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Description

Politics is an integral part of human civilisation. The systematic study of politics has been conducted for some 2,500 years, since the ancient Greeks. It thus predates the other social sciences - economics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology - by a few millennia. Aristotle called politics the "master science", because unless people could live together and flourish all other human pursuits were futile. Politics at UNSW involves the study of governments, political systems, processes and behaviour, public policies, the basis of political relationships such as political authority and political obligation; political values such as liberty, equality, and justice; and normative questions of how human beings should live together. A major in Politics thus treats many of the headline issues and big questions governments, societies, and citizens face. The Politics major is closely connected to International Relations (itself a field of Politics), as well as to the disciplines of Sociology, Economics, History, Philosophy, and Law. UNSW has research strengths in the disciplinary fields of Australian Politics, Comparative/World Politics, and Political Theory.

Studying Politics at UNSW

The study of Politics is primarily through the School of Social Sciences and International Studies. See refer to the table below for a list of plans available.



Politics can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3403 Arts Major
Minor
POLSB13403
POLSB23403
3420 Social Science Major POLSC13420
3427 Music/Arts Major POLSB13427
3428 Media (Media Production) Minor POLSB23428
3429 Media (Comms & Journalism) Minor POLSB23429
3433 Media (Screen & Sound) Minor POLSB23433
3434 Media (PR and Advertising) Minor POLSB23434
3525 Commerce/Arts Major
Minor
POLSB13525
POLSB23525
3526 Economics/Arts Major
Minor
POLSB13526
POLSB23526
3538 Commerce (International) Major POLSC13538
3539 Commerce (Liberal Studies) Major POLSB13539
3703 Engineering / Arts Major POLSB13703
3841 Arts/Medicine Major POLSB13841
3930 Science/Arts Major POLSB13930
3931 Advanced Science/Arts Major POLSB13931
3933 Advanced Mathematics/Arts Major POLSB13933
3935 Science/Social Science Major POLSC13935
3936 Adv Science/Social Science Major POLSC13936
4035 Social Work/Arts Major POLSB14035
4760 Arts / Law Major POLSB14760
4761 Social Science / Law Major POLSC14761
4806 Art Theory/Arts Major POLSB14806
4807 Art Theory/Social Science Major POLSC14807
4812 Fine Arts/Arts Major POLSB14812
   

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Pols & International Relations can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3400 Arts Major
Combined Honours
Honours
POLSE13400
POLSEC3400
POLSEH3400
3402 Media and Communications Major
Honours
POLSE13402
POLSEH3402
   

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