Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	Crawford School of Economics and Government
Academic Contact:	Professor John Uhr (Program Director) and Maurette MacLeod (Program Administrator)

The Master of Public Policy specialising in Policy Analysis combines study of the core policy disciplines with a wide range of elective courses in various policy areas for those who wish to broaden and deepen their general skills in policy analysis.

Prerequisites

Applicants should normally hold:

(1) a Graduate Diploma in Public Administration awarded with Merit or Distinction; or

(2) qualifications equivalent to a degree of Bachelor with first or upper second class honours from an Australian University and suitable work experience, as determined by the Prescribed Authority; or

(3) qualifications equivalent to a degree of Bachelor from an Australian University and substantial relevant work experience, as determined by the Prescribed Authority; or

(4) an equivalent combination of postgraduate study in public policy and administration and relevant work experience, as determined by the Prescribed Authority.

Requirements

The program consists of 48 units, including at least 24 units of compulsory courses.  The electives are chosen in consultation with the Program Director.

 

Compulsory courses

	6 units	CRWF 8000	Government, Markets and Global Change
	6 units	POGO 8081	Economics for Government*
	6 units	POGO 8082	Political Institutions and Policy Processes#

 

and at least one of the following three

	6 units	POGO 8096	Research Methods (6 units)
	12 units	POGO 8196	Research Methods (12 units)
	6 units	POGO 8083	Policy Advocacy

 

* Those who have been credited with POGO 8016 Economic Way of Thinking I and/or POGO 8019 Economic Way of Thinking II may substitute another approved elective.

 

# Those who have been credited with POGO 8090 Making and Evaluating Policy or POGO 8012 Governance and Institutions must substitute another approved elective.

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