Curriculum Flow and
Areas of interest

Curriculum Flow

The MPAP program is organized around the offering of 03 mandatory 2-credit courses and 1 mandatory 4-credit course, totaling 10 credits, and 07 elective courses, accounting for another 14 credits. There is also a provision for 6 credits for the preparation of the Final Course Project/Dissertation. At the end of the course, the student must have completed 30 credits.

Courses	H/A	Credits
4 Mandatory	200	10
7 Optional	280	14
1. Dissertation Guidance	120	6
Total	600	30

Mandatory Disciplines

The core set of required courses consists of four subjects, which have been structured with the following objectives:

i) To provide the master's student with the tools to understand and analyze the functioning of the public sector from the perspective of four complementary areas of knowledge (Administration, Political Science, Law, and Economics);

ii) to offer students a solid foundation in research methodologies and techniques fundamental to a rigorous study of Public Administration.

The required subjects in the Program are:

Contemporary Public Management;
Economy, Institutions and Development;
Dissertation Project;
Research Techniques Applied to Public Administration.

Areas of interest

Additionally, the program offers more than 20 elective courses, organized around 4 areas of interest. This organization aims to provide students with a didactic and intelligible structure that allows them to learn about the diverse perspectives that make up the area's study agenda.

Thus, the proposal is not to tie the student to one of the areas of interest, but, on the contrary, to encourage them to move between them, taking diverse subjects, interacting with professors, and getting a sample of the numerous research possibilities that meet their professional realities and academic expectations.

It can be said, then, that the areas of interest in the Master's program are complementary and interrelated, allowing professors and students to work in an integrated way on various research projects nuanced by these different thematic areas. This structure enables the formation and consolidation of a diverse internal research network, as well as allowing students to move between areas of interest, enabling, for example, a student who is conducting research on the topic of regulation to perfectly deepen their knowledge and take courses on social development.

Divided between the Areas of Concentration – Political Science (areas of interest 01 and 02) and International Relations (areas of interest 03 and 04), the 4 areas are:

01 – Institutional and Governmental Relations, Political Consulting and Public Policies
02 – Election Campaigns and Political Mandates
03 – International Trade, Law and Development
04 – International Politics, Foreign Policy and Institutions

AREA 01

Public Policies and Social Development

The first core area is characterized as a space for study and reflection on the processes of formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of public policies and social programs aimed at the economic and social development of the country. The courses offered will allow students to investigate, for example, institutional arrangements, mechanisms of social participation, and the main determinants of the implementation process of a given public policy and/or social program. The goal is to equip master's students with analytical tools that allow them to think about and implement new public policies and social programs in a more systematic and organized way, as well as to restructure existing policies and programs.

Examples of subjects offered by this center are as follows:

Public Policy Analysis;
Implementation of Public Policies;
Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policies and Social Programs;
Public Policies, Development and Environment;
Public Policies, Democracy and Inequality;
Public Policies, Gender and Race;
Decision-making processes in public policy.
Public Policies and Bureaucratic Development;
Evidence, Narratives, and Public Policies.

AREA 02

Contemporary Public Management and State Modernization

The subjects within this core program are embedded in the broader debate about the roles and challenges of the contemporary state. The recurring process of social, economic, and technological transformations in contemporary societies has imposed on public organizations the need to develop new strategies and management models to deal with the multiplicity of interests and actors. It is in this environment that the importance of knowledge about strategic governance models and successful transparency practices, both nationally and internationally, grows, and these will be extensively discussed in the subjects of this core program.

Examples of subjects in this core area:

Governance and Transformations in Public Management;
Strategic Planning in the Public Sector;
Project Management in the Public Sector;
Public Budget Management and Federalism;
Procurement Management in the Public Sector;
Human Resource Management in the Public Sector;
Public Service, State Effectiveness, and Reforms in Brazil and Around the World;
Leadership and Transformation in the Public Sector.

AREA 03

Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation in the Public Sector

This area of interest focuses on the integration of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship within public management. It addresses the digital transformation of the public sector, encouraging the adoption of new tools and methods to improve governmental efficiency and transparency. The proposed curriculum aims to equip students with practical and theoretical skills to foster innovation and entrepreneurial thinking in public institutions, as well as to implement technological solutions that assist in governmental management and in the processes of implementing, monitoring, and evaluating public policies.

Examples of subjects offered by this center:

Public Management and Digitalization: The Public Sector in the Digital Age;
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Public Sector;
Innovation Laboratory in the Public Sector;
Startups, Management and Public Policy;
Policy Design Laboratory for Complex Problems;
Special Topics in Technology and Innovation in the Public Sector.

AREA 04

Regulation, Competition and Infrastructure

The courses in this core program focus on the study of the Regulatory State. In this sense, the core program offers master's students the opportunity to understand, analyze, and improve the institutional framework of regulation currently in place in Brazil, as well as best practices observed around the world. One of the main objectives of these courses is to examine the regulation of economic activities and public services, as well as to understand under what conditions the free market is able to encourage the best allocation of resources and under what conditions state intervention is necessary to regulate and stimulate competition.