APG5998 Public financial management
Faculty of Arts
APG5998 Public financial management is a level 5, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2026 in Semester 2 at Australia (Other). It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 0
- Offered in 2026
- Semester 2
- Australia (Other)
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5998
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5998
No unit lists APG5998 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Students must be enrolled in Executive Master of Public Administration (A6014) to undertake this unit.
Prohibition: MGF5440
Overview
Public financial management covers a range of resource management practices that underpin policy-making in contemporary government, including fiscal rules to guide government spending and borrowing, multi-year expenditure frameworks that capture the longer term impacts of current policy decisions, and performance-based budgeting to inform the level and relative priority of funding allocations. This unit introduces key conceptual and practical knowledge to integrate financial and non-financial performance in the public sector, and how to apply it to generate public value.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Australia (Other) | Immers blk |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Recognise and explain the major theoretical frameworks and concepts that underpin contemporary public sector budget and financial management processes;
- 2
Analyse government finance frameworks;
- 3
Evaluate the applications of finance principles to public sector projects;
- 4
Critique a range of accountability and political processes;
- 5
Conceptualise and design budgets.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Michael Mintrom
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Michael Mintrom
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5998?
APG5998 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5998 offered?
In 2026, APG5998 runs in Semester 2 at Australia (Other).
How much work is APG5998?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.