MSc in Public Policy and Administration

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Programme Code: TMPPA

Department: Government

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

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).

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)
Paper 1	GV4E9 Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration (1.0)
Paper 2	Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:
	GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (0.5) ^#
	GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (0.5)
	GV4F4 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice (0.5)
Paper 3	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
	Public Management: ^A
	AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5)
	DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5) ^#
	DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
	GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (0.5)
	GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour: Elections, Public Opinion and Identities (0.5) ^#
	GV4C8 Game Theory for Political Science (0.5)
	GV4K1 Participatory Governance (0.5)
	LL4AT Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (0.5)
	LL4AU Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
	MG402 Public Management: A Design-Oriented Approach (0.5)
	PH415 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)
	PP4J5 Fiscal Governance and Budgeting (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
	Comparative Public Policy and Administration: ^B
	EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) ^#
	EU443 European Models of Capitalism (0.5)
	EU481 The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge (0.5)
	EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)
	GV403 Network Regulation (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21)
	GV441 States and Markets (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
	GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (0.5) ^#
	GV4A5 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
	GV4C5 Politics of Economic Policy (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21)
	GV4C8 Game Theory for Political Science (0.5)
	GV4K1 Participatory Governance (0.5)
	SP434 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5)
	SP441 Politics of Social Policy (0.5)
	Another course with the permission of the programme convenor.
Paper 4	Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:
	MY451 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2021/22) or
	MY452 Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2021/22)
Paper 5	GV499 Dissertation (1.0)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

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

Footnotes

A : Public Management stream
To qualify for this stream, the following courses must be taken:
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.

B : Comparative Public Policy and Administration stream
To qualify for this stream, the following courses must be taken:
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.

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.