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MPA Dual Degree (LSE and Tokyo)

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Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree
Exam sub-board local rules

This programme is 24 months.

Programme Code: TMDMPA6

Department: School of Public Policy

For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19

1.

Route 1


Year 1 at LSE

Before Year 1

All students attend the following MPA introductory course:

 

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

During Year 1

All students must complete the three Compulsory Courses in Papers 1, 2 & 3 below:

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

Note:

The course(s) chosen by the student must have a total credit value of 1.0 unit (therefore, either one course with a credit value of 1.0, or two courses which both have a credit value of 0.5).


Year 2 at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy

On successful completion of the first year of that programme at LSE, students who have accepted an offer of a dual degree place will transfer to the MPA Dual Degree. See the MPA criteria for progression from Year 1 to Year 2.

Students will follow the MPP/IP at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy.


2.

Route 1


Year 1 at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy

Students will follow the MPP/IP at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy.


Year 2 at LSE

Students must take courses to the value of four units as set out below:

Paper 1

PP4B3 MPA Capstone Project (1.0)

Papers 2, 3 & 4

Plus one of the following:

 

PP4V8 MPA Policy Paper (0.5)

 

And 2.5 units of optional courses from the following:

MPA Options List

 

OR

 

PP4B4 MPA Dissertation (1.0)

 

And 2.0 units of optional courses from the following:

MPA Options List

 

OR

Courses to the value of 3.0 unit(s) from the following:

MPA Options List

MPA Options List

Students may also seek approval from their Programme Supervisor and the Course Convenor to enrol on other MSc options. Not all courses may be offered each year and are subject to cancellation, substitution and timetabling constraints.

Policy Paper or Dissertation

Second year students may select either the MPA Dissertation or the MPA Policy Paper but cannot take both:

PP4V8 MPA Policy Paper (0.5)

PP4B4 MPA Dissertation (1.0)

Welfare State Policies

GI414 Theorising Gender and Social Policy (0.5)

GI415 Gender and European Welfare States (0.5)

GI417 Gender, Population, and Policy (0.5)

PP4J2 New Institutions of Public Policy: Strategic Philanthropy, Impact Investment and Social Enterprise (0.5)

PP4J4 Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Policies and Programmes (0.5)

PP4X6 Welfare Analysis and Measurement (1.0)

SA451 Social Policy Research (1.0) #

SA4F7 The Economics of European Social Policy (0.5) #  (withdrawn 2018/19)

SA4M1 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5)

Urban Policy

GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation (0.5) #

GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5)

GY454 Urban Policy and Planning (0.5) #

GY457 Applied Urban and Regional Economics (1.0) #

GY479 Urban Revolutions (0.5)

GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

Environmental Policy

DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5) #

DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

GV4H5 The Political Philosophy of Environmental Change (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

GY420 Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy (1.0)

GY427 Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (0.5)

GY465 Concepts in Environmental Regulation (0.5)

GY475 Issues in Environmental Governance (0.5)

International Policy

GV4A5 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

IR412 International Institutions (1.0)

IR455 Economic Diplomacy (0.5)

IR468 The Political Economy of Trade (0.5)

IR469 Politics of Money in the World Economy (0.5) *

Development Policy

AN436 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)

AN456 Anthropology of Economy (1): Production and Exchange (0.5)

AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5)

DV411 Population and Development: an Analytical Approach (0.5)

DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (0.5) #

DV415 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

DV418 African Development (0.5)

DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)

DV421 Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV423 Global Political Economy of Development (0.5) #

DV424 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5)

DV432 China in Developmental Perspective (0.5) #

DV435 African Political Economy (0.5)

DV447 Public Affairs, International Development and Gendered Violence (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

DV490 Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development (0.5)

DV491 Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (0.5) #

DV492 Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (0.5) #

GV443 The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (0.5)

GV444 Democracy and Development in Latin America (0.5)

GY408 Local Economic Development and Policy (1.0)  (not available 2018/19)

GY410 Economics of Local and Regional Development (0.5)

GY421 Gender and Development : Geographical Perspectives (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

PP448 Political Economy of Development I (0.5)

PP449 Political Economy of Development II (0.5)

PP454 Development Economics (1.0) # ~A

SA4J8 Social Policy and Development: Core Concepts (0.5) #  (withdrawn 2018/19)

Economic Policy
 ~B

EC402 Econometrics (1.0) #

EC411 Microeconomics (1.0) #

EC413 Macroeconomics (1.0) #

EC421 International Economics (1.0) #

EC424 Monetary Economics (1.0) #

EC426 Public Economics (1.0) #

EC427 The Economics of Industry (1.0) #

EC428 Development and Growth (1.0) #

EC453 Political Economy (1.0) #

GY455 Economic Appraisal and Valuation (0.5)

LL4CP Tax Avoidance (0.5)

MG4B9 The World Trading System (0.5) # *  (not available 2018/19)

PH413 Philosophy of Economics (1.0) #

PP410 Public Economics for Public Policy (0.5) #

PP418 Globalisation and Economic Policy (0.5) #

PP419 Methods of Economic Policy Analysis (0.5) #

PP452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (0.5) #

Regulatory Policy

GV403 Network Regulation (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

LL4AT Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (0.5)

LL4AU Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

LL4BE Principles of Financial Regulation (0.5)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

LL4BF International Financial Regulation (0.5)

LL4CP Tax Avoidance (0.5)

MC403 Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Policy (0.5)

SO425 Regulation, Risk and Economic Life (1.0)

Governance

GV442 Globalisation and Democracy (0.5) *  (not available 2018/19)

GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (0.5) #

GV482 Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics (0.5) # (not available 2018/19)

GV4C4 Legislative Politics: US (0.5) ~1  (withdrawn 2018/19)

GV4C5 Politics of Economic Policy (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

PB415 Behavioural Science (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

PB421 Happiness (0.5)

PH415 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)

SA4F8 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5)

SO469 Risk and Governance: A Sociological Approach (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

Europe

EU420 European Law and Government (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #

EU425 Interest Representation and Economic Policy- Making in Europe (0.5)

EU443 European Models of Capitalism (0.5)

EU446 The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (0.5) #

EU453 The Political Economy of European Welfare States (0.5) #

EU455 Concepts in Political Economy (0.5)

EU463 European Human Rights Law (0.5) #

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

EU479 EU Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

EU480 Policy-Making in Europe: System Challenges (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

GV4C6 Legislative Politics: European Parliament (0.5) ~2  (withdrawn 2018/19)

Institutions, Politics and Policies of the EU

EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (0.5)

EU439 Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (0.5)

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)

Central and Eastern Europe Transition and Reform

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) #

Regional Courses

EU434 The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (0.5) #  (withdrawn 2018/19)

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5) #

Management of Organisations

AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5)

AC470 Accounting in the Global Economy (0.5) #

AC490 Management Accounting, Decisions and Control (0.5)

AC491 Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure (0.5)

DV450 Policy, Bureaucracy and Development: Theory and Practice of Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation (0.5) #  (withdrawn 2018/19)

GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (0.5) ~3

GV4D5 Organisations, Power and Leadership (0.5)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

MG402 Public Management: A Strategic Approach (0.5)

MG419 Public Management - Strategy, Innovation and Delivery (1.0)  (not available 2018/19)

MG479 Information Systems for the Public Sector: Digital Government and Service Innovation (0.5)  (not available 2018/19)

MG487 Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (0.5)

MG4A3 Incentives and Governance in Organisations (0.5) #

MG4B7 Organisational Change (0.5)

MG4C2 Organisational Behaviour (0.5)

MG4D1 International and Comparative Human Resource Management (0.5)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

MG4D4 Cross Cultural Management (0.5) #

MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5)

PH425 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)

PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

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 2018/19)

 

Students may also seek approval from their Programme Supervisor and the Course Convenor to enrol on other MSc options.

Footnotes for MPA Options List

~A : PP454 is not available to students in their first year.

~B : Because of the extremely demanding standard of LSE Economics, the following options are available only to students with very good first degrees in Economics and with the permission of the Economics Department: EC402, EC411, EC413, EC421, EC424, EC426, EC427, EC428, EC453. Any student wishing to take these courses must be admitted to the September Introductory Course in Mathematics and Statistics (EC400) at the beginning of their second year and pass the course examinations. Students taking more than one Economics option must take one of EC402, EC411 or EC413.

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for MPA Options List

~1 : GV4C4 can not be taken with GV4C6

~2 : GV4C6 can not be taken with GV4C4

~3 : GV483 can not be taken with MG419

Policy Stream courses

Public and Economic Policy
Students must complete two of the following three courses:

PP410 Public Economics for Public Policy (0.5) # ~A

PP418 Globalisation and Economic Policy (0.5) # ~B

PP419 Methods of Economic Policy Analysis (0.5) #

Public Policy and Management
Students must complete two of the following four courses:

PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5) #  (not available 2018/19)

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 2018/19)

International Development
Students must complete, or have already completed in Year 1, all three of the following courses:

PP448 Political Economy of Development I (0.5)

PP449 Political Economy of Development II (0.5)

PP454 Development Economics (1.0) #

European Policy-Making
Students must complete, or have already completed in Year 1, both of the following courses:

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #

EU452 Political Economy of Europe (1.0)

Public and Social Policy
Students must complete, or have already completed in Year 1, the following course:

PP4X6 Welfare Analysis and Measurement (1.0)

Social Impact
Students must complete, or have already completed in Year 1, both of the following courses:

PP452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (0.5) #

PP4J2 New Institutions of Public Policy: Strategic Philanthropy, Impact Investment and Social Enterprise (0.5)

Footnotes for Policy Stream courses

~A : PP410 is designed for Year 2 students; only available in Year 1 with permission from the Programme Director.

~B : PP418 is designed for Year 2 students; only available in Year 1 with permission from the Programme Director.

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

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.

 
 
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