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The Courses Taught in Lithuanian Public Administration Study Programmes

Kaunas University of Technology

PA Bachelor's programme

1. Introduction to government – 4 credits
2. Introduction to public administration – 4 credits
3. Introduction to public policy and analysis – 4 credits
4. Introduction to public organisation theory – 4 credits
5. Introduction to business and management – 4 credits
6. Management – 4 credits
7. Ethics and responsibility – 4 credits
8. Fundamentals of constitutional law – 4 credits
9. Administrative law – 4 credits
10. Labour law – 4 credits
11. Quantitative and qualitative methods in social research – 4 credits
12. Systems of state governance and administration – 4 credits
13. Principles and administration of local government – 4 credits
14. Introduction to finance – 4 credits
15. Administration of public budget and finance – 4 credits
16. Public personnel administration – 4 credits
17. Leadership in public institutions– 4 credits
18. Introduction to urban planning and development – 4 credits
19. Strategic planning in public administration – 4 credits
20. Environment, society and technology – 4 credits
21. Introduction to European integration – 4 credits
22. Mathematics – 8 credits
23. Information Technologies – 8 credits
24. Information systems and analysis of social data – 4 credits
25. Microeconomics – 4 credits
26. Macroeconomics – 4 credits
27. Accounting – 4 credits
28. Social statistics – 4 credits
29. Philosophy – 4 credits
30. Lithuanian language – 2 credits
31. Foreign languages – 8 credits
32. Governments and politics of Western European countries (alternative) – 4 credits
33. Lithuania in the system of international relations (alternative) – 4 credits
34. Alternative courses in social sciences – 8 credits
35. Alternative courses in humanities – 4 credits
36. Free elective courses – 8 credits
37. Internship – 4 credits

PA Master's programme

1. The principles of public administration and comparative analysis – 4 credits
2. Public policy and analysis – 4 credits
3. Public organisation theory – 4 credits
4. Ethics in public administration – 4 credits
5. Public administration research and methodology – 4 credits
6. Administrative law – 4 credits
7. Intergovernmental relations – 4 credits
8. Information systems of management and administration – 4 credits
9. Computer-based project management in public administration – 4 credits
10. Country development strategy – 4 credits
11. Urban planning and development – 4 credits
12. Administration of public finance and budget – 4 credits
14. Human resource management – 4 credits
13. Management of finance institutions – 4 credits
15. Leadership – 4 credits
16. European integration process – 4 credits
17. Preparation of Master's Thesis – 20 credits

Vilnius University

PA Master's programme

1. Theories of public administration – 8 credits
2. Public policy and public choice – 5 credits
3. Social statistics – 5 credits
4. Public economy and finance – 5 credits
5. Macroeconomic policy analysis – 4 credits
6. Economy transformation in Central and Eastern European Countries – 3 credits
7. Interest groups and governmental policy – 3 credits
8. Urban and regional planning – 3 credits
9. Human resources – 3 credits
10. Management and professional skills – 3 credits
11. Organisation and management of information – 3 credits
12. Administrative law – 3 credits
13. Labour law – 3 credits
14. Comparative public law – 5 credits
15. Non-profit organisations – 3 credits
16. Sociology of law – 3 credits
17. Comparative local government – 3 credits
18. Industrial policy – 5 credits
19. Policy analysis self-studies – 3 credits
20. Internship and preparation of Master's Thesis – 21 credits

Vytautas Magnus University

PA Bachelor's Programme

1. Introduction to political science – 4 credits
2. Introduction to sociology – 3 credits
3. Social psychology – 3 credits
4. Introduction to political philosophy – 4 credits
5. Lithuanian political system and political tradition – 4 credits
6. Introduction to management – 3 credits
7. Introduction to international relations – 4 credits
8. Introduction to economics – 3 credits
9. Introduction to comparative policy – 4 credits
10. Social organisation and stratification – 4 credits
11. Theories of public administration – 4 credits
12. Politics of Local Government in the European Union – 4 credits
13. Strategy of state institutions – 4 credits
14. Lithuania's infrastructure and its government – 4 credits
15. Law of the European Union – 4 credits
16. Labour and administrative law – 3 credits
17. Economy and commerce law – 3 credits
18. Macroeconomics – 4 credits
19. Finance of public institutions – 4 credits
20. Basic of marketing – 3 credits
21. Personnel management and ethics of public officials – 4 credits
22. Managerial decisions – 4 credits
23. Organisational psychology – 4 credits
24. Public relations – 4 credits
25. Communication systems – 4 credits
26. World outlook of ancient Lithuanians – 3 credits
27. Introduction to Lithuanian state and law – 3 credits
28. Lithuanian language – 3 credits
29. the history of contemporary civilisation – 3 credits
30. Introduction to ethics – 3 credits
31. Introduction to informatics – 4 credits
32. English language – 18 credits
33. Alternative courses in natural sciences and mathematics – 7 credits
34. Alternative courses in social sciences –3 credits
35. Alternative courses in humanities – 3 credits
36. Alternative courses in arts – 3 credits

Law Academy of Lithuania

PA Bachelor's Programme

Introduction to studies – 1 credit
Management – 5 credits
Strategic management – 4 credits
Personnel management – 4 credits
Quantitative methods in management – 3 credits
System of public administration – 3 credits
Marketing – 3 credits
Demography – 3 credits
Management information systems of – 5 credits
Office administration – 3 credits
European integration processes – 3 credits
Psychology of management – 2 credits
Basic of general psychology – 2 credits
Basic of informatics – 3 credits
Theory of law – 2 credits
Constitutional law of Lithuania – 2 credits
Civil law – 2 credits
Civil process – 2 credits
Administrative law – 3 credits
Fundamentals of criminal responsibility – 2 credits
Finance and tax law – 4 credits
Protection of human rights – 2 credits
International public law – 2 credits
Labour law – 3 credits
Institutional law of the EU – 4 credits
Theory of economy – 5 credits
Finance and budget management – 5 credits
Statistics – 2 credits
Political systems of Lithuania – 3 credits
Basic of higher mathematics – 3 credits
Logic – 3 credits
Foreign language – 8 credits
Language culture – 2 credits
Philosophy – 2 credits
History of Lithuanian culture – 2 credits
Ethics – 2 credits
Political science – 3 credits
Basic of Sociology – 3 credits
International politics – 2 credits
Management of social, economical and regional processes – 4 credits
Comparative politics – 3 credits
Organisation of legal system – 3 credits
Organisation of government and municipality institutions – 3 credits
Rhetoric – 1 credit
Management of public institutions – 3 credits

Elective courses:

Organisation of mass media processes – 1.5 credit
Service of state governing – 1.5 credit
Law of social protection – 1.5 credit
Law of ecology – 1.5 credit
Religions – 1 credit
The structure of EU – 1 credit
Documentalistics – 1 credit
Ergonomics – 1 credit
Development of social skills of competence – 1.5 credit
Political organisations and political systems – 1 credit
Organisational psychology – 1,5 credit
Political systems of the Western countries – 2 credits
Protocol and etiquette – 1.5 credit
Ethics conflicts and solving them – 2 credits
Personnel psychology – 2 credits
Political analyses – 1 credit

PA Master’s programme

Theory of management and public administration – 5 credits
Government development strategy – 4 credits
Decision-making theory – 5 credits
Information technologies in management – 5 credits
Research work – 4 credits
Criminology – 2 credits
Law-creation – 2 credits
Administrative responsibility – 2 credits
Legal aspects of Lithuanian and the EU relations – 3 credits
Modern philosophy – 2 credits
Theory of bureaucracy – 2 credits
Constitutional status of an individual – 2 credits
Management of European integration processes – 3 credits
Social marketing – 3 credits
Administration of legal institutions – 2 credits
Tax administration – 2 credits
Public policy – 2 credits
Office administration – 2 credits
Rule-of-law state – 3 credits
Administration of the government and municipal institutions – 2 credits

Elective courses:

Victimology – 2 credits
Fields of social tensions in Lithuania – 2 credits
Administration of social sphere – 2 credits
Business administration – 2 credits
Administration of privatisation process – 2 credits
State job market politics – 2 credits