Course overview

Overview

• Are you interested in finding out how power and ethics influence real-world decisions? Study Deakin’s Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics and learn how power, ethics, sustainability and economics converge to shape our lives. Built by leading academics and researchers, this course is designed for deep and creative thinkers looking to make an impact on society.
• Enhance your career prospects via exciting real-world experiences, including internships, volunteer placements and study tours. Plus, there’s the opportunity to collaborate on team-based industry and community projects, and to take part in our global experiential learning programs.
• You will understand the nature of public decision-making, explore resource management issues, and get the skills to analyse business problems in line with social justice. This course balances the big picture view of public problems while developing your professional and work skills.
• Do you want to examine society as it is and question how it could be?

> As a student of politics, philosophy and economics, you will focus on three distinct yet complementary disciplines to understand how societies govern and determine values.

• Politics
• Develop written and online communication skills.
• Explore systems and different forms of government.
• Examine relationships between countries and cultures.
• Articulate solutions for real-world political problems.
• Philosophy
• Develop critical thinking and logical rigor skills.
• Learn how to question assumptions.
• Explore ethics, justice and moral challenges.
• Economics

> Learn how business, government and consumers shape society.

> and ask questions about issues from inequality to environmental sustainability.

> You will graduate job-ready with the knowledge, expertise and practical skills to succeed in a range of roles in government policy, strategy, consulting or business management.