Graduate Diploma in Public Policy

Program Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Public Policy equips students with a comprehensive understanding of policy processes, governance, and analysis. It offers a wide range of elective courses in specialized areas, enabling students to tailor their studies to their interests. Graduates are prepared for senior roles in shaping public policy frameworks across various sectors, including business, health, education, and global engagement.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Graduate Diploma in Public Policy prepares students to play a senior role in shaping public policy frameworks that govern various aspects of society, including business, health, welfare, education, and global engagement. The program provides specialist knowledge in policy processes and governance institutions, high-level skills in policy analysis, and the capability to design sound policy in complex environments. It integrates knowledge from experts in politics, international relations, economics, law, environmental and social sciences, strategic communications, philosophy, and more.

Objectives:

• Gain a sound understanding of political, legal, and ethical issues affecting public policy
• Develop a broad awareness of public policy's underlying economic principles
• Acquire high-level skills in community engagement and its analysis
• Explore interests in specialist areas, such as international trade, human rights, environmental planning and governance, global food and agribusiness, public health, education, and more.

Outline:

Core Courses (15 units):

• POLICY 7001 Fundamentals of Public Policy
• POLICY 7002 Ethics and Politics in Policy
• ECON 7200 Economic Principles
• GEOG 7009 Research Methods
• GEOG 7016 Engaging Communities: Techniques and Analysis

Elective Courses (9 units):

Students must select electives from the following list:

• AGRIBUS 7054 Global Food & Agricultural Policy Analysis
• AGRIBUS 7057 Trends & Issues in the World Food System
• AGRIBUS 7064 Water Security and Governance
• ECON 7016 Resource & Environmental Economics PG
• ECON 7032 Public Economics PG
• ECON 7058 Development Economics PG
• ECON 7228 Behavioural Economics IID
• EDUC 7550 Education Policies & Systems
• GEOG 7002 Environmental Planning and Governance
• GEOG 7003 Environmental Impact Assessment
• GEOG 7013 Sustainable Cities: Climate Change and Planning
• GEOG 7015 Introduction to Urbanisation
• LAW 7170 Public International Law
• LAW 7177 Introduction to Australian Law
• LAW 7192 Government, Law, and Policy
• PLANNING 7034 Planning Policy and Regulation
• PLANNING 7035 Planning Theory and Practice
• POLIS 7004 International Relations in the Indo-Pacific Region
• PUB HLTH 7090 Global Public Health
• PUB HLTH 7091 Public Health Evaluation and Economics
• PUB HLTH 7092 Health Systems, Systems Thinking & Advocacy for Change
• PUB HLTH 7093 Promoting Health in Individuals and Populations
• PUB HLTH 7096 Making Healthy Public Policy
• PUB HLTH 7147OL Health Technology Assessment
• SCIENCE 7035 Emerging Issues in Science and Society
• TRADE 5000 International Trade: Negotiations & Agreements
• TRADE 5001 International Trade: Strategies & Opportunities
• TRADE 7004 Principles of International Trade and Development

Careers:

Graduates of the program have pursued roles such as:

• Agriculture, Agricultural Service Industry
• Management Analyst
• Manager/Business Management
• Member of Parliament
• Ministerial Adviser
• NGO Policy Officer
• Business Analyst
• Natural Resource Manager
• Business Consultant
• Natural Resource Planner