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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,739 - ≈ € 13,455 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This is a one-year course aimed at Latin Americans who have had some years' experience in working in government or in government-related posts. Candidates are asked to submit a specific project when applying for the course, which ought to have a relation with their previous work experience. The course is somewhat tailor-made; much of the teaching is by individual supervision. Students are also encouraged to take relevant classes in other courses.
Each candidate takes a written exam, produces a dissertation (not more than 15,000 words) and takes an oral exam.
Past students have included diplomats, lawyers, social programme workers, government economists, health sector officials, people involved in local government and political party workers. Many of them have returned to public sector work, although some have remained in academic life. Previous students have commented favourably on the cosmopolitan atmosphere at St Antony's College, and the opportunities offered at the LAC; a non-dogmatic environment and a course that offers contacts with other Latin Americans and encourages comparative study.
Recent dissertations for this course have included: Domestic Conflict, Peace Process and Foreign Policy in Colombia: Isolationism and Internationalism; The Argentine Health Care System Politics of Reform during the 1990s; Building Competitive Markets in Peru: the Case for Indecopi; and The Bargaining Process between the Executive and the Legislature in Colombia.
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The M.Sc. in Public Policy in Latin America is a one-year course, aimed at the mature student who already has considerable professional experience in Latin America, in either the public or private sector, and who wishes to take no more than a year out of his/her career, to pursue some special interest in the field of public policy. The course aims to give the student the necessary support and structure, using the flexibility of Oxford's tutorial system and the broad resources of the University.
Each candidate will be examined on one of the subject areas set out below. The examination will consist of the following:
(a) one written examination paper from the list to be published on the Latin American Centre website soon.
(b) a dissertation of not more than 15,000 words.
(c) an oral examination.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Applicants will be asked to provide:
* Evidence of completion of a First or Upper Second Class (or equivalent) honours degree (including a transcript of previous results), and an interest in Latin American Studies.
* A personal statement giving reasons for applying for the course. · For those whose first language is not English, minimum scores in one of the standard language tests (IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge CPE) are a requirement for admission. These are as follows: IELTS: an overall score of 7.5, with at least 7.0 in each component; TOEFL: an overall score of 630 with a Test of Written English score of 5. Applicants who have taken the computer-based TOEFL test must achieve an overall score of 267 with an essay-writing score of 5; for the Computer-based TOEFL an overall of 109; Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) Grade B.
* Two confidential academic references
* Two pieces of written work, written in the applicant´s own English (ie. not professionally translated) and usually about 2,000 words in length.
* A C.V.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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