Course Content
The Bachelor of Public Policy requires the completion of 144 units, of which:
A maximum of 60 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
The 144 units must consist of:
36 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 units)
- POLS1002 Introduction to Politics (6 units)
- POLS1009 Research and Writing in Political Science (6 units)
- POLS2002 Public Policy: Theory and Practice (6 units)
- POLS2009 Bureaucracy, Politics and Power (6 units)
- POLS3041 Applied Policy Project (6 units)
6 units from completion of qualitative methods courses from the following list:
- POLS3045 Qualitative Methods in Political Science Research (6 units)
- SOCY2043 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (6 units)
6 units from completion of quantitative methods courses from the following list:
- POLS2044 Contemporary Political Analysis (6 units)
- SOCY2038 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods (6 units)
A minimum of 36 units and maximum 48 units from completion of core public policy courses from the following list:
- DEMO2001 Understanding Population Change (6 units)
- DEMO2002 Population Analysis
- DEMO2003 Migration in the Modern World
- DEMO3001 Population Policy Case Studies
- ECHI1006 The Australian Economy: Past and Present (6 units)
- ENVS3020 Climate Change Science & Policy (6 units)
- ENVS3028 Environmental Policy (6 units)
- ENVS3033 International Environmental Policy (6 units)
- HIST2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History (6 units)
- HIST2112 Plagues, Pandemics and Public Health in History
- HIST2227 Australian Political History (6 units)
- INDG3001 First Nations Peoples, the State and Public Policy in Australia (6 units)
- POLS2011 Development and Change (6 units)
- POLS2043 Pressure Groups and Political Lobbying (6 units)
- POLS2111 Elections, Political Behaviour and Public Opinion in Australia (6 units)
- POLS2114 Australian Political Institutions (6 units)
- POLS2119 Ideas in Politics (6 units)
- POLS2130 Public Choice and Politics (6 units)
- POLS3029 Sharing Power: Federalism in Comparative Perspective (6 units)
- SOCR3001 Data for Decision Making (6 units)
A maximum of 12 units from completion of internship courses from the following list:
- ANIP3003 Australian National Internships Program A (6 units)
- ANIP3005 Australian National Internships Program B (12 units)
- POLS3022 Washington DC Internship (12 units)
- SOCY3001 Research Internship (6 units)
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU.
Elective units
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
