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150 Point Master of Social Policy
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150 Point Master of Social Policy
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr. Leah Ruppanner
Email: leah.ruppanner@unimelb.edu.au
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'make an enquiry' on http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/7-master-of-social-policy
Overview
The Master of Social Policy offers a curriculum that reflects cutting edge theory in a number of professional development fields. Graduates will be equipped with the skills necessary for advanced community sector management and policy making, including the skills to:
- analyse key areas of contemporary social policy: governance, inclusion\exclusion, social capital, globalisation etc;
- engage with the social dimensions of social policy: race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, age etc;
- understand social policy as a contested process and apply research skills to a range of organisational contexts; and
- draw on a range of disciplines and take a comparative and global focus.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Master of Social Policy should:
- enhance their skills in research: through competent use of advanced information sources and retrieval of appropriate information;
- have critical and theoretical thinking: through presentation of research papers, conceptualising theoretical problems, forming judgements and arguments from conflicting evidence, and by critical analysis;
- develop time management and planning: through managing and organising workloads; and
- enhance their skills in team work: through small group discussions.
Last updated: 30 January 2024