Public Administration
Semester 2, 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Public Administration |
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For continuing students only |
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Master of Public Administration |
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| Students must complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of core units of study | |||
| (b) a 6 credit point work based or internship project, and | |||
| (c) 18 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Public Administration |
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| Students must complete 36 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) a 6 credit point work based or internship project; and | |||
| (c) 6 credit points of elective unit of study. | |||
Graduate Certificate in Public Administration |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 12-24 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) up to 12 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Executive Master of Public Administration |
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| Students must complete 72 credit points, comprising: | |||
| (a) 42 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of capstone units of study, and | |||
| (c) maximum 18 credit points of elective units of study selected from a list of recommended elective units of study. | |||
Core units of study |
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| GSOG6004 Managing Public Expenditure This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
Students who are not undertaking the award courses GCPA, GDPA, MPAdmin or EMPA must have the permission of the Director, Graduate School of Government, to take this unit of study. |
Intensive August |
Core work based or internship units of study |
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| GSOG6005 Work Based Project This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P GSOG6001 and GSOG6002 and GSOG6003 and GSOG6004 Students who are not enrolled in GCPA, GDPA or MPAdmin must have the permission of the Director, Graduate School of Government to undertake this unit of study. |
Semester 1 |
Specialisation or elective units of study |
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| Masters degree candidates may choose up to three and Graduate Diploma candidates may choose up to one of the following elective units: | |||
| ACCT5001 Accounting Principles |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| 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 2 |
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| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CLAW5001 Legal Environment of Business |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5040 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON5002 Macroeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5003 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON6001 Microeconomics Analysis 1 |
6 | P ECON5001 or ECON5040 N ECON6701 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECON6002 Macroeconomics Analysis 1 |
6 | P ECON5002 N ECON6702 |
Semester 1 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 |
| ECOP6016 China in the World Economy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6103 Strategic Debates on Economic Change |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EDPA5001 Organisational Theory, Managemnt and Admin |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| EDPA6018 Social Policy Process |
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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| GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6139 Research Design |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6156 Strategy and Civil Society |
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 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6319 Governance and Public Policy Making This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | N GLOH5135 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| IBUS5002 Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
6 | N IBUS5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6001 International Business Strategy |
6 | C IBUS5003 N ECHS6008 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6002 Cross-Cultural Management |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| IBUS6016 Social Entrepreneurship |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points |
Semester 2 |
| IBUS6018 Business Negotiations |
6 |
This unit is only available in the Semester 2 session to students enrolled in the Master of Management (CEMS) / MIM (CEMS) stream. |
Intensive September Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6019 Strategy and Emerging Markets |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| INFO5990 Professional Practice in IT |
6 | A Students enrolled in INFO5990 are assumed to have previously completed a Bachelor's degree in some area of IT, or have completed a Graduate Diploma in some area of IT, or have many years experience as a practising IT professional. The main focus of the subject is to provide students with the necessary tools, basic skills, experience and adequate knowledge so they develop an awareness and an understanding of the responsibilities and issues associated with professional conduct and practice in the information technology sector. This unit is for MIT, MITM, MIT/MITM students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFO5991 Services Science Management and Engineering |
6 | A INFO5990. Students are expected to have a degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, information systems or business. |
Semester 2 |
| INFO5992 Understanding IT Innovations |
6 | P 24 credit points of units at 5000-level or above N PMGT5875 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFO6007 Project Management in IT |
6 | A Students enrolled in INFO6007 are assumed to have previously completed a Bachelor's degree in some area of IT, or have completed a Graduate Diploma in some area of IT, or have three years experience as a practising IT professional. Recent work experience, or recent postgraduate education, in software project management, software process improvement, or software quality assurance is an advantage. N PMGT5871 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS5001 Project Management |
6 | N INFS6014 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6011 Administrative Law |
6 | A Undergraduate law degree or LAWS6252 (core unit for MALP students) Core unit for MALP students. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law |
6 | A Students should have either completed LAWS6243 International Law I or have an understanding in at least one of the following areas: public or a specialised area of international law or criminal law or criminology or human rights or security and conflict studies acquired through university studies and/or relevant professional experience. N CISS6011 or LAWS3483 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction N LAWS3430 or LAWS5130 Students who do not hold a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before undertaking the environmental law units. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March |
| LAWS6112 Law of Tax Administration This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office. For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/cpd/ |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6161 International Human Rights |
6 | N GOVT6117 Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6167 International Law II |
6 | A LAWS6243 Compulsory core unit for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who commenced prior to 1 January 2019. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6243 International Law I |
6 | N LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 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. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March Semester 2 |
| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students. Elective unit for GradDipCrim students who commenced on or after 1 Jan 2019. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6034 Gender, Violence and the Criminal Law |
6 |
The unit replaced LAWS6034 Criminal Liability. Core unit for MCrim students who commenced before 1 January 2019. This unit is an introduction to aspects of criminal law for non-lawyers, and for law students from non-common law jurisdictions. It is therefore not available to students who have completed a law degree in a common law jurisdiction. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology: Space and Place This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/cpd/ |
Intensive August |
| LAWS6048 Explaining Crime |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6970 Forensic Psychology |
6 | N PSYC1001 or PSYC3020 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6197 Policing: Crime, Control and Security |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive March |
| MECO6901 Media Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6912 Political Public Relations |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MECO6913 Public Opinion, Policy and Public Sphere |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MKTG5001 Marketing Principles |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MKTG6003 Marketing Strategy |
6 | P MKTG5001 |
Semester 2 |
| MKTG6005 Marketing Communications |
6 | P MKTG5001 |
Intensive March |
| MKTG6206 Regulatory Environment and Ethics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
This unit is only available to students enrolled in the Master of Marketing, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate of Marketing. |
Semester 2 |
| PACS6913 Conflict in Organisations This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Summer Main |
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| PACS6928 Community Mediation: Theory and Practice |
6 | Intensive April |
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| PMGT5871 Project Process Planning and Control |
6 | N PMGT6871 |
Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PMGT5873 Project Economics and Finance |
6 | N PMGT6873 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PMGT5875 Project Innovation Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PMGT5876 Strategic Delivery of Change |
6 | N WORK6026 |
Semester 2 |
| PMGT5877 Management of Project Organisations |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PMGT5879 Strategic Portfolio and Program Management |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PMGT5888 Global Project Management |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PMGT5889 Integrated Cost and Scheduling Control |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PMGT5891 Project Risk Management |
6 | N PMGT6891 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PUBH5114 Alcohol, Drug Use and Health This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
4 | N PUBH5115 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5302 Health Economic Evaluation This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
4 | P ((PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018) or (HPOL5001 as a prerequisite and HPOL5003 as a co-requisite) |
Intensive September |
| PUBH5416 Vaccines in Public Health This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
2 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or PUBH5018 Students who have not done the core units of study in epidemiology (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) or biostatistics (PUBH5018) but have previous demonstrable experience in these study areas will be required to request permission from the unit of study coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Permission is required to ensure that students have a basic grounding in epidemiology and biostatistics. The coordinator emails the Postgraduate Student Administration Unit to advise whether or not the student has permission to enrol. |
Semester 2 |
| SCWK6902 Social Research |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SUST5001 Introduction to Sustainability |
6 |
This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SUST5002 Food and Water Security |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay and blog writing and group work. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5003 Energy and Resources |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| SUST5004 Sustainable Development and Population Health |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5005 Law, Policy and Sustainability |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Intensive October |
| SUST5006 Sustainability: Business and Leadership |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| WORK5002 Foundations of HRM and IR |
6 |
This is the foundational unit for the graduate Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations program and should be taken in a student's first semester of study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WORK5003 Management and Organisations |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| WORK6001 Organisational Analysis and Behaviour |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WORK6002 Strategic Management |
6 | Semester 1a Semester 2 |
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| WORK6017 Human Resource Strategies |
6 | P WORK5002 or WORK5003 This is a core unit for the Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations courses. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WORK6026 Organisational Change and Development |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| WORK6030 Performance and Rewards |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| WORK6111 Management Consulting |
6 | A Knowledge is assumed in the areas of basic business strategy and organisational change. It is recommended that students enrolling in this Unit will have completed either or both of the following or similar Units: WORK6026 Organisational Change and Development, WORK6002 Foundations of Strategic Management. |
Semester 2a |
| USSC6902 US Politics: Presidency and Congress |
6 | Intensive October Intensive September Semester 2 |
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| USSC6906 US Constitution This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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