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MPA in Public and Economic Policy

Programme Code: TMPEP

Department: School of Public Policy

For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of an MPA for students entering in or after 2011/12
Exam sub-board local rules

The programme is taught over two academic years (21 months). Some courses have a unit value of 1.0 and some have a unit value of 0.5. To be awarded the degree, students must complete courses to the value of 8.0 units in total over two years.

There are three types of courses:

1. Compulsory courses, studied by all students;
2. Policy Stream courses, which students will take depending on which Policy Stream (specialism) they choose at the start of Year 2;
3. Option courses.

Note that some courses on one Policy Stream may be optional courses on other Policy Streams. 

No interim award is available: students completing courses with a unit value of less than 8.0 receive no award, regardless of performance in the courses that have been successfully completed.

The School of Public Policy has recoded their course codes to replace department codes (EC, GV, DV, EU, SA, MG) with PP codes for 2018/19. The majority of courses listed below with a PP code are not new courses but some may have changed code.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Before Year 1

Introductory course

All students must attend the following MPA introductory course:

 

PP408 Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the MPA Programme (0.0)

Year 1

Paper 1

PP440 Micro and Macro Economics (for Public Policy) (1.0)

Paper 2

PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis (1.0)

Paper 3

PP478 Political Science for Public Policy (1.0)

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the list of Policy Stream courses or MPA Options List below:

Policy Stream courses

MPA Options List

Year 2
Policy Stream: Public and Economic Policy

Introductory course

Students who wish to choose a MSc in Economics course as an option in Year 2 are required to attend the following introductory course:

 

EC400 Introductory Course in Mathematics and Statistics (0.0) #

Paper 5

PP4B3 MPA Capstone Project (1.0)

Papers 6, 7 & 8

Students must take the course(s) required by their chosen Policy Stream detailed below, plus sufficient courses from the MPA Options List to ensure that they have taken courses to a total value of 8.0 units over Year 1 and Year 2:

Policy Stream courses (Public and Economic Policy)

MPA Options List

Policy Stream courses (Public and Economic Policy)

MPA Options List

Policy Stream courses

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Total unit value 8.0 = Compulsory courses (4.0) + Policy Stream courses (1.0 or 2.0 units depending on the stream) + Optional courses (3.0 or 2.0 units depending on which Policy Stream is chosen).

See the Scheme for the award of MPA degrees students entering in or after 2011/12 for MPA programme criteria for progression.

Note for prospective students:

For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.