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Policy Ideas in Focus: Framing Policy Problems

Postgraduate | MAQ-SOCX8075 | 2023

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
18 weeks

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Policy Ideas in Focus: Framing Policy Problems

About this subject

  • On successful completion, you will be able to

    1. Demonstrate understanding of theory and debates about the role of ideas in shaping policy.
    2. Demonstrate understanding of the history, contours and impacts of some important policy ideas.
    3. Develop a critical appreciation of alternative ways policy problems can be framed.
    4. Apply theoretical and substantive knowledge to analyse policy documents.
    5. Communicate research findings and views accurately and effectively using a variety of written techniques.

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

  • MAQ-PSP-MAS-2023 - Master of Public and Social Policy

Others

Admission to MPSP or MPASR or GradCertPASR or GradDipPASR (OUA)
NCCW (2020 and onwards) SOCI8075 Policy Ideas in Focus: Framing Policy Problems

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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PostgraduateMAQ-PSP-MAS

Master of Public and Social Policy

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