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Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) (MC-PAENH) // Course structure
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Melbourne School of Government
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Course structure
Students are required to take 112.5 points of compulsory subjects, including a 25-point capstone subject. Students then choose 87.5 points of elective subjects, 25 points which must come from the core elective list.
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
- eight compulsory subjects (112.5 points) (includes 25 point capstone subject)
- elective subjects (87.5 points) (25 points of which must come from the core elective subject list)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (25 points). Students must complete this capstone option:
- PADM90001 Administration Challenges in Practice
Purpose: This existing subject draws together key lessons from the compulsory and core subjects and applies them to a practical case. Students work in small teams to undertaken analysis, develop practical recommendations and present these to an expert panel. In addition, students prepare an individual paper that allows them to reflect on the group process, and also their own lessons from across the course.
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 | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90003 | Managing Public Finances | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90005 | The Nature of Governing | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| PADM90006 | The Rule of Law | March (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 (Online) |
12.5 |
Core Elective 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 | Not available in 2020 | 25 |
| PADM90011 | Governing Challenges 1 | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| PADM90012 | Regional Governance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| PPMN90039 | Executive Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| PPMN90045 | Government Today 1 | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| PPMN90046 | Persuasion for Policymakers | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PPMN90055 | Understanding Big Data for Public Policy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| PADM90019 | Democracy, Power and the Public Service | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
62.5 points
Please note: in the 200 point Master of Public Administration program, students can take five other 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 | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 1 (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 2020 | 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)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ESLA90001 | Professional Speaking Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ESLA90002 | Advanced Self-Editing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ESLA90003 | Professional Literacies | Semester 2 (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 |
| FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90040 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (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 | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70164 | Racing Industry Law and Regulation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70184 | Media, Free Speech and the State | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70368 | Law of Intergovernmental Relations | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70407 | Australians Detained Abroad | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70411 | Constitutional Problems in Comparison | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70417 | Elements of Legislation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| LING90026 | Transcultural Communication at Work |
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
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 | Human Resource Fundamentals |
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 2020 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90037 | Conflict and Negotiation |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90040 | Behaviour & Leadership in Organisations | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90041 | Financial & Performance Management | Not available in 2020 | 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 | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90049 | Strategy, Ethics & Governance | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90107 | Leadership & Management | Not available in 2020 | 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 | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHIL90027 | The Moral Limits of Markets | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| POLS40015 | Women in Global Politics | No longer available | |
| POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | March (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 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90037 | Corruption in Today's World | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| POLS90045 | Governing Money and Finance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90056 | Social Policy and Development |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90256 | Ageing in Society | Term 2 (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 | No longer available | |
| POPH90260 | Ethics of Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90267 | Ageing Health & Human Services |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (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 | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PPMN90032 | Innovative Design and Service Delivery | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI90006 | Ageing, Society And Social Policy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| SOCI90010 | International Migration | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI90012 | Inclusive Policy Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| SOTH90006 | Social Justice: Policy and Practice | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020