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200 Point Master of Public Policy and Management
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr. Scott Brenton
Email: MPPM-Director@unimelb.edu.au
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' at http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-public-policy-and-management/overview#enquiry-form
Structure
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time/up to 4 years part-time
- four compulsory subjects (100 points)
- two core subjects (25 points)
and
Coursework Option
- elective subjects (75 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option
-
minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (37.5 points total)
-
POLS40013 Social Sciences Research Seminar (12.5 points)
- elective subjects (25 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (at least 25 points). Students must complete one capstone option:
Capstone Stream 1: PPMN90039 Executive Internship
Purpose: An opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in policy making to solve problems that arise in professional contexts and develop an integrated understanding of research and practice
Capstone Stream 2: PPMN90049 Public/Social Policy Thesis Part 1 and PPMN90050 Public/Social Policy Thesis Part 2 (37.5 points total)
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to address a research question; Pathway to the PhD
Capstone Stream 3: PPMN90006 Public Management
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills in public management to a practical management problem through a sustained piece of applied scholarship
Capstone Stream 4: PPMN90007 Policy Design and Implementation
Purpose: An opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in policy design to a practical policy problem through a sustained piece of applied scholarship
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
100 points
It is strongly recommend students take PPMN90042 Foundations in Politics and Policy in their first semester of study and PPMN90037 Governance in their first 100 points of study.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PPMN90006 | Public Management |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
PPMN90007 | Public Policy Design and Implementation |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
PPMN90037 | Governance |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
PPMN90042 | Foundations in Politics and Policy |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Core Subjects
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PPMN90010 | Professional Practice in Policy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90030 | Public Policy in the Asian Century | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90031 | Public Policy Lobbying Strategies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90032 | Leading Innovation | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90033 | Public Budgets and Financial Management | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90035 | Publics, Policy and Public Services | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90041 |
Minor Thesis Subjects
Minor Thesis Option - 50 points
Please note the following prior to enrolling in the minor thesis -
- students admitted into the 200 point and 150 point program must have completed 37.5 points of compulsory subjects within the program, with an average of H1 (80%); and
- to be eligible to enrol in the thesis, students must submit a 300 word thesis proposal for approval by the course coordinator prior to the semester of enrolment in the thesis; and
- students enrolling in the minor thesis must also complete POLS40013 Social Sciences Research Seminar; and
- the minor thesis must be completed over two consecutive semesters (part 1 and 2).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90049 | Public /Social Policy Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
PPMN90050 | Public /Social Policy Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
Elective Subjects
Coursework Option - 75 points
or
Minor Thesis Option - 25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90135 | Analytical Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM40002 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90004 | Taming Business? Crime, Law and Politics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90049 | Politics & Contested Development: Africa | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ECON90029 | Economics For Public Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90017 | Environmental Policy Instruments | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90001 | Professional Speaking Communication | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90002 | Advanced Self-Editing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90003 | Professional Literacies | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90004 | Intercultural Professional Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FNCE90065 | Fundamentals of Finance |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PPMN90053 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90293 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC90012 | Trust, Communication and Expertise | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC90013 | Science, Controversy and Public Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90010 | Strategic Political Communication | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PADM90011 | Governing Challenges 1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PADM90012 | Governing Challenges 2 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
PHIL90004 | Ethical Theory and Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90027 | The Moral Limits of Markets | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90029 | Sustainability and Environmental Ethics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90032 | Inequality and Public Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90015 | Business and Government | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90037 | Corruption in Today's World | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90038 | Human Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
POLS90045 | Governing Money and Finance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90056 | Social Policy and Development |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
November (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
POPH90260 | Ethics of Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90263 | Technology and Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90267 | Ageing Health & Human Services | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90256 | Ageing in Society | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90257 | Body of Ageing | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90258 | Economics of Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90259 | End of Life Issues | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90003 | Social Policy: Special Topics A | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90039 | Executive Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
PPMN90045 | Government Today 1 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
PPMN90046 | Government Today 2 | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90048 | Crisis Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90051 | International Public Management | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
SOCI90005 | Social Research Design and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90006 | Ageing, Society And Social Policy | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90009 | A Century of Australian Social Policy | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
SOTH90006 | Social Inclusion Policy and Practice | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ASIA90017 | Contemporary China | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 30 January 2024