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200pt Program
Master of Social PolicyCourse Entry PointYear: 2021
200pt 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
200 credit points
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
First 100 points:
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- elective subjects (75 points)
Second 100 points:
Coursework Only Option
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- elective subjects (75 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points)
- minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (37.5 points total)
- elective subjects (25 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 - First 100 Points
25 points
Must be completed in the first hundred points of the program
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI90005 | Social Research Design and Evaluation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90011 | Foundations of Social Policy | March (Online) |
12.5 |
Compulsory Subjects - Second 100 Points
25 points
To be completed in the final hundred points of the program
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI90004 | Contemporary Social Problems | April (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 200 point program must be completing 37.5 points (have completed 25 points and concurrently enrol in 12.5 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 Only Option - 150 points
or
Minor Thesis Option - 100 points
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 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
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