Political Economy
Unit of study table
Master of Political Economy | ||
|---|---|---|
| Students complete 72 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 18 credit points from core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 24 credit points from selective units of study; and | ||
| (c) a maximum of 18 credit points from elective units of study; and | ||
| (d) a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study. | ||
| (e) The selective or elective units of study may include an optional specialisation in: | ||
| (i) Social Research; or | ||
| (ii) Country Risk Assessment | ||
Graduate Diploma in Political Economy | ||
| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 12 credit points from selective units of study; and | ||
| (c) a maximum of 18 credit points from elective units of study | ||
Graduate Certificate in Political Economy | ||
| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 6 credit points of core unit of study; and | ||
| (b) a maximum of 18 credit points from selective units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
|---|---|---|
Core units of study | ||
| ECOP6101 Political Economy: A Primer | 6 | |
| ECOP6103 Dynamics of Economic Change | 6 | |
| ECOP6115 History of Australian Capitalism | 6 | |
Selective units of study | ||
| ECOP6010 International Trade: Theory and Practice | 6 | |
| ECOP6012 Country Risk Analysis | 6 | |
| ECOP6016 China in the Global Economy | 6 | |
| ECOP6017 Global Inequality | 6 | |
| ECOP6018 Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing | 6 | |
| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy | 6 | |
| ECOP6108 Economy-Environment Sustainability | 6 | |
| ECOP6601 Economic Cycles and Instability | 6 | N ECOP3601 |
| ECOP6613 Global Capitalism: Uneven Development | 6 | N ECOP3613 |
| ECOP6901 Finance and Economic Change | 6 | |
| ECOP6911 Theories in Political Economy | 6 | P ECOP6101 N ECOP3911 |
Elective units of study | ||
| ARIN6906 Emerging Technologies and Issues | 6 | |
| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics | 6 | A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission |
| CISS6004 Health and Security | 6 | |
| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States | 6 | |
| CISS6013 Middle East Conflict and Security | 6 | N GOVT6154 |
| DVST6901 Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing | 6 | N SSCP6900 |
| DVST6902 Development: Communication and Education | 6 | N SSCP6901 |
| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty | 6 | |
| ECMT5001 Principles of Econometrics | 6 | |
| ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory | 6 | N ECON5040 |
| ECON5002 Macroeconomic Theory | 6 | N ECON5003 |
| ENVI5801 Social Science of Environment | 6 | |
| FASS6001 Dimensions of Inequality | 6 | |
| GOVT6116 International Organisations | 6 | |
| GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance | 6 | |
| GOVT6139 Research Design | 6 | |
| PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies | 6 | N SCWK6930 |
| PACS6924 Democracy in the Developing World | 6 | |
| PACS6934 Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice | 6 | |
| SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements | 6 | N SCWK6901 |
| SCLG6700 Global and Regional Migration | 6 | |
| SCLG6910 Comparative Welfare States | 6 | N SCWK6909 |
| 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. |
| USSC6007 Intelligence Agencies and Emerging Tech | 6 | |
| WMST6903 Gender, Media and Consumer Societies | 6 | |
| WORK5002 Foundations of HRM and IR | 6 | |
| WORK6018 Comparative Industrial Relations | 6 | |
| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates | 6 | Where students intend to complete both FASS7001 and FASS7002, they should undertake FASS7001 first then FASS7002. Do not enrol in both in one semester. |
| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing | 6 | |
Optional Specialisation | ||
Social Research specialisation | ||
| 12 credit points from the following core units of study: | ||
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences | 6 | |
| 6 credit points from the following elective units of study: | ||
| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy | 6 | |
| FASS6001 Dimensions of Inequality | 6 | |
| GOVT6139 Research Design | 6 | |
| SSPS6004 Social Research Ethics | 6 | N SCLG6902 or SCLG3003 |
| SSPS6005 Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis | 6 | |
| SSPS6006 Data Analytics for Social Research | 6 | |
| SSPS6007 Intro to Computational Social Sciences | 6 | |
Country Risk Assessment specialisation | ||
| 12 credit points from the following core units of study | ||
| ECOP6012 Country Risk Analysis | 6 | |
| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States | 6 | |
| 6 credit points from the following elective units of study: | ||
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences | 6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences | 6 | |
Capstone units of study | ||
| ECOP6121 Dissertation Part A | 6 | P 24 credit points of units C ECOP6031 |
| ECOP6122 Dissertation Part B | 6 | P ECOP6121 |
| ECOP6033 Research Project | 6 | P 24 Credit Points |