Total credits for award of degree
- Disciplines: 24 (twenty four) credits
- Dissertation: 11 (eleven) credits
- Reference: 1 (one) credit = 15 (fifteen) hours
Total: 35 (thirty five) credits.
Deadline for completing the program: 22 (twenty two) months, including approval and public presentation of the Final Coursework.
Regular Schedule:
- Classroom sessions: quarterly;
- Total duration of course: 22 months;
- Diploma awarded at end of course: Master of Public Administration.
Intensive Schedule:
- Classroom sessions: 12 weeks (total);
- Gaps between classroom sessions: about six weeks;
- Total duration of course: 22 months;
- Diploma awarded at end of course: Master of Public Administration.
Final Coursework and Presentation
In order to complete the program, each student must prepare a final coursework project that may be a dissertation resulting from fieldwork conducted by the student under the guidance of a professor. The final coursework shall be prepared in one of the following formats:
- Dissertation
- In-depth case study
- Diagnostic report and analysis
The final coursework must be presented to a public panel consisting of three professors with PhDs, one of whom must be the adviser from the MPA tenured faculty, one an invited professor from the institution and one from outside FGV EBAPE. In order to present the project and complete the course, the final coursework project must be approved, and the student must have completed the 26 (twenty six) credits required, with a final grade of at least 7.0 (seven) for the complete set of disciplines followed during the course (mandatory and elective).
After completing these procedures, students may request their Master’s Degree certificates.
Disciplines
Mandatory Disciplines
Discipline | Line of Research |
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Government, State and Society | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies |
Research Methodology | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies |
Public Policies | Public Policies |
Public Administration Theory | Governance and Public Administration |
Methodological Orientation Disciplines
Discipline | Line of Research | |
---|---|---|
Research Methodology | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies | Mandatory |
Quantitative Methods Applied to Decision-Making in the Public Sector | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies | Elective |
Qualitative Research Methods | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies | Elective |
Professional Intervention / Orientation Disciplines | Mandatory (select one)
Discipline | Line of Research | |
---|---|---|
Analysis of Public Organizations and Policies (AOPP) | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies | |
In-Depth Case Study - EAC | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies |
Substantive Elective Disciplines – eight disciplines to be selected
Discipline | Line of Research |
---|---|
Administration and Development | Governance and Public Administration |
Good Governance and PublicTransparency | Public Policies |
Financial Accounting in the Public Sector | Governance and Public Administration |
Designing Public Policies Based on Evidence | Public Policies |
Inequality, Poverty and Policy | Public Policies |
Political Economy in Latin America | Public Policies |
Entrepreneurism, Innovation and Sustainability | Governance and Public Administration |
Teaching Strategy | Governance and Public Administration |
Structure and Processes within Public Organizations | Governance and Public Administration |
Ethics and Culture | Governance and Public Administration |
Management and Social Control | Governance and Public Administration |
Collaborative Governance | Governance and Public Administration |
Governance in Public Organizations and the Third Sector | Governance and Public Administration |
Governance for Results | Governance and Public Administration |
Administration and Public Policies Lab I | Governance and Public Administration |
Administration and Public Policies Lab II | Public Policies |
Quantitative Methods Applied to Decision-Making in the Public Sector | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies |
Qualitative Research Methods | Governance and Public Administration / Public Policies |
Budget in the Public Sector | Governance and Public Administration |
Organizations, Diversity and Workplace Relations | Governance and Public Administration |
Planning of Public Organizations | Governance and Public Administration |
Defense Policies and Military Organizations | Public Policies |
Public Policies and Population | Public Policies |
Public Policies, the Environment and Sustainability | Public Policies |
Regulatory Policies | Public Policies |
Public Administration Networks | Governance and Public Administration |
The Brazilian Political System: Institutions and Public Policies | Governance and Public Administration |
* Elective disciplines will be offered depending on the availability of Faculty and the number of students interested in each of them.