Overview

The Global Politics and Policy major is for students who want to actively participate in shaping the local and global forces that affect political institutions and the policies they produce. This major will enable students to take up effective roles in local, state, national and international political institutions by developing … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Admission requirements

Special requirements
Entry requirements (onshore)
Entry requirements (transnational)
English language requirements

Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate substantive knowledge of a variety of conceptual approaches to analysing and explaining the local and global forces that affect political institutions and the policies they produce.

2.

Examine issues in and theories of global politics and public policy-making and apply these theories to develop policy recommendations to address political issues.

3.

Construct evidence-based arguments with respect to the local and global forces that affect political institutions and the policies they produce.

4.

Clearly and persuasively communicate concepts, problems and arguments in the disciplines of Political Science and Public Policy.

5.

Demonstrate the capacity to think across cultures and contexts in discussing and debating complex issues in global politics and public policy-making.

6.

Apply innovative and imaginative approaches to the application of knowledge and skills to a range of practical tasks and experiences associated with identifying the local and global forces that affect political institutions and the policies they produce.

7.

Undertake self-directed research projects.

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