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 (available in 2014/15 only) *

DV448

Political Economy of Development I (H) (n/a 14/15) AND

DV449

Political Economy of Development II (H) (n/a 14/15)

European Public and Economic Policy

EU452

Political Economy of Europe

Public and Social Policy

SA4X6

Welfare Analysis and Measurement

Notes

* DV441 is being withdrawn in 2015/16 and is available as a full unit course for the last time in 2014/15. It will be replaced by two half units DV448 and DV449 in 2015/16. DV448 and DV449 are not available in 2014/15.

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

GV4D5

Organisations, Power and Leadership (H)

2

EC4B3

GV4B3, DV4B3, EU4B3, SA4K3 MPA Capstone Project

3-4

Plus one of the following:

MPA Policy Paper (H) and two units of optional courses OR

MPA Dissertation and 1.5 units of optional courses OR

2.5 units of optional courses