A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (6 units) | 80cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below. IAS531 Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics (replaces ATI502 from 2020) HGE501 Topics in Human Geography: a Remote Perspective MPP501 Theoretical Approaches to Public Policy in Northern Contexts MPP502 Evidence-Based Policy Development in Northern and Indigenous Contexts (not offered 2024) The following units are worth 20 credit points each and may be taken at the same time or sequentially to develop a single research project worth 40 credit points in total. MPP610 Public Policy Research Project (20cp) (repeatable from 2017) MPP611 Public Policy Research Project (20cp) (repeatable from 2017) |
Specialist Electives (5 - 6 units) | 60cp | Unit totalling 60 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below. The specialist elective units can be taken from one stream or spread across streams. Research Methodologies Select two (2) units from the following prior to undertaking MPP610 and MPP611: IAS501 Research Methods 1 (20cp) (replaces ACH401 Research Preparation: Knowledge and Skills #20 from 2020 (20cp)) EMG505 Research Methodologies in Education (unit title change 2022) ENV511 Real-World Statistics and Data Reasoning MPP503 Realist Research and Evaluation (added from 2018) (not offered 2024) MPP505 Policy and Ethnography (added from 2018) PHM526 Research Design PHM527 Research, Ethics and Impact (new title 2021) PHM588 Qualitative Research (new title 2021) An additional 40cp may be selected from the units below. Other Masters level units available at CDU may also be selected if approved as part of the student's pathway by the Course Coordinator. These have been divided thematically for ease of choice. Research Project The following units may be repeated as Specialist Electives in addition to being completed as core units. MPP610 Public Policy Research Project (repeatable from 2017) MPP611 Public Policy Research Project (repeatable from 2017) Indigenous Contexts IAS530 Neocolonialism, Advocacy and the Critique of Development (replaces ATI501 from 2020) IAS532 Indigenous Knowledges, Property Rights and Economic Participation (replaces ATI503 from 2020) IAS533 Indigenous Knowledges and Epistemologies (replaces ATI504 from 2020) ENV517 Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods PHM516 Indigenous Health (new title from 2018) PHM525 Indigenous Health Research Education EMG502 Philosophies and Ethics (unit title change 2022) EMG503 Assessment and Quality Assurance in Learning and Teaching (unit title change 2022) EMG504 Leadership in Education (unit title change 2022) EMG506 Project in Global Learning 1 (no longer offered) EMG609 Internship (unit title change 2022) (20cp) (repeatable from 2017) (no longer offered) Public Management and Governance BUS508 Business Analytics (replaces BUS501 from 2022 - which replaced ECO502 in 2018) ENT501 Sustainable Entrepreneurship ((replaces BUS502 from 2022) BUS506 Global Megatrends (replaces MAN506 from 2022) BUS504 Sustainable Enterprise (replaces MAN508 from 2022) MAN514 Management for the Executive (replaces MAN509 from 2022) PRT551 Project Management, Risk and Reliability MAN501 Cross Cultural Management (no longer available) GOV501 Public Governance: Scope and Issues (unit no longer offered as part of this course from 2017) (no longer available) GOV502 Government Finance and Economics (unit no longer offered as part of this course from 2017) (no longer available) MAN505 Managing Innovation (unit no longer offered as part of this course from 2017) Health PHM516 Indigenous Health (new title from 2018) PHM517 Public Health Anthropology PHM523 Health Promotion PHM525 Indigenous Health Research PHM528 Community Development and Public Health (not offered) PHM536 Health Systems, Planning and Management PHM554 Public Health Economics and Decision Making (new title 2020) PHM559 Health Policy PHM567 Public Health Secure and Safe Communities DEM511 Emergency and Disaster Management in Context DEM512 Interdisciplinary Aspects of Emergency and Disaster Management DEM513 Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management DEM514 Cultural, Social and Psychological Aspects of Emergency and Disaster Management SWK316 Building Safe Communities (replaces SWK401 Building Safe Communities from 2019) SWK317 Dynamics of Loss and Grief (replaces SWK404 from 2019) Environment and Livelihoods ENG519 Sustainability (replaces ENG417 from 2021) ENV501 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity ENV502 Remote Sensing ENV503 Ecological Restoration and Conservation ENV507 Fire Ecology and Management ENV508 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking (new title 2018) ENV509 Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests and Savannas ENV512 Tropical Wetland and Coastal Management (replaced by ENV519 Aquatic Resource Management from 2018) (no longer available from 2020) ENV513 Environmental Planning and Policy ENV516 Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia ENV517 Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods ENV518 Applied Spatial Analysis for Real-World Problems (title changed 2023) ENV520 Wildlife Management ENV521 Community Engagement for Biosecurity and Natural Resource Management |
Electives (2 units) | 20cp | Units totalling 20 credit points may be selected from postgraduate units offered by the University. Students may select units from any of the approved specialisations (as above) as electives or by cross institutional enrolment that is approved by the course coordinator. |
| 160 | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
COURSE CHANGES - 2018
PHM516 was previously Indigenous Health and Social Change and is now Indigenous Health.
ECO502 has been replaced by BUS501 and is equivalent. Students who have completed ECO502 should not complete BUS501.
ENV508 Applied Geographic Information Systems is now Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking.
ENV512 Tropical Wetland and Coastal Management has been replaced by ENV519 Aquatic Resource Management.
ENV518 Advanced Spatial Science is now Analysing and Synthesising Spatial Data.
Units added as specialist electives:
BUS502 Entrepreneurship
MPP503 Realist Research and Evaluation
MPP505 Policy and Ethnography
MAN501 Cross Cultural Management
MAN509 Contemporary Management Issues
Changes for 2017
As of 2017 EMG609, MPP610 and MPP611 are repeatable units.
The following units have been changed in the Public Management and Governance stream:
GOV501 Public Governance: Scope and Issues - no longer offered as part of this course (no longer available)
GOV502 Government Finance and Economics - no longer offered as part of this course (no longer available)
MAN505 Managing Innovation - no longer offered as part of this course
ECO502 Decision Making - added
The following unit has been added to the Environment and Livelihoods stream:
ENV518 Advanced Spatial Analysis
The following unit has been added to the Research Methodologies stream:
ACH401 Research Preparation: Knowledge and Skills #20