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200pt Program
Contact information
Coordinator
Evgeny Postnikov
Email: MPPM-Director@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: https://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'Make an enquiry' at https://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-public-policy-and-management/overview
Structure
200 credit points
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 meet the Capstone Requirement for the program. There are 5 Capstone streams offered in this course which satisfy the capstone requirements (some of these capstone streams have to be taken as compulsory subjects, while others can be taken in addition to these as elective subjects):
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 Executive Leadership and 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 Public Policy Analysis
Purpose: An opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in policy design to a practical policy problem through a sustained piece of applied scholarship
Capstone Stream 5: PPMN90010 Professional Practice in Policy Research
Purpose: An opportunity to apply and integrate policy knowledge and research skills to solve problems that arise in political and public sector contexts through a sustained piece of scholarship.
For policies that govern this degree, see the Courses, Subjects, Awards and Programs Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Library. Students also should also refer to information in the Enrolment and Timetabling Policy.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
100 points
Please note - PPMN90042 Political Problems and Policy Responses and PPMN90037 Governance should be taken in the first 100 points of study and PPMN90006 Executive Leadership and Management and PPMN9007 Public Policy Analysis in the second 100 points.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PPMN90006 | Executive Leadership and Management |
March (Online)
December (Online)
|
25 |
PPMN90007 | Public Policy Analysis |
March (Online)
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
PPMN90037 | Governance | March (Online) |
25 |
PPMN90042 | Political Problems and Policy Responses |
March (Online)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
Core Subjects
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PPMN90056 | Business and Government | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90030 | Public Policy in the Asian Century | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90031 | Public Policy Lobbying Strategies | January (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90032 | Innovative Design and Service Delivery | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90033 | Public Budgets and Financial Management | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90035 | Public Consultation & Policy Negotiation | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90048 | Crisis Management | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90054 | Global Issues in Indigenous Governance | June (Online) |
12.5 |
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 program must have completed 50 points of compulsory or core subjects within the program (at least one subject must be compulsory), with an average of H1 (80%);
- students admitted into the 150 point program must have completed 25 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 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90049 | Public /Social Policy Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
PPMN90050 | Public /Social Policy Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - 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 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ASIA90018 | Indonesia Rising? | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM90004 | Taming Business? Crime, Law and Politics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90058 | Disaster and Humanitarian Aid | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90061 | Global Urban Development | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Online) |
12.5 |
ECON90029 | Economics For Public Policy | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC90012 | Trust, Communication and Expertise | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC90013 | Science, Controversy and Public Policy | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90062 | Strategic Political Communication | July (Online) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PHIL90027 | The Moral Limits of Markets | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PHIL90032 | Inequality and Public Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PPMN90056 | Business and Government | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90037 | Corruption in Today's World | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POLS90038 | Human Rights | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POLS90045 | Governing Money and Finance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development |
Semester 1 (Online)
November (Online)
|
12.5 |
POPH90206 | Health Policy | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90267 | Ageing Health & Human Services | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90010 | Professional Practice in Policy Research | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
PPMN90030 | Public Policy in the Asian Century | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90031 | Public Policy Lobbying Strategies | January (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90032 | Innovative Design and Service Delivery | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90033 | Public Budgets and Financial Management | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90035 | Public Consultation & Policy Negotiation | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
PPMN90039 | Executive Internship |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
PPMN90054 | Global Issues in Indigenous Governance | June (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI90005 | Social Research Design and Evaluation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90006 | Ageing, Society And Social Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOCI90010 | International Migration | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI90012 | Inclusive Policy Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOCI90020 | Social Policy: Special Topics A | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOCI90025 | Social Justice: Policy and Practice | May (Online) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 12 November 2021