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Program 2: MPA in Governance & Public Policy

Programme Contents

MPA in Governance & Public Policy is a post-graduate programme of 45 credits to be completed in 4 full semesters in 18 calendar months. It consists of 7-8 Core Courses (21 credits), 5-7 Elective Courses (15 credits), and a thesis (9 credits). In addition, students will be required to take non-credit preparatory courses in Communicative English and Computer. Each core course would be of 3 credits with 45 hours of academic sessions, each being of one and half hours duration. Each elective course could vary from 1.5 credits to 3 credits and credit hours would vary accordingly.

    Preparatory Courses
    • Computer literacy
    • Communicative English
    Core Courses :
    • Fundamentals of Public Administration & Political Science
    • Fundamentals of Economics
    • Governance and Public Policy
    • Major Schools of Development Thought
    • Leading issues in the Governance of Bangladesh
    • Strategic Management and Leadership
    • Important Laws: Constitutional Laws, Jurisprudence, Administrative Laws, International Laws
    • Local Government: Decentralization, Devolution
    • Public Policy Analysis
    • Human Resource Management
    • Principles, practices and dynamics of research management
    Elective Courses
      Elective Courses may be clustered into four broad areas as below:
    • Group A: Policy Issues
      • Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
      • Laws of International Governance and Cooperation
      • Current Issues in Globalization
      • Globalization: Its Impact
      • Poverty Alleviation
    • Group B: Enhancing Performance
      • E-governance & IT
    • Group C: Building Partnership
      • Public-Private Partnership
      • NGOs as development partners
      • Land Management
    • Group D: Accountability
      • Ethics & Anti-Corruption
      • Gender, Diversity and Governance
      • Human Rights and Social Justice

MS Thesis

The Thesis containing 9 credits span over all the four semesters. In the first semester, each student is required to, get trained in writing skills in English, computer literacy and research methodology. In the second semester each student is required to write a Thesis Proposal. In the third semester, a student is expected to study relevant literature, write the survey chapter, the theoretical/methodology chapter and research design for collection of data. In the fourth semester, the student is required to collect, collate and analyze data, and complete a 30-40 page thesis.

Structure of the Programme

The structure of the programme is as follows programme
Course Type
No. of Courses
Credits
Preparatory Courses
2
0
Core Courses
7-8
21
Elective Courses
5-7
15
Thesis
1
9
Total
45

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Program 2: MPA in International Economic Relations

Programme Contents

MPA in International Economic Relations is a post-graduate programme of 45 credits to be completed in 4 full semesters in 18 calendar months. It consists of 7-8 Core Courses (21 credits), 5-7 Elective Courses (15 credits), and a thesis (9 credits). In addition, students will be required to take non-credit preparatory courses in Communicative English and Computer. Each core course would be of 3 credits with 45 hours of academic sessions, each session being of one and half hours duration. Each elective course could vary from 1.5 credits to 3 credits and credit hours would vary accordingly.
      Preparatory Courses
      • Computer literacy
      • Communicative English
      Core Courses
      • Fundamentals of Economics
      • Political Science and Public Administration
      • International Economics: Theoretical Approaohes and Conceptual clarity
      • Economics for Public Policy and Programme Administration Programm
      • Negotiation and Conflict management
      • Budgeting and Management of public resources
      • Project Development and Management
      • Institutions, Institutional change and Economic performance
      • Economic Resources: Institutions, Think Tanks and Universities
      • Macro and Micro Economics
      • WTO and International Trade
      • Technology transfer
      • Environmental Economics and Policy
      • Economic Diplomacy
      • Principles, practices and dynamics of Research management
      Elective Courses
        Elective Courses may be clustered into four broad areas as below:
      • Group A: Policy issues
        • Public-Policy analysis
        • Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
        • Issues of International Governance and Cooperation
        • Current Issues in Globalization
        • Globalization: Its impact
        • Poverty Alleviation
      • Group B: Enhancing Performance
        • E-governance IT
      • Group C: Building partnership
        • Public-private partnership
        • NGOs as development partners
        • Land utilization and management
      • Group D: Accountability
        • Ethics & Anti-Corruption
        • Gender diversity and Governance
        • Human Rights and Social Justice

MS Thesis

The Thesis containing 9 credits span over all the four semesters. In the first semester, each student is required to, get trained in writing skills in English, computer literacy and research methodology. In the second semester each student is required to write a Thesis Proposal. In the third semester, a student is expected to study relevant literature, write the survey chapter, the theoretical/methodology chapter and research design for collection of data. In the fourth semester, the student is required to collect, collate and analyze data, and complete a 30-40 page thesis.

Structure of the Programme

The structure of the programme is as follows:

Course Type
No. of Courses
Credits
Preparatory Courses
2
0
Core Courses
7-8
21
Elective Courses
5-7
15
Dissertation
1
9
Total
45

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