Overview

Understand the nature of public decision-making, explore resource management issues and get the skills to analyse business problems in line with social justice. Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Deakin University balances the big picture view of public problems and how societies govern and determine values while developing your professional career skills. Enhance your employment prospects through exciting industry experiences, volunteer placements and study tours. Gain experience with Deakin-supported internships - choose from 600+ employers or design your own. Plus, there is the opportunity to collaborate on team-based industry and community projects and to take part in our global experiential learning programs.

Career outcomes

Build skills across politics, philosophy and economics to pursue roles in government, private enterprise and not-for-profits, using critical thinking, research and analysis to help address complex public and organisational issues.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Critical Thinking
Economics for Business
Policy and How It Shapes Us
Justice and Equality: Liberalism to Decolonisation
Ethics in Global Society
Growth Inequality and Conflict

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-03-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-07-05 00:00:00

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More details

Different deadlines depending on the applicant's country of residence

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

69

OR

4

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PTE Academic

52

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IELTS

6

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Credits

24 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Melbourne, Australia
Geelong, Australia

Disciplines

Economics Philosophy Political Science View 56 other Bachelors in Philosophy in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

69

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4

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PTE Academic

52

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS 111784F

Year 12 prerequisite subjects

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English EAL (English as an Additional Language) or at least 20 in English other than EAL

ATAR

Senior Secondary Certificate of Education with an unadjusted ATAR of at least 50 or equivalent

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

38200 AUD / year

≈ 38200 AUD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

17960 AUD / year

≈ 17960 AUD / year

Living costs

Melbourne

Australia

1501 - 2659 AUD / month

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Career outcomes

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Melbourne

Funding

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