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Politics and International Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Aaron Martin
Email: aaron.martin@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 electives and Arts Discovery subjects including:
- A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
The subjects MULT20003 is compulsory in the Criminology, Politics and International Studies, and Sociology majors. Students who are completing two majors in any two of these disciplines can only count MULT20003 towards one major. One additional Level 2 subject must be completed for the other major.
*Notes:
Please note: Students must undertake an Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery subject can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: An Arts Discovery subject and one Level 1 Elective subject for the first major and two Level 1 Elective subjects for the second major.
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS10001 | Australian Politics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INTS10001 | International Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS10003 | Introduction to Political Ideas | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 core subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20006 | Contemporary Political Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20008 | Public Policy Making | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20011 | The Politics of Sex | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS20023 | Comparative Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20025 | International Relations: Key Concepts | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20026 | Politics and the Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20031 | Political Economy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20033 | Authoritarian Politics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS30037 | Applied Political Science Project | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISLM30018 | Diplomacy: Middle East and South Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Australian Indigenous Public Policy | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS30001 | Parliamentary Internship | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
POLS30003 | Public Affairs Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
POLS30007 | Australian Politics in the Long Run | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS30011 | Chinese Politics and Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30015 | International Gender Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30018 | European Integration: Politics of the EU | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS30019 | Australian Foreign Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30022 | Global Environmental Politics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS30028 | On Country Learning: Indigenous Studies | April (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
POLS30030 | American Politics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30032 | Campaigns and Elections | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30033 | Democracy and its Dilemmas | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30034 | Political Psychology | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS30035 | Policy Design: From Theory to Practice | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS30036 | Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30038 | Decoding Democracy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/study-areas/political-science
Last updated: 4 July 2025