POAD9140 Public Policy Internship (13.5 units)

Associate Professor Cassandra Star

Internship places are limited. Where demand is greater than supply, internship place will be allocated based on student GPA.

Students wishing to undertake the public policy internship should contact the topic coordinator preferably 8 weeks before the semester start date. This allows time to choose an internship project, to apply to the agency, to undertake an interview with the internship agency, and to allow time for security checking processes by the agency, as required.

2016

13.5

1 x 4-hour workshop weekly
1 x 4-day industry placement weekly

1 POAD9014 - Public Policy
1a POAD8014 - Public Policy
2 A GPA of at least 5.5 in MPA-Master of Public Administration
2a A GPA of at least 5.5 in MPM-Master of Public Sector Management
2b A GPA of at least 5.5 in MPP-Master of Public Policy
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a) and (2 or 2a or 2b))

Students must apply to the Topic Coordinator for entry. Applications close on1 Feb and 1 June of each year.

1 of POAD9132, POAD9132A, POAD9132B has been successfully completed

Knowledge of public policy theory.

Graduate Diploma in Public Administration, Masters in Public Administration (Management) and Masters in Public Administration (Policy).

The topic is an internship within the public sector, where the student will undertake a real project within a government organisation applying knowledge of public administration and policy theories.

The aim of this topic is to enable students to undertake a real project within an organisation applying their knowledge of public administration and policy theories.

Students who successfully complete this topic will be able to:

critically apply their knowledge of public policy and administration theories in an organisational context;
plan and conduct a supervised project with an organisation;
interpret and report on the planning and management of a project, and on their own personal learning and the implications of the analysis for public policy.

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.

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