MASTER OF ARTS IN ECONOMIC POLICY & PLANNING
Mogadishu University has decided to launch MA in EPP program after it has observed a higher demand for both public and private sector employees and students who obtained bachelor of economic degree. The university has completed all the necessary materials and human resources to conduct this course inside Somalia.
The main objective of this course is to strengthen the capacity of the Somali students to generate skills and knowledge essential to the development of economic policy and planning inside economic institutions.
The program will also admit international students who will bring resources into the country through tuition fees, living expenses and different experiments.
The program will provide graduates with a solid foundation in economic concepts and methods for various purposes including applied anaylsis as professionals with government, business and nonprofit organizations.
The major trust of the restructuring of the MAEPP program was the introduction of plans A and B in to the program. Whereas students wishing to pursue plan A are required to do coursework and addition write a research dissertation, those pursuing pan B are required to do coursework only. Because the students taking plan A do a dissertation, they are required to take two semesters of coursework. On the other hand those taking plan B are required to do four semesters of coursework.
MA EPP PLAN B Course structure
| New course structure/ codes | ||
| Year 1: semester 1 | ||
| Core courses | CH | CU |
| EPP 7101: Microeconomic theory and policy | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7102: quantitative methods | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7103: project planning and management | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7104: development economics | 60 | 4 |
| Year 1: semester 2 | ||
| Core courses | CH | CU |
| EPP 7201: Macroeconomic theory and policy | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7202: Econometrics | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7203: policy analysis and economic management | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7204: research methodology | 60 | 4 |
| Year 2: semester 1 | ||
| Core courses | CH | CU |
| EPP 8101: Economic development planning and budgeting | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 8102: strategic planning and management | 60 | 4 |
| Two electives | ||
| EPP 8103public sector economics | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8104: monetary theory and policy | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8105: international economics | 45 | 3 |
| Year 2: semester 2 | ||
| Core courses | CH | CU |
| EPP 8201: research paper | 60 | 4 |
| Two electives | ||
| EPP 8202: political economy | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8203: agricultural economics | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8204: industrial economics | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8205: resource and environmental economics | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8206: labor economics | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8207: transport economics | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8208: health economics | 45 | 3 |
| Total | 52 | |
MA EPP PALN A
MA EPP PLAN B Course structure
| New course structure/ codes | ||
| Year 1: semester 1 | ||
| Core courses | CH | CU |
| EPP 7101: Microeconomic theory and policy | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7102: quantitative methods | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7103: project planning and management | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7104: development economics | 60 | 4 |
| Year 1: semester 2 | ||
| Core courses | CH | CU |
| EPP 7201: Macroeconomic theory and policy | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7202: Econometrics | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7203: policy analysis and economic management | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 7204: research methodology | 60 | 4 |
| Year 2: semester 1 | ||
| Core courses | CH | CU |
| EPP 8101: Economic development planning and budgeting | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 8102: strategic planning and management | 60 | 4 |
| EPP 8102:Research and dissertation+ Elective | 60 | 4 |
| One elective | ||
| EPP 8103public sector economics | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8104: monetary theory and policy | 45 | 3 |
| EPP 8105: international economics | 45 | 3 |
| Year 2: semester 2 | ||
| Core course | CH | CU |
| EPP 8202: research and dissertation | 60 | 4 |
| Total | 44 |