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Public Policy (PGDip) – (M.Sc.)
University of Nottingham
Sociology and Social Policy
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,024 ≈ € 11,358 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Nottingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 9 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Nottingham
The Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy is designed to develop the key skills and competencies necessary for those working or wanting to work in public services and not for profit organisations.
The course will enable you to contextualise, understand critically and analyse key developments within the public sector.
The programme offers multi-disciplinary modules that cover policy making, policy analysis and evaluation, comparative public policy, public sector economics, governance and public management.
Graduates of the Public Policy programme have successfully pursued careers in the public and voluntary sectors as policy analysts managers.
Contents
This course requires you to take the following core modules:
* Making Public Policy
* Policy Analysis and Evaluation
* Research Methods and the Dissertation
* Comparing Public Policy
* Globalisation, Europeanisation and Public Policy
* Public Management and Governance
* Public Sector Economics
You will also be able to take 20 credits of elective modules from the following list:
* Constitutional and Public Law
* Welfare Policy and Management
* Developments in UK Public Policy
* Information Age Management in Government
* International Social Policy
* Leadership, Strategy and Performance in the Public Sector
* Managing People
* Public Administration in Developing and Transitional Countries
* Public Sector Financial Management
Please note that modules may be subject to change.
Course Structure
The Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy can be taken on a full-time basis over 9 months or part-time over 2 years.
You must take 120 credits of modules, split into three 20-credit core modules, four 10-credit core modules, and either two 10-credit elective modules or one 20-credit elective module.
Teaching on this programme is cutting edge, research-informed, multidisciplinary, and internationally-focused. Modules are normally taught by a mix of lectures, group work, and class discussion. Most modules are taught weekly over one semester; a few modules are taught over three consecutive days.
Nearly all modules are timetabled to take place on one or two days in the week. Part-time students need to come into the University for about 30 days per academic year.
Taught modules are normally assessed by a 3,000 to 5,000-word essay (or equivalent).
We also offer an MA in Public Policy, which carries a dissertation requirement.
As a student on the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy, it would be possible for you to upgrade to the MA in Public Policy if you perform satisfactorily in the first semester if full-time or in the first academic year if part-time.
You may also be interested in the Masters in Public Administration or Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Entry requirements:2.2(Lower 2nd class hons degree or international equivalent)IELTS:6.5 (no less than 6.0 in any element)TOEFL paper based:573 with 4.5 TWETOEFL computer based:230 with 4.5 TWETOEFL IBT:88 (minimum 19 in each element)
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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