Master of Public Policy

Most of the courses are held in a group workshop format for you to interact with others and benefit from the experience and knowledge of your peers.

RMIT offers a variety of learning and teaching approaches including:

• lectures
• case studies
• collaborative group workshops
• presentations
• group discussions

Learning experiences will include seminars led by eminent scholars and development professionals and will extend to opportunities to learn explicit field research and vocational skills from experienced researchers.

All courses are delivered in English.

You will have access to online resources through the myRMIT student portal.

Ongoing assessment throughout the semester includes:

• policy briefs
• research-based essays
• class exercises
• oral presentations

RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice.

You will experience a range of activities designed to expose you to the challenges of working with development professionals. You will be able to undertake internships and field projects, and design, implement and evaluate your own projects as well as simulated activities representing real workplace scenarios.

This is largely a career-oriented program with many students enrolled who are already working in the field, creating opportunities to develop professionally through shared knowledge and networks and find related employment after, or even before, graduating.

RMIT is a world leader in social justice and homelessness research and supports a number of research projects and networks that maintain wider links with local and global communities.

The Centre for Applied Social Research (CASR) undertakes research and promotes public debate on key areas of social change and social policy. The Centre works closely with a range of community organisations, government departments, local governments and the union movement.

The Centre for Urban Research is a thriving interdisciplinary research centre with an emphasis on the intersecting streams of housing and homelessness, urban and regional planning, and sustainability and climate change.

RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice.

As a graduate, you will be able to make sense of critical issues in society, confidently argue about the nature of policy problems and engage in policy development and implementation practices that contribute to positive policy outcomes.

Graduates work as:

• policymakers
• policy advisors
• managers
• advocates

You’ll be able to work independently and collaboratively in teams as a lifelong learner and reflective practitioner. You will have gained skill sets that are transferable and relevant in a global context. These skills relate to research, policy analysis, professional communication and problem-solving.

Graduates are highly employable in human services organisations, community-based agencies, various levels of government and increasingly in corporate and private enterprise.

Relevant organisations include:

• federal, state and local government
• trade unions
• large community sector organisations (like the Salvation Army, the Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Victorian Council of Social Service)
• specialist research and policy centres
• other organisations such as the Council to Homeless Persons and the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Inc.