Changes (pre-)master Public Administration 2011-2012

Dear student (pre)master Public Administration,

For 2011-2012 you will see the following changes in the study programme.

From six to four specialisations

The specialisations Environment and Sustainability and Higher Education are now integrated in the specialisation Policy and Governance. For this purpose from both specialisations one course is available as a choice and two general courses in the specialisation Policy and Governance have an emphasis on these two fields.

Changes in the study programme

Specialisation Policy and Governance
	Course 2011-2012		Course 2010-2011
Q	Code	Course	Code	Course
1	201100077	Policy analysis in Public and Technological domains	194111230	Public Policy Analysis
1	201100073	Economic Methods of Sustainability Assessment	410113	Economic Methods of Policy Analysis
1	201100073	Economic Methods of Sustainability Assessment	194107040	Public Sector reform
3	201100076	Deliberative Governance of Knowledge & Innovation	194111250	Methods of Policy Deliberation

Specialisation Public Safety
	Course 2011-2012		Course 2010-2011
Q	Code	Course	Code	Course
1	201100079	Public and private Policing	194107230	Issues and Approaches in Public Safety Policy
1	201100078	Crime Science for Public Safety	194107240	Policy Instruments and Evaluation in Public Safety Policy
3	201100081	Public Safety and Public Safety Governance	194107250	Issues in Public Safety Governance

Most changes above are minor changes or just renamed titles, so you can safely do the new course and new exams. Exceptions:

·	Methods of Policy Deliberation: Course has changed, exams in old style are available in 2011.

·	Economic Methods of Policy Analysis : Course is not teached last year but replaced by Public Sector Reform only for 2010-2011.

·	Public sector reform: Course is available, so regular exams are available.

Fraud

We have noticed that not all students are fully aware of the consequences of (exam-) fraud and therefore we bring again to your attention that:

·	The Examination Board can withhold a student the right of taking exams for a maximum period of one year for conducting fraud. An exam supervisor observing fraud will always report this to the Examination Board.

·	The use of mobile phones and other electronic devices during an examination is prohibited and will result in suspicion of fraud.

Of course we do not think this is a problem for you.

Premaster

Although the contents of the premaster is not substantially changed, the title of the course Concept and Observation is changed to Introduction to Research methods (Course code 201100060). The course Research Methods is changed to Research Methods and Design (Course code 194119030)

If Concept and Observation or Research Methods is on your premaster list of courses and you did not do an attempt on this courses, please follow the new courses. If you already did one attempt on one of those courses, you can still do a second attempt this year for the old course. Still the rule applies that you can only do two attempts and have to finish your premaster within one year.

I wish you a great holiday and for later: Good luck with the continuation of your study!

Martin de Nobel

Programme coordinator Public Administration

email m.j.denobel@utwente.nl