Calendar— Australia’s People, Gvt., Justice System & Public Policies

DRAFT     2009 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

AUSTRALIA COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

The basic features of this draft calendar are set.  However, the dates of some activities may change to accommodate the availability of individual lecturers & field trip opportunities.

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MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

 

5 Group Flight Depart

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

7 Students Arrive Program Begins

Sampling of Australia-Harbor Cruise, Opera House

9:00 - 1:00

Orientation, IDs, Library

 

 

8

9:00 - 1:00

Sheehan Lecture

 

 

9

9:00 - 1:00

Sheehan Lectures

 

 

10 FREE

 

Ecotour Bushwalk (optional)

 

11 FREE

 

Hunter Valley Wine Tour (optional)

 

12

9:00 - 1:00

Lectures – Rodney Smith (2) Political Parties

 

 

13

9:00 - 1:00

Sheehan  Lectures

 

 

 

14

9:00 - 1:00

Pringle/Civil Right & Refugees

Macaskill/Aboriginal Miller assignments DUE

 

15

9:00 – 1:00

Lectures - Thompson

 

16

8:00 – 3:30 bus departs Lithgow Prison

Blue Mountains 2hrs (2) JOURNALS DUE

 

17

FREE

Surfing/Bondi Walk (optional)

 

 

18

FREE

 

 

19 DIRECTED STUDY OUTLINES DUE

9:00 - 1:00

Sheehan Lectures

Tour NSW Parliament

 

20

Trial Courts a.m.

Art Gallery NSW  p.m.

 

 

21

9:00 - 1:00

Palfreeman/Foreign Plcy  Wearing/Poverty

Lectures

 

 

22

9:00-1:00

Sheehan Lectures

JOURNALS DUE

 

 

 

23

SHEEHAN EXA M

 

 

24  FREE

 

 

 

 

 

 

25  FREE

 

 

26

 AUSTRALIA DAY

 

 

27 Depart for Burgmann, Check out of New College –5 XX nights

Check into ANU –1:30 pm Burgmann – 1.5 hr orientation

Miller Lectures 2 pm

 

28

Miller Lectures, Exam and Presentations

9:00 – 1:00

 

 

29

9:30 depart High Court 12:00 depart Burgmann 2:00 Moot Court, Selby

 

 

30  Lectures 8:30-9:45 Hinds, Juv Just

10-11:15 McDonald, Drugs

11:30-12:45 Bronitt, Counter Terrorism

 

31

8:00 a.m. depart Sheep Ranch, Lec­ture, BBQ, Hike & Swim

return 4:45 p.m.

 

 

1

FREE

 

2  Lectures

8:30–9:45 Harris, Restorative Justice

10-11:15 Biles, Prison Sys

11:30-12:45 Grabosky, Cyercrime

 

3

Police Academy

8:30 a.m. – ~5:30 p.m.

 

 

4   Hudzik Lecture

8:30 – 1:00

1:00 depart Parliament

Tour 1:30-3:30

6:00 p.m. Program Dinner

 

5 JOURNALS DUE

8:30-10:30 Hudzik  Lectures;

Check out of Burgmann 9 nights (sack lunch)

Depart for Jervis Bay

 

6

9:00 a.m.  Miller Lectures & Presentations

 Dolphin Cruise afternoon

Aboriginal Corroboree 7pm.

 

7

FREE

 

8

Check out of Jervis

Return to Sydney

 

 

9

9:00 – 1:00

Hudzik Lecture

DIRECTED STUDY OUTLINES DUE

Miller Returns

10

9:00 - 1:00

Hudzik Lecture

 

 

11

9:00 – 12:00

Hudzik Exam

 

Theatre 8:00 p.m.

12

PROGRAM ENDS

Vacate Residence Hall

 

 

 

13

 

37 nights total--NSW/New College 25 nights ANU/Burgmann 9 nights

Jervis 3 nights

New College: 1/7 - 1/26 & 2/8– 2/12; Burgmann 1/27-2/4;

Jervis 2/5-2/8