Location | Email Address | Program Website |
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120 McLaughlin College | jewan@yorku.ca | yorku.ca/gradstudies/ppal/ |
York’s executive-style Master of Public Policy, Administration & Law is an interdisciplinary graduate program designed to provide students with the skills needed for effective public administration and public policy analysis, with an emphasis on the themes of constitutional and administrative law and social justice.
While including all the elements of the standard curriculum followed by other Canadian MPA programs, this graduate program includes leading-edge subjects such as change management, human resources management, the impact of multiculturalism on policy development and implementation, as well as innovative approaches to labour relations and conflict resolution, e-government and the impact of globalization.
Students are provided with a combination of legal, policy analysis and public management skills all rooted in a social justice perspective, and applicable to any area of the public sector, including government, emergency, police and military services.
The Graduate Program in Public Policy, Administration & Law is offered as a two-year, part-time or a one-year full-time program. Courses are held during evenings and in intensive monthly weekend sessions over two terms. Course materials may be accessed by students up to one month in advance, so that readings can be spread over a longer period of time.