CourseGraduate CertificateGradCertPubPol

A4011 Graduate Certificate of Public Policy

Faculty of Arts

Graduate Certificate of Public Policy (A4011) is a 0.5 years full-time, 24-credit-point, graduate certificate course from the Faculty of Arts, taught at Caulfield. Map your units semester by semester with the MonMap planner.

Credit points
24
Duration
0.5 years full time
1 years part time
Campus
Caulfield
On campus

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Overview

Contemporary public policy professionals are required to deliver innovative solutions to policy-related challenges employing advanced critical thinking, evaluation and research skills to communicate policy-related matters and advocacy in a range of formats to professional and non-professional audiences. The Graduate Certificate of Public Policy offers foundation practical knowledge and skills for careers in a range of policy making, governance and management sectors. The degree builds essential skills in critical thinking, writing and presentation in multicultural settings designed to enhance learning success and career capabilities.

Course structure

Core units18 credit points
You must complete 18 credit points from the following units.

Note: APG5103 is not available to students who have been approved by ANSZOG to progress into the Executive Masters of Public Administration.
Elective unit6 credit points
You must complete 6 credit points from the following elective list or from the core units listed above

ANZSOG pathway

This unit is only available to you if you have been approved by ANSZOG to progress into the Executive Masters of Public Administration
The handbook's description of this structure

The course comprises four units (24 credit points) which provide knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required of skilled practitioners working in a range of fields addressing public policy.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

Units are 6 points unless otherwise stated.

a. You must complete 18 points from the following units:

  • APG5101 Foundations of public policy 
  • APG5102 Governance 
  • APG5103 Policy analysis*
  • APG5104 Public sector reform 
  • APG5129 Evaluation
  • APG5195 Implementation and service delivery 

* APG5103 is not available to students who have been approved by ANSZOG to progress into the Executive Masters of Public Administration.

b. You must complete six points from the following elective list or from Part a. above:

Criminology

  • APG5106 Developing criminal justice policy
  • APG4224 Gender, family violence and criminal justice system responses
  • APG5153 Gender and family violence
  • APG5667 Right-wing terrorism, extremism and fringe politics
  • LAW5353 Cybercrime
  • LAW5451 Indigenous people and the law
  • LAW5424 Human trafficking, modern slavery and the law
  • LAW5356 Corporate and white collar crime
  • SWM5121 Criminology and social work

Cultural and creative industries

  • APG5067 Sustainable cultural development

Diplomacy and international trade

  • BTF5905 Global Trade Governance
  • MGF5730 International trade policy
  • MGF5760 International institutions and organisations
  • MGF5911 Geo-politics and business globalisation

Family violence prevention

  • APG4224 Gender, family violence and criminal justice system responses
  • APG5075 Using data to understand family violence
  • APG5076 Health and family violence
  • APG5153 Gender and family violence
  • LAW5469 Family violence, gender and law
  • SWM5127 Family violence and social work practice 

Global Migration

  • APG5156 Human rights in global politics
  • LAW5454 Climate change and displacement
  • LAW5465 Migration and human rights
  • LAW5424 Human trafficking, modern slavery and the law
  • MPH5214 Demographic methods 

Health and social policy

  • APG4224 Gender, family violence and criminal justice system responses
  • APG5045 Gender and development  
  • APG5153 Gender and family violence
  • APG5158 Pandemics and social justice
  • APG5164 Global health
  • HEC5980 Health economics
  • MPH5269 Foundations of health policy
  • MPH5272 Principles of health systems
  • MPH5266 Clinical leadership and management
  • MPH5267 Principles of health care quality improvement
  • SWM5132 AOD (drug and alcohol) and social work
  • SWM5124 Social work practice in post disaster sites
  • SWM5126 Longevity and social work practice
  • SWM5127 Family violence and social work practice
  • SWM5133 The Australian welfare state and social policy

Organisational leadership

  • APG5470 Managing multicultural teams
  • APG5471 Leadership in intercultural environments
  • APG5652 Language and intercultural communication
  • EDF5626 Ethical leadership and decision making in education
  • EDF5627 Relationships and wellbeing in educational leadership
  • MGF5130 Managing diversity and inclusion
  • MGF5630 Principles of negotiation

Public finance

  • ACX5903 Accounting for business
  • APG5229 Prosperity, poverty and sustainability in a globalised world
  • CIV5315 Applied transport economics 
  • ECF5921 International economics
  • HEC5980 Health economics
  • MPH5268 Financial management in health care

Regulatory policy

  • ECX5470 Competition, regulation and policy
  • LAW5312 Competition law
  • LAW5315 Commercial alternative dispute resolution
  • LAW5344 Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution
  • LAW5358 Current issues in workplace law
  • LAW5370 Discrimination law and human rights at work
  • LAW5411 Mediation A: Foundations of mediation
  • LAW5412 Mediation B: Essential skills for practice and accreditation

Sustainability and the environment

  • APG5122 Corporate sustainability management
  • APG5426 Environmental analysis
  • APG5434 Sustainability measurement
  • APG5428 Environmental governance and citizenship
  • BTF5910 Corporate sustainability regulation
  • ENS5510 Innovation to influence system change
  • ENS5520 Understanding human behaviour to influence change
  • ENS5530 Leading change for sustainable development

Transport 

  • CIV5314 Planning urban mobility futures
  • CIV5302 Traffic engineering and management
  • CIV5301 Advanced traffic engineering
  • CIV5305 Travel demand modelling
  • CIV5309 Transport and traffic data
  • CIV5316 Fundamentals of urban public transport

Urban policy

  • UPD4301 Urban positions and practices
  • UPD4302 Regulating the city
  • UPD5301 Economics and the city
  • UPD5302 Democratic city

General electives

  • APG5180 Policy and political communication
  • APG5181 Intergovernmental relations

  ANZSOG pathway

  • ACL5012 Delivering public value**

**This unit is only available to students who have been approved by ANSZOG to progress into the Executive Masters of Public Administration

Learning outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework and Monash Graduate Attributes.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:

  1. 1

    identify and explain policy development challenges relevant to diverse business, professional and public policy communities;

  2. 2

    apply critical thinking, evaluation and research skills to real-world, policy-related challenges;

  3. 3

    communicate policy-related matters and advocacy in a range of formats to professional and non-professional audiences;

  4. 4

    recognise and develop leadership capacity in cross-cultural competence, effective team engagement, and ethical values.

Entry requirements

English language

Monash Level 1 - Band A, that is: IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall (no band lower than 6.0); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 58 overall with no band lower than 50; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 79 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 21, Listening: 12, Reading: 13 and Speaking: 18; or Equivalent approved English test

More information

Progression to further studies

Successful completion of this course may provide a pathway to the Master of Public Policy (A6028).

Successful completion of this course may also provide a pathway to the Executive Masters of Public Administration (A6014). However, this pathway is strictly only available for students who have been approved by ANSZOG.

Other information

Contemporary public policy professionals are required to deliver innovative solutions to policy-related challenges employing advanced critical thinking, evaluation and research skills to communicate policy-related matters and advocacy in a range of formats to professional and non-professional audiences. The Graduate Certificate of Public Policy offers foundation practical knowledge and skills for careers in a range of policy making, governance and management sectors. The degree builds essential skills in critical thinking, writing and presentation in multicultural settings designed to enhance learning success and career capabilities.

Contacts

Academic Coordinator
Professor Michael Mintrom

Common questions

How long is Graduate Certificate of Public Policy?

0.5 years full time, 24 credit points. At 24 credit points a semester, that is 1 semesters of full-time study.

Where can I study Graduate Certificate of Public Policy?

At Caulfield.

How do I plan my Graduate Certificate of Public Policy units?

Open the course in the MonMap planner. It lays out your semesters, checks prerequisites as you drag units in, and tracks the credit points each requirement still needs.

Course details

Qualification
Graduate Certificate
AQF level
Level 8
Credit points
24
Full time
0.5 Years
Part time
1 Years
Maximum time
3 years
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
CRICOS code
0100209
Abbreviation
GradCertPubPol
Award title
Graduate Certificate of Public Policy