The major aims to ……

1. provide students with a comprehensive education in the common core theories, concepts, and knowledge bases of public policy, public management, and political science.

2. enable students to specialize in public policy, public management, or political science for gaining an understanding of the essential theories, principles, dynamics, and analytic approaches of these bodies of knowledge.

3. equip students with the theoretical, conceptual, and analytical tools to understand comprehensively public policy, public management, and political developments in Hong Kong, China, and the contemporary global world.

4. produce graduates who can meet effectively the human resources needs of a wide range of public and private sector employers in administrative, management, and policy and political analysis positions, as well as in the media and non-governmental organizations.

Upon successful completion of this major, students should be able to:

1. Understand and analyze issues in public affairs and public management at the local, international, and global levels.

2. Discover new challenges and possible solutions facing Hong Kong and/or the world within the broad spheres of political studies, public policy, and public management.

3. Apply communication and leadership skills as they relate to public policy, management, and politics.

4. Develop the intellectual and analytical competence required for effective performance and life- long learning in a range of public- and private-sector careers related to policy studies, public management, and public affairs.

5. Evaluate critically the ethical issues in public policy, management and politics for creating new ideas.

Notes:

1.   * For details, please refer to the Curriculum Information Record for Common Requirements.   

2. # Normative 4-year degree students or Advanced Standing I students of 2025 entry and thereafter, who transitioned from other Colleges/Schools to the Major, will be required to adopt the new PIA College Requirement (Language Component) framework, while students changing their home major from another academic unit within CLASS to PIA will follow the existing College Requirement framework. If students change their home major from PIA to other academic units within CLASS and have not fully completed the new College Requirement (Language Component) framework, they should follow the existing College Requirement framework. If these students have only completed a language course of the new College Requirement framework, that course will be considered a free elective.