MPP-EP Sample Curriculum

The MPP - Evening Program (MPP-EP) is designed to be completed in three years.  This requires students to enroll in two classes each semester (fall and spring) and two classes each summer.

Suggested Sequence of Classes:

First Year

Fall semester

• PPOL501: Introduction to Microtheory (3 credits)
• PPOL508: Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis (3 credits)

Spring semester

• PPOL509: Regression Methods for Policy Analysis (3 credits)
• Track course or elective (3 credits)

Summer

• PPOL503: Public Finance (3 credits)
• PPOL580: Public Management (3 credits)

Second Year

Fall semester

• PPOL517: Policy Process or PPOL519: Comparative Policy Process (3 credits)
• Track course or elective (3 credits)

Spring semester

• Track course or elective (3 credits) 
• Track course or elective (3 credits)

Summer

• PPOL512: Advanced Regression & Program Evaluation Methods (3 credits)
• PPOL560: Ethics, Values & Public Policy (3 credits) OR
  PPOL561: Ethics in a Globalized World (3 credits)

Third Year

Fall semester

• PPOL700: Thesis Workshop I (3 credits)
• Track course or elective (3 credits)

Spring semester

• PPOL701: Thesis Workshop II (3 credits)
• Track course or elective (3 credits)