CRWF8000 Government, Markets and Global Change
| Offered By | Crawford School of Economics and Government |
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| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Crawford School of Economics and Government |
| Offered in | First Semester, 2009, First Semester, 2010, and Second Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
Questions of how societies manage common policy problems such as how to encourage economic growth, how to ensure the sustainability of natural resources, how to design institutions to ensure good governance, now and into the future, occupy the minds of policy makers worldwide. In this course, we investigate such challenges from a disciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspective. In this course students will not only learn about the key analytic frameworks derived from economics, political science, and environmental management used to consider these challenges, they will also participate in multidisciplinary workshops to consider their application to a series of case studies. This offers students a unique cross disciplinary opportunity to apply theory to practice and develop their applied policy skills. Drawing on the expertise of staff in the Crawford School of Economics and Government, the course also offers students a comparative perspective on these challenging policy problems and points to similarity and difference in how countries cope with common global issues.
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| Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of the course students will have:
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| Indicative Assessment |
Students must complete three (3) case study papers - one per workshop. These papers provide a link between theory and practice allowing students to demonstrate not only an understanding of key frameworks, techniques and insights, and key challenges facing policy makers, but also how they might go about addressing them. Each paper is worth 20% of the overall grade for this course. In addition, students will complete an examination worth 40% of their overall grade for this course. This provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate that they have understood key approaches from each discipline, the power of combining these analytically, and how this helps us to understand the challenges faced by policymakers. |
| Workload | Students will have a 2.5 hour class per week including ten lectures and three case workshops. Students should expect to spend 10 hours per week related to the course (including class time). |
| Course Classification(s) | SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation. |
| Programs | Master of Environmental Management and Development, Master of Climate Change, Master of Public Policy, Master of International and Development Economics, Master of Public Administration, Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management and Development, Master of Environmental and Resource Economics, and Master of Environment |
| Other Information |
Delivery Mode: The course is offered in semester 1, 2009 and it involves a mixture of lectures (10) and case study workshops (3). Lectures will provide students with the opportunity to learn about key analytic models from subject experts. Smaller case workshops provide the opportunity to apply these to practice. All students will be assigned to a case workshop and a smaller cross-disciplinary syndicate group. |
| Academic Contact | Professor Andrew MacIntyre and Dr Janine O'Flynn |
The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.
