LSE-PKU Double Degree in Public Administration and Government

Programme code: TMPAGV

Department: Government

For all first and second year students in 2017/18.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Two-year programme. Students take the first year at Peking University, and the second year at LSE as follows:

Students must take courses to the value of 2.5 units and a skills course and dissertation as shown. Candidates may, subject to the approval of their supervisor, substitute for up to two of the written papers listed under 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.

Paper

Course number and title

1

GV4E9

Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration

2

Either

 

GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (H)

 

or

 

GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)

 

or

 

GV4F4 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice (H)

3

Courses to the value of one unit from the following:

 

Public Management:

 

AC412

Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (H)

DV413

Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H)

DV415

Global Environmental Governance (H)

GV483

Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)

GV4A2

Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H)

 

GV4C8

Game Theory for Political Science (H)

GV4E4

Public Budgeting and Financial Management (withdrawn 2017/18)

LL4AT

Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H)

LL4AU

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H)

MG402

Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H)

PH415

Philosophy and Public Policy (H)

 

Comparative Public Policy and Administration:

 

EU421

Policy-Making in the European Union (H)

EU443

European Models of Capitalism (H)

GV403

Network Regulation (H)

GV441

States and Markets (H)

GV477

Comparative Public Policy Change (H) 

GV4A5

International Migration and Immigration Management (H)

GV4C4

Legislative Politics: US (H) (L) * (not available 2017/18)

GV4C5

Politics of Economic Policy (H) (M)

GV4C6

Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) * (not available 2017/18)

GV4C8

Game Theory for Political Science (H)

GV4D4

The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H)

SA4F8

Behavioural Public Policy (H)

SA4L1

The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H)

SA4M1

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

 

Another course with the permission of the programme convenor.

4

Either

 

 

MY451 

Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) or

 

MY452

Applied Regression Analysis (H)

5

GV499

Dissertation

Notes

* Students must not take both GV4C4 (not available 2017/18) and GV4C6 (not available 2017/18).

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.