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Location: Hobart, Online

Introduction

Students of politics, policy and international relations confront a turbulent domestic and international context replete with injustices demanding action. To inform such action, knowledge must be gathered, analysed, synthesised, and communicated.

Guided by Politics and International Relations academic staff, you will identify a topic that encapsulates for you the meaning of injustice in the modern world. Examples of such topics include issues like food insecurity, energy poverty, or housing unaffordability at the local and national levels, or war, refugees and climate change at the global level. Working individually, as well as in collaborative teams, and with relevant PIR academics, you will undertake an analysis of the historical and contemporary background of your chosen topic, select an appropriate conceptual framework to analyse it, and then employ that framework to understand relevant aspects of your topic including actor interests, power dynamics, and institutional and governance arrangements.

Your overall objective will be to evaluate alternative governance and/or policy options that deliver more just outcomes than currently, which you will communicate in written and oral presentations.

Although a capstone unit in the Politics and International Relations major, this unit is also available as an elective to suitably qualified students from other disciplines

Summary

Unit name Agents for a Just World
Unit code HPP325
Credit points 12.5
College/School Arts and Society
Humanities and Social Sciences
Discipline Politics and International Relations
Coordinator Professor James Chin
Available as an elective? Yes
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Advanced

Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Hobart Semester 2 This unit is available through on-campus delivery Available to International Students Available to Domestic Students
Online Semester 2 This unit is available through off-campus delivery Available to International Students Available to Domestic Students
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  • This unit is available through off-campus delivery Off-Campus
  • Available to International Students International students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 2 05/07/2027 27/07/2027 30/08/2027 24/10/2027

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2027 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2027 will be available from the 1st October 2026. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

  • Critically assess the historical context, key actors, interests, and power relations, values, and practices related to your topic of choice in politics and international relations.
  • Employing an appropriate conceptual framework, analyse a local, national or global political or international issue of injustice and design a substantive or process-based solution that improves outcomes.
  • Communicate critically, persuasively, reflectively, and ethically in written and oral form to set out your analysis and preferred solution to the identified justice problem

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
090101 $2,253.00 $1,057.00 not applicable
  • Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
  • HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility3
  • FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility4

1 Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
3 Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

25 credit points at Intermediate level or higher

Teaching

AssessmentConcept Paper (10%)|Narrative literative review (15%)|Research seminar participation (25%)|Multimedia Presentation on Justice (50%)
TimetableView the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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