Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP) The Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP) offers two-year master degrees: MA in Public Management (PM) and MA in Public Policy (PP). Students are required to complete coursework (at least 40 credits) and write either a thesis or research report on a wide range of managerial or policy issues. The PMPP provides students with knowledge and skills that are necessary to be good managers in public and non-profit organizations. Basic courses include Introduction fo Policy Analysis, Public Policy Process, Statistical Methods, Econometrics, and Microeconomics I. The PM additionally requires Managing Public Organizations, Public Administration, and Public Finance and Budgeting to learn better ways to improve public service delivery, while students in the PP track must take Cost Benfit Analysis, Introduction to Policy Modeling, and Policy Evaluation to understand policy making and implementation.
Interdisciplinary Nature
PMPP encourages interdisciplinary learning to equip our students with theoretical, analytic, and problem-solving skills and experiences on the issues of public policy and administration. PMPP collaborates with IDP, IRP, and MBA program to expose students with diverse social science perspectives.
Empirical and Quantitative Approach
PMPP has emphasized mathematics, statistics, econometrics, policy modeling, and other quantitative methods to analyze empirical data. This approach helps students identify and solve various managerial and policy problems in the public and nonprofit sector.
Multicultural Diversity
The majority of PMPP students are government employees who come from approximately fifty countries across the globe. Students have opportunities to exchange experiences and develop new ideas because they encounter similar management and policy problems in different institutional settings.
Promoting government innovation
Nurturing public leaders
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