Building on the capabilities you acquired at undergraduate degree level, this program will enhance your sense of professional identity and widen your learning horizons through exposure to a wider range of professional and research practice. Engage with the academic world of global studies by joining a network of talented students, providing fresh insights and information on international issues. You will be encouraged to critically consider how knowledge of social, political, cultural, environmental and related issues are constructed and represented in political and public debate within various global social, economic and political contexts. This program will prepare you for policy and administration roles in the private and public sectors. You will develop the skills required to become an independent researcher, cultural innovator and critically reflective leader in government, business, international education, or international aid and development.

As a graduate of this program you will be a highly versatile, articulate and imaginative future international professional. You will be knowledgeable about global intercultural, social, linguistic and political issues and processes and possess initiative and entrepreneurial skills. You will also be able to engage in professional and academic research and enter debates on related issues and processes within the international sector. In addition, you will have informed specialist knowledge in your chosen thesis area. Past graduates of the program have continued on to higher degrees by research and professional employment in a range of organisations with international orientations, including government, businesses, non-government organisations and community organisations both in Australia and overseas. Careers international business manager international educator international aid worker international development worker international policy adviser foreign affairs officer social researcher international political analyst journalist.