ATI5021 · Special issues in public policy

Overview

In this unit, you will engage with critical and current issues in public policy. Focusing on a special topic of key policy interest confronting international, national and local communities, you will explore how contemporary public policy must address issues that are often large in scale and increasingly interconnected with other complex factors. By analysing a specific policy issue and its challenges, you will develop the skills required to address significant policy issues and will be encouraged to extend your ability to think critically about public policy issues and the policy responses applied to them. Learning in this unit will support students to broaden and deepen their understanding of contemporary public policy and its practice.

Areas of study: Public policy

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within Semester assessment 100%

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Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Critically analyse a specific contemporary policy challenge, and the implications of policy choices related to this challenge;
2. Recognise and explain the linkages between policy and politics, and the broader political context in which policy choices are made;
3. Apply theoretical lenses to analyse contemporary issues in public policy and discuss innovative public policy approaches to complex challenges;
4. Critically reflect on public policy practice.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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