Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Master of Asian Governance

(MAsianGov)

Program of Study

INTRODUCTION

The Master of Asian Governance is a 72-unit program which is part of the Graduate Program in Asian Governance. It requires two years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). It is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences on a fee-paying basis.

It articulates with the 18-unit Graduate Certificate in Asian Governance and the 36-unit Graduate Diploma in Asian Governance and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards. Candidates who have completed either of these courses are awarded credit for related topics.

COURSE AIMS

The Master of Asian Governance aims to provide students with:

• a combination of conceptual skills and regional knowledge to meet the needs of those concerned with governance in the Asian region;
• a political economy approach to provide a capacity to deal with diverse interests and organisational cultures;
• the awareness of the need for local knowledge and multidisciplinary approaches in designing and implementing good governance;
• an enhanced appreciation of the professional context in which graduates may find employment;
• the ability to apply and evaluate theories in empirical situations within the Asian region.

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

• use contemporary research and analytical models to improve governance;
• become aware of the need for local and regional Asian knowledge to design systems of governance;
• demonstrate a working knowledge of multidisciplinary approaches to governance which include political economy, Asian Studies and Public Policy;
• critically read, analyse and utilise the academic and professional literature in this field of study.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or an equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. The Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature, and may take into account relevant work experience.

Credit may be granted, on application, for comparable prior studies.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2007]

To qualify for the Master of Asian Governance a student must complete 72 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study:

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

First Year

Core topics

ASST9008

Seminar on Asian Governance

6

plus at least 24 units selected from the following:

ASST9005	Political Development and Change in Southeast Asia	6
ASST9006	Social and Cultural Change in Asia	6
ASST9009	Democracy and Asian Governance	6
ASST9010	Corporate Governance in Asia	6
ASST9011	Environmental Governance in Asia	6

plus 12 units from the following:

DVST8023	Development Problems, Policies and Programs	6
POAD9116	Regionalisation, Decentralisation and Governance	6
POAD9124	Governance of Public Policy	6
SOAD9024	Comparative Social Policy	6

plus 30 units selected from the following:

ASST9000	Master of Asian Governance Dissertation	12
ASST9002	ASEAN - recent Economic Development and Change	6
ASST9012	Women in Asia	6
DVST8020	Intellectual Traditions in International Development	6
DVST8022	Sustainable Development	6
DVST8023	Development Problems, Policies and Programs	6
DVST8041	Development and Change	6
ENVS9001	Urban Environmental Management	6
ENVS9006	Environmental Policy Development/Analysis	6
GEOG8001	Asian Regional Development	6
INTR3002	Regionalism in East Asia: ASEAN, APEC and Beyond*	6
INTR9007	Contemporary Issues in Gender and Development	6
POAD8102	Management in Non-Government Organisations	6
POAD9010	Public Policy	6
POAD9114	Critical Systems Thinking and Practice	6
POAD9116	Regionalisatiion, Decentralisation and Governance	6
POLI2014	Politics of Third World States*	6
POLI7016	Elites in Southeast Asia	6
POLI7062	International Human Rights: Theory and Practice	6
POLI8011	Development Praxis: Equity, Sustainability and Participation	6
PPHR9013	Politics of Third World States*	6
PPHR9022	Women's Health and Child Survival	6
SOAD9024	Comparative Social Policy	6
WMST8045	A Walk on the Wild Side: Gender and International Politics	6

* These topics will be set and assessed at a level and standard appropriate to the masters.

Note: other topics may be chosen with the approval of the Program Approver.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board:

• no topic may be attempted more than twice;
• a student may not include a topic which repeats work previously undertaken;
• the program must be completed within twelve consecutive semesters or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board.