GraduatePolitical Science & International Relations
Master of Philosophy, Crawford School of Public Policy
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
About this program
The Master of Philosophy, Crawford School of Public Policy is a graduate program at the Australian National University in Canberra, taken over 2 years full-time (96 Units). Coursework includes 6 units from completion of the following compulsory courses. Graduates are expected to critically analyse key concepts, theoretical debates and practical challenges in public policy in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, and/or globally. ANU is a research-intensive, Group of Eight university based in Australia's capital, and international students in this program study alongside a large Canberra-based policy, research and public-service community.
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Course structure
51 terms of coursework
- The Crawford MPhil program consists of Part A (Coursework) and Part B (Supervised Research and Thesis). For Part A, all students are required to complete the coursework specified for their program of study below. Students must successfully complete Part A before progressing to Part B. In Part B of the program, each candidate is required to complete a thesis. The final thesis should be no more than 60,000 words in length including footnotes and tables. The thesis will be examined by external examiners who are experts in the relevant field. The MPhil degree is awarded solely on the basis of the examination of the research thesis
- Part A requirements by program are:
- Crawford MPhil in Economics
- students are required to complete 30 units of economics coursework in the first 12 months of candidature or part-time equivalent, which must consist of:
- 18 units from the following compulsory courses:
- POGO8900
- Fostering Public Policy
- IDEC8064
- Advanced Applied Microeconomics
- IDEC8008
- Open Economy Macroeconomics, Finance, and Development
- IDEC8924
- Economics Seminars
- A minimum of 6 units from the following advanced econometrics courses:
- IDEC8023
- Case Studies in Applied Econometrics
- IDEC8026
- Quantitative Policy Impact Evaluation
- EMET6001
- Applied Micro-econometrics
- EMET6010
- Applied Macro and Financial Econometrics
- EMET6012
- Business and Economic Forecasting
- EMET8014
- Advanced Econometrics I
- EMET8008
- Advanced Econometrics II
- A maximum of 6 units from the set of courses below:
- Graduate courses offered by the Crawford School of Public Policy
- Graduate courses offered by the Research School of Economics
- Specialist graduate courses taught elsewhere at ANU – for example, in mathematics or finance – can be approved if suitable
- Crawford MPhil in Policy and Governance
- students are required to complete a minimum of 6 units of coursework, which must consist of:
- 6 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- POGO8900
- Fostering Public Policy
- POGO8997
- Research Design for Public Policy
- A maximum of 6 units from completion of the following course:
- POGO8096
- Research methods
- Crawford MPhil in Resources, Environment and Development
- students are required to complete 12 units of coursework, which must consist of:
- 12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- POGO8900
- Fostering Public Policy
- EMDV8102
- Research Methods
- EMDV8008
- Research Proposal
Admissions
To be admitted to the Crawford Master of Philosophy in the Resources, Environment and Development and Policy and Governance programs you are required to have achieved: (a) a degree of bachelor in a closely related discipline, with an overall grade of distinction or higher, from an Australian university; or (b) another qualification that the Delegated Authority is satisfied is equivalent or superior to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a); or (c) a combination of qualifications and professional experience that the Delegated Authority is satisfied is equivalent or superior to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a). To be admitted to the Crawford Master of Philosophy in Economics program you are required to have achieved: (a) a degree of bachelor in economics or a closely related discipline, with an overall grade of distinction or higher, from an Australian university; or (b) another qualification that the Delegated Authority is satisfied is equivalent or superior to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a); or (c) a combination of qualifications and professional experience that the Delegated Authority is satisfied is equivalent or superior to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a).
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