KOICA-SDGs

The Master's Degree Program in Capacity Building for SDGs consists of three regular curriculum curriculum and various extracurricular activities modules. 

🟤Required Courses

○ <Theories of Global Public Administration> and <Theories of Global Public Policies> courses will prepare students to understand the basics of public administration and public policy under the SDGs implementation and performance. 

○ <Social Research Methods of Public Administration> and <Statistical Analysis of Public Administration> are courses offered for students to learn fundamental analytical theories of public management and understand the empirical methods to apply to work-site operations,  and build capacity for evidence-based policymaking and evaluation. 

Students who do not have sufficient knowledge about statistics, <Basic Statistics> is also provided during the preliminary session as a pre-course.

(1) Basic Theories
• Theories of Global Public Administration
• Theories of Global Public Policies
(2) Methodology
• Social Research Methods of Public Administration
• Statistical Analysis of Public Administration

🟤Elective Courses

Advanced courses for understanding and capacity building in the public & civil-society sector management, big & small data analysis, and public policy-making process analysis are based on essential theories and methodologies.

(1) Public & Civil Management and Communication Capacity Building

• Organization and Public Administration

• Public Personnel Administration

• Government and Market

• Corporate and Government Accounting

• Central-Local Relations

• Government and Transparency

• International Development Economics

• Development and Social Change

(2)  Big & Small Data Analytics  

• Basic Statistics (preparatory course)

• Evaluation of International Development Cooperation

• Evidence-Based Public Project Management

• AI Policy in the Developing Countries: Needs and Alternatives

• Digital Transformation of Government

• Data Analytics and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

(3 ) Understanding Public Policies and Policy Process Analysis  

• Understanding the SDGs and Inequality
• SDGs and Environmental Governance
• International Development and Program Evaluation
• Evidence-Based Public Policy and Management
• Development Policies in the Global Context
• AI Policy in the Developing Countries: Needs and Alternatives
• Data Analytics and Sustainable Development for Developing Countries
• Government and Market
• Comparative Administrative Law
• A Seminar on Public Safety Policy
• Global Comparative Politics
• US Foreign Policy
• Advanced Seminar on Institutional and Governance Reform

The study tour, field trip, and public internship are offered to improve students' knowledge. Workshop, forum and roundtable are also provided to share knowledge and understanding. 

By learning fundamental theories, advanced knowledge and skills and its application to work-site operation, students can understand SDG essentials and build their capacity for a specific implementation of the goals.

🟤Curriculum & Credits

Credits required to complete the master's program: 36 credits

(1) 2022 Preliminary Session (Non-credit)

• Basic Korean

• Basic Statistics

• Korean History and Culture

• Country Report Orientation(1)

(2) 2022 Fall Semester Four courses (12 credits)

        ① Required (6 credits)

• Theories of Global Public Administration

• Social Research Methods of Public

• Administration

• Basic Korean I (non-credit)

        ② Elective (6 credits)

• Government and Market 

• Corporate and Government Accounting

• Theories of Public Organization

• Sustainable Development Goals and Environment Policy

(3) 2022 Winter One course (3 credits)

        ① Required (3 credits)

• Data Analytics and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

• Basic Korean I (non-credit)

(4) 2023 Spring Semester Four courses (9 credits)

        ① Elective (3 credits)

• Theories of Global Public Policies

• Korean Language and Korean Culture (non-credit)

• Statistical Analysis of Public Administration 

        ② Elective (6 credits)

• Innovation, Industry and Trade Policy 

• Sustainable Cities and Community Well-being

• Public Personnel Administration

• Development Politics in the Global Context

• Global Comparative Politics

• International Development Economics

(5) 2023 Summer One courses (6 credits)

        ① Elective (6 credits)

• AI Policy in the Developing Countries

• Progresses and Challenges of ASEAN SDGs

(6) 2023 Fall Semester Two courses (6 credits)

        ① Required (3 credits)

• Reading and Research I

        ② Elective (3 credits)

• Government and Transparency

• Global Public Policy and International Development Cooperation

• Evidence-Based Public Project Management

🟤NOTE: 

1. The above curriculum is subject to change.

2. <Korean Language and Korean Culture>: Alternative course of Korean Language Examination, one of the requirements for submitting a mater's thesis. Non-credit course.

➀ Students must obtain 33 credit hours and a minimum average of B0 (3.0) to be qualified to write a thesis and get the master's degree.

➁ Students should pass the qualifying examination of writing a thesis to be held in the first week of the second semester.

➂ Students should sign up for <Korean Language and Korean Culture> and obtain a minimum B0. This course is a non-credit course, which is an alternative course for the Korean language examination.

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

1) preliminary thesis examination (oral defense)

2) intermediate thesis examination

3) final thesis examination

To pass the final thesis examination, students should obtain a minimum B0(3.0) and submit the final thesis in PDF and print copy.