KOICA-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 (B^O), 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 B^o. 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 B^o (3.0) and submit the final thesis in PDF and print copy. The thesis will be graded A⁺, A^O, A^-, B⁺, B^O, B^- or C. A+ ~ B^o means "PASS," and the oral defense score should be a minimum of 60 out of 100 the final thesis examination.