Master of Public Administration
Programme Code: TMMPA
Department: School of Public Policy
For students starting this programme of study in 2019/20
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).
To be awarded the degree, students must complete courses to the value of 8.0 units in total over two years with 4.0 units in each year of study. Some courses have a unit value of 1.0 and some have a unit value of 0.5 indicated as (H).
No interim award is available: students completing courses with a total value of less than 8.0 units receive no award, regardless of performance in the courses that have been successfully completed.
Students who successfully complete courses to the value of 8.0 units may elect to have one of the titles below referenced on their degree certificate if the student has successfully completed courses of that specialism to the value of 1.0 unit. The available specialisms are listed below with the courses attached to each specialism listed with them. If no such election is made, or if a student does not successfully complete all of the courses listed under a specialism, the MPA degree certificate will state 'MPA' without further specification. Students may take courses from other specialisms as option courses.
Students can apply to spend their second year at one of the LSE MPA Partner Institutions. If offered a place and upon successful completion of year one, the student will transfer onto the Dual MPA Programme. Students who transfer to the Dual MPA will not be eligible to elect a specialism to be added to their degree certificate.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Before Year 1 | ||
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Introductory course |
All students must attend the following MPA introductory course: | |
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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) | |
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Or | |
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Upon satisfactorily demonstrating prior knowledge of Micro and Macro Economics, students may be exempted from PP440 and will be free to take an additional unit of option course subject to the approval of the Programme Director. | |
Paper 2 |
PP455 Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis (1.0) | |
Paper 3 |
PP478 Political Science for Public Policy (1.0) | |
Paper 4 |
Students take course(s) to the value of 1.0 unit from the MPA Course List (see below): | |
Year 2 | ||
Paper 5 |
PP4B3 MPA Capstone Project (1.0) | |
Papers 6, 7 & 8 |
Students take courses to the value of 3.0 units from the MPA Course List (see below): | |
MPA Course List
Economic Policy Specialism | ||
PP419 Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis (0.5) # C | ||
International Development Specialism | ||
PP448 International Political Economy and Development (0.5) | ||
PP449 Comparative Political Economy and Development (0.5) | ||
Inequality and Poverty Specialism | ||
PP4X6 Welfare Analysis and Measurement (1.0) | ||
Social Impact Specialism | ||
PP452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (0.5) # E | ||
PP4J2 New Institutions of Public Policy: Strategic Philanthropy, Impact Investment and Social Enterprise (0.5) F | ||
International Political Economy Specialism | ||
PP448 International Political Economy and Development (0.5) | ||
Courses not contributing to a specialism | ||
PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy (0.5) | ||
PP411L Developments in Contemporary Policy-Making (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | ||
PP411M Developments in Contemporary Policy-Making (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | ||
PP412 Global Social Protection Design and Delivery (0.5) | ||
PP450 Making governments and policies deliver for development (0.5) # | ||
PP4E5 Innovations in the governance of public services delivery (0.5) | ||
PP4G3 Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector (0.5) | ||
PP4J4 Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Policies and Programmes (0.5) | ||
PP4J5 Fiscal Governance and Budgeting (0.5) | ||
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In addition, students may choose up to 1.0 unit (per year of study) of courses from elsewhere in LSE with approval of the Programme Director and subject to acceptance by the course convenor. Availability of a place on a course outside the School of Public Policy is not guaranteed and is subject to space, regulations, and timetable constraints. A list of recommended "outside courses" will be provided at the start of each year. | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
1 : PP4B4 can not be taken with PP4V8
2 : PP4V8 can not be taken with PP4B4
Footnotes
A : Designed for Year 2 students; only available in Year 1 with permission from the Programme Director.
B : Designed for Year 2 students; only available in Year 1 with permission from the Programme Director.
G : Designed for Year 2 students; only available in Year 1 with permission from the Programme Director.
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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.
