MA/MS in Administration of Public Governance Institutions

General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: To prepare the highest qualification public administration specialists, working in the fields of policy implementation, public management, provision of the public services, who can creatively apply the competencies acquired during their studies Learning outcomes: 1. Advanced knowledge of the comparative features of the various central and local public governance systems, needed to adequately use administrative discretion, provide public services to citizens, implement and evaluate public policies 2. Ability to identify means and methods of policy making and strategic management, to apply them in analysing and solving real life’s public governance problems 3. Ability to analyse and apply alternative tools in policy implementation, development of policy programs and projects 4. Ability to prepare and evaluate public policy documents, management and performance plans and to evaluate their implementation 5. Ability to independently plan, organize and perform activities of the public sector organization, introduce organizational or managerial innovations, preserve organizational ethical integrity and professionalism 6. Abilities and dispositions to initiate and implement organizational change, to act as a leader in organizational and societal activities Activities of teaching and learning: Lectures, seminars, presentations, group work, consultations, individual written homework Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Tests, exams, evaluation of individual and group work Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: Compulsory study subjects consist of 102 ECTS and are the following: Public Policy and Public Policy Analysis Public Economics Strategic Management and Performance Evaluation in the Public Sector Theoretical and Comparative Analysis in Public Administration Europeanization of Public Management Economic Policy of Small and Medium-Size States Ethics Management in the Public Sector Human Resource Policy and Management in the Public Sector Management of Public Services Delivery in Municipalities Administrative Law Research Methods in Public Policy and Public Administration Research Paper No. 1 Research Paper No. 2 Master Thesis Specialisations: none Optional courses: Students must choose 3 courses (18 ECTS) from the list of elective courses. Distinctive features of a study programme: Focus of the programme is public policy, public sector management and provision of public services Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: Graduates of the programme can compete for employment into positions of civil service. Graduates of the programme can also work in research and consultative institutions, international and nongovernmental organizations as well as in private business. Access to further study: After completion of this programme students can continue into PhD studies in Political science or in Management and administration