MPP-FT Sample Curriculum
Students enrolled in The Georgetown Public Policy Institute MPP-Full-time Program (MPP-FT) are expected to complete the program in two years and typically enroll in four courses each semester. (It should be noted that a limited number of courses are available during the summer.)
Suggested Sequence of Classes:
First Year
Fall Semester
- PPOL 501 -- Introduction to Microtheory (3 credits)
- PPOL 508 -- Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis (3 credits)
- PPOL 517 -- Public Policy Process OR PPOL 519 -- Comparative Policy Process (3 credits)
- Track course or elective (3 credits)
Spring Semester
- PPOL 503 -- Public Finance (3 credits)
- PPOL 509 -- Regression Methods for Policy Analysis (3 credits)
- PPOL 580 -- Public Management OR PPOL 581 -- Comparative Public Management (3 credits)
- Track course, elective, or PPOL 502 -- Macroeconomics if IPD track (3 credits)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- PPOL 512 -- Advanced Regression & Program Evaluation Methods (3 credits)
- PPOL 700 -- Thesis Workshop (3 credits)
- Track Course, Elective, or PPOL 560 -- Ethics, Values & Public Policy OR PPOL 561 - Ethics in a Globalized World (3 credits)
- Track course or elective (3 credits)
Spring Semester
- PPOL 701 -- Thesis Workshop (3 credits)
- Track Course, Elective, or PPOL 560 -- Ethics, Values & Public Policy OR PPOL 561 - Ethics in a Globalized World (3 credits)
- Track course or elective (3 credits)
- Track course or elective (3 credits)
TOTAL: 48 credits
