DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
I. SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
( For possible combinations of this school with other honours schools see p. 249) 1. The course for the degree with honours in the school of Political Science comprises the following subjects:
Modem Government A Modern Government B
Three of: Modern Government C, International Relations A, International Relations B, Public Administration, Political Sociology, or European History B.
Theories of Politics ( Parts I & II)
together with one of the following sequences of subjects:
1. European History A or British History and one of Australian History, Amеri- can History, European History В, Far Eastern History, Social History, Later British History.
2. Economics A, Economics B.
3. Philosophy Part I, Political Philosophy.
4. Indonesian Part I, Indonesian and Malayan Studies A.
5. Psychology Part I, Social Psychology.
The first subject in the above sequences must be taken at the honours level, excepting in sequence 4 when Indonesian Part 1 should be taken at the pass level and Indonesian and Malayan Studies A at the honours level.
In addition, candidates for the degree with honours must take two other subjects at pass standard, and part I or IA of a recommended foreign language, or another approved subject, in the First Year of the course.
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) Modern Government A (bons).
(b) European History A ( hens) or British History ( hons) or Econ- omics A ( hoes) or Philosophy part I ( hens) or Indonesian part I.
(c) The
pass
course in one other subject.(d) Part I. or IA of a recommended foreign language or another approved subject.
Second Year: (a) Modern Government B (bons).
(b) International Relations A ( hons) or Public Administration (bons) or European History B (bons).
(c) An approved grade 2 History in sequence 1. above or Economics B or Political Philosophy or Indonesian and Malayan Studies A ( hons) or Social Psychology.
Third Year: Two of Modern Government C (hons), International Relations В ( bons ), Political Sociology ( hons) ; and one other approved sub- ject at the pass standard.
Fourth Year: Theories of Politics Parts I & II.
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 honours school.
Admission will normally be given only to candidates who have obtained at least second class honours in Modern Government A and European History A or British History or Economics A or Philosophy part I or Phychology part I. 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 196
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passes in Modern Government A and wishes to enter the honours school, must make special application to the Faculty through the Sub-dean for permission to do so. If such permission is given, the Faculty will prescribe what further work must be com- pleted before the student is, allowed to proceed to the final examination.
Students who fail to gain first or second class honours in their examinations in Political Science at the end of the Second Year will usually be advised by the Depart- ment of Political Science not to proceed to the Third year of the honours school, but rather to complete a course for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Ordinary Degree.
The Third and. Fourth Years of the Honours School are regarded as forming a continuous whole. Candidates who, during their Third Year have made satisfactory progress in the Honours Political Science subjects of this year, will be admitted to the Fourth Year of the School without formal examination in these subjects. Candi- dates whose progress in these subjects during the first two terms is not considered satisfactory will be notified during the third term that they must sit for a special examination at the end of the Third Year.
Students who are unable to proceed to the Fourth Year but who satisfy the examiners at a special examination at the end of their Third Year may with the approval of the Faculty, be admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Ordinary Degree. Enquiries concerning such special examinations should nоrmaцу be made before the end of September of the year concerned.
4. The examination in the School of Political Science taken at the end of the Fourth Year will be a Final Examination. The components of the final examination will be papers in, each of the two Honours Political Science subjects taken in the Third Year, two papers in Theories of Politics, together with a 9,000 word thesis on an approved subject. The above thesis, embodying the result of independent research, must be handed in at the beginning of third term.
The following course has been approved for students who intend to combine the 'chu of Political Science with a Law course:
First Year: Modern Government A (bons).
British History (hens).
Introduction to Legal Method.
Part I or IA of a recommended foreign language or another approved subject.
Second Year: Modern Government В (hens).
International Relations A ( hens).
Criminal Law.
Principles of Contract.
Third Year: Modem Government C (hens).
International Relations В' ( bons ) or Political Sociology.
The Law of Torts.
Principles of Property in Land.
Fourth Year: Theories of Politics.
Legal History.
Fifth Year: As for Third Year Law.
Sixth Year: As for Fourth Year Law.
66. MODERN GOVERNMENT A (Ions)
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial class each week throughout the academic year.
SYLLABUS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) An mtroduction to the elements of modern political analysis. Basic concepts such as power and authority, group, class and conflict will be discussed. There will be illustrations from Australian and British politics.
BOOKS
(i) As for ordinary degree.
(ii) There are no set textbooks for this course. Detailed reading guides will be issued during the year.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK
67. MODERN GOVERNMENT B (Ions )
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial class each week throughout the academic year.
SYLLABUS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) A comparative study of American and Soviet politics. Problems discussed will include: general problems of comparative politics; the limits of comparison between the American and Soviet political systems; the comparison of American and Soviet societies; American and Soviet ideology; political participation; political leadership; bureaucracy; policy-making; foreign policy.
BOOKS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) Prescribed textbooks:
•Brzezinski, Z., and Huntington, S. P.-Political Power: U.S.A./U.S.S.R. (Chatto
& Windus.)
(11) References to various primary and secondary sources to be used for the course will be given in the reading guides for honours students which are issued during the year.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
68. MODERN GOVERNMENT C (Ions)
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial class each week throughout the year.
sYLLAВUs
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) As introduction to - some aspects of the comparative study of politics in underdeveloped societies, with special reference to the analysis of political modernization.
BOOKS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) Detailed reading guides will be issued in this subject.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers. .
69. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS A (Ions)
A course of lectures as for the ordinяry degree, together with one honours tutorial class each week throughout the academic year. Students are required to submit written work during the course.
SYLLABUS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) A more detailed study of certain topics in the course for the ordinary degree; in particular a study of general theories of international relations.
BOOKS .
References to official documents and other source material and to books and periodicals will be given in the reading guides for honours students.
EXAMINATION. Two or three 3-hour papers.
69-1. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS B (Ions)
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial class each week throughout the academic year. Students are required to submit written work during the course.
SYLLABUS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) A more detailed study of certain topics in the course for the ordinary degree.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Books
References to official documents and other source material and to books and periodicals will be given in the reading guides for honours students.
EXAMINATION Two 3-hour papers.
71. POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY (lions )
An introductory course on methods of research together with a more detailed study of a selected topic. The topic for 1967 will be "The suburban political process".
BOOK
Students should read:
Junker, B. H.—Field Work. (U. of Chicago, 1959.) ЕxАМп АТiоN: Two 3-hour papers.
70. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Ions)
A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, together with one honours tutorial class each week throughout the academic year. Students are required to submit written work during the course.
SYLLAвUS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) Organization theory.
BOOKS
(i) As for the ordinary degree.
(ii) Detailed reading guides will be issued in this subject.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
150-1. THEORIES OF POLITICS I
A weekly seminar for Fourth Year Honours students dealing with various prob- lems of Political Sociology.
BOOKS
Selected texts and reading guides will be announced at the beginning of the course.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
150-2. THEORIES OF POLITICS II
A weekly seminar for Fourth Year Honours students. dealing with the contribu- tion of some leading writers to political studies.
BOОKS
Selected texts and reading guides will be announced at the beginning of the course.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
MASTER OF ARTS
I. SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Candidates will prepare a thesis on an approved subject, and will be advised as to a suitable course of reading. A discussion class will be arranged. Candidates may be expected to pass an oral examination covering the general field of their research.
An entry form for examination for higher degrees must be submitted to the Registrar.
Theses must be submitted not later than 12 February, 1988.
Three copies of each thesis ( quarto, typewritten, double-spaced ) should be submitted, one of which will be deposited in the University Library.