PNP - Policy - Checksheet

MPA-PNP: PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS

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 two courses:

✔	Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
	PADM-GP.2140	Public Economics	CORE-GP.1011, CORE-GP.1018; CORE-GP.1021 or MSPP-GP.4021 concurrently	Fall, Spring	3
	PADM-GP.2171	Evaluating Programs and Policies	CORE-GP.1011	Fall, Spring, Summer	3

Students must also choose and complete one of the following courses:

✔	Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
	PADM-GP.2411	Policy Formation and Policy Analysis	CORE-GP.1022	Fall, Spring	3
	PADM-GP.2902	Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics	CORE-GP.1011	Fall, Spring, Summer	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 choose and 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 3 required specialization courses: PADM-GP 2140, 2171; 2411 or 2902 (*2140 and 2171 strongly recommended as the 2 courses to take prior to capstone)	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. ELECTIVE COURSES [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.

Policy Advocacy and Creation

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)

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
PADM-GP.2106	Community Organizing	None	Fall, January, Spring, Summer	3
PADM-GP.2186	Leadership and Social Transformation	CORE-GP.1020 or PADM-GP.2106	Fall	3
PADM-GP.2407	Advocacy Lab	None	Fall, Spring	3
PADM-GP.4186	Leadership and Social Transformation	CORE-GP.1020 or PADM-GP.2106	Fall	1.5
PADM-GP.4450	Strategic Communications for Advocacy	None	Fall	1.5

Policy Design

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)

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
PADM-GP.2139	Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Design	CORE-GP.1011 and CORE-GP.1018	Fall	3
PADM-GP.2149	Cost-Benefit Analysis	CORE-GP.1018, CORE-GP.1021	Spring	3
PADM-GP.2165	Policy Implementation: How Plans, Policies and Projects are Put into Action in the Government	CORE-GP 1020 and CORE-GP 1022 or URPL-GP 2660	Fall	3
PADM-GP.2203	Economics of International Development	CORE-GP.1011 and CORE-GP.1018	Fall, Spring	3
PADM-GP.2441	The Economics of Education: Policy and Finance	CORE-GP.1011 and CORE-GP.1018	Fall	3
PADM-GP.2472	Climate Economics	CORE-GP 1018 and co-requisite: CORE-GP 1011; or instructor permission	Spring	3
URPL-GP.2608	Urban Economics	CORE-GP.1018; Pre-or co-requisite: CORE-GP.1011	Spring	3
HPAM-GP.4830	Health Economics: Principles	CORE-GP.1011, CORE-GP.1018	Spring	1.5
PHD-GP.5908	Doctoral Seminar in Policy: Inequality and Poverty	Masters students must fill an application and be approved to take the course. The application is found on the Course Highlights page.	Spring	4

Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation

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.

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
PADM-GP.2170	Performance Measurement and Management	CORE-GP.1020	Fall, Spring	3
PADM-GP.2171	Evaluating Programs and Policies	CORE-GP.1011	Fall, Spring, Summer	3
PADM-GP.2172	Advanced Empirical Methods	PADM-GP.2902	Fall	3
PADM-GP.2875	Estimating Impacts in Policy Research	PADM-GP.2902; and PADM-GP.2171 or permission from the instructor	Spring	3
MSPP-GP.2905	Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis	MSPP.GP.1000	Fall	3
PADM-GP.4501	Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management	CORE-GP.1011	Fall	1.5
PADM-GP.4502	Using Large Data Sets in Policy Research	PADM-GP 2902	Fall	1.5
PADM-GP.4504	Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security	CORE-GP.1011	Spring	1.5
PHD-GP.5905	Qualitative Research Methods	Either one of the following: PADM-GP.2171 Program Analysis and Evaluation, PADM-GP 2172 Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis, PHD-GP 5902 Research Methods, an upper level research methods undergraduate course, or more than 3 years experience of research in a university or other research institution. Masters students must fill an application and be approved to take the course. The application is found on the Course Highlights page.	Spring	4

Data Science

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.

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
PADM-GP.2172	Advanced Empirical Methods	PADM-GP.2902	Fall	3
PADM-GP.2505	Advanced Data Analytics and Evidence Building	PADM-GP.2902; PADM-GP.4506 recommended	Spring	3
PADM-GP.4119	Data Visualization and Storytelling	CORE-GP.1011	Fall, Spring, Summer	1.5
PADM-GP.4147	Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning I	CORE-GP.1011	Spring	1.5
PADM-GP.4148	Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning II	PADM-GP.4147	Spring	1.5
PADM-GP.4501	Designing Data Collection for Program Evaluation, Policy, and Management	CORE-GP.1011	Fall	1.5
PADM-GP.4502	Using Large Data Sets in Policy Research	PADM-GP 2902	Fall	1.5
PADM-GP.4503	Introduction to Data Analytics for Public Policy, Administration, and Management		Fall, Spring	1.5
PADM-GP.4504	Introduction to Database Design, Management, and Security	CORE-GP.1011	Spring	1.5
PADM-GP.4505	R Coding for Public Policy	CORE-GP 1011	Fall, Spring	1.5
PADM-GP.4506	Python Coding for Public Policy		Fall, 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 a Policy student include, Data Science and Management; Environment and Climate Change; Health Policy and Management; Inequality, Race, and Poverty; Transportation; and more.

TOTAL CREDITS IN DEGREE: 45

Last Updated: October 2020

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