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Note: Special entry conditions apply
Credit points: 12.5 3rd year
Coordinator: Rosemary Kiss.
Pre/Corequisite: This subject is available only to students undertaking the Parliamentary Studies (Overseas Students) Program; for further details, please contact the Department. Special entry conditions apply.
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.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 155)
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