Handbook

The aims of the Politics major are to produce graduates with the following key attributes:

• Skills, knowledge and conceptual understandings that make them suitable for employment in government and wider public sector, think tanks and lobbying organisations, community organisations and private enterprise
• Capacity and skills to contribute creatively as engaged citizens
• Knowledge of the political concepts and developments in the Australian, comparative and international/global contexts
• A high standard of professionalism informed by strong ethical and moral standards
• Capacity to think and work effectively both independently and in team-based environments

The Politics major aims to produce graduates who have acquired an understanding of:

• Australian government and politics
• Concepts and ideas in political philosophy and political theory
• Political issues and structures in other countries
• Issues in international politics including foreign policy, political economy, and Australia's place in its region and on the international/global stage
• Issues in the theory and practice of public policy