Type Public Director Barry White | Established 1999 Campus Urban | |
Location Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Website www1.carleton.ca/akcollege/ | ||
The Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs is an institute within the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University. It offers two programs: the four-year Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management (B.PAPM) and the ten-month Master's of Political Management.
Contents
- Degree Granting
- Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management
- Areas of Specialization
- Masters of Political Management
- References
It was founded in 1999 and is named after former senior Canadian public servant Arthur Kroeger.
Degree Granting
As a College rather than a department, it has an institutional status at Carleton equivalent to the School of Journalism, which offers a Bachelor of Journalism degree (B.J.), and the College of the Humanities, which offers the Bachelor of Humanities (B.Hum.). Each of these units have higher admission requirements than their faculty norms, and distinct, well-respected degree programs.
Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management
The Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management is a specialized four-year honours degree dedicated to the study of public policy within an interdisciplinary framework. Students completing a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management are required to complete a series of "core courses" throughout their undergraduate career. Each student must complete a one-semester (0.5 credit) capstone seminar as well as an undergraduate thesis: an Honours Research Essay (HRE) in order to graduate. Students pursue these courses according to their area of specialization.
Students have the option to complete a co-op designation as a part of their degree. To graduate with co-op designation, it requires three four-month work terms, with the option for a fourth term. With the work-study schedule for B.PAPM, to graduate with the co-op designation it can take an additional 1-3 semesters to complete the program, dependent on course requirements and the number of work terms.
The degree is consistently regarded as one of Carleton's top undergraduate programs, alongside Journalism, Architecture and International Business.
Areas of Specialization
It offers seven areas of specialization for undergraduates:
- Communication and Information Technology Policy
- Development Studies
- Human Rights
- International Studies
- Public Policy and Administration
- Social Policy
- Strategic Public Opinion And Policy Analysis
Master's of Political Management
The Master's of Political Management is a ten-month program which includes a ten-week internship in a minister's or a members' office. The program offers "core courses" in Institutions and Governance, Strategic Communications, and Political Management. Other courses include communications, management, and political marketing.
The program was made possible by a $15 million donation from Clayton Riddell, after whom the program is named. The implications of this donation was later criticized for allowing donor influence over the budget, hiring, and curriculum. The agreement was later rewritten to clarify that the five-person steering committee does not have the power to "approve" hiring and curriculum decisions and instead only provides advice.