Course overview
Do you want to know more about political behaviour, understand the practice of public relations or begin your career in politics?
If this sounds appealing, you may be the perfect person to take our political science course and enhance your current knowledge. Before you know it, you could be well on the way to becoming a successful political scientist.
Job outcomes
- Political scientist
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
Duration study load
Our political science course is usually completed by students within 24 weeks.
Entry requirements
There are NO previous work or education requirements for entry into our political science course.
Course features
- Fast-track your career in politics and the public service
- Study an industry-recognised course that has been designed in conjunction with political science experts
- Spend more time learning and less time travelling to classes
- Study when you like, fitting it in around your current schedule
- Have access to a personal tutor who can help you out when you need it and answer any questions you might have
- Be able to make interest-free payment plans or pay upfront to get a special 10% discount off the total course fee
Professional recognition
Accredited by the IAPCC
Delivery
Every aspect of our political science course can be carried out online via distance learning (sometimes referred to as correspondence learning). This type of learning allows you to work around your personal commitments and lets you study in your own time. Remote learning means you don’t have to spend time or money travelling to a class, so you may find this type of online course much more flexible and suited to your needs.
The course has been designed so that it is useful, interesting and engaging, without forcing you to endure pop quizzes or adhere to strict deadlines.
Subjects
Political science (also political studies) – the study of political behaviour and an examination of the acquisition and application of power.
Political philosophy – the study of fundamental questions about the state, government, politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law and the enforcement of a legal code by authority.
An aspect of political science, attempts to quantify and explain the influences that define a person’s political views, ideology, and levels of political participation.
Politics and ideology – an organized collection of ideas
public international law, which involves, for instance, the United Nations, maritime law, international criminal law and the Geneva Conventions.
private international law or conflict of laws, which addresses the question of which legal jurisdiction cases may be heard in
supranational law or the law of supranational organizations, which concerns at present regional agreements where the special distinguishing quality is that laws of nation-states are held inapplicable when conflicting with a supranational legal system.
A political system is a system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the law system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems. It is different from them, and can be generally defined on a spectrum from left, i.e. communism, anarchism and socialism to the right, i.e. fascism and conservatism.
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