Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 150)
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166-206/306 "Parliamentary Internship Research Project" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p150) : Next:166-208 | Prev:166-205
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Rosemary Kiss.
Prerequisite: 166-203/303 Quota of 15 students.
Contact: To be determined in consultation with parliamentary officers and staff.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject the student will:
- have an understanding of the Parliament and the role of a Member of Parliament;
- have well-developed analytic, research, interviewing and report-writing skills;
- have practical skills enabling the provision of consultancy-type research services;
- have high-level interpersonal skills developed through interaction with a range of people including Members of Parliament.
Content:
Active experience of working for a Member of Parliament in the settings of Parliament, the Parliamentary Offices, and the electorate office. The student completes for the Member of Parliament a research project bearing on the MP's concerns and interests and co-supervised by an academic. Students are encouraged to draw on their experiences and academic knowledge in order to gain an appreciation of the relationship between political practice and political theory.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p150) : Next:166-208 | Prev:166-205
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p161) : Next:166-208 | Prev:166-203
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Rosemary Kiss.
Prerequisite: 166-203/303 Quota of 15 students.
Contact: To be determined in consultation with parliamentary officers and staff.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this course the student will:
- have an understanding of the Parliament and the role of a Member of Parliament;
- have well-developed analytic, research, interviewing and report-writing skills;
- have practical skills enabling the provision of consultancy-type research services;
- have high-level interpersonal skills developed through interaction with a range of people including Members of Parliament.
Content:
Active experience of working for a Member of Parliament in the settings of Parliament, the Parliamentary Offices, and the electorate office. The student completes for the Member of Parliament a research project bearing on the MP's concerns and interests and co-supervised by an academic. Students are encouraged to draw on their experiences and academic knowledge in order to gain an appreciation of the relationship between political practice and political theory.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
* Note that OBJECTIVES, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p161) : Next:166-208 | Prev:166-203
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of Political Science, Faculty of Arts.
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