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hey thanks for your reply again. yes agree with the first part. i saw on some forum somewhere - 'there are no useless degrees, only useless people' - which i find rather comforting. so i was counting the units and was hoping to squeeze in the more useful units (around 6 of them) like economics and research. despite that, i am concerned the degree title plays a part in getting an interview hence the econ MA. actually the econ ma falls in line with what i want to do : I want to enter fields reporting on how policies / political movements affect a business / a group of population / an industry. whereas i assume roles in the public sector roles would revolve around allocating resources to improve the well-being of the people / for political gains. the MPP just happens to throw in lesser econs with IR and of course the policy making process - i guess another role around for public policy in private sector is to help businesses liaise with policy makers and assist in aligning policies. so im just taking the masters to help me gel the overlapping understanding between policy and business / policy and social well-being (if such things exist and of course my IR dreams). my latest job made me realised how dumb i am in analysing. i wanted to write something about comparing the impact of a change in consumer tax on consumption when it coincides with a recession with one when there wasn't a recession but my analysis was pathetic. am i being too naive and hopeful? hahaha. well ive been trying to let econ seep into me the last 10 years but its baffling how i find the concepts so hard to understand. it's harder than learning a foreign language.

hey. thanks for your reply. i'm actually from singapore. one university launched a public policy undergrad course a few years ago. usually how it goes here is that when a new prog is launched it probably indicates a demand for it. for usyd, the IR/MPP courses offered have different specialisations (US studies / political economy/ economics / economic policy etc) so it's just broad and jumbled up. MA econs is insanely tough and i am extremely weak in understanding economics concepts (not math) but i saw that most job openings have rather nice pay check. haha just trying to get the best bang for my buck without jeopardising my grades again.

hi all. saw that schools that were mentioned are usually top 10 with some french / sg schools thrown in after scanning through the threads. anyone has any idea about sydney? any advice for the stated courses if it's recommended to do it or not? fees will range between 80k - 100k. my background is kinda rough. bad grades for my degree from a satellite uni in finance. have been working a few years now in many kinds of jobs - data quality in a bank, web developer for 2 months, industry research and reporting in another bank, research internship w a banking magazine. Taking a course in IR is to satisfy what i couldn't do for my undergrad which has made me very unhappy since. MPP / Econs seem to be a more practical choice with some leeway to be exposed to IR as well. I am not sure if the IR / MPP degrees can boost my employability since i do not have much concrete experience. Appreciate any responses. Thank you.

hi all. saw that schools that were mentioned are usually top 10 with some french / sg schools thrown in after scanning through the threads. anyone has any idea about sydney? any advice for the stated courses if it's recommended to do it or not? fees will range between 80k - 100k. my background is kinda rough. bad grades for my degree from a satellite uni in finance. have been working a few years now in many kinds of jobs - data quality in a bank, web developer for 2 months, industry research and reporting in another bank, research internship w a banking magazine. Taking a course in IR is to satisfy what i couldn't do for my undergrad which has made me very unhappy since. MPP / Econs seem to be a more practical choice with some leeway to be exposed to IR as well. I am not sure if the IR / MPP degrees can boost my employability since i do not have much concrete experience. Appreciate any responses. Thank you.