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Major: Political Economy and Social Policy

Major details:

Political Economy and Social Policy

POE01

Department:
Department of Sociology
Faculty:
Faculty of Arts

This major must be completed as part of an award. The general requirements for the award must be satisfied in order to graduate.

Requirements for the Major:

Completion of a minimum of 30 credit points including the following prescribed units:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Economy and Society (3)
 
Required
either
or
 
Macroeconomic Principles (3)
 
3
Microeconomic Principles (3)
 

200 level

Required
3
Social Inequality and Social Policy (3)
 
Required
3cp from
 
Microeconomic Analysis (3)
 
 
Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
 
 
Applied Macroeconomics (3)
 
3
Applied Microeconomics (3)
 
Required
3cp from
 
Microeconomic Analysis (3)
 
 
Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
 
 
Applied Macroeconomics (3)
 
 
Applied Microeconomics (3)
 
 
Workplace Relations (3)
 
 
African Politics and Globalisation (3)
 
 
The Politics of Development Theory and Practice (3)
 
 
Methods of Social Research (3)
 
3
Work and Employment (3)
 

300 level

Required
3
Profit, Protest, Policy: Changes in Market Society (3)
C
Required
3
Global Political Economy (3)
 
Required
6cp from
 
Industrial Organisation (3)
 
 
Macroeconomic Policy (3)
 
 
Economic Development (3)
 
 
Evolution of Economic Ideas (3)
 
 
Environmental Economics (3)
 
 
Asia-Pacific Development (3)
 
 
Asia-Pacific Development (3)
 
 
The Public Sphere (3)
 
6
Activism and Social Change (3)
 

Additional

Required
either
or
 
Australian Governments and Public Policy (3)
 
3
Human Services in the 21st Century: Care, Gender and Institutions (3)
 

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED TO SATISFY THIS MAJOR

30
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.