1) Public Required Course (2 credits)
Language: Chinese 2 credits
2) Core Courses (12 credits)
Public Policy Analysis 3 credits
Strategic Management of Public Organizations 3 credits
Comparative Politics and Government 3 credits
Economic Development: Theory and Practices 3 credits
Research Design and Thesis Writing 3 credits
Note: students are required to choose 4 from 5 above.
3) Courses in Areas of Concentration (No less than 9 credits / 3 credits each)
Governance and Development 3 credits
Globalization and Governance 3 credits
Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3 credits
Urbanization and Social Development 3 credits
Environment, Climate and Governance 3 credits
Sociology and Social Policy 3 credits
Note: Subject to the approval of their advisors, students can also formulate their own area of concentration by taking less than 3 credits of science and engineering courses offered in Chinese or English. Students are responsible for registering the courses online.
4) Electives (No less than 16 credits)
Population, Health and Development 3 credits
International Political Economy 3 credits
Chinese Constitutional and Administrative Law 3 credits
Public Ethics and Leadership 3 credits
International/Introduction to Public Health 3 credits
Frontier of Public Management 3 credits
Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development Practice 3 credits
Comparative Development 3 credits
Politics and Government in China 3 credits
Economic Development and Policy in China: Theory and Practice 3 credits
China’s Social Policy 3 credits
China’s Foreign Strategy and Policy 3 credits
Frontier of Public Management 3 credits
Development: Theory and Practice 3 credits
Applied Social Research Methods 3 credits
Guest Lecture Series I 1 credit
Note: Students can take other courses offered to graduate students by Tsinghua University (Chinese or English) with advisor’s approval.
5) Required Components (7credits)
China Development: Field Trip Series 3 credits
Literature Review and Thesis Proposal 1 credit
Independent Study 3 credits
Note:
1. If you select China Development: Field Trip Series, you have to participate in the field trips (no less than 6 days in total) organized in the first three semesters. The reflection paper is also required to be submitted.
2. If you select Guest Lecture Series I, you are required to fulfill 1 credit which is worth of 16 lecture hours. Also, students are required to hand in the course reflection report.
Degree to be conferred: Master of Public Administration.
