UBham:International Public Management

Intensive, off campus

120 hours

Application process applies.

Political Science and / or Public Policy at Undergraduate Level.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject will be taught intensively from 1-5 December 2014 at the University of Birmingham, UK.

This subject is an international collaboration with U21 partner the University of Birmingham, and brings together experts from both universities to consider a particular public management issue in a comparative context. Details of the program being offered will be available from the School. Students must contact the coordinator for further information before enrolling in this subject.

On completion of this subject students should:

• have demonstrated a specialist understanding of the topic;
• have contributed effectively to the work of the seminar;
• have shown a capacity for an advanced level of analysis and familiarised themselves with the latest direction of research into that particular topic.

A short essay of 1000 words (20%) due 8 December 2014, and a research paper of 4,000 words (80%) due 19 January 2015.

Required readings will be made available electronically via LMS prior to the commencement of the subject's intensive teaching period.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject students should:

• be able to demonstrate competence in critical, creative and theoretical thinking through essay writing, seminar discussion and presentations, conceptualising theoretical problems, forming judgments and arguments from conflicting evidence, and by critical analysis;
• be able to demonstrate proficiency in the application of policy analysis skills to empirical problems;
• be able to demonstrate an understanding of the academic protocols of research and presentation.

This subject will be taught intensively from 1-5 December 2014 at the University of Birmingham, UK. An application process applies. Please contact the subject coordinators for further details.