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Overview

Social policy makers weave the fabric of our society. They meld the needs of citizens with the roles of government and not-for-profit service agencies in the areas of employment, income support, education, health and climate change. The Master of Social Policy offers a curriculum that reflects cutting-edge developments in these key areas of social policy. Graduates will be equipped to understand the respective roles of government, private and not-for-profit sectors in meeting the needs of citizens. The Master of Social Policy has a global focus when exploring social dimensions such as race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability and age. Contemporary social issues will be analysed and students must balance the competing forces of social policy and the economy.

• Analyse key areas of contemporary social policy: governance, inclusion/exclusion, social capital, and globalisation.
• Engage with the social dimensions of social policy: race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability and age.
• Understand social policy as a contested process and apply research skills to a range of organisational contexts.
• Draw on a range of disciplines and take a comparative and global focus.