P-PPS-MPP - Public Policy - Master's

51 credit hours are required to obtain the two-year degree. 39 credit hours are required to obtain a dual-degree. The courses include a combination of required core courses and electives. Two-year and dual degree MPP students are required to take a 3 credit hour Sanford Ethics course. Two-year MPP students are required to take 6 credit hours of courses that meet the Management and Leadership requirement.

Course Placement

Incoming MPP students are placed into core course sections by program staff and faculty. Microeconomics and statistics placement tests are typically conducted online in June and information is shared with incoming students early in the onboarding process.  Incoming MPP students can register for courses in late July.

Semester I - Fall

• PUBPOL 803: Policy Analysis I

• PUBPOL 810: Microeconomics and Public Policy Making OR PUBPOL 811: Microeconomics and Policy Applications

• PUBPOL 812: Statistics for Policy Makers OR PUBPOL 813: Quantitative Evaluation Methods

• PUBPOL 814: Politics and the Policy Process OR PUBPOL 820: Globalization and Governance

• PUBPOL 800: Career and Professional Skills Development Practicum (0 credit hours, not graded)

• PUBPOL 890-1: Excel Foundations for MPP Students (0 credit hours, not graded, online asynchronous)

Semester II - Spring

• PUBPOL 804: Policy Analysis II

• PUBPOL 811: Microeconomics and Policy Applications (not required for those who took 811 in fall semester)

• PUBPOL 813: Quantitative Evaluation Methods (not required for those who took 813 in fall semester)

Semester III - Fall

• PUBPOL 807: Master’s Project I

Semester IV - Spring

• PUBPOL 808: Master’s Project II (Not required for MPP-MEM Dual Degree students)

Ethics – Any semester

All MPP students are required to take an Ethics course offered by the MPP program. Waivers and substitutions will not be approved. At least one MPP Ethics course will be offered each semester. Some semesters may offer a special topics (PUBPOL 890) Ethics course. Regularly offered Ethics courses include:

• PUBPOL 816: Ethics and Policy Making

• PUBPOL 852: Organizational Ethics

• PUBPOL 890: Ethics and Equity in Media

Final Year of Study Required Courses

• PUBPOL 807 (Master’s Project I)

• PUBPOL 808 (Master’s Project II). MEM dual-degree students who choose to complete a combined MPP-MEM Master’s Project do not register for Public Policy 808.

Other Program Requirements

• Public Management and Leadership Courses (6.0 course credits taken at any time during the two-year program)

• Summer Internship (performed between the first and second year of study)

• Elective courses (used to fulfill the remaining credit hour requirements)