Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Government and Public Management

(BGovPubMgmt)

Program of study

Globalisation program

INTRODUCTION

The Bachelor of Government and Public Management requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Students complete two major sequences - Management and Public Policy - and it is possible to arrange the program of study to include a third - such as those listed under the Bachelor of Arts or the University's Globalisation program.

The Bachelor of Government and Public Management may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:

• Bachelor of Business (four years full-time or equivalent)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) (four years full-time or equivalent)

COURSE AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to:

• produce graduates equipped with substantive academic knowledge and professional skills related to:
  - the values and processes of governance within modern societies
  - governmental and public-sector institutions
  - the policy, regulatory and service-delivery roles of the public sector
  - policy analysis
  - the effective management of organisations, programs, resources and people;
• provide students with the opportunity to acquire specialist knowledge of the specific policy areas in which they are most interested;
• articulate smoothly with recognised TAFE and VET-accredited courses in government and management through appropriate credit-recognition protocols;
• provide students with opportunities to acquire and develop generic workplace-related skills and experiences.

Learning outcomes

Bachelor of Government and Public Management graduates should be able to:

• apply their professional knowledge to the formulation of policies, the provision of policy advice, the preparation of political analyses, the undertaking of policy research, and the evaluation of programs particularly within the non-profit and public sectors;
• apply their professional knowledge in relation to the regulatory role of government, and to assisting government in relation to its interactions with the business sector;
• contribute to the formulation, implementation and evaluation processes within specific specialist areas of policy, which may include economic, trade, environmental, social, housing, Indigenous affairs, foreign and education policies;
• apply skills relating to information processing, archival research, documentary and data interpretation, bibliographic compilation, normative evaluation and other related analytical and research techniques;
• communicate in a professional manner through analytical professional reports and effective verbal presentations;
• be well equipped for graduate-entry employment positions, especially within the public and non-profit sectors.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008]

To qualify for the Bachelor of Government and Public Management, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Electives may be selected from any offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met. The 108 units include at least 27 units, but no more than 45 units of First Year topics.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

The sequences in Public Policy and Management are as specified:

• a full 33-unit sequence in Public Policy (as stated in the course rules of the Bachelor of Arts), consisting of four mandatory core topics - POLI1003, POLI1009, POLI2015, POLI3101, the last also serving as a capstone topic for the course as a whole - and a choice structure for the two other topics designated in the Public Policy sequence;
• a full 33-unit sequence in Management, including five mandatory core topics - BUSN1001, BUSN1005, BUSN2009, BUSN2015, BUSN3013 - and one of the following topics, BUSN2014, BUSN3017 or an additional 6-unit BUSN topic as approved by the Program Approver.

Using the protocols of the University Policy on Credit Transfer, a smooth articulation has been arranged with recognised TAFE and VET-accredited courses in management, business or government. This may include specific status for the required major sequence in Management. Where appropriate, up to 54 units of status will be awarded.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board the course must be completed within 10 consecutive years or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's policy on Student Progress.

First Year

36 units comprising:

Second Year

36 units comprising:

Third Year

36 units comprising:

Not all topics are available each year.

APPROVED FIRST YEAR COGNATE TOPICS
Any First Year, POLI, INTR, BUSN, DVST, LEGL, and
AMST1002, ASST1001, ASST1002, ASST1003, ASST1004, GEOG1002

GLOBALISATION

Students may use their elective topics to undertake the University's Globalisation program as part of their degree. The program is unique to Flinders. There are no prerequisites and no prior knowledge is assumed in any topics.

GLOB3002 is available only to students taking a major sequence of 33 units in Globalisation. A minor sequence in the Globalisation program comprises 21 units, including both First Year topics (9 units) and then 2 out of 3 upper year topics (12 units).

For program of study click here. Cannot be taken at honours level.