Overview

Politics is an excellent discipline for learning about the interrelationships in the human world, and for acquiring a diverse range of interpretive, analytic skills. The discipline is engaged in critical debates about governance, policy creation and administration, social behaviour and political action including electoral processes, the management or resolution of … For more content click the Read More button below. Politics at Monash aims to offer you an understanding of many aspects of the contemporary world, coupled with a solid intellectual grounding in the key debates, texts and traditions of inquiry in which the discipline is immersed. The politics program at Monash emphasises three broad areas: government, policy and leadership international relations and comparative governance political philosophy and political psychology You are encouraged to explore the different facets of political studies. AvailabilityPolitics is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Clayton as a major and a minor, and in A0502 Diploma of Liberal Arts at Clayton as a major.

Intending honours students
If you are intending to enter honours in this area of study you must have completed a major in the discipline, with a minimum of 24 credit points of study at level 3 to be eligible.

Learning outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of your course, and successfully completing this area of study, you will be able to:

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Identify, interpret and critically analyse core knowledge and subfields of politics, such as political theory and ideologies, political systems, institutions of governance, political movements and public policy.

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Generate and apply evidence based empirical and theoretical disciplinary knowledge to real world political problems.

3.

Communicate knowledge and perspectives on politics confidently and effectively across a range of formats, and for different contexts.

Requirements
48 credit points

Rules
Level 1 gateway units 12 credit points
Level 2 cornerstone units6 credit points
Level 3 capstone units 6 credit points

Contacts

Coordinator(s)

Dr Tom Chodor

Organisational contacts