PNP - Advocacy - Checksheet
MPA-PNP: ADVOCACY & POLITICAL ACTION
I. DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS [15 CREDITS]
Students must complete or waive the following courses:
| ✔ | Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites | Typically offered | credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORE-GP.1011 | Statistical Methods | None | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3 | |
| CORE-GP.1018 | Microeconomics | None | Fall, Spring | 3 | |
| CORE-GP.1020 | Management and Leadership | None | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3 | |
| CORE-GP.1021 | Financial Management | None | Fall, Spring, Summer | 3 | |
| CORE-GP.1022 | Introduction to Public Policy | None | Fall, Spring | 3 |
II. SPECIALIZATION REQUIREMENTS [9 credits]
Students must complete the following courses:
| ✔ | Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites | Typically offered | credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PADM-GP.2106 | Community Organizing | None | Fall, January, Spring, Summer | 3 | |
| PADM-GP.2407 | Advocacy Lab | None | Fall, Spring | 3 | |
| PADM-GP.2411 | Policy Formation and Policy Analysis | CORE-GP.1022 | Fall, Spring | 3 |
III. CAPSTONE [3 credits]
To be eligible for Capstone, all students must have: earned at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, declared a specialization, fulfilled the Professional Experience Requirement, and completed the course prerequisite listed for their choice of Capstone (see below).
Students must complete ONE of the two following pairs:
| ✔ | Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites | credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAP-GP 3401 (Fall) AND CAP-GP 3402 (Spring) |
Capstone: Advanced Projects in Policy, Management, Finance, and Advocacy I & II | CORE-GP: 1011, 1018, 1020, 1021, 1022; AND 2 of the 3 specialization required courses: PADM-GP 2106, 2407, 2411 |
1.5 credits (Fall) AND 1.5 credits (Spring) |
|
| CAP-GP 3148 (Fall) AND CAP-GP 3149 (Spring) |
Capstone: Advanced Research Projects in Quantitative Analysis I & II | PREREQUISITES (taken PRIOR to Capstone year): CORE-GP: 1011, 1018, 1020, 1021, 1022 AND PADM-GP 2902; AND CO-REQUISITES (taken no later than fall of Capstone year): Choose ONE Adv. Econ course; PADM-GP 2140, HPAM-GP 4830, URPL-GP 2608, PADM-GP 2203, PADM-GP 2441; AND PADM-GP 2171 |
1.5 credits (Fall) AND 1.5 credits (Spring) |
IV. ELECTIVES [18 credits]
Focus Areas
Focus Areas are optional groupings of courses to help you choose electives. You can go deeper in your specialization and develop more advanced skills by choosing electives within the specialization-related focus areas below. To pursue depth in a focus area we suggest completing 9 credits. To pursue breadth, you may also choose electives across focus areas.
Tools and Skills
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.
Policies and Issues
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.
| ✔ | Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites | Typically offered | credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PADM-GP.2129 | Race, Identity, and Inclusion in Organizations | CORE-GP.1020 | Fall | 3 | |
| PADM-GP.2213 | Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and Present | None | Fall | 3 | |
| PADM-GP.2416 | Racial Inequality in America: What Do We Do Now? | CORE-GP.1011 and CORE-GP.1022, URPL-GP.2660, or MSPP-GP.1022 concurrently | Fall | 3 | |
| PADM-GP.2444 | Gender & Sexuality in U.S. Policy Formation | CORE-GP.1022 | Fall | 3 | |
| PADM-GP.2445 | Poverty, Inequality, and Policy | None | Spring | 3 | |
| HPAM-GP.2836 | Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power | None | Spring | 3 | |
| PADM-GP.4440 | Education and Social Policy | None | Fall | 1.5 | |
| PADM-GP.4452 | US Reproductive Rights Advocacy | None | Spring | 1.5 | |
| PADM-GP.4453 | US Climate Policy, Politics, and Change | None | Fall | 1.5 | |
| PADM-GP.4455 | Labor Movement Politics, Advocacy & Social Change | Spring | 1.5 | ||
| PADM-GP.4456 | Race and Voting in the United States | CORE-GP 1022 | Fall | 1.5 | |
| URPL-GP.4636 | Housing Policy I | CORE-GP.1011, CORE-GP.1018, and CORE-GP.1022 or URPL-GP.2660 | Spring | 1.5 | |
| URPL-GP.4638 | Housing Policy II | CORE-GP.1022 or URPL-GP.2660 and URPL-GP.4636 | Spring | 1.5 |
School-wide Focus Areas
In addition to the courses in the specialization-related elective focus areas above, to gain a breadth of knowledge and skills you may also wish to choose electives from across course offerings, including from the school-wide focus areas or a different specialization. Relevant school-wide focus areas for you to consider as an Advocacy & Political Action student include, Cities; Education; Environment & Climate Change, and more.
TOTAL CREDITS IN DEGREE: 45
Last Updated: October 2020
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