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.
| 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 | 
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| Term 3 (Summer) | 
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| Course Number/Title | 
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| PUBP 507 Comparative Public Policy 
 | 4 | 
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| PUBP 508 Advanced Topics in 
 | 4 | 
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| PUBP 509 Public Policy Laboratory 
 | 4 | 
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| Term Credit Total | 12 | 
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