Course Information
Schedules
- Sep 2025
Registration period
6 Jan 2025 (Mon) - 30 Jun 2025 (Mon)
Price
-
Study Mode
Duration
1 Year(s)
Language
English
Location
-
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Course Overview
The MA programme in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the core ideas and interconnectedness of these three disciplines. The programme emphasizes critical thinking, analytical skills, and interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving.
The PPE degree is interdisciplinary and integrated, giving students a unique perspective that allows them to analyze and understand complex issues from multiple angles, across a wide range of spheres and issues. Students will delve into complex ethical and political issues, economic systems, and philosophical theories, and learn how to apply these concepts to real-world situations, as practitioners and thinkers.
The value of a PPE degree lies in its ability to prepare students for a wide range of career paths. Graduates of this programme will have a deep understanding of the complexities of public policy, economic systems, and philosophical theories, which is highly valued in a variety of sectors. The programme will prepare students for diverse career paths, including impact-driven finance, government, non-profits, journalism, public policy, and academia.
A feature of HKU's MA in PPE that differentiates it from PPE programmes offered by other world-leading institutions, is that it emphasizes a comparative East-West perspective throughout the entire programme of courses, which equips students with the skills and knowledge to address the geo-political challenges both present and on the horizon, across local and global levels.
The programme has a dedicated career advisor who will assist students and graduates, to ensure that participants receive tailored guidance and support as they transition into their professional careers.
Expected Duration
1 year
Application Deadline
Round 1:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 24, 2025
Round 2:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), April 30, 2025
Round 3:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), June 30, 2025
Description
Full Time (one year)(The semester courses offered by the programme will vary from time to time)
What You’ll Learn
COURSES
(1) All MA students are required to take the following 3 core courses.
PHIL7101. Foundations of PPE: Reasons and Methods (9 credits)
PHIL7102. Foundations of PPE: Theory and Practice of Politics (9 credits)
PHIL7103. Foundations of PPE: Ethics and Economics (9 credits)
(2) Students choose 3 MA electives from the following list
PHIL7104. Intellectual History (6 credits)
PHIL7105. Comparative Political Philosophy (6 credits)
PHIL7106. Philosophy of Law/Jurisprudence (6 credits)
PHIL7107. Institutional Economics (6 credits)
PHIL7108. Social and Political Epistemology (6 credits)
PHIL7109. Public Policymaking (6 credits
PHIL7112. PPE Workshop (6 credits
PHIL7113. Asian Geoeconomics (6 credits)
PHIL7114. Business and Society (6 credits)
PHIL7115. Comparative Ethics (6 credits)
PHIL7116. Foreign Policy and Politics of Contemporary China (6 credits)
PHIL7117. Future of Humanity (6 credits)
PHIL7118. Language and Politics (6 credits)
PHIL7119. Political Language and Essential Contestability (6 credits)
PHIL7120. Science and Society (6 credits)
PHIL7121. Critical Thinking in Finance (6 credits)
PHIL7122. Inequality: Economic, Philosophical, and Policy Perspectives (6 credits)
PHIL7123. Law, Science, Economics, and Innovation Policy (6 credits)
PHIL7124. Normative Issues in Global Political Economy (6 credits)
PHIL7998. Capstone Experience: MA Portfolio Project in PPE (15 credits)
