Graduate Certificate in Public Policy
Duration: 1 semester full time, 1 year part time
Minimum: 24 units
The Graduate Certificate in Public Policy comprises four courses taken at master degree level. This Graduate Certificate is in effect half a Master of Public Policy, which comprises eight courses. This Graduate Certificate is designed for those professionally engaged in government and other policy-related organisations or activities who wish to study at master degree level to develop their skills in policy analysis. The Certificate provides students with a wide menu of choice of master degree courses selected from those eligible for the Master of Public Policy.
Students who are thinking of later proceeding on to the eight-course Master of Public Policy should consider the course-selection requirements appropriate to the various specialisations offered under the Master degree.
Program Director: Adrian Kay
Adrian Kay is Director of the Policy & Governance Program and an Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Economics & Government, ANU. He has previously held academic appointments in the UK and at Griffith University, Queensland. Prior to an academic career, Adrian was a member of the UK government's European Fast Stream for several years and spent a year working for the European Commission in Brussels. His major research interests are in the broad areas of comparative and international public policy, with a particular empirical focus on health, agriculture and bioenergy.
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