Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law (MPPAL) School of Public Policy

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Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law
(MPPAL)School of Public Policy Administration

• The MPPAL is an interdisciplinary program
  designed primarily to provide people working in
  the public sector with the skills needed for
  effective public administration and public policy
  analysis, with an emphasis on the themes of
  constitutional and administrative law, social
  justice, and public sector ethics.
• Most students take the program part-time over 2
  years one evening a week and one Saturday a
  month.
• 25 students are admitted each year for courses at
  our downtown campus (near govt offices), and 25
  are admitted each year for courses here on the
  Keele campus.

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Three Types of MPPAL Students

• The admissions process for the MPPAL program at
  York is competitive. We look for candidates who
  hold an undergraduate honours degree from a
  recognized university, with a minimum B average
  in the last two years of study, and a minimum of
  five years work experience in a relevant public
  sector management, administrative, or supervisory
  position.
• The program will also consider candidates who
  have completed an undergraduate honours degree
  with a minimum grade point average of A in the
  final two years, and who have less than five
  years work experience. Preference will be given
  to students who have completed a bachelors
  degree (Honours) in Public Administration, or in
  Political Science with an emphasis on public
  administration.
• At the discretion of the selection committee, in
  exceptional circumstances, students who have
  completed a three-year undergraduate degree with
  a minimum grade point average of B and have
  significant work experience may be recommended
  for admission to the program.

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The Executive Style Program

• The MPPAL is offered as a part-time executive or
  professional development program, allowing you to
  pursue a degree and enhance your career prospects
  while continuing to work full-time.
• An intensive course structure allows you to study
  with much less time away from work than most
  other masters programs demand, and prepares you
  to apply what you are learning to your current
  position immediately.
• Equipping students with the contemporary skill
  sets they need to meet the demands of todays
  society.
• It draws on the strengths of an interdisciplinary
  faculty from across York University, including
  the Atkinson Faculty, Glendon College, Osgoode
  Hall Law School and the Faculties of Arts and
  Environmental Studies.
• Our professors are renowned scholars with
  research strengths in a wide range of areas,
  including public sector ethics, change
  management, labour relations, public sector
  finance, and constitutional and administrative
  law. In addition to their academic research and
  teaching, many of our faculty have significant
  public sector experience

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My Thesis On The Import Of Pubic Administration
And Public Policy

• Global Modernity ? Canada is facing public policy
  challenges of unprecedented scale and complexity
  ?new approaches to industrial and economic
  and human resource planning ? increased
  emphasis on the role of public administration
  specialists and public policy analysts.
• Responding to these challenges/complexities will
  take a fresh approach one that asks the right
  questions, engages a range of people, and focuses
  on realistic and creative solutions
• The critical organizational and governance
  challenges of global modernity, which is the
  challenge of a systematic and analytic
  application of administrative sciences to public
  policy needs and reforms
• i) Facilitating a minimum dislocation (in a
  rapidly changing world) and maximum productivity
  in workplace.
• ii) Balancing public sector/corporate governance
  and social responsibility.

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Opening Up Cities To The World

• With Globalization, and the emergence of capital
  internationalization there has been a
  corresponding role of government the management
  of society.
• One of the feature of the MPPAL is that students
  are already working professionals, and there is a
  recognition among municipal, provincial and
  federal governments of the need to ensure that
  the public service reflects the people they
  serve.
• The MPPAL provides substantive knowledge but also
  equips professionals to be global citizens and
  public servants equipped with international, and
  multicultural competence ?(equipped to interact
  and engage with transnationals who now call
  Canada their home, and international peoples
  abroad as governments make links with countries
  abroad economic, political, social and
  culturally.

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MPPAL Curriculum

• MPPAL COURSES cover the essential curriculum that
  forms the core of any public policy and
  administration program, but they also include
  substantial original content focused on a more
  comprehensive consideration of social justice
  issues, public law, administrative law, public
  sector ethics, and human rights.
• Students move through three conceptual modules,
  with 9 credits in each
• Public Management and Finance
• Law, Administration and Ethics and
• Public Policy Analysis.
• Each module must be completed in its entirety.
  The last module provides students with the option
  of completing a research paper or a public policy
  issue development course.
• Students normally progress as a cohort. The
  specific order in which courses are taught may
  vary from year to year. However, students must
  complete the Research Methods and Information
  Systems and Program Evaluation and Public Policy
  Analysis courses in Module 3 before embarking on
  the Major Research Paper.

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The MPPAL Modules

• The Public Management and Finance module
  emphasizes the skills, knowledge, and behaviours
  that are essential to an effective lower-middle
  level public sector manager. These include a firm
  understanding of the basics of public
  administration, as well as effective change
  management, leadership, human resources
  management, public finance, and accountability
  mechanisms.
• The Law, Administration, and Ethics module is
  designed to provide students with the tools to
  deal competently with legal and ethical matters
  in public affairs.
• The Public Policy and Analysis module is designed
  to provide students with a firm understanding of
  the skills of program evaluation, and with
  relevant analytical tools regarding public policy
  development and the public policy cycle.

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MPPAL Courses

• Module 1 Public Management and Finance
• PPAL 6000 3.0 - Public management
• PPAL 6010 3.0 - Leadership and human resources
  Management
• PPAL 6020 3.0 - Public finance and accounting
• Module 2 Law and Ethics
• PPAL 6100 3.0 - Canadian constitutional and
  administrative law
• PPAL 6120 3.0 - Ethics, privacy, and access to
  information
• PPAL 6130 3.0 - Equity, policy, law and planning
  
• Module 3 Public Policy and Analysis
• PPAL 6200 3.0 - Research methods and information
  systems
• PPAL 6210 3.0 - Program evaluation and public
  policy analysis
• PPAL 6230 3.0 - Topics in public policy or PPAL
  6250 3.0 Major research paper

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My Action Plan For The Program

• 1) York's MPPAL will provide you with the
  competencies and professional opportunities that
  a graduate degree brings, as well as prepare you
  to be an influential voice in your chosen career.
  
• 2) It will also allow you to build new business
  relationships and opportunities by creating value
  chains/value networks. Professional development
  programming will strengthen the interface between
  the School and the public sector.
• Focus On Student Activity, Associations, Alumni
• A Networking Opportunities
• B Professional Development Workshops And
• C Speakers Series About The Issues Facing
  Public Sector Workers And Administrators//Critica
  l Public Policy Challenges.