Curriculum

MPP Curriculum

The MPP Program is a 36-credit hour program including:

  • Nine core courses (36 credits) where students develop and apply a public service perspective throughout the policy process, demonstrating analytical and technical expertise while effectively communicating with professional audiences locally and globally

Our MPP Program, which involves courses taken in a fall, spring, and summer sequence, typically takes full-time students one year to complete.

Course Sequence

Term 1 (Fall)

Term 2 (Spring)

Course Number/Title

Credits

Course Number/Title

Credits

PUBP 501

Theoretical Foundations of Public Policy

4

PUBP 504

Policy Research Methods II

 

4

PUBP 502

Policy Research Methods I

 

4

PUBP 505

Public Policy Design and Implementation

 

4

PUBP 503

Economics of Public Policy

 

4

PUBP 506

Public Policy Analysis

 

4

Term Credit Total

12

Term Credit Total

12

 

Term 3 (Summer)

 

Course Number/Title

 

PUBP 507

Comparative Public Policy

 

4

 

PUBP 508

Advanced Topics in
Public Policy

 

4

 

PUBP 509

Public Policy Laboratory

 

4

 

Term Credit Total

12