Overview
Key Features
With a focus on northern Australia and its relation to South-East Asia you'll explore the policy issues in the region's remote contexts, the significance of Indigenous peoples and cultures, and its proximity to South-East Asia.
You will build the necessary knowledge and skills to engage in effective and ethical research for policy development. The Public Policy program from Charles Darwin University deepens your understanding of the unique challenges and characteristics of "doing policy" in northern contexts.
You explore a variety of political, cultural and social theory approaches to public policy and gain a solid understanding of evidence-based policy development, evaluation, and empirical research theories and methodologies.
Choose from specialist electives that will develop your public policy knowledge in an area such as:
- Indigenous policy
- international education
- governance and management
- health
- emergency and disaster management
- environmental management.
You will apply this new knowledge in an important public policy research project of your choice. You will receive one-on-one supervision and support from university research, public policy researchers, policy developers and evaluators, and teaching staff.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics
- Topics in Human Geography: a Remote Perspective
- Theoretical Approaches to Public Policy in Northern Contexts
- Evidence-Based Policy Development in Northern and Indigenous Contexts
- Policy and Ethnography
- Research Design
- Research, Ethics and Impact
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
- Part-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Legal Studies Public Policy View 60 other Masters in Legal Studies in AustraliaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
CRICOS Code: 089414J
- Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree, graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters degree or equivalent international qualification.
- Applicants who have completed the CDU International Masters Qualifying Program (ZMQP01) or the Accelerated International Masters Qualifying Program (ZAMQP1) are eligible for entry.
Tuition Fee
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International
32008 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 32008 AUD per year during 24 months.
Commonwealth supported places for domestic students
Living costs for Darwin
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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