MSc in Public Policy and Administration
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of 2.5 units and a skills course and dissertation as shown. Part-time students may take courses up to the value of two full course units in their first year. Candidates may, subject to the approval of their supervisor, substitute for up to two of the written papers listed under 3 below, any paper which is offered in the MSc, LLM or MA which involves at least 20 weeks of an integrated teaching programme and which counts as one quarter (or one full unit) of the complete MSc programme in which it is offered.
By choosing particular combinations of core courses, students can choose to have the title of a specialised stream added to the title of their degree:
MSc Public Policy and Administration (Comparative); or
MSc Public Policy and Administration (Public Management).
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration | |
2 |
Either | |
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GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (H) | |
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or | |
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GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H) | |
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or | |
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GV4F4 The Politics of Policy Advice (H) | |
3 |
Courses to the value of one unit from the following: | |
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Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (H) | |
Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H) | ||
Global Environmental Governance (H) | ||
Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H) | ||
Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H) | ||
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Game Theory for Political Science (H) | |
Public Budgeting and Financial Management | ||
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | ||
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | ||
Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
Philosophy and Public Policy (H) | ||
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Comparative Public Policy and Administration: | |
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Policy-Making in the European Union (H) | |
European Models of Capitalism (H) | ||
Network Regulation (H) | ||
States and Markets (H) | ||
Comparative Public Policy Change (H) | ||
International Migration and Immigration Management (H) | ||
Legislative Politics: US (H) (L) * | ||
Politics of Economic Policy (H) (M) | ||
Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) * | ||
Game Theory for Political Science (H) | ||
The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) | ||
Media and Communication Regulation (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
Behavioural Public Policy (H) | ||
The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H) | ||
Contemporary Issues in European Social Policy (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) | ||
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Another course with the permission of the programme convenor. | |
4 |
Either |
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Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) or | |
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Applied Regression Analysis (H) | |
5 |
Dissertation | |
Notes | ||
To qualify for a stream, the following courses must be taken:
Comparative Public Policy and Administration stream
GV4E9 Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration
GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (H) or GV4F4 The Politics of Policy Advice (H)
One half-unit from the Comparative Public Policy and Administration courses under paper 3.
Public Management stream
GV4E9 Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration
GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)
One half-unit from the Public Management courses under paper 3.
