The Executive Master of Public Administration is designed to assist future leaders develop the management and policy skills needed in today's public sector. Developed in consultation with public sector CEOs across Australia and New Zealand, this course aims to produce world-class public sector managers. The program offers high-potential and aspiring leaders a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of public administration. The program draws on case studies and practical exercise with interactive teaching methods, delivered by leading academics and guest speakers with extensive government experience.
Postgraduate - Course
Commencement year
This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2017 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Arts.
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Course code
A6014
Credit points
72
Abbreviated title
EMPA
Managing faculty
Admission and fees
Course type
Specialist
Master by coursework
Standard duration
3 years PT
Students have a maximum of 5 years to complete this course including any periods of intermission and suspension, and must be continuously enrolled throughout.
Mode and location
On-campus (Caulfield)
Award
Executive Master of Public Administration
Notes
This course is not available to international students who are holders of an Australian student visa, for study onshore in Australia. However holders of some other categories of Australian visas living in Australia, and students studying off-campus by distance learning (where this option is available) and living outside of Australia, may be eligible for this course.
Description
Outcomes
These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 9 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 9 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://www.monash.edu/pubs/handbooks/alignmentofoutcomes.html).
Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:
- demonstrate a crucial understanding of the central concepts relating to public administration, public management and public policy
- articulate and apply an understanding of the different kinds of value created by public sector organisations
- demonstrate a critical understanding of how the political environment affects organisational objectives
- accurately, use, interpret and draw inference from information gathered as evidence to support routine and strategic decision-making.
Structure
The course is structured in three parts including a core curriculum of eight units, an applied research project and elective studies.
The elective studies enable you to select from across a range of areas including: global politics; international relations and development; politics and the environment, planning and sustainability; politics, policy and governance; and security, law, justice and human rights.
Requirements
The course is structured in eleven units. All students complete nine core units and two elective units.
Units are 6 credit points unless otherwise stated.
Students complete:
a. The following units (48 points):
- APG5990 Managing public sector organisations
- APG5991 Government in a market economy*
- APG5992 Delivering public value*
- APG5993 Designing public policies and programs
- APG5994 Decision making under uncertainty*
- APG5995 Governing by the rules
- APG5996 Leading public sector change*
- MGF5440 Public sector financial management
b. The following capstone unit (12 points)
- APG5997 Work-based research project*
* These units are offered through partner universities, for more information please visit the ANZOG webpageANZOG webpage (https://www.anzsog.edu.au/).
c. Two elective units (12 points) from the following:
Global politics
- APG5065 Governing migration: Refugees, borders and development
- APG5327 Wars of recognition: Terrorism and political violence
- APG5337 Governance and democratisation
- APG5805 Project planning and management in international development
International relations and development
- APG5054 Research methods for development practice and change
- APG5324 Advanced seminar in International political economy
- APG5668 Advanced seminar in international relations
Politics and the environment, planning and sustainability
- APG4554 Resource evaluation and management
- APG5426 Environmental analysis
- APG5428 Environmental governance and citizenship
Corporate sustainability management