Double Master of Public Administration (LSE-Sciences Po)
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Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Programme Code: TMPPSP
Department: School of Public Policy
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
The programme is taught over two academic years (21 months).
Year 1 at Sciences Po
The first year is spent at the School of Public Affairs at Sciences Po.
Year 2 at the LSE
Students will join the London School of Economics
To be awarded the LSE part of the degree, students must complete courses to the value of 4.0 units. Some courses have a unit value of 1.0 and some have a unit value of 0.5.
No interim award is available: students completing courses with a total value of less than 4.0 units receive no award, regardless of performance in the courses that have been successfully completed.
Students who successfully complete courses to the value of 4.0 units may elect to have one of the specialism titles below referenced on their degree certificate if the student has passed the courses attached to that specialism. If no such election is made, or if a student does not pass all of the courses listed under a specialism, the LSE degree certificate will not state a specialism. Students may take courses from other specialisms as option courses.
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 1 |
PP4B3 MPA Capstone Project (1.0) | |
Paper 2, 3 & 4 |
Courses to the value of between 3.0 unit(s) from the following options list: | |
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) | |
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 | |
PP4X6 Welfare Analysis and Measurement (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
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) | |
PP411A Political Entrepreneurship (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
PP411W Political Economy Applications for Public Policy (0.5) # | |
PP412 Cold War II? Public Policy Implications of US-China Relations in the 2020s (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
PP413 Growth Diagnostics in Development: Theory and Practice (0.5) # | |
PP414 Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (0.5) | |
PP417A The Practice of Effective Climate Policy (0.5) | |
PP423 Anticipatory Policymaking (0.5) | |
PP424 Happiness and Public Policy (0.5) | |
PP426 Public Policy for Blockchains and Digital Assets (0.5) # | |
PP431 Reimagining Capitalism (0.5) | |
PP432 International Organisations, Policymaking and Diplomacy in a contested world (0.5) | |
PP433 Topics in Model Based Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy (0.5) # | |
PP434 Automated Data Visualisation for Policymaking (0.5) | |
PP450 Public Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
PP465 City-Making: the Politics of Urban Form (0.5) | |
PP4E5 Innovations in the governance of public services delivery (0.5) | |
PP4G3 Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector (0.5) | |
PP4J5 Fiscal Governance and Budgeting (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
In addition, students may choose 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. | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
1 : PP417W can not be taken with PP417A
2 : PP4B4 can not be taken with PP4V8
3 : 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.
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.