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Master of Public Administration (MC-PA) // Course structure
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About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Contact
Melbourne School of Government
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://government.unimelb.edu.au/
- Future student enquiry: https://government.unimelb.edu.au/study/enquiry
Course structure
Students are required to take 112.5 points of compulsory subjects, including a 25-point capstone subject. Students then choose 37.5 points of elective subjects, 25 points which must come from the core elective list.
150 point program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time
- eight compulsory subjects (112.5 points) (includes 25-point capstone subject)
- elective subjects (37.5 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 (including 25-point capstone subject)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PADM90001 | Administrative Challenges in Practice | February (Online) |
25 |
| MGMT90265 | Managing Teams |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| PPMN90033 | Public Budgets and Financial Management | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| PADM90005 | The Nature of Governing | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PADM90006 | The Rule of Law | No longer available | |
| PADM90007 | The World of Public Administration | No longer available | |
| PADM90008 | Using Evidence | October (Online) |
12.5 |
| PADM90009 | Working Ethically | June (Online) |
12.5 |
Core Elective Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PADM90004 | Public Administration Thesis |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| PADM90010 | Applied Syndicate Project | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
| PADM90011 | Governing Challenges 1 | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| PADM90012 | Regional Governance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| PPMN90039 | Executive Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
| PPMN90045 | Government Today 1 | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| PPMN90046 | Persuasion for Policymakers | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PPMN90055 | Understanding Big Data for Public Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| PADM90019 | Democracy, Power and the Public Service | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
12.5 points
Please note: in the 150 point Master of Public Administration program, participants choose an elective subject 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.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| DEVT50002 | Poverty, Microfinance and Development | No longer available | |
| 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 |
| DEVT90045 | Political Economy of Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90009 | International Trade and Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ECON90015 | Managerial Economics |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ECON90029 | Economics For Public Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ECON90032 | Macroeconomics for Managers | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90045 | Microeconomics 2 | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90047 | Macroeconomics 2 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90017 | Environmental Policy Instruments | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ESLA90001 | Professional Speaking Communication | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ESLA90002 | Advanced Self-Editing |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ESLA90003 | Professional Literacies | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ESLA90004 | Intercultural Professional Communication |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| FNCE90065 | Fundamentals of Finance |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| FOOD90040 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70082 | Privacy Law |
March (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70164 | Racing Industry Law and Regulation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70184 | Media, Free Speech and the State | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70319 | Tax Policy | May (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | June (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70368 | Law of Intergovernmental Relations | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70407 | Australians Detained Abroad | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70411 | Constitutional Problems in Comparison | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70417 | Elements of Legislation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| LING90026 | Transcultural Communication at Work | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MECM90010 | Strategic Political Communication | No longer available | |
| MGMT90011 | Managing Stakeholders | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90012 | Managing Diversity | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90013 | Leadership and Team Dynamics | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90015 | Human Resource Fundamentals |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90016 | Performance and Reward Management | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90022 | Managing Organisational Change | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90037 | Conflict and Negotiation |
Summer Term (Online)
Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90040 | Behaviour & Leadership in Organisations | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90049 | Strategy, Ethics & Governance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90107 | Leadership & Management | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90111 | Management and Business Communication | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90165 | Social Entrepreneurship | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | No longer available | |
| MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| PHIL90027 | The Moral Limits of Markets | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| POLS40015 | Women in Global Politics | No longer available | |
| POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90015 | Business and Government | No longer available | |
| POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90037 | Corruption in Today's World | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| POLS90045 | Governing Money and Finance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| POLS90056 | Social Policy and Development | No longer available | |
| POPH90256 | Ageing in Society | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90257 | Body of Ageing | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90258 | Economics of Ageing | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| POPH90259 | End of Life Issues | No longer available | |
| POPH90260 | Ethics of Ageing and End of Life | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90263 | Technology and Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| PPMN90030 | Public Policy in the Asian Century | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PPMN90031 | Public Policy Lobbying Strategies | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PPMN90032 | Innovative Design and Service Delivery | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PPMN90048 | Crisis Management | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| SOCI90006 | Ageing, Society And Social Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
| SOCI90010 | International Migration | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI90012 | Inclusive Policy Development | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH90006 | Social Justice: Policy and Practice | No longer available | |
| POPH90267 | Ageing Health & Human Services | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 14 April 2023