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Public Policy & Administration Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Public Policy & Administration via distance learning
This program thoroughly examines public administration and gives a complete overview of its nature, organization theory, personnel, finance, administrative responsibility, and international administration. It also covers the "government reinvention" movement and its clash with the traditional values of public administration. It looks at the various interpretations of government corruption and explains the differences between public and private organizations. It describes major models of public policy making and links their content with political science. This program analyzes the development of public administration in various countries.
Academic Supervisor : John U. Kitoko
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Public Policy & Administration Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Public Policy & Administration.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Diplomacy - Disaster Management - Health Care Administration - Institutional Relations - Peace Studies - Political Science - Protocol & Etiquette - Public Affairs - Public Health - Sustainable Development .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Public Policy & Administration Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Public Policy & Administration via distance learning = 42 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Public Policy & Administration Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Public Policy & Administration via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Political Science.
Master's Degree - Public Policy & Administration Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Public Policy & Administration via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Political Science. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Public Policy & Administration Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Public Policy & Administration via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Political Science. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
BIU adapts each Distance Learning Higher Education degree program to the needs of each student. More info...
Public Policy & Administration Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Organizational Studies
This course of organizational studies deals with an inter-disciplinary field focused on the collective activity, and how it relates to organization, organizing, and management. This course aims to promote the understanding of organizations, organizing and the organized, and its social relevance.
Academic Supervisor: Jennifer Dustow
Organizational Administration
The course surveys the field of organizational theory, including the historical underpinnings of the field, the nature of bureaucracy, evolving organizational structures and design, the organization-environment interface, multiple stakeholders, and power and influence in the emerging organization.
Academic Supervisor: John U. Kitoko
Public Policy
This course focuses on the analysis techniques for policy-making or research in public or private administration. Topics are selected from statistics, economics, management science, and information systems. It explains the development of theory of bureaucracy; social issues; ethics and morality in public bureaucracy; and new bureaucratic structures and processes.
Academic Supervisor: John U. Kitoko
Urban Policy
This course explores the urban policies of major problems confronting cities and metropolitan regions today. It examines the means and consequences of public intervention in urban land and housing in addition to the issues of transportation and how to manage traffic and urban development, its life cycle, expansion, and decay. It considers the effects of economic globalization, income inequality, and metropolitan decentralization.
Academic Supervisor: Earle Taylor
International Public Law
This course examines the scope and role of administrative regulation of governmental agencies. It explores the constitutional principles that limit administrative power and the administrative laws that govern conflict between administrative agencies and their constituencies; rulemaking, judicial review, and informed regulatory processes of importance to public officials.
Academic Supervisor: Antoine K. Abou Assaf
Public Personnel Administration
This course focuses on developing theories and techniques of personnel management in the public sector. It discusses the structure, role, and evolution of the Civil Service, current personnel policies, and formal tasks e.g. examination, recruitment, position classification, and collective bargaining.
Academic Supervisor: John U. Kitoko
Management Information Systems
This course analyzes information systems and their role in organizations. It focuses on the management of information resources for optimum performance. It reviews hardware, software, data storage, and telecommunication technologies, and considers the issues of emerging technologies, social and ethical concerns, security, and control. It explains the best use of computers to minimize cost and optimize results.
Academic Supervisor: Javier Fernandez Salgado
Economic Development
This course deals with the performance and problems of developing countries in relation to growth, employment, structural change, and human development. It analyzes several theories and paradigms of development, sources of economic growth, and the policies used to promote industrialization, trade, and sustainability. It considers different development strategies adopted by several countries.
Academic Supervisor: Nadège Noële Ango-Obiang
Public Budgeting & Finance
This course presents the operations and functions of public finance; reasons for governmental intervention, inter sector resource allocation, welfare economics, and taxation budget. Special emphasis is placed upon the intergovernmental relations that explain the fiscal relations between central and local governments. Public budgeting considers legal, political, social, and administrative perspectives.
Academic Supervisor: Earle Taylor
Public Health
This course deals with the philosophy, history, and principles of public health, the organization and structure of its agencies, and the functions of public health services. It examines health promotion, disease prevention, the social, cultural, and environmental factors that influence health, disease, and illness.
Academic Supervisor: Daniel Scott Janik
Comparative Public Policy
This course is an extensive and multidisciplinary exposure to the concepts and models of public administration in different countries. It explores the role of the military, bureaucracy, and traditional elite in development and practices and concepts of strategies for effective change.
Academic Supervisor: Earle Taylor
Public Administration
This course focuses on a comprehensive understanding of public administration, including its nature, organization theory, management, personnel, financial, and international administration, and administrative responsibility. It examines public policy efforts and its impact on the economic system and the welfare of consumers, workers, and industry.
Academic Supervisor: John U. Kitoko
Community & Social Development
This course deals with the sociological factors involved in the development and evolution of society and community. It explains how to deal with economic, health, and social problems, and considers cross cultural social perspectives and diversity in all its forms. It deals with the process of managing and integrating the experience and trajectory of a community towards a new and better global welfare.
Academic Supervisor: Francis Wambua Mulwa
Public Affairs
This course reviews how to work with policy-making bodies, such as regulators, commercial organizations and other interested parties. Managing public affairs is more than just political lobbying. It examines how political decisions affect the current economy and corporations. It also manages an organization’s relationship with stakeholders. Public affairs management combines government relations, media communications, crisis management, corporate and social responsibility, information dissemination, and strategic communications. Practitioners aim to influence public policy, build and maintain a strong reputation, and find common ground with stakeholders.
Academic Supervisor: John U. Kitoko
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Public Policy & Administration Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
AECPA - Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración
AEGAP - Asociación Española de Gestores para la Administración Pública
APPAM - Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
ASPA - American Society for Public Administration
CAPAM - Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
CLAD - Centro Latinoamericano de Administracion para el Desarrollo
IPPA - International Public Policy Association
SBAP - Sociedade Brasileira de Administração Pública
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Admission requirements - Public Policy & Administration
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Public Policy & Administration Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Public Policy & Administration Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning
Public Policy & Administration Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
