Master of Public Administration (MPA)
These regulations apply to students entering in or after the 2014-15 academic year.
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 (H). To be awarded the degree, students must complete courses to the value of 8 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. Optional 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.
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.
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All students attend the MPA pre-sessional course EC408 (unless exempted). | ||
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Year 1 |
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All students must complete the following three Compulsory courses: | |
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Micro and Macro Economics (for Public Policy) | |
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Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis | |
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Political Science and Public Policy | |
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Plus courses to the value of one unit from the list of Policy Stream courses or from the list of Optional courses. Note: two Policy Stream courses (EC406 and EC454) are not available to students in their first year. | |
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At the start of year 2, all students must select one of the five Policy Streams: (i) Public and Economic Policy; or (ii) Public Policy and Management; or (iii) International Development; or (iv) European Public and Economic Policy; or (v) Public and Social Policy. | ||
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All students must complete the following two Compulsory courses: | |
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Organisations, Power and Leadership (H) | |
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Students must take the course(s) required by their chosen Policy Stream detailed below, plus sufficient Optional courses to ensure that they have taken courses to a total unit value of 8 over Year 1 and Year 2. | |
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Public and Economic Policy - Students must complete: | |
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Economic Policy Analysis (not available in year 1) | |
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Public Policy and Management - Students must complete, or have completed in Year 1: | |
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Public Management - Strategy, Innovation and Delivery OR | |
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Public Budgeting and Financial Management | |
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International Development - Students must complete, or have completed in Year 1: | |
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Development Policy and Management (available in 2014/15 only) * | |
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Political Economy of Development I (H) (n/a 14/15) AND | |
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Political Economy of Development II (H) (n/a 14/15) AND | |
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Development Economics (not available in year 1) | |
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European Public and Economic Policy - Students must complete, or have completed in Year 1: | |
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Political Economy of Europe | |
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Public and Social Policy - Students must complete, or have completed in Year 1: | |
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Welfare Analysis and Measurement | |
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Courses from the MPA options list |
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Students may not take both the MPA Dissertation and the MPA Policy Paper. | |
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Total unit value 8 = Compulsory courses (4.5) + Policy Stream courses (1 or 2 depending on the stream) + Optional courses (2.5 or 1.5 depending on which Policy Stream is chosen). |
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* DV441 is being withdrawn in 2015/16 and is available as a full unit course for the last time in 2014/15. It will be replaced by two half units DV448 and DV449 in 2015/16. DV448 and DV449 are not available in 2014/15. |
