Program Requirement Checksheet

MPA-PNP: SOCIAL IMPACT, INNOVATION and INVESTMENT (SIII)

I. SCHOOLWIDE CORE COURSES [15 CREDITS]

Students must complete or waive all schoolwide core courses

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
CORE-GP.1011 Statistical Methods for Public, Nonprofit, and Health Management None Fall, Spring, Summer 3
CORE-GP.1018 Microeconomics for Public Management, Planning, and Policy Analysis None Fall, Spring, Summer 3
CORE-GP.1020 Management and Leadership None Fall, Spring, Summer 3
CORE-GP.1021 Financial Management for Public, Nonprofit, and Health Organizations None Fall, Spring, Summer 3
CORE-GP.1022 Introduction to Public Policy None Fall, Spring, Summer 3

 

 

II. SPECIALIZATION REQUIREMENTS [16.5 total credits]

Students must complete ONE course from below [3 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
PADM-GP.2132 Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Design None Fall, Spring 3
PADM-GP.2310 Understanding Social Enterprise None Spring 3

 

 

Students are also required to take an Accounting course [1.5 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
PADM-GP.4130 Fundamentals of Accounting CORE-GP.1021 Spring 1.5

 

 

Students are required to take one Financial Management course from below [3 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
PADM-GP.2142 Financial Management for Global Nonprofit Organizations CORE-GP.1021; PADM-GP.4130 concurrently Spring 3
PADM-GP.2147 Corporate Finance and Public Policy CORE-GP.1021; PADM-GP.4130 concurrently Fall 3

 

 

Students are required to take one Impact Measurement & Investment Returns course below [3 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
PADM-GP.2311 Social Impact Investment CORE-GP.1021; PADM-GP.4130 concurrently Fall, Spring 3
PADM-GP.2312 Managing Financial and Social Returns of the Social Enterprise CORE-GP.1021; PADM-GP.4130 concurrently Spring 3

 

 

Students are required to take one Operations & Enterprise course from below [3 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
PADM-GP.2173 Operations Management for Public, Nonprofit, and Health Contexts CORE-GP.1020, CORE-GP.1011 Fall, Spring 3
PADM-GP.2174 The Intersection of Operations, Policy, and Leadership CORE-GP.1020 and CORE-GP.1022 Fall 3

 

 

Students are required to take 3 credits of Policy, Advocacy & Innovation from below: [3 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
PADM-GP.2106 Community Organizing None Fall, January, Summer 3
PADM-GP.2145 Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact None Fall, Spring, Summer 3
PADM-GP.2407 Advocacy Lab: How to Make Change Happen 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 [3 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites credits
  CAP-GP 3301 (Fall)
AND
CAP-GP 3302 (Spring)		 Capstone: Advanced Lab in Social Innovation I &II Students must complete all five schoolwide core plus the following courses: PADM-GP 2132 or PADM-GP 2310, and one additional required specialization course 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 All 5 schoolwide core courses; and PADM-GP 2902; Co-requisites (taken no later than the fall of Capstone): PADM-GP 2171 and one of the following economics courses: PADM-GP 2140, HPAM-GP 4830, URPL-GP 2608, PADM-GP 2203, or PADM-GP 2441 1.5 credits (Fall)
AND
1.5 credits (Spring)

 

 

IV. ELECTIVES [10.5 credits]

✔ Course Number  Course Name         Prerequisites          Typically offered credits
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

 

TOTAL CREDITS IN DEGREE: 45

Last Updated: October 2019