Overview
Public policy gets to the heart of the question of “who gets what” and of “who benefits.” It can be about the big picture of how power works in societies, or it can involve finding the “devil in the details” of complex policy processes and outcomes.
Our faculty has capacity to supervise students doing mainstream policy studies, as well as projects in a number of critical approaches to policy.
We prepare students in the fields of theories and approaches to comparative public policy, public administration, and internationalization of public policy. We value the opportunity to combine comparative public policy with courses in related fields such as comparative politics, globalization and the internationalization of public policy.
Careers
The Political Science - Comparative Public Policy program at McMaster University prepares graduates for working in Canadian and overseas universities, international organizations, and federal, provincial and local public services. Our graduates have taken up position at a number of Canadian universities and in federal and provincial public services.
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Canadian Public Policy
- Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis: Frameworks and Models
- Global Public Policy
- Comparative Politics of Health Policy
- Major Research Paper
- Liberalism and Imperialism
- Comparative Authoritarianism
- Political Violence and Revolution
- Digital Technology and the Politics of the Information Age
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
- Part-time
- 96 months
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Public Policy Political Science View 10 other PhDs in Public Policy in CanadaAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Admission to the PhD program will normally require a Master’s degree in political science with an average of at least an A- (A minus).
- Applicants are encouraged to contact faculty members in the Department of Political Science regarding potential supervision.
- An electronic statement of interest (approximately 500 words, single or double-spaced, maximum of 1 page).
- C.V. / Personal Resume
- Official Academic Transcripts
- Three (3) confidential reference reports from instructors most familiar with your academic work
Tuition Fee
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4204 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2102 CAD per semester during 48 months. -
National
4204 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2102 CAD per semester during 48 months.
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