政治学专业将使学生深入了解社会竞争观和全球复杂性，权力，权威和监管，民主社会中的冲突与合作以及政治认同。它将为学生提供有关思想，意识形态，正式和非正式机构，政治文化，参与和公民身份，代表权和民主的深入知识。该专业的毕业生将能够练习民主解决问题的能力，锻炼独立思考和决策的能力，熟练分析，展示个人和协作的书面和口头交流技巧，理解并参与集体决策，定位自己的政治身份和价值，评估事实和论点的合理性，确定使政治行动生气勃勃的核心假设，并将学习转化为政策，参与和影响。该专业的毕业生将具有适应性，能够从多个角度，有批判性
Become a global communicator and influence what the world reads, watches and understands, while equipping yourself with additional skills to succeed in the changing global workplace. This dual degree gives you a deep understanding of the principles and practices of journalism, combined with the creative capabilities of an arts education. Journalists tell important and impactful stories with a diverse skill-set, including writing, taking photographs, composing audio and video, and developing interactive websites. Using UQ's state-of-the-art software and equipment, you'll extend your theoretical knowledge by gaining sought-after skills in field recording and camera work, editing of sound, vision and pictures, data analysis, publishing and entrepreneurship, and multi-platform distribution. With the Bachelor of Arts alongside, you'll gain creative and critical thinking skills that will help you build a portfolio of capabilities to expand your career opportunities. Despite the highly competitive nature of journalism, UQ graduates have high success rates in securing jobs across the media. Career opportunities are found in web and multimedia publications, speciality interest magazines, marketing and public relations, and freelancing. Many employers, especially in large organisations, look for the additional skills an arts degree provides as these graduates have a broad, flexible education to complement their journalism studies.<br><br>The major in political science will give students a comprehensive understanding of competing visions of society and global complexity, power, authority and regulation, conflict and cooperation in democratic societies, and political identity. It will provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of ideas, ideologies, formal and informal institutions, political culture, participation and citizenship, representation and democracy. Graduates of this major will be able to practice democratic problem-solving, exercise capacity for independent thought and decision-making, skilfully analyse, demonstrate individual and collaborative written and oral communication skills, understand and engage with collective decision making, locate their own political identity and values, assess the plausibility of facts and arguments, identify core assumptions that animate political actions, and translate learning into policy, engagement and impact. Graduates of this major will be adaptive, able to view problems from multiple vantage points, critical thinkers, and active citizens who are confident in their capacity for political leadership.b