If you’re a deep thinker with your finger on the political pulse and interested in pursuing a career of exploration and change, then this is the course for you. UC’s Bachelor of Politics and International Relations/Bachelor of Science in Psychology double degree combines the intriguing world of politics and international affairs with the clinical psychological insights to human behaviour of a psychology degree.

You’ll develop the knowledge and skills to become a globally engaged and strategic thinker while discovering the scientific psychology theories, research methods and clinical grounding that could help you become a clinical psychologist.

Your psychology studies will be accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) and the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and give you a solid grounding in topics like cognition, psychopathology and biological behaviour, and the tools to instigate practical solutions to problems within various social and economic contexts – skills that could also come in handy should you choose to pursue a career in politics and international relations.

The world is your oyster! Diplomat, policy adviser, intelligence analyst, psychologist or even politician… your career options (and the potential to earn a healthy salary and travel) will be endless with UC’s Bachelor of Politics and International Relations/Bachelor of Laws degree. Graduates will have the accredited skills and qualifications required to explore careers in:

• diplomacy
• including strategic analysis, trade relations and foreign affairs
• intelligence, including security analysis
• international business and aid
• the public sector, including policy development
• politics
• the not-for-profit sector
• clinical psychology
• counselling
• private practice
• media, communications, public affairs and public relations
• domestic or international business, including consultancy
• management
• education and research.