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 | 18 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 12 units |
| 30 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Courses | 18 units |
| POLS7040 Law and Public Affairs | 3 units | |
| POLS7050 Public Administration | 3 units | |
| POLS7060 Research Methods for Public Administration Practitioners | 3 units | |
| POLS7140 Public Policy and Governance | 3 units | |
| POLS7150 Ethics and Public Affairs | 3 units | |
| POLS7160 Theories of Public Administration | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 12 units |
| Four of the following courses: | ||
| COMM7510 Public Administration and the Media | 3 units | |
| COMP7025 Artificial Intelligence for Digital Transformation | 3 units | |
| COMP7990 Principles and Practices of Data Analytics | 3 units | |
| ECON7080 Economics of Public Policy* | 3 units | |
| FIN 7070 Finance and Accounting for the Public Sector* | 3 units | |
| GEOG7580 Urban Cultural Landscape | 3 units | |
| HIST7320 Contemporary China and Globalization | 3 units | |
| MGNT7080 Managing People in the Public Sector | 3 units | |
| ORBS7300 Data Analytics and Programming | 3 units | |
| P.E.7010 Programme and Event Planning and Management | 3 units | |
| POLS7020 E-Government | 3 units | |
| POLS7070 Independent Project | 6 units | |
| POLS7080 Fieldwork Learning in China and Overseas Public Administration | 3 units | |
| POLS7090 International Political Economy | 3 units | |
| POLS7120 Theories of International Relations | 3 units | |
| POLS7170 Professional Placement | 3 units | |
| POLS7540 China-EU, Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges | 3 units | |
| SLM 7080 Health Promotion | 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 | |
| SOSC7380 Medicine, Society and Culture: Public Health Perspectives | 3 units | |
| SOSC7430 Advanced Qualitative Methods | 3 units | |
| SOSC7440 Advanced Quantitative Methods | 3 units | |
| 30 units | ||
* FIN 7070 Finance and Accounting for the Public Sector and ECON7080 Economics of Public Policy will be offered on a rotation basis.
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.
