Study

• Online Enrolment Now Available
• What is Public Policy and Public Management?
• Careers in Public Policy and Public Management
• Planning Your Programme
• For More Information

Online Enrolment Now Available

Online enrolment is now available for 2012. Programmes include the BA/BCA degrees and taught Postgraduate/Post Experience programmes. You can access the Online Enrolment System here.

Any existing or intending student can discuss their programme with Associate Professor Graham Hassall (Undergraduate programme), Dr Chris Eichbaum (Honours and Post Experience programmes), and Dr Amanda Wolf (PhD and DGov programmes).

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What is Public Policy and Public Management?

The study of public policy is essentially concerned with what governments do and why they do it. The term "policy" covers the intention, the activity and the result of much governmental action. The study of public policy includes all the planning, politics, processes, ideas, institutions and people involved in such action.

A further examination of public policy can be found in this Mediasite presentation of a lecture given in 2010 for the course FCOM111, Government, Law and Business.

Public management refers to the management of government institutions. Public institutions operate in a different environment to private institutions. They experience far greater exposure to public scrutiny and there are constitutional and political considerations for managers of public agencies.

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Careers in Public Policy and Public Management

There is an increasing demand within the public sector for policy analysts who understand the policy process and can critically evaluate policy proposals. An understanding of the role of government and the interface between the private and public sectors is also essential for those who see their future employment in the not-for-profit and the private sector.

Graduates in public policy have taken up a range of employment opportunities within the public sector, in agencies like the Ministry of Social Development, the Department of Labour, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Treasury. Others are employed in consultancy firms, not-for-profit organisations, or are working as policy analysts in the private sector.

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Planning your Programme

The School of Government teaches papers in a broad range of subjects, a list of which can be accessed from the Courses Offered page. While most degree programmes require some core papers, there is scope to take papers from a range of disciplines that interest you.

Specific recommendations for each major can be found in the BCA/BA Handbook and Prospectus, which can be downloaded here or is available at the Faculty of Commerce & Administration Student Services Counter, Ground floor, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus or Easterfield Ground floor, Kelburn Campus. The Guide to Study is available online here.

Course outlines from previous years can be found on the Faculty of Commerce and Administration website. Undergraduate and Honours courses are listed as PUBL. Post-Experience courses are listed as MMPM (Public Management) and MAPP (Public Policy).

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For More Information

School of Government
Ph: +64-4-463-6599
Fax: +64-4-463-5454
Email: address

For enrolment questions and information for Undergraduate and Honours courses, contact:
Faculty of Commerce and Administration
Student and Academic Services
Level 1, Railway West Wing
Pipitea Campus
Telephone: (04) 463 5376
Fax: (04) 463 5360
Email: address

or

Colin Jeffcoat
Associate Dean (Students)
Level 1, Railway West Wing
Pipitea Campus
Ph: (04) 463 5289
Email: address

For enrolment questions and information for Post Experience courses, contact:
Bun Wong
Senior Administrator
School of Government
Level 8, Rutherford House
Pipitea Campus
Phone: (04) 463 5453
Email: address
Fax: +64-4-463-5454