MPA Dual Degree

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Programme codes: TMDMPA2 (LSE & Columbia)
                                 TMDMPA3 (LSE & Sciences Po)
                                 TMDMPA4 (LSE & Hertie)
                                 TMDMPA5 (LSE & NUS / Lee Kuan Yew)

These regulations apply to students entering in or after the 2014-15 academic year.

Route 1

Year 1 at LSE

Before Year 1 - All students attend the MPA pre-sessional course (EC408) unless exempted

During Year 1 - All students must complete the three Compulsory Courses:

Paper

Course number and title

1

EC440

Micro and Macro Economics (for Public Policy)

2

EC455

Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis

3

GV478

Political Science and Public Policy

4

In addition, in Year 1, all students must complete either:

 

Courses to the value of one unit from the list of Policy Stream Courses or

 

Courses to the value of one unit from the MPA options list

 

The course(s) chosen by the student must have a total credit value of 1.0 unit (therefore, either one course with a credit value of 1.0, or two courses which both have a credit value of 0.5).

 

Policy Stream courses:

 

Public Policy and Management

 

MG419

Public Management - Strategy, Innovation and Delivery

 

GV4E4

Public Budgeting and Financial Management

 

International Development

 

DV441

Development Policy and Management (withdrawn 2015/16) *

 

DV448

Political Economy of Development I (H) and

 

DV449

Political Economy of Development II (H)  

 

European Public and Economic Policy

 

EU452

Political Economy of Europe

 

Public and Social Policy

 

SA4X6

Welfare Analysis and Measurement

 

Notes

* DV441 was withdrawn at the end of 2014/15. It has been replaced by two half units DV448 and DV449 as of 2015/16.

 

Year 2 at Columbia University, Sciences Po, the Hertie School of Governance or the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

On successful completion of the first year of that programme at LSE, students who have accepted an offer of a dual degree place will transfer to the MPA Dual Degree. See the MPA criteria for progression from year one to year two.

Students will follow the second year of the MPA programme at SIPA, Columbia University, the MPA programme at Sciences Po, the MPP programme at Hertie or the MPP programme at Lee Kuan Yew.

 

Route 2

Year 1 at Columbia University, Sciences Po, the Hertie School of Governance or the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Students will follow the first year of the MPA/MIA programme at SIPA, Columbia University, the MPA programme at Sciences Po, the MPP programme at Hertie or the MPP programme at Lee Kuan Yew.
 

Year 2 at LSE

Students must take courses to the value of four units as set out below:

Paper

Course number and title

1

EC4B3

GV4B3, DV4B3, EU4B3, SA4K3 MPA Capstone Project

2-4

Plus one of the following:

 

MPA Policy Paper (H) and 2.5 units of optional courses or

 

MPA Dissertation and 2 units of optional courses or

 

3 units of optional courses