MPA Dual Degree

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Programme codes: TMDMPA2 (LSE & Columbia) (21 months)
                                   TMDMPA3 (LSE & Sciences Po) (21 months)
                                   TMDMPA4 (LSE & Hertie) (21 months)
                                   TMDMPA5 (LSE & NUS / Lee Kuan Yew) (21 months)
                                   TMDMPA6 (LSE & Tokyo / GraSPP) (24 months)

Department: Institute of Public Affairs

These regulations apply to students entering in or after the 2014-15 academic year.

For all first and second year students in 2016/17.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

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Year 1 at LSE
Before Year 1 - All students attend the MPA pre-sessional course (EC408) unless exempted
During Year 1 - All students must complete the three Compulsory Courses:
Paper	Course number and title
1	EC440	Micro and Macro Economics (for Public Policy)
2	EC455	Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis
3	GV478	Political Science and Public Policy
4	In addition, in Year 1, all students must complete either:
	Courses to the value of one unit from the list of Policy Stream Courses or
	Courses to the value of one unit from the MPA options list
	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).

Policy Stream courses:
	Public Policy and Management
	MG419	Public Management - Strategy, Innovation and Delivery
	GV4E4	Public Budgeting and Financial Management
	International Development
	DV448	Political Economy of Development I (H) *and*
	DV449	Political Economy of Development II (H)
	European Public and Economic Policy
	EU452	Political Economy of Europe
	Public and Social Policy
	SA4X6	Welfare Analysis and Measurement

Year 2 at Columbia University, Sciences Po, the Hertie School of Governance, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy or 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 second year of the MPA programme at SIPA, Columbia University, the MPA programme at Sciences Po, the MPP programme at Hertie, the MPP programme at Lee Kuan Yew or the MPP/IP at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy.

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Year 1 at Columbia University, Sciences Po, the Hertie School of Governance, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy or the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy
Students will follow the first year of the MPA/MIA programme at SIPA, Columbia University, the MPA programme at Sciences Po, the MPP programme at Hertie, the MPP programme at Lee Kuan Yew or 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	Course number and title
1	EC4B3 or GV4B3 or DV4B3 or EU4B3 or SA4K3 MPA Capstone Project
2-4	Plus one of the following:
	EC4V8 or GV4V8 or DV4V8 or EU4V8 or SA4V8 MPA Policy Paper (H) and 2.5 units of optional courses or
	EC4B4 or GV4B4 or DV4B4 or EU4B4 or SA4K4 MPA Dissertation and 2 units of optional courses or
	Three units of optional courses