PLT3270

Ministers, Minders and Bureaucrats

(ART)

Jennifer Curtin

6 points + 2 hours per week + Semester Two + Clayton + Prerequisites: any two of the following first-year units in Politics PLT1020, PLT1031, PLT1040, PLT1050, PLT1070, PLT1120 or permission + Prohibition: PLT2270

Synopsis: As for PLT2270.

Assessment: Tutorial presentation (500 words): 10% + Essay (2000 words): 40% + Examination (2000 words, 2 hours): 50% + Third year students will be expected to demonstrate a more sophisticated grasp of the conceptual issues and their linkages to the practice of policy making. Third-year students will also be expected to demonstrate wider reading and greater understanding by answering at least one exam question of a higher conceptual standard than required of second-year students.