THE THINK TANK: SCOPING A POLICY PROJECT
HUS2TNK
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Employers of graduates want people with demonstrable abilities to conduct research in a comprehensive and open-minded fashion, who can also communicate well, and who can then shape and implement policy. This subject starts to prepare you for this kind of policy work. Students simulate the workplace environment of a social or cultural policy research and development unit, otherwise known as a Think Tank, or of a publisher or other entrepreneurial group. Students practice crafting informed opinions and crisp summaries, linked to realistic policy options. Working individually, and on one task in small teams, students develop the research skills and the broader employability skills needed for graduate careers involving the researching, designing, debating and implementing of public policies. Different instances of this subject may be offered in different disciplines and in combinations of disciplines. This subject also contributes to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Essential.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Tonya Stebbins
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: All students must have completed the full 120 credit points of the first year of their degree in HuSS, including the first-year degree core subject, HUS1FAS (or its approved equivalent) Students must also have completed the second-year degree core subject, HUS2NGP and at least one other core major subject in the second-year of any discipline in the Humanities and Social Sciences, or else by coordinators approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
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Special conditions: Depending on the themes of the subject, prior to enrolment, students may be required to obtain at their own expense a Working with Children Check.
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
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