Master of Public Policy
RMIT University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00122A
With the Master of Public Policy you will learn how you can contribute to positive policy outcomes, and participate in debates regarding power, politics, and complexity.Taught by leading policy academics and industry professionals, the course reflects the latest debates, issues, and approaches to global, national, and local policy making and development. Graduates work as policymakers, advocates, and managers in human service, government, and non-government organisations, and, increasingly, in the private and corporate sectors.
Designed for
Policy actors and managers working in government, community sector organizations
Structure
This course consists of 192 credit points. It is taught primarily through evening classes during the week, with some classes delivered through intensive full-day workshops.
Subjects
- POLI1107 Introduction to Policy: Concepts, Debates and Practices
- POLI1099 Global Governance
- HUSO2075 Social and Political Theory
- POLI1052 Policy Making
- POLI1051 Social Policy
- HUSO2079 Research Strategies - Social Sciences
- POLI1108 Policy Design and Implementation
- POLI1112 Policy Making and Indigenous Peoples
- POLI1109 Policy Impact: Monitoring and Evaluating
- POLI1095 Evidence, Policy and Practice
- POLI1065 Ethics, Values and Public Policy
- POLI1100 Integrated Policy and Research Project
- HUSO2351 Masters Minor Thesis 1
- HUSO2352 Masters Minor Thesis 2
- HUSO2350 Masters Minor Thesis
- POLI1096 Policy Futures
- POLI1091 Policy Communication
- ENVI1127 Environmental Policy and Governance
- HUSO2069 Advanced Advocacy and Social Action
- ARCH1271 Conflict Resolution and Mediation
- HWSS2211 Discourses of Care, Control and Protection
- HWSS2248 Working with Violence and Abuse
- HWSS2213 Group and Community Work Strategies
- ARCH1261 Strategic Planning issues
- ARCH1268 Planning for Community Development
- ARCH1482 Natural Resource Management
- ENVI1134 Statutory Planning
- HUSO2066 Indigenous Sovereignty and Contemporary Land Policy
- ARCH1321 Social Planning
- ENVI1222 Climate Change Responses
- ARCH1266 Sustainable water management
- ENVI1162 Ecosystems and Human Impact
- ENVI1169 Sustainability, Governance and Social Change
- HUSO2085 Gender in a Global Context
- SOCU2234 Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance
- HUSO2073 Governance and Democracy in Development
- POLI1113 Humanitarian Intervention in an Age of Crisis
- HUSO2197 Human Trafficking
- HUSO2447 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
- HUSO2371 Criminal Law
- HUSO2286 Introduction to Applied Human Rights
- HUSO2449 Applied Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
- SOCU2291 Introduction to Criminology
Standard entry requirements
Successfully completed an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) with a minimum GPA 2.5 (out of 4.0) OR Significant work experience or professional practice.
Study pathways
Applicants successfully completed one of the following qualifications majoring in politics, sociology or social work will be eligible for exemptions. Applicants with a bachelor honours degree, graduate certificate, graduate diploma or masters degree qualification majoring in a different discipline may also be eligible for exemption of up to 48 credit points (equivalent to one semester full time study).
Study information
Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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Melbourne City | International: $74,880 | No |
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Melbourne City | Domestic: $57,600 | No |
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