Minor in PPGA
*For students who (i) are PPGA minor students admitted in 2016 and after and (ii) are admitted before 2016 but commence PPGA minor in 2016 and after.
Public Policy and Global Affairs is an interdisciplinary study of policy issues with global and regional dimensions. This minor enables students to understand the challenges faced by domestic and international governance. It equips students with wide-range practical skills to tackle these policy problems in Singapore and beyond.
To satisfy the requirements for a minor in Public Policy and Global Affairs, students must complete at least five courses (minimum 15 AUs), including two compulsory courses, with the remaining to be selected from the below list of electives. The compulsory courses help students develop a comprehensive understanding of the fields of International Relations, Public Policy and Public Administration.
- HA1003 Introduction to Public Administration and Policy
- HA1012 Fundamentals of Politics
Course Code | Course Title |
HA1001 | Introduction to International Relations and Foreign Policy |
HA1002 | Introduction to Political Theory |
HA1011 | Politics of Singapore |
HA2003 | Politics and Government in Southeast Asia |
HA2004 | Theories in International Relations |
HA2005 | Contemporary Political Theory |
HA2009 | The Making of E-government |
HA2011 | Cost-benefit Analysis in Public Policy |
HA2014 | Public Organization and Management |
HA2015 | China in Africa |
HA2017 | Foreign Policy Analysis |
HA2023 | Research Methodology in Social Sciences |
HA2024 | Statistical Foundations for Public Administration and Policy |
HA2026 | American Foreign Policy |
HA2027 | Introduction to Quantitative Social Sciences |
HA3001 | Political Analysis of Public Policy |
HA3004 | United States and East Asia |
HA3005 | Politics of the Developing World |
HA3007 | Public Budgeting And Financial Management |
HA3010 | Mass Media and Public Policy |
HA3014 | Singapore's Foreign Policy |
HA3015 | Media and Politics |
HA3016 | China's Foreign Policy |
HA3018 | Borderless Migration? |
HA3019 | East Asian Security: Past, Present, and Future |
HA3020 | Justice |
HA3022 | The Origins of Modern Political Thought |
HA3023 | International Security |
HA3024 | China’s Re-emergence in World Politics |
HA3025 | The Politics and Practice of International Diplomacy |
HA3026 | Crisis Leadership and Management |
HA3027 | Comparative Regional Security Institutions: From Asia to Africa |
HA3028 | Political Parties and Elections |
HA3029 | China and Southeast Asia in the 21st Century |
HA3030 | Innovation Management and Policy |
HA3032 | Urban Politics and Policy-making |
HA3080 | Special topics in Public Policy |
HA3090 | Special Topics in Global Affairs |
HA4001 | ASEAN in the 21st Century |
HA4006 | Public Leadership |
HA4011 | Public Administration: Past, Present, and Future |
HA4013 | Advanced Topics in Democratic Theory: Democracy & Division |
HA4014 | European Union |
HA4016 | Global Cities: Policy and Politics |
HA4017 | Economic Issues for Public Decision Making |
HA4018 | Policy Evaluation |
HA4019 | Methods in Political Theory |
HA4021 | Comparative Politics in Asia |
HA4022 | International Politics of the Asia-Pacific |
HA4025 | Designing and Conducting Qualitative Research |
HA4026 | Selected Topics in Health Care and Ageing |
HA4028 | Global Perspectives on Politics and Policy |
HA4029 | Quantitative Approach to International Relations |
HA4030 | Interstate Conflict |
HA4031 | Human Capital Management in the Government |
HA4032 | What is a City? |
HA4033 | Political Theory and Psychoanalysis |
HA4034 | Causal Inference In Policy Evaluation |
HA4035 | Food Politics and Policies |
HA4036 | Power in International Relations: Order and Transition |
HA4038 | Critical International Theory |
HA4039 | Knowledge Politics |
HA4040 | Health, Disease Outbreaks and Politics |
HA4041 | Film and Political Theory |
HA4042 | Grand Strategy: From Great Powers to Small Powers in Asia |
HA4043 | Japanese Foreign Policy |
HA4045 | Policy Analysis in Practice |
HA4046 | Culture, Arts and Politics |
HA4064 | Model United Nations |
HA4065 | Crisis Diplomacy |
HA4066 | War in Film |
HA4067 | Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of the Mekong Region |
HA4071 | Religion in Plural Societies: Violence, Peace, and Identity |