KOICA-Public Management

The <Master’s Degree Program in Public Management and Public Sector Reforms> course consists of 6 modules curriculum and 4 modules special activities. The 10 modules have been designed to deliver the academic contents in systematic and in-depth manner as follows.

In order to learn basic theories of public management and understand the methods to apply for work-site operations, and to 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 in the regular semesters. For students who do not have sufficient knowledge about statistics, <Basic Statistics> is also offered during preparatory session as a prerequisite learning.

1) Required Courses

<Theories of Global Public Administration> and <Theories of Public Policy and Institution> courses are offered to understand the basics of public administration and public policy.

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

2) Elective Courses

Based on the basic theories and methodology, advanced courses on organization, personnel management, finance, local government and policy process are offered:

(1) Organization Management
• Organization and Public Administration
• Government and Transparency
• Public Sector Reforms
(2) Personal Management
• Public Personnel Administration
• Global Leadership and Public Ethics
• Performance Pay: Theory and Evidence
(3 )Finance Management
• Economic Analysis
• Introduction to Government Accounting
(4) Local Government
• Urban Government
• Central-local Relations
(5) Policy Process
• Policy Analysis
• 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.