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100pt Program
Master of Social PolicyCourse Entry PointYear: 2021
100pt Program
Contact information
Coordinator
Signe Ravn
Email: signe.ravn@unimelb.edu.au
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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' on http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/7-master-of-social-policy
Overview
The Master of Social Policy offers a curriculum that reflects cutting edge theory in a number of professional development fields. Graduates will be equipped with the skills necessary for advanced community sector management and policy making, including the skills to:
- analyse key areas of contemporary social policy: governance, inclusion\exclusion, social capital, globalisation etc;
- engage with the social dimensions of social policy: race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, age etc;
- understand social policy as a contested process and apply research skills to a range of organisational contexts; and
- draw on a range of disciplines and take a comparative and global focus.
Last updated: 12 November 2021
Structure
100 credit points
100 point program
Duration: 1 year full-time / up to 2 years part-time
Coursework Only Option:
- four compulsory subjects (50 points)
- elective subjects (50 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option:
- four compulsory subjects (50 points)
- minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (37.5 points total)
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points)
Capstone Requirements:
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: 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 2: SOCI90013 Social Policy Internship (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in social policy practice to solve problems that arise in professional contexts and develop an integrated understanding of research and practice.
Capstone Stream 3: SOCI90023 Project-based Policy Analysis (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to work in a team-based project where knowledge and skills are applied to a 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
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI90004 | Contemporary Social Problems | April (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI90005 | Social Research Design and Evaluation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90011 | Foundations of Social Policy | March (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI90003 | Comparative Social Policy | September (Online) |
12.5 |
Minor Thesis Option
Minor Thesis Option - 50 points total
Please note the following prior to enrolling in the minor thesis -
- students admitted into the 100 point program must have a GPA of 80% (H1) or above from the last one hundred points of previous study (or equivalent); 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 Only Option - 50 points
Please note:
The following elective subjects require subject coordinator approval to enrol:
- MGMT90037 Conflict and Negotiation
- MGMT90049 Strategy, Ethics & Governance
- ECON90047 Macroeconomics 2
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ASIA90014 | Civil Society and Social Change in China | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
CRIM40002 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM40003 | Drugs and Justice | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM40005 | Punishment and Detention: New Challenges | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM90011 | Research and Criminal Justice Governance | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM90036 | Data in Criminology Policy and Practice | March (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 |
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 |
ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Online) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PADM90011 | Governing Challenges 1 | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PADM90012 | Regional Governance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PHIL90032 | Inequality and Public Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PPMN90056 | Business and Government | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development |
Semester 1 (Online)
November (Online)
|
12.5 |
POPH90058 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability and Global Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90090 | Health Program Evaluation 2 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90206 | Health Policy | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90035 | Public Consultation & Policy Negotiation | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI90023 | Project-based Policy Analysis | Semester 2 (Online) |
25 |
SOCI90021 | Social Policy Special Topics B | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI40003 | Understanding The Life Course | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90010 | International Migration | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI90012 | Inclusive Policy Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOCI90013 | Social Policy Internship |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
SOCI90018 | Indigenous Policy Analysis | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90019 | Changing Labour Markets and Inequalities | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOCI90020 | Social Policy: Special Topics A | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOCI90022 | Governance and Social Policy | 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