Master of Public Policy and Administration (Honours)

MPubPolandAdmin(Hons)

By research thesis

The Master of Public Policy and Administration (Honours) course is a research degree designed to enhance the management and leadership capacity of members of policing and related professions and to make contributions to these professions and the community through significant research.

Enrolment through

Manly Campus

Study mode

Distance education

Course completion

Full-time: 1 year minimum/2 years maximum

Part-time: 2 years minimum/4 years maximum

Admission criteria

Candidates for admission to the Master of Public Policy and Administration (Honours) degree program shall:

1) hold a bachelor degree with Class 1 or Class 2(i) Honours taken over a minimum of four years full-time equivalent in an area of relevance to policing or a related profession; or

2) have qualified for an equivalent award; or

3) have demonstrated in study or professional performance the potential to undertake research successfully at a research master degree level acceptable to the AGSP and the Board of Graduate Studies.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete a major research thesis which is the equivalent of 96 points.

Course structure

The degree program consists of a major research thesis which reports research on a topic approved by the AGSP Research and Higher Degree Committee and the University’s Board of Graduate Studies developed under the direction of the AGSP Research and Higher Degree Committee and appointed supervisors. The thesis is expected not to exceed 40,000 words in length.

Students enrol in the following research subject for the period of their candidature:

GPM601 Master Degree Thesis

Inquiries

Course Coordinator

Dr Margaret Mitchell

Australian Graduate School of Policing

Telephone: (02) 9934 4826

Facsimile: (02) 9934 4830

Email: mmitchell@csu.edu.au