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200pt Program
Master of Social PolicyCourse Entry PointYear: 2022
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 2022
Structure
200 credit points
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 | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90003 | Comparative Social Policy | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
PPMN90050 | Public /Social Policy Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
Elective Subjects
Coursework Only Option - 150 points
or
Minor Thesis Option - 100 points
Note: Students are strongly recommended to take all electives at level 9 (subject code numbering starting with 9). Students can only take a maximum of 25 points at level 4 (subject code numbering starting with 4) and only in their first 100 points of the degree.
Students should do at least 50% of their electives from the following list:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI40003 | Understanding The Life Course | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90010 | International Migration | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90012 | Inclusive Policy Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90013 | Social Policy Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
SOCI90018 | Indigenous Policy Analysis | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90019 | Changing Labour Markets and Inequalities | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
SOCI90020 | Social Policy: Special Topics A | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
SOCI90021 | Social Policy Special Topics B | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90022 | Governance and Social Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
SOCI90023 | Project-based Policy Analysis | Semester 2 (Online) |
25 |
SOCI90025 | Social Justice: Policy and Practice | May (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90035 | Public Consultation & Policy Negotiation | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PPMN90056 | Business and Government | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90067 | Migration and Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90076 | Social Policy and Development | November (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90035 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Development | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PADM90011 | Governing Challenges 1 | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
PADM90012 | Regional Governance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND40008 | Queer Studies: Identities & Sexualities | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40002 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40003 | Drugs and Justice | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40005 | Punishment and Detention: New Challenges | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90011 | Research and Criminal Justice Governance | June (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90036 | Data in Criminology Policy and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Students can take a maximum of 50% of their total electives (points) from the following list of subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90058 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90088 | Disability and Global Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90206 | Health Policy | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90032 | Inequality and Public Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
ECON90029 | Economics For Public Policy | Not available in 2022 | 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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ASIA90014 | Civil Society and Social Change in China | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90049 | Strategy, Ethics & Governance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
ABPL90026 | Property Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 12 November 2022