General knowledge about public Policy.

The course aims to provide a wide focus for a quality tertiary qualification at the postgraduate level in a professional coursework program. The course aims to provide students with a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of public policy;skills to engage in informed debate about major public policy issues in contemporary society;knowledge of recent developments in the field;skills to appraise research critically.

Students are normally expected to have a minimum of a bachelor degree from the University of Tasmania or from another university or tertiary institution which is deemed equivalent, and a level of English equivalent to a score of an IELTS test. In exceptional circumstances the Faculty may admit a person with some other tertiary qualification and relevant employment experience.Students seeking entry into postgraduate courses based on employment experience only (i.e. no bachelor degree), will generally only be allowed entry at Graduate Certificate level.Progression from Graduate Diploma to Masters requires results of Distinction average.Direct entry at Masters level will generally only be allowed if the student has achieved results of Distinction average at undergraduate level.International students who do not meet the requirements for direct entry at Masters level can obtain direct entry at Graduate Diploma level and package this with an offer for entry to Masters subject to achieving distinction average at Graduate Diploma level (if they meet the entry requirement for the Graduate Diploma). The initial enrolment will be in a Graduate Diploma and progression to Masters will only be allowed if students achieve a Distinction average at Graduate Diploma level.

This course is accredited by the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA).The students may apply for credit for units passed in other courses (complete or incomplete).articulation to or from the course the students who undertake the GradCertPubPol may elect to complete an additional 50% of coursework units and achieve the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy. Students who take the additional coursework units plus the Research Thesis unit are eligible to graduate with a Master of Public Policy.

The course is endorsed by, and has the support of, the Office of the State Service Commissioner.The graduates after the completion of the course may advance their careers in many fields such as Managers, Senior Advisers, Executives and Researchers.Health Services Managers, Urban and Regional Planners, Community Service Managers, Government IT Managers, Emergency Management, Political Science Research, and Foreign Affairs.

Minimum 0.5 years, maximum 2 years