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Bachelor of Arts

Public Policy major sequence


The following is the program of study [November, 2008] for a 33-unit major sequence in Public Policy within a Bachelor of Arts and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the BA.

First Year

POLI1003

Australian Politics: A Comparative Study

4.5

plus 4.5 units from the following:

AUST1001

Australian Studies: Identities

4.5

BUSN1003

Economic Institutions and Policy

4.5

BUSN1007

Introductory Microeconomics

4.5

BUSN1008

Introductory Macroeconomics

4.5

CRIM1004

Criminal Justice System

4.5

GEOG1002

Cities as Human Environments

4.5

INTR1007

Australia and the World

4.5

LEGL1001

Australian Legal System

4.5

POLI1004

Modern Political Thought

4.5

POLI1009

Government, Business and Society

4.5

SOCI1002

Introduction to Social Analysis

4.5

Second and Third Years

POLI2015

Australian Government and Public Policy, and

6

POLI3101

Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy

6

plus 12 units from the following:

AMST2005

American Politics

6

AMST3011

The Alliance: The Shaping of Australian and American Trade and Strategic Policy

6

BUSN3007

Enterprise, Government and Society

6

GEOG3007

Cities, Geography and Policy

6

HLTH2001

Health Care Systems and Delivery

6

INTR3004

Australian Foreign Policy

6

INTR3066

European Union

6

POLI2009

Political Sociology: Introduction to Power, Politics and Society

6

POLI2018

Basic Issues in Contemporary Political Theory

6

POLI2045

Australian Politics: Parties, Voters and Elections

6

POLI3012

People and Politics: Australia, the United States and Canada

6

POLI3016

Western European Politics: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

6

POLI3017

Urban Politics

6

POLI3046

Parliamentary and Public Sector Internship

6

POLI3047

Liberalism and its Critics

6

POLI3049

Environmental Politics

6

POLI3055

Indigenous People and Politics

6

SOAD3002

Access and Equity: Social Issues in Public Policy

6

SOCI3016

Sociology of Intimacy

6

WMST2005

Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia

6

WMST3003

Gendering Politics and Policy: Justice, Rights and Representation

6