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Unit of study table

Master of Public Policy

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Requirements for award

Master of Public Policy

Students complete 96 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core unit of study; and
(b) a minimum of 42 and a maximum of 66 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12 credit points from capstone units of study; and
(d) a maximum of 24 credit points from elective units of study;
(e) may elect to take an 18 credit point optional specialisation, from:

(i) Economic Policy;

(ii) Political Economy; or

(iii) Social Policy

(f) Students may complete up to 12 credit points of elective units of study outside the Public Policy postgraduate Unit of Study table, with permission of the relevant delegate.

Graduate Diploma in Public Policy

Students complete 48 credit points comprising:
(a) a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 36 credit points from selective units of study and
(c) a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Public Policy

Students complete 24 credit points comprising:
(a) a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a maximum of 12 credit points from selective units of study.

Unit of study table

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
 

Core units of study

 
GOVT6139
Research Design
6    
GOVT6311
Policy Problems in Turbulent Times
6    
GOVT6316
The Politics of Policy Making
6    
GOVT6331
Public Administration and Governance
6    

Selective units of study

 
GOVT6123
Globalisation and Governance
6    
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6    
GOVT6150
Challenges of Democratic Politics
6    
GOVT6156
Strategy and Civil Society
6    
GOVT6159
Emotions, Agenda Setting, and Public Policy
6    
GOVT6223
Topics in Environmental Politics
6    
GOVT6301
Ethics and Public Policy

6    
GOVT6313
Leadership in Theory and Practice
6    
GOVT6336
Media Politics

6    
GOVT6357
International Policy Making
6    
SCLG6910
Comparative Welfare States
6 N SCWK6909  
SCWK6949
Global Social Policy
6    

Capstone units of study

 
Students completing a Master of Public Policy select one of the following options:  
(1) Semester-long research project
 
GOVT6127
Research Project
6    
(2) Year-long dissertation project
 
GOVT6340
Dissertation Part 1
6 P Completion of 4 postgraduate units - 75% or above average
 
GOVT6341
Dissertation Part 2
6 C GOVT6340  

Elective units of study

 
ECMT5001
Principles of Econometrics
6    
ECON5001
Microeconomic Theory
6 N ECON5040  
ECON5002
Macroeconomic Theory
6 N ECON5003  
ECON5004
Communication in Economics
6 N BUSS5020  
ECON5006
Economics of Law and Public Policy
6 P (ECON5001 or ECON5040) and ECMT5001  
ECON6018
Environmental Economics
6 P ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701  
ECON6029
Health Economics and Policy Evaluation
6 P (ECON5001 or ECON5040 or ECON6701) and (ECMT5001 or ECMT6702 or QBUS5001)  
ECOP6012
Country Risk Analysis
6    
ECOP6016
China in the Global Economy
6    
ECOP6017
Global Inequality
6    
ECOP6018
Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing
6    
ECOP6101
Political Economy: A Primer
6    
ECOP6103
Economic Policy
6    
ECOP6108
Economy, Environment and Sustainability
6  
ECOP6115
History of Australian Capitalism
6  
ECOP6901
Finance and Economic Change
6  
EDPA6018
Social Policy Process
6  
EDPB5016
Global Education and Equity
6  
GOVT6100
Foundations of Comparative Politics
6    
GOVT6138
Gender, Family and the State
6    
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6 N SCWK6901  
SCLG6903
Topics in Rights, Justice and Society
6    
SCLG6910
Comparative Welfare States
6 N SCWK6909  
SCWK6052
Community and Environmental Change
6    
SSPS6001
Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences
6    
SSPS6002
Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences
6    
SSPS6003
Vocational Placement
6
Where appropriate, prior professional experience will be taken into account when assessing eligibility for this unit.
 
SSPS6004
Social Research Ethics
6 N SCLG6902 or SCLG3003  
SSPS6008
Universal Basic Income
6    
USSC6007
Intelligence Agencies and Emerging Tech
6    
USSC6205
Internship Project
6    
USSC6902
US Politics: The World of Washington
6    
USSC6903
US Foreign and National Security Policy
6    
USSC6910
Special Topics in US Studies
6    
USSC6922
The US in the Indo-Pacific
6    
USSC6924
Economic Security and Statecraft
6    
WRIT6000
Professional Writing

6    

Exchange units of study

 
Available to Master of Public Policy students only  
FASS6901
Exchange and Study Abroad
6    
FASS6902
Exchange and Study Abroad
6    
FASS6903
Exchange and Study Abroad
6    
FASS6904
Exchange and Study Abroad
6