PGDip Public Administration

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University of Nottingham

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• Objectives
  The School takes an interdisciplinary approach to issues facing public management. You will study policy and management modules designed for the public sector. The course has a strong international comparative element, providing a broad knowledge of public management issues. You will develop your skills to critically analyse complex managerial issues and contribute effectively to the future direction of your current or prospective employing organisations.
• Entry requirements
  It is suitable for new graduates and those with managerial and/or public sector work experience.
• Academic title
  PGDip Public Administration
• Course description
  Public Administration (PGDip)
  Duration: 9 months full-time or 2 years part-time
  
  Course Content
  This course requires you to take the following core modules:
  
  Leadership, Strategy and Performance in the Public Sector
  Public Management and Governance
  Research Methods and the Dissertation
  Constitutional and Public Law
  Making Public Policy
  Managing People
  Public Sector Financial Management
  
  You will also be able to take 20 credits’ of elective modules from the following list:
  
  Comparing Public Policy
  Developments in UK Health and Social Care Policy
  Developments in UK Public Policy
  Globalisation, Europeanisation and Public Policy
  Information Age Management in Government
  International Social Policy
  Management of Change
  Policy Analysis and Evaluation
  Public Administration in Developing and Transitional Countries
  Public Sector Economics
  Please note that modules may be subject to change.
  
  Course Structure
  The Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration can be taken on a full-time basis over 9 months or part-time over 2 years.
  
  You must take 120 credits of modules, split across three 20-credit core modules, four 10-credit core modules, and either two 10-credit elective modules or one 20-credit elective module.
  
  Teaching on this programme is cutting edge, research-informed, multidisciplinary, and internationally-focused. Modules are normally taught by a mix of lectures, group-work, and class discussion. Most modules are taught weekly over one semester; a few modules are taught over three consecutive days.
  
  Nearly all modules are timetabled to take place on one or two days in the week. Part-time students need to come into the University for about 30 days per academic year.
  
  Taught modules are normally assessed by a 3,000 to 5,000-word essay (or equivalent).
  
  We also offer a Masters in Public Administration, which requires you to complete a dissertation.
  
  As a student on the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration, it would be possible for you to upgrade to the Masters in Public Administration if you perform satisfactorily in the first semester if full-time or in the first academic year if part-time.
  
  You may also be interested in the MA in Public Policy or Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy.
  
  Key facts
  
  This course is supported by work taking place in the International Centre for Public and Social Policy. Based in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, this is a recently established and expanding multidisciplinary centre of research and postgraduate teaching.
  

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