Postgraduate ANU-ECP-MAS-2023
Master of Public Policy: Economic Policy Specialisation
Use your passion for economics to carve out policy
Take a specialised approach to public policy using your zest for economics. With this course, you can carve out a leadership pathway in public finance, foreign investment, trade and development economics.
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Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Total subjects
16
Price
From
$67,000
Study method
100% Online
Assessments
100% online
Credit available
Yes
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Degree details
Upon successful completion of the study, you should be able to:
- Understand core economic principles, the nature and role of markets, and the economic relationships between individuals, households, firms and government;
- Examine and identify significant economic issues both domestically and internationally, apply economic principles and analysis to tackle these issues.
- Reflect critically on and engage in key theoretical debates in the field of economic policy including the nature, forms and policy impacts of market failure, and the forms of government intervention and policy instruments in economic policy;
- Develop innovative economic policy recommendations to complex problems in changing policy environments
- Understand challenges relating to management, implementation and evaluation of economic policies and respond to these in innovative ways.
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Higher education
At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis.
· Bachelor degree or international equivalent with GPA 5/7; or
· Bachelor degree or international equivalent with GPA 4/7 and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program; or
· Bachelor degree or international equivalent with GPA 4/7 and a Graduate Certificate or international equivalent with a GPA of 4/7; or
· Graduate Diploma or international equivalent with a GPA 4/7; or
· 48 units of courses in a postgraduate program with a GPA of 4/7; or
· Graduate Certificate or international equivalent with a GPA of 4/7 and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program; or
· Graduate Records Examination (GRE) General test, completed no more than 5 years before the time of application, with a minimum score of 155 for Verbal Reasoning, 155 for Quantitative Reasoning and 4.0 in Analytical Writing and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program; or
· A minimum of 10 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program.
In line with the university's admissions policy and strategic plan, an assessment for admission may include competitively ranking applicants on the basis of specific academic achievement, English language proficiency and diversity factors.
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English Proficiency Requirements
Applications must meet the ANU English Language Requirements for Admission.
For the Master of Public Policy, applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 24 units (one semester) of credit. Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Bachelor degree with Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 48 units (one year) of credit.
This specialisation provides courses in the broad area of economic policy-making, interrogating the relationships between economic analysis and the processes of contemporary policy-making. The main theme running through the economic policy specialisation is how to improve the conduct and outcomes of public policy in light of an understanding of the way the economy works. More specifically students examine the nature and impact of core economic principles on public policy, and the effect of decision-making by individuals, households, firms and government on the allocation of resources. In addition students engage in broader debates about the strengths and limits of markets as a form of social organisation, and the nature, forms and impacts of market failure.
Recommended Study Pattern
The Master of Public Policy (MPP): Economic Policy Specialisation requires 24 of the 96 units for the Master of Public Policy must be from the list of courses in the specified area. Find more information about its unit and course details by clicking the link ANU Programs and Courses for this degree.
Award Requirements
The Master of Public Policy Specialisation: Economic Policy requires the completion of 96 units, out of which 24 units must be from the specified area. Find more information about its unit and course details by clicking the link ANU Programs and Courses for this degree.