International Development: Public Policy and Management

Entry requirements

We require a UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent, in any discipline.

When assessing your academic record we take into account the grades you have achieved and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification.

Months of entry

September

Course content

MSc International Development: Public Policy and Management seeks to provide an interdisciplinary training and education that will enable policymakers, economists, planners, managers and researchers to be fully conversant with current issues of public policy and management, in an international development setting.

It will provide you with the conceptual and analytical tools needed to understand and critically review issues relevant to public policy and public sector reform.

While the course was conceived primarily for those already working in the public sector environment, it has evolved into a highly successful multidisciplinary course that is appropriate to modern professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds, who have an interest in issues of public policy.

Aims

• Develop your understanding of the different conceptual and theoretical perspectives applied to public policy and management, and public sector reform.
• Expand upon your understanding of the principles and practices underlying the implementation of public policy processes and provide knowledge of 'real-world' examples of public policy/sector reform.
• Learn about the role and importance of institutions for public policy and management.
• Grow your skills and provide you with a significant cross-disciplinary (development economics, public policy, management and development studies) skill set that will enable you to critically analyse and communicate your analysis effectively.
• Build your awareness and knowledge of a variety of global public policies and how they are implemented.
• Develop your command of current theory, policy and practice in relation to some of the following specialist areas: public policy process and methods; public sector economics; development and economic policy; privatisation and public enterprise reform; public sector accounting and organisational change.
• Build upon your independent research skills through a supervised dissertation research project.