Bachelor of International Studies A/Prof Matt McDonald Chair of Bachelor of International Studies program Reader in International Relations in School of Political Science & International Studies

Structure of the BIS Program The BIntSt program consists of 48 units in total Part A Core courses = 16 units (Including compulsory courses: 1st year: Crossing Bridges; 2nd year: Culture & World Politics; 3rd year: Reflective Writing) Part B Language Major = 16 units Part C International Studies Major = 16 units Total = 48 units Note: At least 6 of the 48 units must be undertaken on overseas exchange. A full list of the majors and courses and the program rules is available at: www.uq.edu.au/study/

PARTS B & C: MAJORS What is in a Major? Introductory courses: Level 1 courses that form the first part of the major Advanced courses: Level 2 and Level 3 courses that form the middle and last part of the major Gateway course: A compulsory Level 1 course that brings together all students in the major and provides a common foundation Cornerstone: A compulsory Level 2 course that brings together all students in the major to provide consolidation and extension of previous work in preparation for Level 3 courses Capstone course: A compulsory Level 3 course that brings together all students in the major to review what has been taught and provide a shared conclusion

PARTS B & C: MAJORS PART B – LANGUAGE MAJOR CHINESE CHINESE TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING FRENCH GERMAN INDONESIAN ITALIAN JAPANESE KOREAN RUSSIAN SPANISH PART C – INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAJOR ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL HISTORY INTERNATIONAL INEQUALITY & DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

A full list of the majors and courses is available at: Sample Year 1 Planner Semester 1 Semester 2 Course 1 - #2 COMU1002  (Part A) Course 1 - #2 elective introductory course Course 2 - #2 gateway/introductory Language major Course 3 - #2 gateway/ introductory Int. Studies major Course 3 - #2 gateway/introductory Int. Studies major Course 4 – additional #2 towards a major A full list of the majors and courses is available at: www.uq.edu.au/study/

EXCHANGE Exchange is usually in Sem 1 of 3rd year, can be Sem 2 of 2nd year Current BIS students are on exchange in France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China, Indonesia, Columbia, Mexico and USA, among others Please complete your 6 unit elective component on exchange, in addition to any other courses within your majors or Part A which offer flexibility COMU3060/3065 is a year long course- take Part A on exchange semester and Part B the semester following You must meet the UQ Abroad exchange requirements i.e. get a GPA of 4.5 or more UQ Abroad will assist you in organising your compulsory exchange semester: uq.edu.au/uqabroad/ A useful website to assist you in preparing for exchange: https://hass.uq.edu.au/student-support/studying-overseas

ppl.app.uq.edu.au/content/3.60.01-student-charter Please familiarise yourself with the Student Charter: ppl.app.uq.edu.au/content/3.60.01-student-charter The purpose of the Student Charter is to set out the University’s commitment to students’ education and experience at UQ, and to spell out the expectations and responsibilities of all members with respect to conduct; to provide guidelines to foster a healthy, diverse, creative and high achieving environment within which to study. Please communicate with the University via your UQ student email account and always provide your UQ Student Number. Your UQ username starts with s4xxxxxx however your UQ student number will commence with the number 4XXXXXXX.

Student Services Student Centre

Services are Free and Confidential Student services Learning Assistance Disability Support Student Counselling International Student Advisers Careers and Graduate Employment Accommodation Multi Faith Chaplaincy Services are Free and Confidential A list of workshops can be found at: www.uq.edu.au/student-services All free! No booking required!

UQ TOOLKIT The UQ Toolkit has a lot of useful information such as key dates, forms, policies and rules and a link to the myAdvisor website: http://www.uq.edu.au/study/?page=116590

Enrolling, Tutorials, Sign-on The Starting at UQ website should have all of the information you need uq.edu.au/startingatuq If you have the option of more than one tutorial or lecture mySI-net will tell you if sign-on is required. If it doesn’t, go along to the first lecture and more information will be provided myAdvisor has useful information about class timetables and sign on for tutorials – uq.edu.au/myadvisor/about-class-timetables uq.edu.au/myadvisor/electronic-sign-on No sign-on and not sure when to attend tutorials? Ask your course co-ordinator at the first lecture If there is a sign-on issue, email the course co-ordinator via the link in mySI-net

19 February 2018 27 February 2018 2 March 2018 31 March 2018 IMPORTANT DATES 19 February 2018 Semester 1 classes commence Welcome/ welcome back BBQ for all BIS students at 12pm, GPN3 atrium! 27 February 2018 Semester 1 2017 commences – classes commence 2 March 2018 Last day to add a course for Semester 1 2017 31 March 2018 Census Date Semester 1 2018 - Last date to drop Semester 1 2018 courses or cancel enrolment without financial liability or academic Penalty 30 April 2018 Last date to drop a course for Semester 1 2018 or cancel enrolment without academic liability

Student Activities & Events Welcome/ welcome back BBQ- Monday 19th February, 12pm. Courtyard GPN3. Careers Events- TBA Exchange Information Events- TBA Seminars, social events, lectures etc. Some organized by Schools, some by Faculty, some by student societies BIS at UQ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UQBIntSt/ BIS at UQ Student Society on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1688622061443488/ For more details: https://hass.uq.edu.au/node/872/1