The Bachelor of Government and Public Management requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
Students complete two major sequences; Management and Public Policy.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
The Bachelor of Government and Public Management aims to:
- the values and processes of governance within modern societies
- governmental and public-sector institutions
- the policy, regulatory and service-delivery roles of the public sector
- policy analysis
- the effective management of organisations, programs, resources and people
Bachelor of Government and Public Management graduates should be able to:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Government and Public Management, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below. All topics are worth 4.5 units.
Electives may be selected from any offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met. The 108 units include at least 27 units, but no more than 45 units of First Year topics.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
The sequences in Public Policy and Management are as specified:
Using the protocols of the University Policy on Credit Transfer, a smooth articulation has been arranged with recognised TAFE and VET-accredited courses in management, business or government. This may include specific status for the required major sequence in Management. Where appropriate, up to 54 units of status will be awarded.
Except with permission of the Faculty Board the course must be completed within 10 consecutive years or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board.
18 units comprising:
BUSN1011 Accounting For Managers (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Business Communication (4.5 units)
POLI1003 Australian Politics: A Comparative Study (4.5 units)
POLI1011 Introduction to Australian Public Policy (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of approved First Year Cognate Topics:
Any year 1 POLI, INTR, BUSN, DVST, LEGL topics, and AMST1002, ASST1001, GEOG1002
Plus 9 units of elective topics:
Electives may be chosen from any year 1 topic offered by the University provided topic prerequisites are met.
18 units comprising:
BUSN2022 The Australian Economy (4.5 units)
BUSN2038 Human Resource Management (4.5 units)
POLI2002 Government Business and Society (4.5 units)
POLI2011 Australian Public Policy: Applications, Issues and Dilemmas (4.5 units)
Plus one of:
BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2025 Marketing Principles (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units of Year 2 & 3 Public Policy sequence topics (note: 9 unit Second or Third Year Public Policy sequence topics may not be chosen until Year 3)
Plus 9 units of approved elective topics:
Electives may be chosen from any year 2 topic offered by the University provided topic prerequisites are met.
9 units comprising:
BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units)
POLI3010 Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units from the following list:
BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2025 Marketing Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of Year 2 & 3 Public Policy sequence topics
Plus 9 units of approved elective topics:
Electives may be chosen from any year 3 topic offered by the University provided topic prerequisites are met.
AMST2002 American Politics (4.5 units)
AMST3013 The Alliance: The Shaping of Australian and American Trade and Strategic Policy (4.5 units)
DVST2701 Sustainable Development (4.5 units)
GEOG3702 Cities, Geography and Policy (4.5 units)
INTR2003 Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region (4.5 units)
INTR3001 Australian Foreign Policy (4.5 units)
PHIL2601 Ethics for Professionals (4.5 units)
POLI2005 Politics of the European Union (4.5 units)
POLI2012 Environmental Politics (4.5 units)
POLI2020 Australian Indigenous Politics (4.5 units)
POLI2025 The Politics of the Australian Welfare State (4.5 units)
POLI2026 Research Methods in Political Science (4.5 units)
POLI3007 South Australian Parliamentary Internship (9 units)
POLI3008 Justice, Politics and Policy: Contemporary Issues (4.5 units)
POLI3011 People and Politics: Australia, Canada and the United States (4.5 units)
POLI3014 International Perspectives on Indigenous Politics (4.5 units)
SCME2100 Media Policy (4.5 units)
SOAD3005 Access and Equity: Social Issues in Public Policy (4.5 units)
WMST2012 Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia (4.5 units)
Students who have completed a TAFE/VET Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Management, Business, Government or related areas can apply to study the Bachelor of Government and Public Management (TAFE/VET pathway).
Students admitted to this pathway will receive credit amounting to half of the course requirements (1.5 years of credit), meaning that 1.5 years of full time study (or the equivalent part-time) will be required. Credit comprises 36 units of “Block Credit” (27 units to be applied toward the Management Major sequence, and 9 units of first level cognate topics), and 18 units of “Unspecified Credit”.
Topics are available externally (through on-line delivery) or through face-to-face delivery
22.5 units comprising:
BUSN1011 Accounting For Managers (4.5 units)
POLI1003 Australian Politics: A Comparative Study (4.5 units)
POLI1011 Introduction to Australian Public Policy (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of approved First Year Cognate Topics:
Any year 1 POLI, INTR, BUSN, DVST, LEGL topics, and AMST1002, ASST1001, GEOG1002
18 units comprising:
BUSN2022 The Australian Economy (4.5 units)
POLI2002 Government Business and Society (4.5 units)
POLI2011 Australian Public Policy: Applications, Issues and Dilemmas (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units of Year 2 or 3 Public Policy sequence topic
13.5 units comprising:
POLI3010 Advanced Perspectives on Public Policy (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of approved Year 2 or 3 Public Policy sequence topics
Notes:
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