MSc in Public Policy and Administration
Programme code: TMPPA
Department: Government
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
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 Paper 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 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice (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) | ||
Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (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) | |
GV4E4 |
Public Budgeting and Financial Management (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
Fiscal Governance and Budgeting (H) | ||
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | ||
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | ||
Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H) | ||
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) * (not available 2017/18) | ||
Politics of Economic Policy (H) (M) | ||
Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) * (not available 2017/18) | ||
Game Theory for Political Science (H) | ||
The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) | ||
Behavioural Public Policy (H) | ||
The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H) | ||
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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MY451M or MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) OR | |
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5 |
Dissertation | |
Notes | ||
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* Students must not take both GV4C4 (not available 2017/18) and GV4C6 (not available 2017/18). | ||
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.
