AUT - Master of Arts in Policy Studies
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Master of Arts in Policy Studies
This major provides an ideal complement to those who have studied social sciences, as it is through the development of policies and programmes and their subsequent monitoring and evaluation that our understanding of society and of how it might be improved can be built into social interventions.
Policy Studies is associated with programmes and policies aimed at advancing economic and social wellbeing. Health, education, justice, housing and welfare encompass a wide range of programmes that are collectively referred to as social policy, with service delivery involving the agencies of Government (central and local), the voluntary sector and private organisations.
WHAT THIS PROGRAMME COVERS
The applied nature of the programme prepares graduates to work in a range of policy environments where a comprehensive and theoretically sophisticated knowledge of the field is desirable.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Community organisations
- Human services organisations
- Local government
- Policy analysis
- Programme development and evaluation
- Programme management
- Public services, such as Immigration and Internal Affairs
Core Papers (60 points):
109002 Public Policy
288601 Social Policy
288602 Applied Economics and Finance
289702 Social Research Design and Analysis
Elective Papers (60 points):
Please talk to the programme leaders about your options.
and either:
109600 MA Dissertation
108005 Site Based Research Project
OR
109500 MA Thesis