2722 (v.5) Australian Government and Politics 111

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:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	5289 (v.5) Politics 503 AND 9738 (v.4) Politics 215 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy AND 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 in Australia. Electoral systems. Ideologies and political parties.
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Field of Education:	090101 Political Science
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
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1				Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

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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