Public Administration (Master 2011-2012) - Prospectus

Course (June)

Our new staffmember Prof.dr. Jos. C.N. Raadschelders teaches Philosophy of Public Administration. This course can be used as a specialisation course by students of the following tracks:

European Governance,
International Administration,
Politics & Bureaucracy.
Public Policy Lobbying and Media,
Comparitive Public Management
and students of the track Crisis and Security Management

This course can be used as a _elective_course by students of the MSc Crisis and Security Management.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Philosophy of Public Administration	5

CSM (track)

Crisis and Security Management

Due to its continuous success, the Crisis and Security Management specialisation will be replaced by a separate Master’s programme in Crisis and Security Management. This new master’s starts in February 2012. This means that you will not be able to apply for the Crisis and Security Management specialisation within the Master of Science Programme in Public Administration for this intake, but will instead be invited to apply to the new Master of Science in Crisis and Security Management taught at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University’s The Hague Campus.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mandatory courses
State of the Art: Public Policy*	5
State of the Art: Public Institutions*	5
State of the Art: Public Values*	5
State of the Art: Public Management*	5
Research Design*	5
Master Thesis Public Administration*	20
Specialisation courses
Comparing theory and practice: Terrorism & Counter Terrorism	5
Radicalism, extremism & responses	5
Private Security and Public Domain	5
Peacebuilding After Conflict	5
Hatecrime and Security	5
Security, Crisis and Communication	5

EU Gov

European Governance

The European Governance specialisation is designed to provide students with comprehensive knowledge of the key theoretical and empirical issues related to governance in Europe. The central focus of most courses is the European Union, with particular attention to the impact of the EU as a set of governance structures beyond the nation-state. The seminars of this track concentrate on multilevel governance in the EU, EU institutions and decision-making, and policy implementation in diverse policy areas.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mandatory courses
Master Thesis Public Administration*	20
State of the Art: Public Policy*	5
State of the Art: Public Management*	5
State of the Art: Public Values*	5
State of the Art: Public Institutions*	5
Research Design*	5
Specialisation courses
International Organizations and Good Governance - External Conditionality and Internal Reforms	5
Europeanization	5
EU Decision Making	5
Building Democratic Institutions East and West	5
EU Policies	5
Implementation EU Policy	5
Corporate Responsibility and Transnational Governance	5
EU theories and institutions	5
Interest representation	5
Philosophy of Public Administration	5

Int Adm

International Administration

The International Administration specialisation focuses on the distinctive character and growing influence of such organisations in the delivery of services and policymaking. Addressing organisations ranging in scale and scope from the United Nations to humanitarian NGOs, this specialisation also addresses the complex national and international contexts within which such organisations work.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mandatory courses
Master Thesis Public Administration*	20
State of the Art: Public Policy*	5
State of the Art: Public Institutions*	5
State of the Art: Public Management*	5
State of the Art: Public Values*	5
Research Design*	5
Specialisation courses
International Organizations and Good Governance - External Conditionality and Internal Reforms	5
EU Decision Making	5
States and Ethnic Groups	5
Building Democratic Institutions East and West	5
Current Issues of International Organisations	5
Corporate Responsibility and Transnational Governance	5
Interest representation	5
North and South Relations	5
Philosophy of Public Administration	5

MPS / CPM

Management van de Publieke Sector/Comparative Public Management

The track Management van de Publieke Sector will be renamed from of February 2012. The new name is Comparative Public Management. Students who started in the track Management van de Publieke Sector will receive a diploma supplement with Management van de Publieke Sector on it. Students who take this track from of February 2012 will receive a diploma supplement with Comparative Public Management.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mandatory courses
State of the Art: Public Institutions*	5
State of the Art: Public Policy*	5
State of the Art: Public Values*	5
State of the Art: Public Management*	5
Master Thesis Public Administration*	20
Research Design*	5
Specialisation courses
Management van de Publieke Sector	5
Strategisch Management van de Publieke Sector	5
Building Democratic Institutions East and West	5
Public Management: Old and New	5
Organizational Change: Resistance and Red Tape	5
Corporate Responsibility and Transnational Governance	5
Politics, Governance and Media	5
Philosophy of Public Administration	5

P&B

Politics and Bureaucracy

The political management of public administrations is one of the core themes within public administration. How do political principals provide leadership to the administration, and how do the agents within the administration respond to this?

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mandatory courses
State of the Art: Public Policy*	5
State of the Art: Public Institutions*	5
State of the Art: Public Values*	5
Master Thesis Public Administration*	20
State of the Art: Public Management*	5
Research Design*	5
Electives
Political-administrative relations	5
EU Decision Making	5
Strategisch Management van de Publieke Sector	5
Building Democratic Institutions East and West	5
Democracy, Bureaucracy, Public Choice	5
Interest representation	5
Politics of Bureaucracy	5
Philosophy of Public Administration	5

PPLM

Public Policy, Lobbying and Media

This track focuses both on the policy process and the substance of public policy. A policy process focus would examine how both private and public interests are represented in the governmental policymaking process. Two of the most important means of representing such interests are via direct lobbying of elected and appointed governmental officials and through the communication of ideas and proposals in various forms of media.

Course	EC	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mandatory courses
Master Thesis Public Administration*	20
Research Design*	5
State of the Art: Public Policy*	5
State of the Art: Public Institutions*	5
State of the Art: Public Management*	5
State of the Art: Public Values*	5
Specialisation courses
Europeanization	5
EU Decision Making	5
Building Democratic Institutions East and West	5
EU Policies	5
Corporate Responsibility and Transnational Governance	5
Interest representation	5
Politics, Governance and Media	5
Philosophy of Public Administration	5

MPS-CDH

Management van de Publieke Sector Campus Den Haag

Only available in Dutch

Programme

Introduction

The MSc Public Administration offers 5 tracks (specialisations)
1.European Governance
2.International Administration
3.Politics and Bureaucracy
4.Public Policy, Lobbying and Media
5.Comparative Public Management (new)

Practical information

In order to graduate every student has to participate in these mandatory courses courses:

Research Design (5.0 ECTS)
State of the Art-Public Institutions (5.0 ECTS)
State of the Art-Public Policy (5.0 ECTS)
State of the Art-Public Management (5.0 ECTS)
State of the Art-Public Values (5.0 ECTS)
Thesis (20.0 ECTS)
In addition to these mandatory components, each student follows three electives
Specialisation course 1 (5.0 ECTS) (on the chosen track)
Specialisation course 2 (5.0 ECTS) (on the chosen track)
Specialisation course (5.0 ECTS) (either a specialisation course on the track or a course from one of the other tracks of Public Administration)
The suggested order can be found in the overview. In total a student needs 60.0 ECTS.

More information on graduation and other information can be found on the website of Public Administration.
More information on the entry requirements of the programme can be found on Mastersinleiden.nl.

The Institute of Public Administration also offers the MSc Crisis and Security Management and the MSc Management van de Publieke Sector. Both were tracks within Public Adminstration before.

uSIS & Blackboard

Blackboard (BB) and uSIS

uSIS

Through uSIS you will be able to:

Access your examination results
Register for examinations (if applicable) and cancel registrations.
Register for seminars and cancel registrations.
Change your study address.

uSIS helpdesk (instructions on enrolling)

When to register in uSIS?

Students are required to register for each course and each examination separately. This is possible from four weeks up to ten days before the start of the course or the date of the examination.
If you for what ever reason you cannot register for a course, please send an email to onderwijsbsk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl and ask the staff members to register you and do this BEFORE THE DEADLINE. Please mention your student number!

BlackBoard

All students have access to the course materials that are posted on the Blackboard system, an e-learning tool for online learning and instruction. Blackboard facilitates the exchange of messages and documents between students and lecturers and among students. You can log in using your ULCN account, which consists of a username and a password.
Go to blackboard and then to ‘courses’. You need to enrol. It is important to check your courses on this site on a regular basis, since most of the information (literature, sheets, assignments, changes in the schedule) will be posted on Blackboard. Please note that you cannot register for a course through Blackboard. Registration for courses is only possible via uSIS (see above)!

When to enrol in Blackboard? When is the Black opened?

Since Blackboard is not used as a means of official registration for courses, the co-ordinator of the course can decide whether he or she wishes to make use of Blackboard and when the relevant page will be made available to the students. If the students wants to know whether or not the co-ordinator intends to use blackboard, the student can best contact the co-ordinator.

The ULCN account

The ULCN account gives you access to all the necessary IT facilities of Leiden University until you have completed your programme. Together with the account, you are automatically assigned an e-mail box (uMail box).