Master in Public Policy
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These courses are designed for candidates who lack basic knowledge in the following disciplines:
DSIM 509 | Essentials of Quantitative Methods | 3 |
ECON 509 | Essentials of Economics | 3 |
Core Courses (nine core courses)
The following courses are required for all MPP students:
PPOL 501 | Microeconomics for Public Policy | 3 |
PPOL 502 | Public Finance | 3 |
PPOL 511 | Political Institutions, Processes and P | 3 |
PPOL 512 | Ethics and Public Policy | 3 |
PPOL 513 | Law and Public Policy | 3 |
PPOL 521 | Statistics and Research Methods in Public Policy | 3 |
PPOL 541 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
PPOL 555 | Leading Organizations | 3 |
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MGT 548 | Leading People and Organizations | 3 |
PPOL 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
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MGT 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
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PPOL 611 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
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MGT 620 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
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PPOL 612 | Teamwork and Organizational Change | 3 |
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Total Credit Hours: | 27 | |
JU PPI Summer Internship (three credit hours)
All JU MPP students must complete a summer internship. JU PPI has developed a network of public, private and non-profit agencies that provide internships to JU MPP students. Some are paid and some non-paid. A JU PPI Internship Scholarship Fund will seek to provide scholarships for students in non-paid internships.
PPOL 590 | JU PPI Internship | 2 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3 | |
Capstone Policy Project (six credit hours)
A Capstone Policy Project is required of all MPP students. Students choose between working in a small group with a faculty advisor for a real world client organization on a public policy challenge or working with a faculty advisor on a policy question of the student's choosing. Both options require a research paper and formal presentation to faculty members and policymakers.
PPOL 695 | Capstone Project: Client Policy Project | 3 |
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PPOL 696 | Capstone Project: Client Policy Project | 3 |
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PPOL 697 | Capstone: Research Policy Thesis I | 3 |
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PPOL 698 | Capstone: Research Pol Thesis II | 3 |
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PPOL 699 | Capstone Intensive | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: | 6 | |
Additional Courses Required for MPP students (four elective courses)
MPP students must take four three-credit hour elective courses. JU MPP students may take up to two law school courses to be counted toward the MPP degree.
PPOL LAWP | 3 | |
PPOL xxx | Three to Four, 3-credit hour, 500/600 level Public Policy Elective courses (9-12 credits) | 9-12 |
Total Credit Hours: | 12 | |
Total Credit Hours: 48