at the end of the Third Year), (1) Political Science B
(2) Political Science C
(3) General History Part II or General History Part III (4) International Relations
(5) Language Study.
Part II
(taken at the end of the Fourth Year) Political Science D (Two papers).
In addition, students will be required to hand in towards the end of Third Term a thesis of about nine thousand words embodying the result of independent research.
POLITICAL SCIENCE A
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with one tutorial class each week throughout the Academic Year.
SYLLАВus. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. A study of the social and intellectual background of the develop- ment of democratic ideas ; an examination of traditional demo- cratic assumptions in the light of alternate viewpoints; the im- pact of twentieth century economic and social changes on demo- cratic institutions and ideas.
Books. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. There are no set text-books in this course. The reading guides will give detailed references to official documents, periodicals and books.
The following are important reference books:
Woolf,
L. After
thé Deluge.Mill, J. S.—O.n Liberty and Representative Government.
Hobhouse, L. T.—Liberalism.
Marx, K.—Communist Manifesto.
Lenin, V. I.—The State and Revolution.
Tawney, R. Н.—Equality.
EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE B
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with one tutorial class each week throughout the Academic year.
SYLLAВUs. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. A study of some leading political theories which have influ- enced the development and operations of government in the following countries: (a) The United States: Federalist and anti-Federalist theories; (b) The Soviet Union: Theories of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin on the Proletarian Revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the relations between the Soviet Revolution and world socialism; (c) Germany: Theories of German Social-Democracy, and Nazi political theory.
Воoкs. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. (a) Prescribed text-books:
Hamilton, Madison and Jay—The Federalist. (Everyman.)
Вirley, R.—Speeches and Documents in American History, Vols. 1 and 2.
(O.U.P.)
Stalin,
J.—The
National and Colonial Question. (Lawrence and Wishart.) Stalin, J.—Problems of Leninism. (F.L.P.H., Moscow.)Marx, К.—selected Works, Vol. 2. (Lawrence and Wishart.) Laidler, Н
.—Social-Economic
Movements. (Kegan Paul.)(b) Recommended for reference:
Reading guides will be issued throughout the year.
EXAMINATION, Three 3-hour papers.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE C
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with one tutorial each week throughout the Academic Year.
SУLLАВus. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. State Economic Planning.
Вooкs. For Section 2:
Dahl and LindЫom—Politics, Economics and Welfare. (Yale U.P.) Cole, G. D. H.—Practical Economics. (Penguin.)
Neumann, F. Behemoth. (Gollancz.)
Franks, O.—Central Planning and Control in Peace and War. (London School of Economics.)
Brady, R. A.—Crisis in Britain. (California Univ. Press.) Wootton, B.—Freedom under Planning. (Allen & Unwin.)
Dobb, M. H.—Soviet Economic Development Since 1917. (Routledge.) Zinkin, M.—Developiiwnt for Free Asia. (Chatto and Windus.)
EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE D A course of two weekly seminars throughout the year.
SYLLABUS. (i) Theory and Method of Political Science. Subjects discussed include the problems of objectivity and generalization in political studies and the use of such organizing concepts as "power" and "groups" in systematic political research. A detailed reading guide is available.
(ii) Further study of Political Theory. A course of weekly seminars dealing with political parties and political thought.
In addition students will be required to submit a thesis of some 9,000 words on an approved topic within one of the following fields :
(a) Australian government.
(b) Comparative government.
(c) International relations.
(d) Contemporary political theory.
The thesis—to be prepared under the guidance of a supervisor—should be submitted for examination before the end of Third Term.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
A course of lectures as for thé Ordinary Degree, together with one tutorial class each week throughout the Academic Year. Students are required to submit written work during the course.
SYLLAВus. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. A more detailed study of certain topics in the course for the Ordinary Degree ; in particular a study of international efforts since 1919 to limit and control armaments to establish collective security, and to promote economic and social progress.
Вooxs. References to official documents and other source material and to books and periodicals will be given in the reading guides for Honours students.
EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION W •
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with one tutorial class each week throughout the Academic year.
SYггnвus. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree, W
2. A selection of topics from among the following:
(a) Administrative behaviour in organisations.
(b) Special problems of recruitment to the public service.
(c) The social and political effects of bureaucracy. . (d) Public administration and the social framework.
(e) Administrative case studies.
(f) Comparative public administration.
(g) The classification of government activities.
Воокs, References to official documents, books and periodicals will be given in reading guides.
ExAItNATioN. Three 3-hour papers.
J. SCHOOL OF SEMITIC STUDIES
1. The course for the Degree with Honours in the School of Semitic Studies comprises the following subjects:
Hebrew Parts I, II, III, and IV, Arabic Parts I, II and III, Syriac,
Ethiopic,
Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages, in accordance with the details set out below.
A candidate in this School must take these ten subjects and one additional subject, which must be approved by the Professor of Semitic Studies. A know- ledge of Latin or a European language other than English is indispensable. At least a pass in Latin or a European language other than English at the Matricu- lation Examination is therefore required, and those who have not obtained it must choose Latin Part I, or French Part I or Part IA, or German Part I, or Dutch Fart I, or Russian Part I, as their additional subject.
2. In their First Year candidates in the Honour School should take the Honour Courses in Hebrew Part I and in Arabic Part I, and the additional subject.
Admission to the higher years of the course is conditional upon satisfactory performance in the First Year, and students must be approved by the Faculty of,
Arts as candidates for the Degree with Honours before entering the Second Year of the Honour School. The Professor of Semitic Studies will normally recom- mend such approval for candidates who have gained at least Second Class Honours in Hebrew Part I and Arabic Part I. Other candidates who wish to continue in the Honour School must interview the Professor of Semitic Studies, who will be guided in his recommendation by the merits of the case. .
A student who has completed the First Year of the course for the Ordinary Degree, and has passed in Hebrew Part I and Arabic Part I, may with the permission of the Faculty enter the Honour School. Such a student must make special application to the Faculty through the Sub-Dean, and if permission ii
granted, the Faculty will prescribe what further work must be completed before the student is allowed to proceed to the Final Examination.
In their Second Year, candidates will take the Honour Courses in Hebrew Part II, Arabic Part II, and Syriac, in which subjects they are required to be classed. They will be examined in these subjects at the Annual Examination at the end of the Second Year.
In their Third Year, the students will take the Honour course in Hebrew Part III, Arabic Part III, and continue with the reading of Syriac texts. Ethiopic, which will be available every second year, can be taken either in the Third or Fourth Year. Candidates taking Ethiopic in the Third Year will be required to continue reading texts in the Fourth Year. •
Towards the end of their Third Year, candidates are required to select a subject for an Essay, which must be approved by the Professor of Semitic Studies.
This Essay, which must be prepared during the Fourth Year and submitted before the end of Second Term, forms part of the Final Examination.
Towards the end of Third Year, candidates will undergo the following Final Examination:
(1) Unseen translation from Hebrew.
(2) Translation from Aramaic.
(3) Translation from Arabic.
(4) Syriac paper.
In their Fourth Year, candidates will take the Honour courses in Hebrew Part IV and Ethiopic, if they have not taken it in the Third Year, and Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages.
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The Final Examination in the School of Semitic Studies will comprise the following papers:(1) Unseen translation into Hebrew.
(2) Essay in Hebrew.
(3) Essay on Hebrew Literature (in English).
(4) Ethiopic paper.
(5) Questions on Comparative Grammar.
In addition there will be a viva voce examination of at least half-an-hour's duration covering the work of the Fourth Year.