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About this course
Contact
Melbourne School of Government
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://government.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'make an enquiry' on http://government.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/37-master-of-public-administration
Course structure
150 point program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time
- eight compulsory subjects (112.5 points)
- one core subject (25 points)
- elective subject (12.5 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (25 points). Students must complete one capstone option:
Capstone Stream 1: PPMN90039 Executive Internship (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in to solve problems that arise in professional contexts and develop an integrated understanding of research and practice.
Capstone Stream 2: PADM90004 Public Administration Thesis (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to address a research question; pathway to the PhD.
Capstone Stream 3: PADM90010 Applied Syndicate Project (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to work in a team-based project where knowledge and skills are applied to practical project under the supervision of an academic and practitioner expert.
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework. Students also should also refer to information in the Student Policy Directory.
Subject options
Compulsory Subjects
112.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PADM90001 | Administrative Challenges in Practice | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| PADM90002 | Managing Effectively | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90003 | Managing Public Finances | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90005 | The Nature of Governing | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90006 | The Rule of Law | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90007 | The World of Public Administration |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PADM90008 | Using Evidence | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90009 | Working Ethically | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PADM90004 | Public Administration Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| PADM90010 | Applied Syndicate Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| PPMN90039 | Executive Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
12.5 points
Please note: in the 150 point Master of Public Administration program, participants choose an elective subject in consultation with the Master of Public Administration Director to enable them to explore professional and intellectual interests and to ensure the requisite background for study across the faculties at the University of Melbourne.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| DEVT50002 | Poverty, Microfinance and Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90009 | International Trade and Policy | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ECON90015 | Managerial Economics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ECON90029 | Economics For Public Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90032 | Macroeconomics for Managers | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90045 | Microeconomics 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90047 | Macroeconomics 2 | Semester 1 (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 |
| POPH90293 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70082 | Privacy Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70164 | Racing Industry Law and Regulation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70184 | Media, Free Speech and the State | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70319 | Tax Policy | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70368 | Law of Intergovernmental Relations | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70407 | Australians Detained Abroad | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70411 | Constitutional Problems in Comparison | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70417 | Elements of Legislation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LING90026 | Transcultural Communication at Work |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| MECM90010 | Strategic Political Communication | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90011 | Managing Stakeholders | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90012 | Managing Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90013 | Leadership and Team Dynamics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90015 | Managing People |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90016 | Performance & Reward Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90022 | Managing Organisational Change | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90037 | Conflict and Negotiation |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90040 | Behaviour & Leadership in Organisations | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90049 | Strategy, Ethics & Governance | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90107 | Leadership & Management | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90111 | Management and Business Communication | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90165 | Social Entrepreneurship | Semester 2 (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 |
| PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHIL90027 | The Moral Limits of Markets | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS40015 | Women in Global Politics | No longer available | |
| POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90015 | Business and Government | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PPMN90035 | Publics, Policy and Public Services | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
| SOCI90006 | Ageing, Society And Social Policy | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI90010 | International Migration | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI90012 | Inclusive Policy Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH90006 | Social Inclusion Policy and Practice | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90267 | Ageing Health & Human Services | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 24 March 2022