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 166-259 Public Affairs Internship

Note

Available as 166-359 at 3rd-year level.

Students will only be permitted to take one Internship within the Department. Quota of 15 students (placement in either first or second semester).

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Rosemary Kiss

Prerequisites

At least 25 points of first year politics and 166-225 'Public Policy Making in Australia' or other equivalent Politics subject as approved by the subject coordinator.

Semester

1, repeated 2

Contact

To be determined in consultation with organisation officers and departmental staff

Subject Description

In this subject students will have active experience working for a senior person with a policy-making and management role in the organisation in which they are placed. Their central task will be to complete a policy report of relevance to the organisation. Academic support and supervision is provided by the Department. Organisations such as local government, non-government and community-based which have a public affairs focus or interest will provide placements. As a result, students will be able to develop their research and interpersonal skills while learning about how these are carried out in the setting of a political system involving several tiers of government and a plurality of interests.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.

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