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Masters in Public Administration
University of Portsmouth
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
| Location: | Portsmouth / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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Location of University of Portsmouth
This course is offered as a one-year programme for overseas, European Union and home students. The part-time course allows home or EU students to combine work and study and to undertake the programme over two calendar years.
It involves the advanced study of the management and administration of public sector organisations within changing global, international and national contexts. You will examine the ways in which public policies are made and implemented. You will also compare policy processes and outputs within specific policy fields including health, education, welfare, economic development, defence, policing and European integration. This will allow you to acquire specialist subject knowledge in fields relevant to your career choices.
Our comparative approach ensures that in addition to a detailed study of the UK, you will obtain a wider international perspective of public policies, management systems and administrative systems, reflecting the increasing importance of international policy learning in all three areas.
This course brings together people from a wide range of organisations involved in public service delivery in the UK, Europe and other countries. This provides for an inter-cultural, inter-professional and inter-organisational education and development within a challenging and stimulating environment.
The course can be studied full-time for one year or part-time for two years.
Contents
We will introduce you to different ways of delivering public services and how to access their efficiency and effectiveness. As a result, you will gain knowledge and develop an understanding of the following areas:
* the impact of contextual forces on public organisations including: * the legal system
* ethical, economic, environmental, social and technological change issues
* international developments
* corporate governance
* the role of public sector organisations in economic development and regeneration
* the marketisation of service delivery
* citizenship issues in public organisations
* the concepts, processes and institutions in the management of resources and operations
* financing the public sector (sources, financial management, accountability and financial reporting)
* management and development of people within organisations, human resource management, human resource development and change management
* the uses and limitations of quantitative and qualitative research methods for providing information and evaluating options in an uncertain organisational environment
* the development, management and exploitation of information systems and their impact on organisations
* the use of relevant communication and information technologies and applications in public sector management within a global knowledge-based economy
Core units
You will study all of the following units:
* Comparative Public Policy and Administration (30 credits)
* Public Management (15 credits)
* Researching Public Administration (15 credits)
* Dissertation (60 credits)
Core options
You will choose one 15-credit unit from:
* Public Sector Strategic Management
* Project Management
Optional units
You will also choose three 15-credit options from:
* Practice-Based Knowledge in Public Administration
* Ethical Practice in Public Sector Management and Administration
* Applied Public Management
* Policy Evaluation
* Public Sector Finance and Management
* Managing Human Resources
* Governance and Non-Governmental Organisations
* Strategic Issues in Public Organisations
or any unit from other Masters programmes in the Faculty including:
* Criminal Justice Studies
* European Studies
* European Law and Policy
Please note that units may be subject to change.
For part-time students a number of distance learning management units are available in addition to a work-based learning unit, which allows you to achieve credit for study or a project undertaken in the workplace.
Credit for prior learning may be awarded, provided that the course studied relates to the Portsmouth MPA curriculum.
Awards
To qualify for the Masters Degree in Public Administration you must:
* complete all the core units and the dissertation
* obtain 180 credits
To qualify for the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration you must:
* complete all the core units excluding the dissertation
* obtain 120 credits
To qualify for the Postgraduate Certificate in Public Administration you must:
* complete 60 credits of core units
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Register Now!Requirements
A good honours degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications. Preferably, applicants will have experience of working in a managerial role in a public sector organisation.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 or equivalent with no component less than 6.0.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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