The Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management is a 36-unit program which is part of the Graduate Program in Public Administration offered by the College of Business, Government and Law.
The Graduate Diploma requires one year of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time).
It articulates with:
Students who have completed one of the Graduate Certificates or an approved equivalent normally receive credit for 18 units of topics towards the Graduate Diploma. In turn, those who complete the Graduate Diploma normally receive 36 units of credit should they wish to proceed with a Masters degree.
Alternatively, students who enrol directly in the Graduate Diploma may choose to complete only the requirements for the Graduate Certificates in Public Policy or Public Sector Management and exit with one of those awards.
Applicants must normally hold either the Graduate Certificate in Development Administration, Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management, Graduate Certificate in Public Policy* (or an approved equivalent); or an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
* Those who were admitted to the Graduate Certificate without completing an undergraduate degree must have attained an acceptable GPA in the Graduate Certificate to be eligible to proceed to the Graduate Diploma.
Credit
Credit may be granted, on application, for relevant work already completed in other approved programs.
The Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management aims to provide a broad overview of issues in public policy, management and administration and to provide a foundation for those wishing to pursue studies at the Masters level.
Graduates with a Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management will be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management , students must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Except with permission of the Dean (Education):
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 12 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.
9 units comprising:
POAD8014 Public Policy (4.5 units)*
POAD8022 Public Management (4.5 units)*
Plus 4.5 units selected from:
POAD8007 Policy Analysis: Frameworks, Approaches and Values (4.5 units)
POAD8017 Contemporary Public Policy: Theoretical Perspectives (4.5 units)
POAD8138 Governance and Public Policy (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units selected from:
POAD8130 Toolkit for Public Management (4.5 units)
POAD8137 Professional Ethics and Public Administration (4.5 units)
POAD8139 Organisational Politics, Culture and Management in the Public Sector (4.5 units)
POAD8142 Strategic Change Management in the Public Sector (4.5 units)
At least 18 units selected from the list below or from the list of core topics above:
POAD9015 Economics and Public Policy (4.5 units)
POAD9037 Public Financial Management (4.5 units)
POAD9118 Managing Human Resources in the Public Sector (4.5 units)
POAD9129 Environmental Policy and Governance (4.5 units)
POAD9135 Project Governance (4.5 units)
*It is expected that POAD8014 Public Policy and POAD8022 Public Management will normally be completed before other topics are undertaken.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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