Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Academic Contact:	Maurette MacLeod (Program Administrator) and Associate Professor Adrian Kay (Program Director)

The Master of Public Policy specialising in Social Policy offers opportunities for advanced investigation of the analytical skills, public policies and organisational practices appropriate for advising on social policy and managing program outcomes. Ideal for those in social policy development and/or implementation in government.

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, normally including at least 30 units of compulsory courses.  The electives are chosen in consultation with the Program Director.

Compulsory courses

1.  6 units  CRWF8000 Government, Markets and Global Change

2.  6 units  POGO8081 Economics for Government*

3.  6 units  POGO8082 Political Institutions and Policy Processes#

4.  6 units  POGO8084 Principles of Social Policy

5.  and at least one of the following three:

6 units  POGO8096 Research Methods (6) or

12 units POGO8196 Research Design (12) or

6 units  POGO8083 Policy Advocacy

plus suitable electives in the field of social policy (including POGO8085 Social Policy Implementation and Service Delivery, POGO8099 Community and Social Policy and POGO8061 Gender and Policy) to an overall total of 48 units for the degree.

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 POGO8016 Economic Way of Thinking I and/or POGO8019 Economic Way of Thinking II may substitute another approved elective.

# Those who have been credited with POGO8090 Making and Evaluating Policy or POGO8012 Comparative Government and Politics must substitute another approved elective.

 

Students at the Crawford School have Course Advising Services available to them to assist in choosing electives.

An extensive list of elective courses offered by the Crawford School is listed under "Summary of Courses", including details of which session the course will be offered.

In order to realise their particular study ambitions, students may wish to:

i. consider electives available elsewhere in the College of Asia and the Pacific, List of Graduate Coursework Courses

ii. contemplate electives offered in the National Security College, see the list http://nsc.anu.edu.au/grad_studies.php

iii. seek approval to include as electives courses from graduate coursework programs offered elsewhere in the University.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.