Public Policy, MPP (Online)

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Methods, Statistics, and Applications Core

• INSH 6300 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• INSH 6500 — Statistical Analysis
• One of:
  • PPUA 6506 — Techniques of Policy Analysis
  • PPUA 6509 — Techniques of Program Evaluation

Policy Frameworks and Practice Core

• LPSC 7311 — Strategizing Public Policy
• PPUA 6502 — Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
• PPUA 7673 — Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Methods and Statistics Elective

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • INSH 7400 — Quantitative Analysis
  • PPUA 5261 — Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
  • PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities
  • PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy

Internship Requirement

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All MPP students are required to complete an internship. At least one year of relevant, full-time work experience in a public, nonprofit, or related field may be used to fulfill the course requirements of PPUA 6861, using the college's Credit for Prior Learning assessment process.

• One of:
  • PPUA 6861 — Internship
  • PPUA 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
  • PPUA 6964 — Co-op Work Experience

Optional Co-op Experience

• One of:
  • All of:
    • INSH 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
    • EESH 6000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Concentrations (choose 1)

Healthcare Management and Policy

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

Health Elective

• PPUA 5220 — How Healthcare Works: Business and Policy Innovations
• One of:
  • PHTH 5212 — Public Health Administration and Policy
  • PHTH 5234 — Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
  • PPUA 5240 — Health Policy and Politics
• One of:
  • PHTH 5120 — Race, Ethnicity, and Health in the United States
  • PHTH 5212 — Public Health Administration and Policy
  • PHTH 5214 — Environmental Health
  • PHTH 5222 — Health Advocacy
  • PHTH 5230 — Global Health
  • PHTH 6200 — Principles and History of Urban Health
  • PHTH 6204 — Society, Behavior, and Health

• From the catalog

  General Elective

  Complete an additional course from the list above or one of the following:

• Choose 2 semester hours from:
  • PPUA 6212 — Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Project Management
  • PPUA 6216 — Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Grant Writing

Sustainability and Climate Change Policy

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Complete 12 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics
  • PPUA 5264 — Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
  • PPUA 5268 — International Environmental Policy
  • PPUA 5270 — Food Systems and Public Policy
  • PPUA 6101 — Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 1

Electives Option

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours from the following:

CRIM 5000 to CRIM 7999 (by advisement only)

ECON 5000 to ECON 7999 (by advisement only)

ENGL 5000 to ENGL 7999 (by advisement only)

HIST 5000 to HIST 7999 (by advisement only)

INSH 5000 to INSH 7999

LPSC 5000 to LPSC 7999

POLS 5000 to POLS 7999 (by advisement only)

PPUA 5000 to PPUA 7999

SOCL 5000 to SOCL 7999 (by advisement only)

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • Any CRIM course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any ECON course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any ENGL course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any HIST course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any INSH course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any LPSC course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any POLS course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any PPUA course numbered 5000–7999
  • Any SOCL course numbered 5000–7999

GPA requirements

• 40 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under public-policy-mpp-online, and the official page is the authority.