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Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) (MC-PAENH)
Masters (Coursework)Year: 2018 Delivered: On Campus (Parkville)
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
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
Overview
Award title | Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) |
---|---|
Year & campus | 2018 — Parkville |
CRICOS code | 080150A |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 9 |
Credit points | 200 credit points |
Duration | 24 months full-time or 48 months part-time |
The Master of Public Administration is the flagship degree of the Melbourne School of Government. An inter-disciplinary and globally-focused degree, the MPA is for leaders from the community, corporate and public sectors. The MPA draws on the expertise across the University of Melbourne to develop the skills and competencies of professionals who operate in increasingly complex governing environments where challenges cut across disciplinary, organisational, sectoral, jurisdictional and geographical boundaries. The MPA focuses on the role of leaders and offers participants the opportunity to combine disciplinary expertise in political science, law, and business and economics with professional expertise in areas such as decision making, media and communication management, ethics, strategic management, leadership and negotiation. Participants will mix theory and practice to address the complex challenges of management in practice through an interactive learning experience, combining individual and team-based learning opportunities that allow them to explore a range of contemporary issues. All participants undertake an internship or research project as part of the Melbourne MPA to apply their learning in an individual or team-based experience.
In the 150 point MPA, participants choose an elective in consultation with the MPA 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. Drawing on the broader expertise at The University of Melbourne, the MPA offers participants access to a series of master classes with world-leading practitioners and scholars to supplement and extend their intellectual and professional interests.
In the 200 point MPA, the MPA (Enhanced), students can take five electives and these are selected in consultation with the MPA 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. Drawing on the broader expertise at The University of Melbourne, the MPA offers participants access to a series of master classes with world-leading practitioners and scholars to supplement and extend their intellectual and professional interests.
Links to further information
https://government.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/37-master-of-public-administration
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
- an undergraduate degree in an area related to public administration, with a weighted average mark of at least H2B (70%); and
- at least three years of documented relevant professional experience
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
- prior academic performance; and
- relevance of previous studies; and
- the professional experience.
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for graduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Description, Course Objectives and Generic Skills of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) should:
- understand the challenges that confront leaders from the community, corporate and public sectors;
- appreciate the interconnected nature of these challenges, and the power of applying interdisciplinary approaches to them;
- understand the strategic environment in which leaders operate and the relationships they develop to deliver on complex public policy goals; and
- explore the local, national, regional, and global factors that impact on these leaders and their environment.
Generic skills
Knowledge
Graduates should have:
- a critical understanding of the operation of governments in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and across the world;
- a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of the interconnectedness and complexity of the fields of public management and administration;
- a sound understanding of politics, economics, law and science, as they apply to public administration and management processes and decisions; and
- an enhanced understanding of the challenges facing public managers and administrators through additional studies in an area of professional or intellectual focus.
Skills
Graduates should have:
- a high-level ability to combine theory and practice in a meaningful way in order to address managerial challenges, analyse contemporary issues of administration, and reflect critically on one’s own professional practice. These skills are enhanced through additional studies in areas of professional or intellectual focus;
- a high-level ability to combine professional skills such as decision making, media and communication management, ethics, project management, strategic management, leadership and negotiation with discipline-based expertise in political science, law and economics, and to apply this complex synthesis to professional practice. These skills are enhanced through additional studies in areas of professional and/or intellectual focus;
- a highly-developed capacity to adapt to new situations and reflect upon professional practice in order to most effectively address challenges. These skills are enhanced through the selection of
- additional studies in areas of professional and intellectual interest;
- well-developed interpersonal and communication skills necessary to a range of professional activities including report writing, workplace discussions, negotiation and management and lobbying strategies;
- alexible communication skills with a highly attuned sensitivity to a diverse audience, and to the issues specific to cross-cultural communication; and
- ahe ability to draw upon an extensive repertoire of advanced professional skills including skills in leadership, negotiation, decision analysis and strategic management and to apply these skills with an awareness of the ethical implications of strategies and decisions.
Graduate attributes
Graduates of the Master of Public Administration should have acquired the following attributes:
Academic Distinction
- An in-depth knowledge of the disciplinary foundations of public administration and new perspectives on the field;
- The ability to develop creative and pragmatic solutions to a range of challenges;
- Skill of persuasion built on evidence, research, and analysis.
Active Citizenship
- A knowledge and appreciation of issues at local, national and global level and their impact on communities;
- An ability to work with others, and to lead in challenging environments;
- A commitment to making a difference.
Integrity and Self-Awareness
- Independent thinkers who can work in diverse groups and appreciate alternative perspectives;
- Ethical individuals who operate with a sense of personal and professional integrity and encourage others to do the same;
- Passionate problem solvers who seek out new knowledge.
Course structure
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
- eight compulsory subjects (112.5 points)
- one core subject (25 points)
- elective subjects (62.5 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 Subject
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
62.5 points
Please note: in the 200 point Master of Public Administration program, students can take five electives and these are selected 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. Drawing on the broader expertise at The University of Melbourne, the Master of Public Administration offers participants access to a series of master classes with world-leading practitioners and scholars to supplement and extend their intellectual and professional interests.
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 |
PPMN90053 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (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 |
HPSC90012 | Trust, Communication and Expertise | 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 |
LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | 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 |
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 |
MGMT90041 | Financial & Performance Management | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90045 | Marketing for Managers | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90047 | Operations Management | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90048 | Quant Analysis for Managerial Decisions | July (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 |
POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90267 | Ageing Health & Human Services | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90263 | Technology and Ageing | Term 4 (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 |
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 |
Further study
Students who complete the thesis may be eligible to enter the PhD.
Last updated: 24 March 2022