Subjects

1. Basics of Public Administration and Organizational management (Nino Dolidze)
   The course includes introduction to the nature and principles of the public administration and mechanism of its realization, the course describes political, economic, governmental and ethical aspects of the public administrator’s activities.
   
   ECTS credits: 5
   The course duration: 45 hours
   Grading system:
   Class participation - 10%
   Midterm and final exams/tests - 3 x 20%=60%
   Presentation - 30%
   Final grade - 100%



2. Public management and Organizations (Terry Anderson)
   The course conveys principles of public management and organizations, techniques and ways of evaluating individual, group and organizational effectiveness.
   
   ECTS credits: 5
   The course duration: 45 hours
   Grading system:
   Exams - 400
   Participation - 300
   Final grade - 700



3. Basics of law; administrative law (Sergo Birkadze)
   The course describes basics of law, notion and meaning of the constitution, legal aspects of the activities of public agencies, role of the law and justice in public administration system, duties and functions of public officers. The course discuses relations among different branches of government and the role of public agencies in the constitutional system of the country.
   
   ECTS credits: 5
   The course duration: 45 hours
   Grading system:
   Participation and attendance 10%
   Assignments 10%
   Quizzes, tests, Presentation 20%
   Midterm Exam 30%
   Final Exam 30%



4. Principles of Economics (Tengiz Shergelashvili)
   The course provides with the broad economic picture. Discussing the basic microeconomic notions leads to better understanding of macroeconomics. The course covers the issues concerning economic growth, unemployment, inflation and international trade, it also describes role of the government in the development of economic system and free market.
   
   ECTS credits: 5
   The course duration: 45 hours
   Grading system:
   Participation/Attendance - 15%
   Testing - 30%
   II Midterm Exam - 15%
   Presentation - 10%
   Final Exams -30%



5. Public Finances and Tax Policy (Nodar Khaduri)
   The course discusses aspects of public finances and relevant decision-making process in the legislative and executive government and current economic condition. Taxes are not only the basic revenues of the country but also a tool for development of different fields of economy. The course allows students to get acquainted with the criteria for effective tax system and introduces aspects of Georgian Tax Code. The course also discusses main aspects of Georgian tax system and law.
   
   ECTS credits: 5
   The course duration: 45 hours
   Grading system:
   Attendance - 5%
   Participation - 5%
   Midterm Exam 30%
   Presentation - 20%
   Final Exam - 40%



6. Financial Management (Lia Nadibaidze)
   After completion of the course students should be able to interpret financial documents prepared by organizations and use it in decision-making process. Students should be ready to analyze main elements of financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow) by using the financial coefficients.
   
   ECTS credits: 5
   The course duration: 36 hours
   Grading system:
   Attendance/participation 10%
   I Midterm Exam 20%
   II Midterm Exam 20%
   Final Exam 50%



7. Public Policy Analysis (Nino Ghonghadze)
   The course introduces mechanisms of development, realization and assessment of public policy and public programs. The course conveys necessary conceptual bases for public policy formation, limitations of policy analysis methods and practical habits. The course also demonstrates several analytic methods.
   
   ECTS credits: 5
   The course duration: 45 hours
   Grading system:
   Midterm Exam - 20%
   Final Exam - 25%
   Memorandum - 45%
   Participation - 10%



8. Human Rights/Democratic Development (Giorgi Tugushi)
   The course aims at providing full information about international human rights regimes. The course underlines civil and political rights, including human rights protection systems of UN and European Council. The course is based on the materials taken from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Agreement on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights. The course also discusses minorities’ rights. The course conveys discussions about human rights’ tools, current conditions and aspects of their realization in the framework of international law. Besides, the course introduces comparative analysis of international and regional systems including relevant legal systems.
   
   ECTS credits: 3
   The course duration: 16 hours
   Grading system:
   Attendance/Participation 15%
   Presentation 10%
   Midterm Exam 30%
   Final Exam 45%



9. World Politics (Tornike Sharashenidze)
   The course aims at representing basics of world politics and the history of diplomacy. The course conveys major theories of international relations starting from the ancient schools up to the modern trends. Students discuss major historic events, biographies of the well-known politicians, studies of various scientists and thinkers. The course discusses politics as a philosophical phenomenon. It also discusses the idea of great strategies on the example of the international experience and the military strategies of super powers. Part of the course is devoted to understanding current political and economical situation.
   
   ECTS credits: 4
   The course duration: 28 hours
   Grading system:
   Presentation - 20%
   Midterm Exam - 40%
   Final Exam - 40%



10. Cultural heritage (Tsira Elisashvili)
    The course aims at providing information to students about the problems, nature and reasons in the field of cultural heritage protection. The course includes international and national laws concerning the problem, analysis of current situation, the role of the central and local government in the process of urban cultural policy formation, discussion of the world experience and similar examples, recommendations about creating the structure for cultural heritage protection. As an example the course discusses Old Tbilisi problems, as it depicts the problems of all historic cities.
    
    ECTS credits: 5
    The course duration: 21 hours
    Grading system:
    Participation/Attendance - 10%
    Midterm Exam - 40%
    Final Exam - 50%



11. Principles of Democracy (Giorgi Margvelashvili)
    The course conveys basic principles of democratic development, such as human rights and its fundamental links with democratic regimes; equality, liberty and justice, which are the inseparable rights of each individual; Government’s duties according to the needs of the population, development of statehood and the meaning of the Social Contract; creation and development of democratic institutes in developing countries.
    
    ECTS credits: 4
    The course duration: 28 hours
    Grading system:
    Participation in group discussions - 10%
    Group presentations - 15% x 6=90%
    Final Grade - 100%



12. Human Resources Management (Tina Chkheidze)
    The course discusses main methods of relationships with colleagues in organizations and philosophy of management. Students get acquainted with the importance of the proper HR management practices for the organizational development. Students learn how to integrate different values, subjective attitude and behavior of each individual in the organization and separate work groups.
    
    ECTS credits: 5
    The course duration: 36 hours
    Grading system:
    Participation/Attendance 20%
    Midterm Test I 25%
    Midterm Test II 25%
    Final Exam 30%



13. Statistics for Public Administration (Terry Anderson)
    Students acquire basics of research methods and statistics during the course. Together with other important aspects they learn research methodology, tools for assessment and tools for data analysis.
    
    ECTS credits: 5
    The course duration: 45 hours
    Grading system:
    Exams 50%
    Group Assignment 30%
    Participation 20%



14. Quantitative Analysis (Dan Durning)
    The course introduces concrete quantitative methods, which are used in the policy analysis process. Students learn tools for data analysis, fundamental issues of statistics and econometrics, analysis of decision-making process and principles of the Game Theory. The course is divided into 3 parts: First part covers making projections based on the current data, second part encompasses tools for selecting the most optimal one from the existing alternatives and the third part discusses decision-making process in uncertain conditions. Students investigate political problems by data analysis, reveal relations between current events and determine possible future development of the events.
    
    ECTS credits: 5
    The course duration: 36 hours
    Grading system:
    Home Assignment: 20%
    Midterm Exam: 35%
    Final Exam: 35%
    Participation: 10%



15. Qualitative Methods of Policy Analysis (Dan Durning)
    The course aims at introducing main principles of qualitative analysis; paradigms of research methods of qualitative analysis, data collection, and assessment of the reliability of the data.
    
    ECTS credits: 5
    The course duration: 36 hours
    Grading system:
    Home Assignment: 20%
    Midterm Exam: 35%
    Final Exam: 35%
    Participation: 10%
    (სილაბუსი შემუშავდება კურსის დანიშვნის შემდეგ)



16. Data Analysis (Nino Durglishvili)
    The course aims at providing students with necessary methods of data analysis and working out skills and habits of its use in practice, making logical schemes of data analysis, studying models of sociological data analysis, discussing main methods.
    
    ECTS credits: 5
    The course duration: 30 hours
    Grading system:
    Attendance/Participation - 5%
    Quizzes - 30%
    Presentation - 35%
    Final Exam - 30%



17. Presentation Skills (Maka Ioseliani)
    The course aims at providing students with necessary skills and habits of effective public presentations. Students get introduced to the most important aspects of public presentation: body language, audio/visual equipments, attitude towards the audience and etc.
    
    ECTS credits: 2
    The course duration: 16 hours
    (სილაბუსი შემუშავდება კურსის დანიშვნის შემდეგ)



18. Public Relations (Tornike Guruli)
    The course aims at providing students as future public officers with the necessary skills and habits for public relations; during lectures and practical assignments students discuss different methods and principles of PR as a science and art. PR course works on two dimensions: Theoretical part gives students theoretic bases of PR as a science, practical part deals with the ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practice and understand its role in order to use it in different fields.
    
    ECTS credits: 2
    The course duration: 16 hours
    Grading system:
    Attendance/participation - 10%
    Creative Group Work - 20%
    2 Home Assignment - 30%
    Final Exam - 40%



19. Development of Leadership and Communication Skills (Rusudan Mshvidobadze)
    This is a training module, which helps students to develop practical skills in leadership and communications, very important tools for people engaged in Public Sector. Students reach the mentioned goal by practical exercises and simulative and role models, as one of the main aspects of effective management.
    
    ECTS credits: 2
    The course duration: 44 hours
    Grading system:
    Participation in Discussions - 10%
    Group Work - 20%
    Presentation - 20%
    Assignment 10 x 5% = 50%



20. Algebra (Lela Tarkhnishvili)
    The course aims at providing students with all the necessary mathematical skills needed in the everyday activity of public officer. Mathematical apparatus is largely used in policy formation, policy analysis and prediction making process. Thus, practical mathematical skills are essential to any modern public manager.
    
    ECTS credits: 2
    The course duration:24 hours
    Grading system:
    Participation 20%
    Self-Evaluation Testing 10%
    Assignment 10%
    Final Exam 60%



21. Georgian Language (Salome Omiadze)
    Georgian official writing is one of the necessary skills for office-work in governmental structures. The course discusses rules of correct Georgian speech and spelling and the common errors.
    
    ECTS credits: 2
    The course duration: 20 hours
    Grading system:
    Participation/Attendance - 10%
    Written exam - 15% x 2=30%
    Oral Exam - 20%
    Home Assignment -10%
    Final Exam - 30%



22. English Language (Nino Nakashidze, Miranda Berishvili)
    The course includes English language grammar, lexical aspects, terminology and official writing skills.
    
    ECTS credits: 2
    The course duration: 36 hours
    Grading system:
    Attendance/Participation 10%
    Home Assignment 25%
    Midterm Exam 25%
    Final Exam 40%



23. Computer Technology (Kakha Skhulukhia)
    The course aims at providing students with necessary information about modern hardware and software systems. It gives them basic theoretical and practical knowledge, which is essential to study other disciplines successfully at GIPA. The course mainly covers the following topics: Basics of PC's hardware and software, corporative standards; MS Word - formatting text, standards, most popular tools; E-mail, internet, intro, security, searching, data Protection; MS Excel - Building Charts, Formulas, Formatting tables; MS PowerPoint - Presentations, Charts, other objects, their and slide animation and other multimedia tools.
    
    ECTS credits: 2
    The course duration: 22 hours
    Grading system:
    Attendance/Participation 8%
    Assignment 10% x 4
    Midterm Test 15% x 2
    Final Test 22%