Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (PIA)

Department of Public and International Affairs

MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and electives requirements.

Core Courses for PhD Students (10 Credits):

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8123	Comparative Politics and Political Economy @	3	A
PIA8618	Qualitative Methods	3	A
PIA8616	Politics and Political Philosophy	3	B
PIA8619	Independent Study	4	A & B

Core Courses for PhD Students (formerly POL) (10 Credits) for 2019 - 2021 cohort:

Core Courses for PhD Students (formerly AIS) (9 Credits) for 2019 - 2021 cohort:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8123	Comparative Politics and Political Economy @	3	A
PIA8124	Development and International Studies @	3	B
PIA8616	Politics and Political Philosophy	3	B
PIA8619	Independent Study	4	A & B
PIA8620	Policy Studies and Public Management	3	B

Core Courses for PhD Students (formerly POL) (14 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Core Courses for PhD Students (formerly AIS) (7 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8123	Comparative Politics and Political Economy @	3	A
PIA8125	Research Methods and Ethics for the Social Sciences	3	-
PIA8616	Politics and Political Philosophy	3	B
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A
PIA8618	Qualitative Methods	3	A
PIA8619	Independent Study	4	A & B

Core Courses for MPhil Students (6 Credits):

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8616	Politics and Political Philosophy	3	B
PIA8620	Policy Studies and Public Management	3	B

Core Courses for MPhil Students (formerly POL) (6 Credits) for 2019-2021 cohort:

Core Courses for MPhil Students (formerly AIS) (3 Credits) for 2019-2021 cohort:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8123	Comparative Politics and Political Economy @	3	A
PIA8616	Politics and Political Philosophy	3	B
PIA8620	Policy Studies and Public Management	3	B

Core Courses for MPhil Students (formerly POL) (8 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Core Courses for MPhil Students (formerly AIS) (7 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8123	Comparative Politics and Political Economy @	3	A
PIA8125	Research Methods and Ethics for the Social Sciences	3	A
PIA8616	Politics and Political Philosophy	3	B
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A

Research Methodology and Ethics Courses for PhD Students (3 Credits):

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A

Research Methodology and Ethics Courses for PhD Students (formerly POL) (9 Credits) for 2019-2021 cohort:

Research Methodology and Ethics Courses for PhD Students (formerly AIS) (3 Credits) for 2019-2021 cohort:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8125	Research Methods and Ethics for the Social Sciences	3	A
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A
PIA8618	Qualitative Methods	3	A
PIA8621	Quantitative Methods	3	A

Research Methodology and Ethics Courses for MPhil Students (3 Credits) for 2019-2021 cohort:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8125	Research Methods and Ethics for the Social Sciences	3	A
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A

Electives for PhD Students : Select 2 from the following for a total of 6 credits

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA8620	Policy Studies and Public Management	3	B
PIA8621	Quantitative Methods	3	A
PIA8124	Development and International Studies	3	B
PIA6204	Statistical Analysis for Public Policy and Management	3	B
PIA8123	Comparative Politics and Political Economy	3	A
PIA8616	Politics and Political Philosophy	3	B

Electives for PhD Students (formerly AIS) (4 Credits for 2019 cohort and thereafter / 8 Credits for 2018 cohort or before) / MPhil Students (formerly AIS) (3 Credits for 2019 cohort and thereafter / 1 Credit for 2018 cohort or before):

Code	Course Title	Credits	2023-2024 Semester / Term
PIA5001	Theories and Approaches in Development Studies #	3	-
PIA5003	Project Planning and Management for Development #	3	-
PIA5014	Special Topics in Development Studies #	3	-
PIA5021	Asian Regional Governance #	3	-
PIA5023	International Political Economy #	3	-
PIA5024	The State and Economy in East Asia #	3	-
PIA5025	Theory in Asian and International Studies #	3	-
PIA5031	Security Studies #	3	-
PIA5032	Authoritarian Resilience and Democratic Change in East Asia #	3	A
PIA5034	East Asia and the US: Conflict and Interdependence #	3	-
PIA5038	Environmental Challenges in Asia and the World #	3	-
PIA5039	Human Rights in Asia #	3	-
PIA5040	BRIC Countries and the Emerging Global Order #	3	-
PIA5041	Special Topics in Asian and International Studies #	3	-
PIA5042	Political and Social Change in Southeast Asia and the Region #	3	-
PIA5044	Religion and Development #	3	-
PIA5045	International Relations of Northeast Asia #	3	-
PIA5048	China and the Developing World #	3	-
PIA5049	International Organisations #	3	-
PIA5051	Women and Politics in Asia #	3	-
PIA5054	Pop Culture in East Asia #	3	-
PIA5055	History of Sino-Japanese Relations #	3	-
PIA5056	Power and Culture in Buddhist Southeast Asia #	3	-
PIA5300	Politics & Social Movements in Developing Asia #	3	-
PIA5304	Development Policy and Advocacy #	3	-
PIA5308	Gender and Development #	3	-
PIA5312	Comparative Development in Asia #	3	-
PIA5335	Welfare Regimes and Social Protection in Asia #	3	-
PIA5336	Cutting-edge Cases in Development under Late Capitalism #	3	-
PIA5337	Disaster Management, Development and Regional Governance in Asia #	3	-
PIA5338	Indonesia: Politics and Society #	3	B
PIA8124	Development and International Studies @	3	B

% Special approval of programme leader is needed.
# Elective courses which may not be offered every year.
@ PIA8123, PIA8124 have to be taken in separate semesters.
Remark:
1) Students should - with the agreement of the supervisor - take either PIA8616 or PIA8123
2) PIA8621: required for students in political studies, policy studies, and public management
3) PIA6204: enrolled with supervisor permission
4) PIA8123 and PIA8616: If students take this course as programme core course, they are not allowed to take this course as an elective

Last updated in June 2023