GMPA Public Management

The <Master’s Degree Program in Public Management and Public Sector Reforms> program consists of 6 modules and 4 special activities modules. The 10 modules will deliver the academic contents systematically and in an in-depth manner.

 To learn fundamental theories of public management and understand the methods to apply for work-site operations, and build the capacity of evidence-based policy making and evaluation, <Social Research Methods of Public Administration>, and <Statistical Analysis of Public Administration> courses are offered. For students who do not have sufficient knowledge about statistics, <Basic Statistics> is provided during the preliminary session as a pre-course. 

1) Required Courses

<Theories of Global Public Administration> and <Theories of Public Policy and Institution> courses will make students understand public administration and public policy.

(1) Basic Theories
• Theories of Global Public Administration
• Theories of Global Public Policy and Institution
(2) Methodology
• Social Research Methods of Public Administration
• Statistical Analysis of Public Administration
• Reading & Research I 

2) Elective Courses

Advanced courses on organization, personnel management, public economics, local government, and policy process are offered based on the fundamental theories and methodology. 

(1) Organization Management
• Organization and Public Administration
• Government and Transparency
• Topics in Public Administration (Public Sector Reforms  in  South  Korea)
(2) Personal Management
• Public Personnel Administration
• Global Leadership and Public Ethics

(3 )Public Economics
        • Political  Economics  of  Development
• Financial  Regulation  and  Policy  Implication
• Public Administration and  Business
(4) Local Government
•  Public  Policy  and  Community  Well-being
• Central-Local Relations
(5) Policy Process
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• Project Cycle Management
• Development Policies in the Global Context
• Diplomacy and Policy
• International Politics
• Analyzing Cases of Public Policies
• ODA Management and Evaluation

• To graduate, students must complete 36 credit hours, earn a GPA higher than 3.0 (BO), and pass the final thesis examination. 

• Students should pass the thesis qualifying examination, which will take place in the first or second week of the second semester.  

• Students should sit for the <Korean Language and Korean Culture> course and obtain minimum Bo. This course is a non-credit course, an alternative course of Korean language examination, which is one of the requirements to submit a thesis. 

• Having fulfilled the conditions above, students apply for thesis examination, which consists of three parts:

➀ preliminary thesis examination (oral defense)
➁ intermediate thesis examination
➂ final thesis examination (oral defense). To pass the final thesis examination, students should obtain a minimum of Bo (3.0) and submit the final thesis in PDF and print copy. The thesis will be graded A+, AO, A-, B+, BO, B- or C.  A+ ~ Bo means "PASS," and the oral defense score should be a minimum of 60 out of 100 the final thesis examination.