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La Trobe's Bachelor of Global Studies provides comprehensive knowledge about critical issues affecting nations and regions worldwide. This program is structured to familiarize you with global challenges and policy solutions, equipping you with skills to address future complexities. Core subjects cover international relations history, geopolitical studies, modern security concerns—including US influence, China's ascent, current warfare, and terrorism—along with emerging human and environmental security threats. Examine international collaboration and disputes. Assess power dynamics, sovereignty, and security while studying transformative shifts in modern global politics. Delve into international law's significant impact, encompassing humanitarian, environmental, and refugee legislation.
A specialization in conflict and negotiation prepares you to evaluate the origins, progression, and resolution of diverse global conflicts.
This concentration examines how military, political, and legal entities manage warfare operations, peace agreements, social justice initiatives, criminal justice systems, and resistance against government suppression and ecological decline.
Through worldwide case studies, you'll understand conflict mechanisms and formulate strategic responses that balance multiple competing priorities.
This specialization links you with specialists in peacekeeping, judicial frameworks, political philosophy, national identity, activist movements, democratic processes, climate issues, and Indigenous rights history.