For both MPP and the Accelerated BA/MPP.
The 36-credit master’s program consists of:
Policy Core (15 credits)
- PUBG 50 I The Policy Process in Theory and Practice
- PUBG 502 Public Budgeting & Management
- PUBG 503 Microeconomics & Public Policy
- PUBG 696 Thesis (6 credits, two semesters)
Quantitative Methods (6–9 credits)
- PUBG 510 Quantitative Methods for Policy Research I (exempted for most 5-Year BA/MPP students)
- PUBG 511 Program Evaluation and Causal Inference for Policy Analysis
- PUBG 512 Quantitative Methods for Policy Research II
Methods Elective (0–3 credits)
Choose one if Quantitative Methods I is exempted (0–3 credits)
- ISTG 620 Relational Database systems ISTG 640 Text Mining
- ISTG 630 Applied Time Series and Forecasting
- ISTG 650 Machine Learning
- ISTG 660 Geospatial Analysis
Policy Electives (12 Credits)
Choose 4 courses
- PBHG 572 Program Planning and Evaluation in Global Health
- PUBG 605 Health Politics and Policy
- PUBG 610 Environmental Policy
- PBHG 620 Health Economics
- PUBG 670 Topics in Public Policy
- PUBG 695 Policy Research Practicum (group research)
- PUBG 699 Public Policy Internship
- SOC 517 Sociology of Organizations
- SOC 585 Applied Sociology