Master of Public Administration
Programme Director: Prof LAU, Patrick W C
The programme aims to provide students a comprehensive knowledge of public administration in Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland and the world. Emphasis is placed on east-west interaction with a comparative element. The programme can meet the needs of employees of the government and non-profit making organizations. People working in the business sector will also find it useful to understand the policy and public affairs at local, national and international level.
The programme is designed to accomplish the following objectives:
- To provide students with a solid foundation in public administration, such as in the Mainland and also from a comparative and global perspective;
- To illustrate the relation to law, ethics and other aspects of the public affairs;
- To develop students' ability in the management of human resources, finance, sport and public amenities; and
- To enable students to become reflective and critical administrators with the ability to assess and respond to the changing needs of society.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Required Courses | 21 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 9 units |
| 30 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Courses | 21 units |
| COMM7510 Public Administration and the Media | 3 units | |
| FIN 7070 Finance and Accounting for the Public Sector* | 3 units | |
| MGNT7080 Managing People in the Public Sector | 3 units | |
| POLS7030 Globalization and the World Trade Organization | 3 units | |
| POLS7040 Law and Public Affairs | 3 units | |
| POLS7050 Public Administration | 3 units | |
| POLS7060 Research Methods for Public Administration Practitioners | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 9 units |
| Three of the following courses: | ||
| ECON7080 Economics of Public Policy* | 3 units | |
| EDUC7530 Socio-cultural Context of Human Development | 3 units | |
| EDUC7950 Public Health | 3 units | |
| EURO7160 Current Issues of European Integration | 3 units | |
| GEOG7310 Environmental Contaminants and Health Risk Assessment | 3 units | |
| GEOG7580 Urban Cultural Landscape | 3 units | |
| HIST4407 Topic Studies in Social History | 3 units | |
| HIST7310 Global Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures | 3 units | |
| HIST7320 Contemporary China and Globalization | 3 units | |
| P.E.7010 Programme and Event Planning and Management | 3 units | |
| POLS4237 Topics in Asian Politics | 3 units | |
| POLS7020 E-Government | 3 units | |
| POLS7070 Project | 3 units | |
| POLS7080 Fieldwork Learning in China Public Administration | 3 units | |
| POLS7090 International Political Economy | 3 units | |
| POLS7100 Public Affairs and Public Policy | 3 units | |
| POLS7110 World Order Issues | 3 units | |
| POLS7120 Theories of International Relations | 3 units | |
| SLM 7080 Health Promotion | 3 units | |
| SOC 7320 Health Inequalities in a Global Context | 3 units | |
| SOSC7310 Concepts, Theories and Institutions of Global Studies | 3 units | |
| SOSC7320 Debating Global Society | 3 units | |
| SOSC7330 Globalizations | 3 units | |
| SOSC7340 Global Civil Society | 3 units | |
| SOSC7350 Global Cultural Industries | 3 units | |
| SOSC7360 Global Urban Systems | 3 units | |
| SOSC7370 Independent Project on Global Society | 3 units | |
| SOSC7380 Medicine, Society and Culture: Public Health Perspectives | 3 units | |
| SOSC7400 Professional Placement | 3 units | |
| SOSC7410 Research Methods for Global Studies | 3 units | |
| 30 units | ||
* Students can select either FIN 7070 Finance and Accounting for the Public Sector or ECON7080 Economics of Public Policy as required course. The remaining one can be chosen as elective course.
There are three concentrations available in the programme and they are as follows:
- Global Cultures Concentration
- Global Environmental Health Concentration
- Global Political Economy Concentration
The programme is designed to be completed in four semesters by part-time study mode, part-time students will normally graduate in two years. Full-time study mode will complete the programme in two semesters, full-time students will normally graduate in one year. With special permission, individual students can apply for extension of study but in no cases the period of study be allowed to exceed three years for part-time students and two years for full-time students.
