Environmental Policy Specialization
Environmental Policy Specialization - Overview
Offered By: |
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific |
Academic Contact: |
Professor John Uhr (Program Director) and Maurette MacLeod (Program Administrator) |
The Master of Public Policy specialising in Environmental Policy offers opportunities for specialising in environmental policy. Students can choose approved electives in other areas, particularly the Environmental Management and Development program at Crawford, in areas such as international policy, social policy and development policy and will target a different market from existing masters courses in environmental studies.
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 36 units of compulsory courses. The electives are chosen in consultation with the Program Director.
Compulsory courses
6 units POGO 8081 Economics for Government*
6 units POGO 8082 Policy Institutions and Policy Processes#
6 units CRWF 8000 Governments, Markets and Global Change
6 units EMDV 8103 Integrated Environmental Assessment
6 units EMDV 8104 Environmental Governance
and at least one of the following two courses:
6 units POGO 8096 Research Methods or
6 units POGO 8083 Policy Advocacy
On the basis of previous studies, candidates may be granted exemption from one or more courses and may substitute additional electives.
* 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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