MSc Education, Public Policy and Equity

The following courses make up your programme’s curriculum, there is also details for students who may have opted for a part time masters. 

For more detail on course assessment and intended learning outcomes, you can view all course specifications via the course catalogue and matching the course to its code starting with EDUC.

I am studying the full time MSc (180 credits over 12 months)

Semester 1 

  • Policy Enquiry & Decision Making (EDUC5249) 
  • Education & Public Policy (EDUC5909) 
  • Equity, Social Justice & Change (EDUC5910)

Semester 2 

  • Educational Policy Making in Action (EDUC5908) 

 Select one option (typically offered in Semester 2) from the following:  

  • Advanced policy enquiry (EDUC51024) 
  • Economics for education and public policy (EDUC5959) 
  • International and comparative education (EDUC5858)
  •  Higher Education as a Field of Research (EDUC5912) 

Semester 3  

  •  Dissertation (EDUC54142p) on students should enrol on SM06

I am studying the part-time MSc (180 credits over 2 years)

Year 1 (60 credits) 

Semester 1  

  • Policy Enquiry & Decision Making (EDUC5249)   

Choose between:  

  • Education & Public Policy EDUC5909  
  • Equity, Social Justice & Change EDUC5910

Semester 2 

  • Educational Policymaking in Action EDUC5908  

 

Year 2 (120 credits) 

Semester 1  

 Depending on first year choice, choose between:  

  • Education & Public Policy (EDUC5909)  
  • Equity, Social Justice & Change (EDUC5910)

Semester 2 

Select one option (typically offered in Semester 2) from the following: 

  • Advanced policy enquiry (EDUC51024) 
  • Economics for education and public policy (EDUC5959) 
  • Higher education as a field of research, policy and practice (EDUC5912) 
  • International and comparative education (EDUC5858) 

Semester 1 & 2 

  •  Dissertation (EDUC54142p) on students should enrol on SM06

Registration for the 2023/24 academic year

Please visit the Registry how to guides for any further information on the enrolment and registration process.

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