MPA Training – Academic Courses
The Ministry of Public Administration and the UWI have partnered to create a dynamic learning and development program spanning three years (2024-2027). The objective is to bolster the capabilities of the public sector in specific areas of need by offering senate-approved(for academic credit) courses to the public service. This programme is designed to train public officers across Engineering, and Social Sciences disciplines in addition to co-curricular courses in public speaking and Microsoft Office suite.
Cohort 2: February – July 2025
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Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (GOVT 2034)
The course examines human resource management theories practices and functions as they apply to public organizations. It highlights its historical ...
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Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations in the Public Sector (GOVT 2051)
The course will present a theoretical and conceptual review of the evolution of public sector industrial relations practices, leading into the adve...
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Public Sector Management (GOVT 3122)
The course introduces students to some of the many facets of Public Sector Management. This course begins with an exploration of the differences be...
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Business Communication (MGMT 3024)
Business Communication is designed to expose students to the various forms and techniques of written, oral and interpersonal communications, in bus...
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The Organization And Management Of Social Services(SOCI 2015)
The Organization and Management of Social Services aims to provide students with an understanding of the requirements for managing social service o...
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Communications, Culture and Conflict (SOWK 6104)
This course will provide an overview of communication theory as it relates to issues of culture and conflict and conflict management. This course w...
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Fundamentals of Leadership (LEAD 2000)
This course is designed to expose students to the issues, techniques and skills associated with leadership in organizations and understand how effe...
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Leadership in Practice (LEAD 3001)
This course investigates and evaluates classical and contemporary approaches to leadership theory, focusing on leadership at supervisory, middle an...
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Leading Innovation in the Digital Economy (SLIN 6005)
This course is designed to provide the business leader with the perspective and frameworks needed to explore and integrate emerging technologies an...
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Events Management(HOTL 3001)
This course will examine the planning, arranging and organization of conventions, meetings and expositions. The focus will be on the role and the r...
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Strategic Planning (PSMA 6107)
In today’s world, the real challenge of leadership and management is coping with and even using unpredictability, clashing with counter-cultures, c...
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Social Policy Analysis And Evaluation (SOCI 6001)
This course will introduce postgraduate students to evaluation methods for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of policies and programmes ...
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The Development of Social Policy (SOWK 2004)
This introductory course is essential for a minor in a Social Development Policy and Planning. It covers the scope of social policy; the developmen...
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Policy Analysis and Management (PSMA 6004)
The course examines the way in which public policy is made and implemented. It explores the major debates, both theoretical and applied, that frame...
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Project Management (MGMT 3056)
Project Management introduces the student to the principles and processes of Project Management. The focus is on the tools and techniques utilized ...
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Managing IT Projects (PRMG 6009)
This elective course starts by identifying the characteristics of digital projects, comparing and differentiating them from other project types wit...
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Public Speaking and Voice Training : Finding a more confident you. (COCR 1034)
This course will train the student to give effective presentations in the classroom and in other professional circumstances. It also focuses on ins...
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Public Policy Analysis (GOVT 3021)
This course examines the ways in which public policies are formulated and implemented. The approach consists of two parts – a theoretical framework...
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Monitoring and Evaluation (PUHE 6018)
This course is especially designed to impart monitoring as well as evaluation core principles, tools and competencies for application within Govern...