Elective Courses

Search across the Wagner curriculum for courses that tend to be offered in the fall, January, spring, or summer term.

Fall:

CORE-GP.1011, Statistical Methods
CORE-GP.1018, Microeconomics
CORE-GP.1020, Management and Leadership
CORE-GP.1021, Financial Management
CORE-GP.1022, Introduction to Public Policy
URPL-GP.1620, Data Analysis, Mapping, and Storytelling
HPAM-GP.1830, Introduction to Health Policy and Management
PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2109, Legal Literacy: What Public Service Leaders Need to Know About the American Legal System
PADM-GP.2110, Strategic Management and Leadership
PADM-GP.2119, Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
PADM-GP.2129, Race, Identity, and Inclusion in Organizations
PADM-GP.2132, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Design
PADM-GP.2135, Human Resources: Leading Talent Development
PADM-GP.2139, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Design
PADM-GP.2140, Public Economics
PADM-GP.2144, Debt Financing and Management for Public Organizations
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2147, Corporate Finance and Public Policy
PADM-GP.2165, Policy Implementation: How Plans, Policies and Projects are Put into Action in the Government
PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2172, Advanced Empirical Methods
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
PADM-GP.2174, The Intersection of Operations, Policy, and Leadership
PADM-GP.2186, Leadership and Social Transformation
PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
EXEC-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and Public Sector Reform
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
PADM-GP.2211, Program Development and Management for International Organizations
PADM-GP.2213, Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present
HPAM-GP.2244, Global Health Governance and Management
PADM-GP.2245, Financing Local Government in Developing Countries
PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing
PADM-GP.2407, Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
URPL-GP.2415, Public Policy and Planning in New York
PADM-GP.2416, Racial Inequality in America: What Do We Do Now?
PADM-GP.2441, The Economics of Education: Policy and Finance
PADM-GP.2444, Gender & Sexuality in U.S. Policy Formation
URPL-GP.2618, Geographic Information Systems
URPL-GP.2625, Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
URPL-GP.2631, Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Form
URPL-GP.2635, Community Equity and Wealth Building
URPL-GP.2639, Real Estate Finance
URPL-GP.2645, Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
URPL-GP.2660, History and Theory of Planning
URPL-GP.2666, Water Sourcing and Climate Change
URPL-GP.2670, Land Use, Housing and Community Development in New York City Seminar
HPAM-GP.2839, Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations: Practical Strategies
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
MSPP-GP.2905, Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
PADM-GP.4101, Conflict Management and Negotiation
PADM-GP.4110, Project Management
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4131, Fundamentals of Fundraising
PADM-GP.4151, Inclusive Leadership
PADM-GP.4191, Understanding the Role Federal Tax Credits Play in the Affordable Housing & Renewable Energy Sectors
PADM-GP.4212, Managing Humanitarian Challenges
PADM-GP.4316, NYU Impact Investment Fund I
PADM-GP.4320, Environmental, Social, Governance Investing
PADM-GP.4450, Strategic Communications for Advocacy
PADM-GP.4456, Race and Voting in the United States
PADM-GP.4501, Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management
PADM-GP.4502, Using Large Data Sets in Policy Research
PADM-GP.4503, Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and Management
PADM-GP.4505, R Coding for Public Policy
PADM-GP.4506, Python Coding for Public Policy
URPL-GP.4622, Wealth and Inequality
URPL-GP.4666, Topics in Urban Studies: City Lab - Converting Brown Office Buildings into Green Homes
HPAM-GP.4822, Healthcare Information Technology: Public Policy and Management
HPAM-GP.4840, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting
HPAM-GP.4841, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - II: Capital Financing and Advanced Issues
HPAM-GP.4849, Current Issues in Reproductive Healthcare Management and Policy

January:

PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2113, Building Effective Teams - Advanced Strategies
PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
HPAM-GP.2852, Comparative Analysis of Health Systems
PADM-GP.4101, Conflict Management and Negotiation
PADM-GP.4116, Participatory Policymaking
PADM-GP.4311, Lean Approaches to Social Innovation
PADM-GP.4314, Environmental Finance and Social Impact

Spring:

CORE-GP.1011, Statistical Methods
CORE-GP.1018, Microeconomics
CORE-GP.1020, Management and Leadership
CORE-GP.1021, Financial Management
CORE-GP.1022, Introduction to Public Policy
URPL-GP.1603, Urban Planning: Methods and Practice
URPL-GP.1605, Land Use Law
HPAM-GP.1833, Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations
PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2110, Strategic Management and Leadership
PADM-GP.2112, Gender in the Workplace
PADM-GP.2127, Corporate Social Responsibility: Social Finance Partnerships and Models
PADM-GP.2135, Human Resources: Leading Talent Development
PADM-GP.2138, Macroeconomics, Global Markets, and Policy
PADM-GP.2140, Public Economics
PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II
PADM-GP.2143, Government Budgeting
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2147, Corporate Finance and Public Policy
PADM-GP.2148, Introduction to Structured Finance: Strategies for Municipal, Health and Corporate Finance
PADM-GP.2149, Cost-Benefit Analysis
PADM-GP.2150, Financial Markets and Crises
PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2184, Community Based Participatory Action Research
PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
PADM-GP.2204, Development Assistance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness
PADM-GP.2214, Constructing National Development Strategies
PADM-GP.2249, Scaling Social Enterprises - Experiential Field Course
PADM-GP.2310, Understanding Social Enterprise
PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing
PADM-GP.2312, Managing Financial and Social Returns of the Social Enterprise
PADM-GP.2407, Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
PADM-GP.2413, Strategic Philanthropy
PADM-GP.2430, Multi-Sector Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective
PADM-GP.2445, Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
URPL-GP.2452, Public-Private Partnerships, Public Spaces, Politics, & the Press
PADM-GP.2472, Climate Economics
PADM-GP.2505, Advanced Data Analytics and Evidence Building
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
URPL-GP.2620, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in American Cities
URPL-GP.2624, Environmental Planning: Communities, Fairness, and Beyond
URPL-GP.2641, Urban Transportation Planning
URPL-GP.2652, Urban Infrastructure Project Planning
URPL-GP.2665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
URPL-GP.2680, Urban Design
HPAM-GP.2825, Continuous Quality Improvement
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
HPAM-GP.2845, Advanced Health Care Payment Systems
HPAM-GP.2846, The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems
PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
PADM-GP.4101, Conflict Management and Negotiation
PADM-GP.4110, Project Management
PADM-GP.4112, Building Effective Teams
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4126, Leading Values-Based Culture in Nonprofit Organizations
HPAM-GP.4130, Fundamentals of Accounting
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits
PADM-GP.4147, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning I
PADM-GP.4148, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning II
PADM-GP.4154, Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations
PADM-GP.4217, Accountability in Humanitarian Assistance
PADM-GP.4313, The Intersection of Finance and Social Justice
PADM-GP.4317, NYU Impact Investment Fund II
PADM-GP.4318, Social Impact and Emerging Technologies
PADM-GP.4322, Data and AI Strategies for Social Impact Organizations
PADM-GP.4440, Education and Social Policy
PADM-GP.4452, US Reproductive Rights Advocacy
PADM-GP.4453, US Climate Policy, Politics, and Change
PADM-GP.4455, Labor Movement Politics, Advocacy & Social Change
PADM-GP.4503, Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and Management
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
PADM-GP.4506, Python Coding for Public Policy
URPL-GP.4632, Planning Healthy Neighborhoods
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
URPL-GP.4636, Housing Policy I
URPL-GP.4638, Housing Policy II
URPL-GP.4650, Advanced GIS: Interactive Web Mapping and Spatial Data Visualization
URPL-GP.4665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy
HPAM-GP.4835, Principles of Human Resources Management for Healthcare Organizations
HPAM-GP.4851, Healthcare Emergency Management
HPAM-GP.4852, Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management
PHD-GP.5905, Qualitative Research Methods
PHD-GP.5908, Doctoral Seminar in Policy: Inequality and Poverty
HPAM-GP.1833, Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations
PADM-GP.2112, Gender in the Workplace
PADM-GP.2140, Public Economics
PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II
PADM-GP.2143, Government Budgeting
PADM-GP.2150, Financial Markets and Crises
PADM-GP.2184, Community Based Participatory Action Research
PADM-GP.2197, Taub Seminar: Sustaining Minority Communities - The Jewish Community
EXEC-GP.2430, Multi-Sector Partnerships (EMPA)
PADM-GP.2430, Multi-Sector Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective
PADM-GP.2445, Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
PADM-GP.2472, Climate Economics
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
URPL-GP.2620, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in American Cities
URPL-GP.2624, Environmental Planning: Communities, Fairness, and Beyond
URPL-GP.2641, Urban Transportation Planning
URPL-GP.2680, Urban Design
HPAM-GP.2825, Continuous Quality Improvement
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
HPAM-GP.2846, The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems
EXEC-GP.4126, Leading Values-Based Culture in Nonprofit Organizations (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4126, Leading Values-Based Culture in Nonprofit Organizations
EXEC-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits
PADM-GP.4154, Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations
EXEC-GP.4154, Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4155, Disability, Policy and Leadership-Building an Accessible World
PADM-GP.4217, Accountability in Humanitarian Assistance
PADM-GP.4317, NYU Impact Investment Fund II
PADM-GP.4318, Social Impact and Emerging Technologies
PADM-GP.4440, Education and Social Policy
PADM-GP.4452, US Reproductive Rights Advocacy
PADM-GP.4453, US Climate Policy, Politics, and Change
URPL-GP.4632, Planning Healthy Neighborhoods
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
URPL-GP.4650, Advanced GIS: Interactive Web Mapping and Spatial Data Visualization
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy
HPAM-GP.4835, Principles of Human Resources Management for Healthcare Organizations
HPAM-GP.4851, Healthcare Emergency Management
PHD-GP.5908, Doctoral Seminar in Policy: Inequality and Poverty

Summer:

CORE-GP.1011, Statistical Methods
CORE-GP.1020, Management and Leadership
CORE-GP.1021, Financial Management
PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2110, Strategic Management and Leadership
PADM-GP.2112, Gender in the Workplace
PADM-GP.2113, Building Effective Teams - Advanced Strategies
PADM-GP.2119, Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
PADM-GP.4101, Conflict Management and Negotiation
PADM-GP.4110, Project Management
PADM-GP.4111, Leading Service Delivery
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4319, Financing Inclusive Businesses

Cities

URPL-GP.1605, Land Use Law
PADM-GP.2109, Legal Literacy: What Public Service Leaders Need to Know About the American Legal System
URPL-GP.2415, Public Policy and Planning in New York
PADM-GP.2416, Racial Inequality in America: What Do We Do Now?
URPL-GP.2452, Public-Private Partnerships, Public Spaces, Politics, & the Press
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
URPL-GP.2620, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in American Cities
URPL-GP.2624, Environmental Planning: Communities, Fairness, and Beyond
URPL-GP.2625, Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
URPL-GP.2635, Community Equity and Wealth Building
URPL-GP.2652, Urban Infrastructure Project Planning
URPL-GP.2670, Land Use, Housing and Community Development in New York City Seminar
URPL-GP.2680, Urban Design
PADM-GP.4191, Understanding the Role Federal Tax Credits Play in the Affordable Housing & Renewable Energy Sectors
PADM-GP.4250, Hunger and Food Security in a Global Perspective
URPL-GP.4603, Urban Plan Practicum
URPL-GP.4622, Wealth and Inequality
URPL-GP.4632, Planning Healthy Neighborhoods
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
URPL-GP.4636, Housing Policy I
URPL-GP.4638, Housing Policy II
URPL-GP.4666, Topics in Urban Studies: City Lab - Converting Brown Office Buildings into Green Homes

Communication Skills

PADM-GP.1801, Communication Skills for Public Service
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
PADM-GP.4101, Conflict Management and Negotiation
EXEC-GP.4101, Conflict Management and Negotiation (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4110, Project Management
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4131, Fundamentals of Fundraising
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits
EXEC-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4419, Communications in the Age of AI
PADM-GP.4450, Strategic Communications for Advocacy
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement

Data Science & Data Management

PADM-GP.2172, Advanced Empirical Methods
PADM-GP.2505, Advanced Data Analytics and Evidence Building
URPL-GP.2618, Geographic Information Systems
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4147, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning I
PADM-GP.4148, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning II
PADM-GP.4322, Data and AI Strategies for Social Impact Organizations
PADM-GP.4501, Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management
PADM-GP.4502, Using Large Data Sets in Policy Research
PADM-GP.4503, Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and Management
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
PADM-GP.4505, R Coding for Public Policy
PADM-GP.4506, Python Coding for Public Policy
URPL-GP.4650, Advanced GIS: Interactive Web Mapping and Spatial Data Visualization

Education

PADM-GP.2441, The Economics of Education: Policy and Finance
PADM-GP.4440, Education and Social Policy

Environment, Climate Change, & Sustainability

PADM-GP.2472, Climate Economics
URPL-GP.2624, Environmental Planning: Communities, Fairness, and Beyond
URPL-GP.2625, Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
URPL-GP.2645, Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
URPL-GP.2666, Water Sourcing and Climate Change
PADM-GP.4314, Environmental Finance and Social Impact
PADM-GP.4316, NYU Impact Investment Fund I
PADM-GP.4317, NYU Impact Investment Fund II
PADM-GP.4320, Environmental, Social, Governance Investing
PADM-GP.4453, US Climate Policy, Politics, and Change

Health Policy & Management

HPAM-GP.1830, Introduction to Health Policy and Management
HPAM-GP.1833, Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations
HPAM-GP.2825, Continuous Quality Improvement
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
HPAM-GP.2846, The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems
HPAM-GP.2852, Comparative Analysis of Health Systems
URPL-GP.4632, Planning Healthy Neighborhoods
HPAM-GP.4820, Digital Revolution of Healthcare
HPAM-GP.4822, Healthcare Information Technology: Public Policy and Management
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy
HPAM-GP.4835, Principles of Human Resources Management for Healthcare Organizations
HPAM-GP.4840, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting
HPAM-GP.4841, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - II: Capital Financing and Advanced Issues
HPAM-GP.4849, Current Issues in Reproductive Healthcare Management and Policy
HPAM-GP.4851, Healthcare Emergency Management

Inequality, Race, & Poverty

PADM-GP.2112, Gender in the Workplace
PADM-GP.2129, Race, Identity, and Inclusion in Organizations
PADM-GP.2184, Community Based Participatory Action Research
PADM-GP.2197, Taub Seminar: Sustaining Minority Communities - The Jewish Community
PADM-GP.2213, Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present
PADM-GP.2416, Racial Inequality in America: What Do We Do Now?
PADM-GP.2444, Gender & Sexuality in U.S. Policy Formation
PADM-GP.2445, Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
URPL-GP.2620, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in American Cities
URPL-GP.2624, Environmental Planning: Communities, Fairness, and Beyond
URPL-GP.2635, Community Equity and Wealth Building
PADM-GP.4151, Inclusive Leadership
EXEC-GP.4151, Inclusive Leadership (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4155, Disability, Policy and Leadership-Building an Accessible World
PADM-GP.4318, Social Impact and Emerging Technologies
PADM-GP.4401, Race, Crime, and Incarceration Policy in the United States
PADM-GP.4452, US Reproductive Rights Advocacy
PADM-GP.4456, Race and Voting in the United States
URPL-GP.4622, Wealth and Inequality
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
HPAM-GP.4849, Current Issues in Reproductive Healthcare Management and Policy
PHD-GP.5908, Doctoral Seminar in Policy: Inequality and Poverty

International Development and Humanitarian Action

PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
EXEC-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and Public Sector Reform
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
PADM-GP.2204, Development Assistance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness
PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing
URPL-GP.2652, Urban Infrastructure Project Planning
PADM-GP.4217, Accountability in Humanitarian Assistance
PADM-GP.4250, Hunger and Food Security in a Global Perspective
URPL-GP.4665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries

Nonprofit & Government Organizations

PADM-GP.2119, Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
PADM-GP.2127, Corporate Social Responsibility: Social Finance Partnerships and Models
PADM-GP.2413, Strategic Philanthropy
EXEC-GP.2413, Strategic Philanthropy (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4131, Fundamentals of Fundraising
PADM-GP.4414, Corporate Philanthropy and Engagement

Philanthropy & Fundraising

PADM-GP.2119, Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
PADM-GP.2127, Corporate Social Responsibility: Social Finance Partnerships and Models
PADM-GP.2413, Strategic Philanthropy
EXEC-GP.2413, Strategic Philanthropy (EMPA)
PADM-GP.4131, Fundamentals of Fundraising
PADM-GP.4414, Corporate Philanthropy and Engagement

Program Evaluation

PADM-GP.2149, Cost-Benefit Analysis
PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management
EXEC-GP.2170, Performance Measurement & Management
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2172, Advanced Empirical Methods
PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing
PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
MSPP-GP.2905, Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
PADM-GP.4110, Project Management
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4501, Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management
PADM-GP.4502, Using Large Data Sets in Policy Research
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
PHD-GP.5905, Qualitative Research Methods

Social Justice & Democracy

PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2112, Gender in the Workplace
PADM-GP.2129, Race, Identity, and Inclusion in Organizations
PADM-GP.2184, Community Based Participatory Action Research
PADM-GP.2186, Leadership and Social Transformation
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2213, Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present
PADM-GP.2214, Constructing National Development Strategies
PADM-GP.2249, Scaling Social Enterprises - Experiential Field Course
PADM-GP.2310, Understanding Social Enterprise
PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing
PADM-GP.2407, Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen
PADM-GP.4116, Participatory Policymaking
PADM-GP.4313, The Intersection of Finance and Social Justice
PADM-GP.4319, Financing Inclusive Businesses
PADM-GP.4450, Strategic Communications for Advocacy
PADM-GP.4451, Elections in Action
PADM-GP.4452, US Reproductive Rights Advocacy
PADM-GP.4453, US Climate Policy, Politics, and Change
PADM-GP.4455, Labor Movement Politics, Advocacy & Social Change
PADM-GP.4456, Race and Voting in the United States
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
URPL-GP.4666, Topics in Urban Studies: City Lab - Converting Brown Office Buildings into Green Homes

Transportation

URPL-GP.2415, Public Policy and Planning in New York
URPL-GP.2631, Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Form
URPL-GP.2641, Urban Transportation Planning
URPL-GP.2680, Urban Design
URPL-GP.4650, Advanced GIS: Interactive Web Mapping and Spatial Data Visualization
PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2407, Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis

MPA-PNP: Advocacy & Political Action Specialization
Tools & Skills Focus Area

The Tools and Skills focus area highlights what you need to bring to your advocacy work. Research and planning within the context of a specific organization, coalition, or campaign, are the essential ingredient to success. Long before your campaign becomes public, you need to think about mission, strategy, teams and the data necessary for planning. These courses will help those who plan to run campaigns gain requisite depth in the structural elements of advocacy.

PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2109, Legal Literacy: What Public Service Leaders Need to Know About the American Legal System
PADM-GP.2113, Building Effective Teams - Advanced Strategies
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2174, The Intersection of Operations, Policy, and Leadership
PADM-GP.2184, Community Based Participatory Action Research
PADM-GP.2186, Leadership and Social Transformation
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2407, Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
PADM-GP.2413, Strategic Philanthropy
PADM-GP.2505, Advanced Data Analytics and Evidence Building
PADM-GP.4112, Building Effective Teams
PADM-GP.4116, Participatory Policymaking
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4131, Fundamentals of Fundraising
PADM-GP.4313, The Intersection of Finance and Social Justice
PADM-GP.4450, Strategic Communications for Advocacy
PADM-GP.4503, Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and Management
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement

MPA-PNP: Advocacy & Political Action Specialization
Policies & Issues Focus Area

The Policies and Issues focus area is a deep dive into issues for which we build and launch advocacy and political campaigns. Depending on your own areas of interest, you can develop critical intimate knowledge in the specific issue area you most care about through these courses, and consider how to apply your learnings to issue campaigns, grassroots organizing, lobbying, and political campaigns. This will allow you to hit the ground running, bringing your knowledge of the issue into the real-world of policy and political change.

PADM-GP.2129, Race, Identity, and Inclusion in Organizations
PADM-GP.2213, Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present
PADM-GP.2416, Racial Inequality in America: What Do We Do Now?
PADM-GP.2444, Gender & Sexuality in U.S. Policy Formation
PADM-GP.2445, Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
PADM-GP.4151, Inclusive Leadership
PADM-GP.4440, Education and Social Policy
PADM-GP.4452, US Reproductive Rights Advocacy
PADM-GP.4453, US Climate Policy, Politics, and Change
PADM-GP.4455, Labor Movement Politics, Advocacy & Social Change
PADM-GP.4456, Race and Voting in the United States
URPL-GP.4636, Housing Policy I
URPL-GP.4638, Housing Policy II
PADM-GP.2140, Public Economics
PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II
PADM-GP.2147, Corporate Finance and Public Policy
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics

MPA-PNP: Financial Management & Public Finance Specialization
Public Economics & Finance Focus Area

This focus area allows students to apply the principles of economics to specific sectors, topics, or issues concerned specifically with resource allocation, generation, and distribution.

PADM-GP.2138, Macroeconomics, Global Markets, and Policy
PADM-GP.2139, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Design
PADM-GP.2149, Cost-Benefit Analysis
PADM-GP.2150, Financial Markets and Crises
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
PADM-GP.2245, Financing Local Government in Developing Countries
PADM-GP.2441, The Economics of Education: Policy and Finance
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
PADM-GP.4191, Understanding the Role Federal Tax Credits Play in the Affordable Housing & Renewable Energy Sectors
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy

MPA-PNP: Financial Management & Public Finance Specialization
Financial Management Focus Area

This focus area allows students to concentrate on planning and controlling organizational resources. This focus area is designed to cover both short-term operating and long-term capital financing topics applied to nonprofits, governments, and healthcare organizations.

PADM-GP.2143, Government Budgeting
PADM-GP.2144, Debt Financing and Management for Public Organizations
PADM-GP.2147, Corporate Finance and Public Policy
PADM-GP.2148, Introduction to Structured Finance: Strategies for Municipal, Health and Corporate Finance
URPL-GP.2639, Real Estate Finance
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
PADM-GP.4191, Understanding the Role Federal Tax Credits Play in the Affordable Housing & Renewable Energy Sectors
PADM-GP.4503, Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and Management
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
HPAM-GP.4840, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting
HPAM-GP.4841, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - II: Capital Financing and Advanced Issues
PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development

MPA-PNP: International Development Policy & Management Specialization
Growth, Sustainability, & Inequality Focus Area

Global relationships are being reshaped by economic growth together with widening inequalities. Building from PADM-GP 2203 Economics of International Development, these courses explore growth and inequality among countries and regions.

PADM-GP.2138, Macroeconomics, Global Markets, and Policy
PADM-GP.2150, Financial Markets and Crises
PADM-GP.2214, Constructing National Development Strategies
PADM-GP.2472, Climate Economics
URPL-GP.2625, Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities

MPA-PNP: International Development Policy & Management Specialization
Organizations & Management in International Contexts Focus Area

Courses in this focal area draw on theory and practice from organization and management studies to explore the  human, behavioral, functional and operational dynamics of organizations operating in a global context or focusing on development goals within an international political economy. Clusters below allow students to concentrate on particular entry points or to mix and match in ways that help address career preferences.

PADM-GP.2139, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Design
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
PADM-GP.2186, Leadership and Social Transformation
PADM-GP.2211, Program Development and Management for International Organizations
PADM-GP.2430, Multi-Sector Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective
URPL-GP.2665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
PADM-GP.4212, Managing Humanitarian Challenges
PADM-GP.4217, Accountability in Humanitarian Assistance
PADM-GP.4322, Data and AI Strategies for Social Impact Organizations
URPL-GP.4665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries

MPA-PNP: International Development Policy & Management Specialization
International Finance Focus Area

Courses in this focal area draw on theory and practice from public and social finance and social impact investment.  Many of the courses have some international focus and all have international relevance.  There are two clusters, one which focuses more on public sector finance and one which covers social enterprises and social impact investment.

PADM-GP.2138, Macroeconomics, Global Markets, and Policy
PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II
PADM-GP.2150, Financial Markets and Crises
PADM-GP.2245, Financing Local Government in Developing Countries
URPL-GP.2652, Urban Infrastructure Project Planning

MPA-PNP: International Development Policy & Management Specialization
Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Aid Focus Area

Courses in this focal area focus on operational challenges to operating in fragile, conflict, and disaster settings, supporting advocacy to advance health, human rights and humanitarian concerns, and understanding the contextual factors that shape operational and policy success.

PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
PADM-GP.2204, Development Assistance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness
PADM-GP.2213, Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present
HPAM-GP.2244, Global Health Governance and Management
URPL-GP.2645, Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
HPAM-GP.2852, Comparative Analysis of Health Systems
PADM-GP.4212, Managing Humanitarian Challenges
PADM-GP.4217, Accountability in Humanitarian Assistance
PADM-GP.2110, Strategic Management and Leadership
PADM-GP.2135, Human Resources: Leading Talent Development
PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management

MPA-PNP: Management & Leadership Specialization
Relationships Across Difference Focus Area

The courses in this area address varied aspects of creating relationships and working together across varied interests and a range of differences. Some of the courses focus on particular social identities, like race, gender and disability, and how to jointly address systemic inequities based on those identities. Others focus more on the processes that enable collaboration across differences, like negotiation, partnerships and participation. Focusing in this area will enable students to connect more authentically with people different from themselves, and also strengthen their capacity to build more equitable organizations and create collaborations among groups with varied interests.

PADM-GP 2129, Race, Identity and Inclusion in Organizations, and PADM-GP 2430, Multi-Sector Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective, are foundational/strongly recommended courses in this area. 

PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2112, Gender in the Workplace
PADM-GP.2113, Building Effective Teams - Advanced Strategies
PADM-GP.2129, Race, Identity, and Inclusion in Organizations
PADM-GP.2139, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Design
PADM-GP.2430, Multi-Sector Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective
PADM-GP.4101, Conflict Management and Negotiation
PADM-GP.4112, Building Effective Teams
PADM-GP.4151, Inclusive Leadership

MPA-PNP: Management & Leadership Specialization
Organizational Performance Focus Area

Learn to plan and manage the day-to-day work of organizations by building appropriate infrastructures and systems to ensure their success. Gain the skills to manage operations, measure performance, analyze data, and report outcomes for all stages in the production process.

PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
PADM-GP.2174, The Intersection of Operations, Policy, and Leadership
HPAM-GP.2825, Continuous Quality Improvement
PADM-GP.4110, Project Management
PADM-GP.4111, Leading Service Delivery
PADM-GP.4126, Leading Values-Based Culture in Nonprofit Organizations

MPA-PNP: Management & Leadership Specialization
Strategy & Leadership Focus Area

Through these courses, you'll develop an understanding of the multiple stakeholders for which organizations are responsible and the collaborative and competitive dynamics in fields and sectors. You will learn to design organizations, systems, and strategies that anticipate and respond effectively to dynamic and complex environments.

PADM-GP.2119, Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
PADM-GP.2132, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Design
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2174, The Intersection of Operations, Policy, and Leadership
PADM-GP.2186, Leadership and Social Transformation
PADM-GP.2413, Strategic Philanthropy
PADM-GP.4126, Leading Values-Based Culture in Nonprofit Organizations
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits
PADM-GP.4154, Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations
PADM-GP.4311, Lean Approaches to Social Innovation
PADM-GP.2140, Public Economics
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics

MPA-PNPPublic Policy Analysis Specialization
Policy Advocacy & Creation Focus Area

Creating policy through direct advocacy, working for advocacy or interest groups, or mission-driven organizations, e.g., political, social interest, etc. (potential titles and roles: interest-group advocacy, lobbyist, think-tank analyst, legislative or committee staffer, government relations for the nonprofit or private sector)

PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2186, Leadership and Social Transformation
PADM-GP.2407, Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen
PADM-GP.4450, Strategic Communications for Advocacy

MPA-PNPPublic Policy Analysis Specialization
Policy Design Focus Area

Economic analysis and design of policy (potential titles and roles: policy analyst, staffer for office holder, public office staff roles, program officer, program manager, urban and regional planner, local government manager, consultant)

PADM-GP.2139, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Design
PADM-GP.2149, Cost-Benefit Analysis
PADM-GP.2165, Policy Implementation: How Plans, Policies and Projects are Put into Action in the Government
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
PADM-GP.2441, The Economics of Education: Policy and Finance
PADM-GP.2472, Climate Economics
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
PHD-GP.5908, Doctoral Seminar in Policy: Inequality and Poverty

MPA-PNPPublic Policy Analysis Specialization
Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation Focus Area

Analysis of policy outcomes, synthesizing the literature, prospective analysis of policy proposals, and ex post evaluation of program and policy impacts form the core toolkit of the policy analyst (potential titles and roles: policy analyst for government, nonprofit, think tank or consulting firm; program evaluator)

PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research, and PADM-GP 2172, Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis, are strongly recommended courses in this focus area.

PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2172, Advanced Empirical Methods
PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
MSPP-GP.2905, Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
PADM-GP.4501, Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management
PADM-GP.4502, Using Large Data Sets in Policy Research
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
PHD-GP.5905, Qualitative Research Methods

MPA-PNPPublic Policy Analysis Specialization
Data Science Focus Area

Understanding, analyzing, presenting, and managing data (potential titles and roles: policy or data analyst, data scientist, data manager, database manager, fundraising officer/ manager, researcher, consultant). 

PADM-GP 2172, Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis, and PADM-GP 4503, Introduction to Data Analytics, are strongly recommended courses in this focus area.

PADM-GP.2172, Advanced Empirical Methods
PADM-GP.2505, Advanced Data Analytics and Evidence Building
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4147, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning I
PADM-GP.4148, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning II
PADM-GP.4501, Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management
PADM-GP.4502, Using Large Data Sets in Policy Research
PADM-GP.4503, Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and Management
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
PADM-GP.4505, R Coding for Public Policy
PADM-GP.4506, Python Coding for Public Policy
PADM-GP.2132, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Design
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2310, Understanding Social Enterprise
PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing

MPA-PNPSocial Impact, Innovation, and Investment Specialization
Social Enterprise Focus Area

The pursuit of social impact and innovation through entrepreneurship and formation of enterprises.

PADM-GP. 2132 Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation By Design is the foundational course in this area.

PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2132, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Design
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
PADM-GP.2174, The Intersection of Operations, Policy, and Leadership
PADM-GP.2249, Scaling Social Enterprises - Experiential Field Course
PADM-GP.2310, Understanding Social Enterprise
PADM-GP.2312, Managing Financial and Social Returns of the Social Enterprise
PADM-GP.2407, Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen

MPA-PNPSocial Impact, Innovation, and Investment Specialization
Social Finance Focus Area

Courses that explore the use the tools of finance to address societal changes.  These courses focus on sustainability, investing and managing businesses with multiple social goals to achieve financial returns alongside social returns. 

PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing; PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II; and PADM-GP.2147, Corporate Finance & Public Policy, are foundational courses in this area.

PADM-GP.2127, Corporate Social Responsibility: Social Finance Partnerships and Models
PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II
PADM-GP.2147, Corporate Finance and Public Policy
PADM-GP.2149, Cost-Benefit Analysis
PADM-GP.2150, Financial Markets and Crises
PADM-GP.2311, Impact Investing
PADM-GP.4313, The Intersection of Finance and Social Justice
PADM-GP.4314, Environmental Finance and Social Impact
PADM-GP.4316, NYU Impact Investment Fund I
PADM-GP.4317, NYU Impact Investment Fund II
PADM-GP.4319, Financing Inclusive Businesses
PADM-GP.4320, Environmental, Social, Governance Investing

MPA-PNPSocial Impact, Innovation, and Investment Specialization
Social Innovation, Design, & Technology Focus Area

Courses that explore the process of ideation, and the use of data and technological tools to achieve social innovation.

PADM-GP.2145 Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact is the foundational course in this area.

PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.4311, Lean Approaches to Social Innovation
PADM-GP.4318, Social Impact and Emerging Technologies
PADM-GP.4322, Data and AI Strategies for Social Impact Organizations
PADM-GP.4501, Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
CORE-GP.1021, Financial Management
HPAM-GP.2845, Advanced Health Care Payment Systems
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy
HPAM-GP.4840, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting
HPAM-GP.4841, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - II: Capital Financing and Advanced Issues

MPA-Health: Health Finance Specialization
Health Services Financial Management

The Health Services Financial Management specialization prepares students to organize and interpret financial information as the basis of decision-making.

HPAM-GP.1833, Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations
PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II
PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
HPAM-GP.2825, Continuous Quality Improvement
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
HPAM-GP.2845, Advanced Health Care Payment Systems
HPAM-GP.2846, The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems
PADM-GP.4111, Leading Service Delivery
HPAM-GP.4130, Fundamentals of Accounting
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
HPAM-GP.4822, Healthcare Information Technology: Public Policy and Management
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy
HPAM-GP.4840, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting
HPAM-GP.4841, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - II: Capital Financing and Advanced Issues
HPAM-GP.4851, Healthcare Emergency Management
HPAM-GP.4852, Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management

MPA-Health: Health Finance Specialization
Healthcare Public Finance

The Healthcare Public Finance specialization gives students the concepts and skills needed for careers that focus on the financial aspects of healthcare policy and the healthcare delivery system. You’ll take courses in public expenditure analysis, social insurance programs, taxation, and debt financing, among others.

PADM-GP.2140, Public Economics
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
HPAM-GP.4130, Fundamentals of Accounting
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy

MPA-Health: Health Policy Analysis Specialization

This specialization prepares students to develop and evaluate strategies to improve the efficiency of the healthcare delivery system. Topics include evaluation design, descriptive and multivariate statistics, program implementation analysis, policy formation assessment, and cost-benefit analysis.

PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy

MPA-Health: Health Services Management Specialization 

This specialization prepares students for leadership roles in healthcare organizations. Topics include design and control in health organizations, management of service operations, personnel and human resources management, information systems, marketing, and strategic planning.

 

HPAM-GP.1830, Introduction to Health Policy and Management
HPAM-GP.1833, Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
PADM-GP.2430, Multi-Sector Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective
HPAM-GP.2825, Continuous Quality Improvement
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
HPAM-GP.2839, Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations: Practical Strategies
HPAM-GP.2846, The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems
HPAM-GP.2852, Comparative Analysis of Health Systems
PADM-GP.4111, Leading Service Delivery
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits
PADM-GP.4154, Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations
PADM-GP.4311, Lean Approaches to Social Innovation
URPL-GP.4632, Planning Healthy Neighborhoods
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
HPAM-GP.4822, Healthcare Information Technology: Public Policy and Management
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy
HPAM-GP.4835, Principles of Human Resources Management for Healthcare Organizations
HPAM-GP.4840, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting
HPAM-GP.4841, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - II: Capital Financing and Advanced Issues
HPAM-GP.4849, Current Issues in Reproductive Healthcare Management and Policy
HPAM-GP.4851, Healthcare Emergency Management
HPAM-GP.4852, Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management

MPA-Health: International Policy & Management

This specialization prepares students to work worldwide in a variety of health settings and in diverse cultures.

PADM-GP.2138, Macroeconomics, Global Markets, and Policy
PADM-GP.2142, Financial Management II
PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
PADM-GP.2204, Development Assistance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness
PADM-GP.2211, Program Development and Management for International Organizations
PADM-GP.2213, Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present
HPAM-GP.2244, Global Health Governance and Management
PADM-GP.2245, Financing Local Government in Developing Countries
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
URPL-GP.2665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
URPL-GP.2666, Water Sourcing and Climate Change
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
HPAM-GP.2852, Comparative Analysis of Health Systems
PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
PADM-GP.4212, Managing Humanitarian Challenges
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
URPL-GP.4665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles
CORE-GP.1011, Statistical Methods
CORE-GP.1018, Microeconomics
CORE-GP.1020, Management and Leadership
CORE-GP.1021, Financial Management
URPL-GP.1603, Urban Planning: Methods and Practice
URPL-GP.1605, Land Use Law
URPL-GP.1620, Data Analysis, Mapping, and Storytelling
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
URPL-GP.2660, History and Theory of Planning
CORE-GP.1011, Statistical Methods
CORE-GP.1018, Microeconomics
CORE-GP.1020, Management and Leadership
CORE-GP.1021, Financial Management
URPL-GP.1603, Urban Planning: Methods and Practice
PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
URPL-GP.2660, History and Theory of Planning
URPL-GP.2665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
URPL-GP.4665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries

MUP
Environmental Planning Focus Area

Whether it is air pollution, deforestation or climate change, as urban regions grow, they continue to have dramatic effects on the global environment. The world's cities will also be dramatically impacted by the very changes that they induce, and these effects will be most felt by already vulnerable populations. It is imperative to the survival of humans society on earth that we understand how to plan cities and regions with the natural environment in mind. What can you do? This focus area will prepare you to make meaningful contributions to the world's most pressing environmental challenges through urban planning and policy.

URPL-GP.2625, Environmental Infrastructure is a key course in this area (recommended to build expertise). 

URPL-GP.2415, Public Policy and Planning in New York
PADM-GP.2472, Climate Economics
URPL-GP.2624, Environmental Planning: Communities, Fairness, and Beyond
URPL-GP.2625, Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
URPL-GP.2645, Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
URPL-GP.2666, Water Sourcing and Climate Change
URPL-GP.2680, Urban Design

MUP
Global Perspectives Focus Area

The majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas though rapidly increasing rates of urbanization are most expected in countries and regions of the world least able to prepare for—much less manage—this growth in the face of climate change, changing geopolitical dynamics, and limited resources. This focus area includes courses that cover the institutional, political and economic challenges of planning in least-developed countries and also topics such as international aid effectiveness, local government finance, water management, project appraisal, and more. 

PADM-GP.2214, Constructing National Development Strategies and PADM-GP.2245, Financing Local Government in Developing Countries are key courses in this area (recommended to build expertise). 

PADM-GP.2165, Policy Implementation: How Plans, Policies and Projects are Put into Action in the Government
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
PADM-GP.2211, Program Development and Management for International Organizations
PADM-GP.2213, Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present
PADM-GP.2214, Constructing National Development Strategies
PADM-GP.2245, Financing Local Government in Developing Countries
URPL-GP.2645, Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
URPL-GP.2652, Urban Infrastructure Project Planning
URPL-GP.2666, Water Sourcing and Climate Change

MUP
Housing & Economic Development Focus Area

Learn to plan and build thriving, socially- and economically-diverse communities. The courses in this focus area cover the key elements of a healthy community ecosystem: from the economic theories behind real estate markets to the social theories underlying the importance of community organizations. The focus area also builds practical skills, including how to analyze current planning and policy issues and create new ones.

PADM-GP.2416, Segregation and Public Policy; URPL-GP.4636/38, Housing Policy I and II; URPL-GP.2639, Real Estate Finance; and URPL-GP. 2452, Public-Private Partnerships, are key courses in this area (recommended to build expertise). 

PADM-GP.2106, Community Organizing
PADM-GP.2184, Community Based Participatory Action Research
URPL-GP.2415, Public Policy and Planning in New York
PADM-GP.2416, Racial Inequality in America: What Do We Do Now?
PADM-GP.2445, Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
URPL-GP.2452, Public-Private Partnerships, Public Spaces, Politics, & the Press
URPL-GP.2620, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in American Cities
URPL-GP.2635, Community Equity and Wealth Building
URPL-GP.2639, Real Estate Finance
URPL-GP.2670, Land Use, Housing and Community Development in New York City Seminar
URPL-GP.2680, Urban Design
URPL-GP.4622, Wealth and Inequality
URPL-GP.4632, Planning Healthy Neighborhoods
URPL-GP.4634, Equitable Community Engagement
URPL-GP.4636, Housing Policy I
URPL-GP.4638, Housing Policy II

MUP
Transportation & Infrastructure Focus Area

As the first point of contact in almost every citizen’s journey to an opportunity—be it healthcare, employment, or education—transportation sits at the heart of all major city planning decisions. This focus area emphasizes not only mobility—how quickly and efficiently transportation systems (streets, expressways, subways, buses, bike lanes, parking, ride-hailing) could move people or goods around, but also accessibility—namely the spatial distribution of all opportunities available. It will prepare you to be a new generation of transportation planners—technically savvy, policy sensitive, and socially responsible. 

URPL-GP.2631, Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Form; and URPL-GP.2641, Urban Transportation Planning are key courses in this area (recommended to build expertise). 

PADM-GP.2144, Debt Financing and Management for Public Organizations
PADM-GP.2149, Cost-Benefit Analysis
URPL-GP.2415, Public Policy and Planning in New York
URPL-GP.2631, Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Form
URPL-GP.2641, Urban Transportation Planning
URPL-GP.2652, Urban Infrastructure Project Planning
URPL-GP.2680, Urban Design
URPL-GP.4666, Topics in Urban Studies: City Lab - Converting Brown Office Buildings into Green Homes

MUP
Urban Analytics Focus Area

Cities are becoming smarter: they’re using data to optimize services, infrastructure operation, and urban planning. Government agencies, nonprofits, consulting firms, and startups all recognize the importance of leveraging data to create effective public policy and urban plans but grapple with how to analyze large, complex datasets and apply the findings in urban planning environments. This focus area includes courses to help you understand data-driven approaches to tackle today’s most pressing urban challenges. 

PADM-GP.2505, Big Data Analytics; URPL-GP.2618, GIS and Analysis; and URPL-GP.4650, Advanced GIS: Interactive Web Mapping are key courses in this area (recommended to build expertise). 

PADM-GP.2505, Advanced Data Analytics and Evidence Building
URPL-GP.2618, Geographic Information Systems
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
PADM-GP.4119, Data Visualization and Storytelling
PADM-GP.4147, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning I
PADM-GP.4148, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning II
PADM-GP.4504, Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security
PADM-GP.4505, R Coding for Public Policy
PADM-GP.4506, Python Coding for Public Policy
URPL-GP.4650, Advanced GIS: Interactive Web Mapping and Spatial Data Visualization