Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Conor Keane
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MPPP or MPASR or MIntRel or MIntPubDip or MIntLawGovPP or GradDipPP or GradDipPASR or GradDipIntRel or GradDipSIA or GradCertSIA or GradCertPP or MSc in Environmental Health or MSecStrategicStudMCrim or MSecStrategicStudMIntell or MSecStrategicStudMCyberSec or MSecStrategicStudMCTerrorism or MIntellMCrim or MIntellMCyberSec or MIntellMCTerrorism or MCTerrorismMCrim or MTransInterMIntRel or MIntBusMIntRel or MPPPMDevStud or MSecStrategicStud or MCrim or MIntell or MCTerrorism or MPPPMPASR or MPPPMIntRel
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an advanced introduction to politics and public policy. It begins by focussing on key institutions and actors and critically analyses their role and influence. In the second half of the unit, current debates and controversies are considered. This includes issues around reform, governance, globalisation and changes to the policy environment.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Submission Penalty
“Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.”
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Participation | 10% | No | Weekly |
Take-Home Exam 1 | 40% | No | TBA |
Take home exam 2 | 50% | No | TBA |
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
To get the most benefit from tutorials, external students should be prepared to discuss the week’s topic and associated set questions with reference to the essential tutorial readings. These readings can and preferably should be related to current or recent events in the media going on in Australia (or beyond). In other words, you can use real-life examples to show where a theory or concept may or may not apply and so on. One example of this is debates about power generation, electricity prices and climate change which has received significant attention in Australia recently due to extreme weather events and black-outs in some parts of the country.
Each of the relevant weeks where an internal tutorial is being held, an external discussion forum has been established. What this means is that the week 1 material is to be answered in week 2. Week 2 material in week 3 and so on as per a normal tutorial that trails a week behind. Students will not be able to see anyone else’s answers to the questions till they post their own. As participation on the discussion forum on iLearn replaces on-campus participation (and the associated 10% of the overall mark), students are asked to not only participate by responding to the set questions, but also by responding to one another. Once you post your responses you can then respond to the points made by the other external students so that a conversation develops about the content.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 40%
This exam consists of short answer questions and students will have one week to respond to the questions. Answer are to be submitted via turnitin. More details to come in the first lecture and throughout the semester.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 50%
This exam consists of essay questions and students will have one week to respond to the questions. Answer are to be submitted via turnitin. More details to come in the first lecture and throughout the semester.
1x 1-1.5 hour lecture per week
Online participation via ilearn
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07/02/2019 | Two words added to assessment penalties section. |