Crawford School's Master of Public Administration (MPA) is designed to equip public sector professionals with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in an environment increasingly characterised by complexity, digital transformation, politicization; and the “hollowing -out” of analytical capacity and historical knowledge. The MPA curriculum is built around three integrated components.

1. Professional core: a professional ‘core’ of knowledge broadly recognised as essential to the institutional role of public sector managers.
2. Applied management courses: a curated range of 3 unit courses providing access to emerging and/or specialised concepts and techniques relevant to contemporary professional practice.
3. Professional experience: a capstone ‘work integrated learning’ experience that allows students to select a combination of organizational internship, research and elective coursework to suit their interests and professional development needs.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand policy tools and capabilities and how they can be applied in an increasingly complex professional environment

2. Develop and apply new skills in ethical leadership, communication, teamwork, and self-management

3. Develop and apply rigorous analytical skills for organisational learning, evidence-based decision-making in response to the complexities and challenges of public administration, management and governance

4. Engage in contemporary debates about public value, public administration, public sector management and governance in Australia and globally

5. Develop and apply informed perspectives on politics, economics, law, organisations and regulation in the analysis of public sector problems