Master in Public Administration (MPA)
OBJECTIVE
The programme aims to develop policy leaders. The programme prepares students for careers in the Public, non-state and private sectors. Students will be equipped with skills in policy coordination and responsiveness. The programme is also designed to equip participants with knowledge attitude and skills required by Chief Executive and Administrators to effectively meet the leadership, management and administration challenges if the global situation and to equip graduates with specialized knowledge and skills to play a meaning role in management and provide professional leadership, in government, public and private sector of economy as well as the NGOs. Students are required to do nine (9) core courses, three (3) electives plus a thesis.
CORE COURSES
- Research Methods and Computer Application
- Public Administration Theory
- Policy Formulation and Analysis
- Public Sector Accounting
- Public Sector Economics
- Public Sector Legal and Regulatory Framework
- Public Budgeting and Finance
- Human Resource Management and OB
- Governance and Leadership
ELECTIVES
- Human Resource Management
- Public Procurement
- Public Finance
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Leadership
- International Relations and Diplomacy
Human Resource Management
- Advance Employee Recruitment, Selection and Retention
- Labour Relations in the Public Sector
- Organizational Change & Development
- Compensation and Benefit
- Collective Bargaining
- Performance Management
Public Procurement
- Introduction to Public Procurement
- Public Procurement and Project Management
- Managerial Evaluation
- Procurement Process, Project Cycle, and Risk Management
- Public Finance
- Public Sector Financial Management
- Public Budgeting and Finance
- Advance Taxation and Tax Administrtion
- Aid and Debt Management
- Behavioral Public Finance
International Relations
- Theories of International Relations
- International Security and African Development
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Globalisation
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monitoring and Evaluation in the Public Sector
- Evaluation and Impact Assessment
- Design and Development of Monitoring & Evaluation
- Advance Quantitative Methods in Decision-Making
- Tools and Techniques for Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Thesis – 12 credit hours
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- A Bachelor’s degree from any approved/recognized university with at least a second class lower division.
- A first degree at the level of Third Class and a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma in a related field with some prescribed experience.
START DATE: February and September every year.
DURATION: Two years