100pt Program

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: 10 November 2023

Structure

100 credit points

Subject Options

Compulsory Subjects

50 points

Capstone Options

Minor Thesis Option

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).

Internship Option

Project Option

Elective Subjects

Students should do at least 50% of their electives from the following list:

Students can take a maximum of 50% of their total electives (points) from the following list of subjects:

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps

Last updated: 10 November 2023