Public Policy
Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
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| 1 | GOVT6150: Challenges of Democratic Politics will be available in Semester 2 rather than Semester 1 | 31/01/2017 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Public Policy |
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| Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy must complete 24 credit points, including 12 credit points of compulsory core units of study and 12 credit points of elective core units of study. | |||
| Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy must complete 48 credit points, including 12 credit points of core units of study, 24 credit points of core elective units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
| Candidates for the Master of Public Policy must complete 96 credit points, including 12 credit points of core units of study, at least 30 credit points of core elective units of study, a maximum of 48 credit points of elective units of study which can include an optional minor (18 credit points from one area of study) as listed in the unit of study table and a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study. | |||
Core units of study |
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| GOVT6316 Policy Making, Power and Politics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Core elective units of study |
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| GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6150 Challenges of Democratic Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6156 Governance and Civil Society |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6159 Emotions, Agenda Setting, and Public Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6163 Critical Challenges of Governing Cities |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6223 Topics in Environmental Politics This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6301 Public Sector Ethics and Corruption |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6311 Issues in Public Policy This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6313 Leadership in Theory and Practice |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6319 Governance and Public Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6336 Media Politics This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6357 International Policy Making |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6358 Comparative Migration Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Capstone units of study |
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| (1) Semester-long research project | |||
| GOVT6127 Research Project/Essay |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| (2) Year-long dissertation project | |||
| Students wishing to complete the year-long dissertation project must have completed GOVT6139 Research Design | |||
| GOVT6340 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | P Completion of 4 postgraduate units - 75% or above average Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GOVT6341 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units of study |
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| Students who take 18 credits within a single cognate discipline with relevance to Public Policy will have a Minor recorded. Students must satisfy any prerequisite requirements set by the offering Department or Centre, as well as any prerequisites set by individual units of study, before they enrol in any unit of study. Students may take up to two units (12 credit points) as electives from outside the Public Policy Postgraduate Unit of Study table in a relevant discipline. Students must obtain approval from the Department of Government and International Relations in advance, as well as the approval of the Unit of Study coordinator. | |||
| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics |
6 | A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission. |
Semester 2 |
| CISS6001 New Security Challenges |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6002 Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CISS6006 Statebuilding and 'Fragile States' |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6008 Population and Security This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6009 Research Essay 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CISS6010 Research Essay 2 |
6 | P Completion of a minimum of 4 units with an average of 75% C CISS6009 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CISS6011 Special Topic in International Security This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Summer Main |
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| CISS6012 Civil-Military Relations |
6 |
Students must not undertake this unit if they took CISS6011 (Special Topic in International Security) when the special topic was Civil-Military Relations |
Semester 2 |
| CISS6013 Middle East Conflict and Security |
6 | N GOVT6154 |
Intensive December |
| CISS6015 Alliances and Coalition Warfare This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6016 Chinese Foreign and Security Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6018 Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6019 War and Strategy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6020 Geopolitics of Energy Security in Asia This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Summer Main |
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| CISS6022 Cybersecurity |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CISS6023 Special topics in International Security 2 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FASS7002 Critical Literacies for Postgraduates |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6100 Foundations of Comparative Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6108 Democracy and Development in SE Asia |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6109 Political Regimes and Regime Transition |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6111 Chinese Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6116 International Organisations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6119 International Security |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6121 Northeast Asian Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6136 Asia Pacific Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6137 Forces of Change in Int Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6138 Gender, Family and the State |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6139 Research Design |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6147 Foundations of International Relations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6148 Dissertation Part 1 |
6 | C GOVT6139 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GOVT6149 Dissertation Part 2 |
6 | C GOVT6148 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GOVT6164 The Dual Use Dilemma and Research Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6220 The State, Secession, and Civil War This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6222 Australian Enviro Politics and Policy This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6225 Essential Readings in Int'l Relations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6304 Development and World Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6314 Terrorism and International Security |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6359 US-China Relations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PLAN9061 Planning Principles, Systems and Practice |
6 | N PLAN9020 or PLAN9044 |
Semester 1 Semester 2a |
| WRIT6000 Professional Writing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6001 Professional Editing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Optional minor |
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Economics |
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| ECON6001 Microeconomics Analysis 1 |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON6002 Macroeconomics Analysis 1 |
6 | P ECON5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON6006 Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON6008 International Money and Finance |
6 | P ECON5002 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON6009 Economics of the Labour Market |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECON6002 |
Semester 1 |
| ECON6010 Public Economics |
6 | P ECON6001 and ECON6002 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON6016 Trade and Development |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5002 or ECON5040 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON6018 Environmental Economics |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 |
Semester 1 |
| ECON6021 Financial Economics |
6 | P ECON6001 and ECON6002 |
Semester 1 |
| ECON6023 International Trade |
6 | P ECON6001 |
Semester 1 |
| ECON6025 Strategic Decision Making |
6 | P ECON6001 or ECOF6080 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON6027 Experimental Economics This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P ECON6001 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON6101 Special Topic in Economics |
6 | P ECON5001 and ECON5002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Postgraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive May Semester 2 |
Foreign Language |
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| ASNS6010 Asian Language Acquisition 1 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ASNS6011 Asian Language Acquisition 2 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ASNS6012 Asian Language Acquisition 3 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ASNS6013 Asian Language Acquisition 4 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| EUST7010 European Language Acquisition 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| EUST7011 European Language Acquisition 2 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| EUST7012 European Language Acquisition 3 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| EUST7013 European Language Acquisition 4 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Peace and Conflict Studies |
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| PACS6901 United Nations, Peace and Security |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6902 Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation |
6 | Intensive May |
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| PACS6909 Cultures of Violence This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies |
6 | N SCWK6930 |
Semester 2 |
| PACS6912 Nonviolence: Philosophy and Practice |
6 | N SCWK6933 |
Intensive March |
| PACS6913 Conflict in Organisations |
6 | Summer Late |
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| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
Intensive August |
| PACS6915 Human Rights, Peace and Justice |
6 | N SCWK6941 |
Semester 2 |
| PACS6917 Religion, War and Peace This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PACS6921 Peace of Mind: The Psychology of Peace This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Intensive March |
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| PACS6922 Peaceful Conflict Transformation This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6923 The Human Right to Food |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| PACS6924 Democracy in the Developing World |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6925 Peace and the Global Compact |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| PACS6927 Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Intensive September |
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| PACS6928 Community Mediation: Theory and Practice |
6 | Summer Late |
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| PACS6930 Ethics for a Sustainable Peace This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6931 Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive September |
| PACS6934 Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P PACS6911 or DVST6901 |
Winter Main |
US Studies |
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| USSC6901 Fundamentals of US Studies |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| USSC6902 US Politics: Presidency and Congress |
6 | Winter Main |
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| USSC6903 US Foreign and National Security Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| USSC6905 US Economic Policy and Regulation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| USSC6906 US Constitution |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| USSC6907 American Exceptionalism |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| USSC6910 Special Topics in US Studies |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
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| USSC6914 Key Issues in American Culture |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| USSC6917 The American City This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| USSC6920 US Media: Politics, Culture, Technology |
6 | Winter Main |
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| USSC6205 Internship Project |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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International Law |
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| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Intensive October |
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| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6062 International Law-the Use of Armed Force This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183 |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6119 The State and Global Governance This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 |
Note: This unit replaced LAWS6119 Theories of International Law. Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit. |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183 |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6243 International Law I |
6 | N LAWS1023, LAWS5005 This unit replaced LAWS6243 Public International Law. This unit is compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who have not completed any previous study in international law and must be taken during the first semester of candidature. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students. |
Intensive March Semester 2 |
| LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | N LAWS5178 or LAWS3478 Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law |
6 | N CISS6011 or LAWS3483 |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS6202 |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478, LAWS5178 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students. |
Intensive April |
Sociology, Social Policy and Development |
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| ANTH6916 Culture and Development: Key Concepts |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| DVST6901 Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing |
6 | N SSCP6900 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DVST6902 Development: Communication and Education |
6 | N SSCP6901 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 2 |
| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 |
This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DVST6905 Development Project Evaluation |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DVST6906 Culture and Politics of Health Development This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HRTD6901 Human Rights: Norms and Mechanisms |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HRTD6903 Dynamics of Human Rights Violations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HRTD6904 Democratisation: Theory and Practices This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HRTD6906 The Philosophy of Human Rights This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | N PHIL7607 |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements |
6 | N SCWK6901 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG6902 Doing Social Research This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | N SCLG3003 |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG6903 New Debates in Social Theory |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SCLG6905 Independent Study and Report |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SCLG6916 Indigenous Rights - Global Issues |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SCLG6918 Introductory Quantitative Methods This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Political Economy |
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| ECOP6010 International Trade Regulation This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6011 USA-Europe-Japan: From Growth to Crisis |
6 | Semester 1 Summer Main |
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| ECOP6012 Country Risk Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6015 Global Employment and Migration |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6016 China in the World Economy |
6 | Summer Main |
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| ECOP6018 Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6101 Core Concepts in Political Economy |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6103 Strategic Debates on Economic Change |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6108 Economic Management for Sustainability |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ECOP6130 Human Rights and International Development |
6 | N SCLG6912 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 2 |
| ECOP6901 Finance and Economic Change |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Exchange units of study |
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| Available to Master of Public Policy students only. | |||
| FASS6901 Exchange and Study Abroad |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS6902 Exchange and Study Abroad |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS6903 Exchange and Study Abroad |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS6904 Exchange and Study Abroad |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |