9738 (v.4) Politics 215 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

2722 (v.4) Politics 111 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy
5289 (v.5) Politics 503
10792 (v.2) Politics 113 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy

Syllabus:

Introduction to Australian government and politics. Principles of liberal democracy and representative government. The Constitution. Federalism and the High Court. Parliamentary and presidential systems nature of the executive and legislative branches inAustralia. Electoral systems. Ideologies and political parties.

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Field of Education:

090100 Political Science and Policy Studies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y			Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External