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The Public Affairs courses provide focused and in-depth scrutiny of relationships between business, government, non-government organisations and their internal and external stakeholders.

They aid the analysis and understanding of:

• The framework and systems where interactions occur;
• The issues of principle and strategy that arise;
• The factors that affect the organisation's ability to operate efficiently and effectively in its internal and external environment;
• The strategic management of issues, responses and the role of the media;
• The ongoing importance of clear and precise communication; and
• Corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility

Graduates of these courses are well equipped to work within public or corporate affairs either within government, non-government or business, media and consulting firms.

From 2008 for commencing studies, the Public Affairs programs will be administered by the Faculty of Arts. For details of the Graduate Certificate in Public Affairs, please refer to the Faculty of Arts website.

For continuing students who commenced their degree prior to 2008, please refer to the handbook of the year they commenced their degree (See handbooks archives for details).

For details of the units of study available under this program for 2008, please refer to the Faculty of Arts website.

(for continuing students only)

Please Note. The following course rules are for students who are continuing students enrolled in FG002 (who enrolled in this course before 2008). All students who commenced this degree from 2008 (enrolled in DG033) should refer to the course rules outlined in the the Faculty of Arts handbook.

To be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Public Affairs students must successfully complete a total of four (4) units of study (24 credit points), comprising:

• a minimum of two (2) core units of study (12 credit points)
• a maximum of two (2) elective units of study (12 credit points)

For details of Core and Elective units of study, please refer the Master of Public Affairs entry.

This course is not available for commencing students. Students who wish to commence study in this course should refer to the new Graduate Certificate in Public Affairs course offered by the Faculty of Arts.

For details of course fees information please see the Postgraduate coursework fees page on this website.

Full-time: A typical full-time student will undertake four units of study per semester, completing the four units in one semester (0.5 years).

Part-time: Students undertake one or two units per semester, typically completing the program in one to two years.

Students can check on the availability of units of study in this program for the current year by using the University's Online Unit of Study Handbook.