To complete the MA course, students must pass units worth 24 points.  Points may be gained as follows:

Compulsory coursework unit:

POL606 States, Governance and Globalisation
4 pts

Research component:

	EITHER		12,000 word research project 8pts
	OR		20,000 word coursework dissertation 12pts

Electives:

Students choose three or four electives worth 4 points each, to achieve a total of 24 points.

Compulsory Unit: States, Governance and Globalisation

“Governance” began to replace “government” as a focus of political science in the early 1990s, as analysts realised that social goals were increasingly achieved, not by the implementation of policy by states, but by the cooperative activities of networks of public, private and voluntary agencies.  These operate at an international and local, as well as national, level.  This unit examines three aspects of the shift to ‘governance’:

• What are the implications of network governance for democratic politics in industrialised countries? 
• Within multilevel governance, how can meaningful jurisdictions be established? 
• And how have international agencies promoted conceptions of ‘good’ governance in the developing world? 

What Electives Can I Choose?

Electives within Politics and International Studies:

POL699 The Politics of Globalisation - 4pts
POL593 Terrorism in a Globalised World - 4 pts
POL629 Ethnic Conflict and Multiculturalism - 4pts
POL530 Public Policy Analysis - 4pts
POL697 Democracy in the 21st Century - 4 pts
POL660 Modern Theories of the State - 4pts

Special Topic for 2009: Changing Modes of Governance in Asia - 4pts

Going Beyond Politics and International Studies

A good way to combine your understanding of the politics of the new governance with a specialisation in a particular governance area is to take electives outside Politics and International Studies. 
By arrangement with the course coordinator, students may also take electives in the following areas:

Sustainability and development

Students with an interest in sustainability and development can undertake one or more elective units in Murdoch’s School of Sustainability.  These units investigate changing approaches to, and tools for, local environmental and development planning in the context of a thickening web of transnational and international regulatory regimes and changing conceptions of community.

STP612 Sustainability, Ecology and Community -  4pts
STP604 Overseas Aid and Development - 4pts
ENV512 Global and Regional Sustainability - 4pts

Business

Students can also opt to take electives in the Murdoch Business School, with a special emphasis on how globalization is affecting the behaviour of firms and the macro-economy, both in Australia and in the industrialised world and in China’s emerging economy. 

MBS531 Economics of Globalisation - 4pts
MBS593 Chinese Economy - 4pts
MBS630 International Business - 4pts

Law

Students can take a specialised unit in the School of Law on the changing contribution of law to governance in China.

LLM557 Law in China: Continuity and Change - 4pts