BA-MPA with Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Students at the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study already have a reputation for their vision, their drive, and their unique perspectives: multi-disciplinary study? No problem. Operationalizing grand imaginings? Easy. If that’s the case, then NYU Wagner’s got a challenge for you: join us for our BA-MPA program in collaboration with NYU Gallatin.
Pursuing a public administration degree with us means you’ll get to funnel your undergraduate explorations directly into a professionally-focused master’s degree that is constantly looking at the intersections of ideas, needs, and the greater good. Furthermore, you’ll get to translate your philosophies into actions—and impact.
Admission to the dual-degree program is open to Gallatin students who have completed 72 credits toward their BA degree and have earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Interested? Submit the Pre-Application to the Gallatin Office of Advising for consideration.
Advising
Cameron Williams, Gallatin Office of Advising
Curriculum
As part the BA-MPA track, you can complete up to 21 credits toward the graduate degree as an undergraduate student. This can include the undergraduate course equivalents below:
| NYU School Core Course | Undergraduate Course Equivalents |
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CORE-GP 1011 Statistical Methods |
BIOL-UA 42 Biostatistics ECON-UA 18, Statistics ENVST-UA 310, Environmental Quantitative Methods POL-UA 800, Quantitative Methods in Political Science POL-UA 850, Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science PSYCH-UA 10, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences SOC-UA 302, Statistics for Social Research UGPH-GU 20, Biostatistics for Public Health UPADM-GP 111, Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy |
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CORE-GP 1018 Microeconomics |
ECON-UA 2, Introduction to Microeconomics; ECII-UF 2, Principles of Microeconomics ECON-UA 10, Intermediate Microeconomics UPADM-GP 140, Economics of Public Policy |
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CORE-GP 1020 Management and Leadership |
UPADM-GP 103, Introduction to Managing Public Service Organizations* |
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CORE-GP 1021, Financial Management |
has no undergraduate course equivalent |
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CORE-GP 1022 Introduction to Public Policy |
POL-UA 300, Power and Politics in America POL-UA 306, Public Policy POL-UA 354, Politics of Administrative Law SCA-UA 232, Law and Urban Problems UPADM-GP 101, Politics of Public Policy* |
* UPADM-GP 101, 111, & 103 are NYU Wagner undergraduate courses.
For more information about the curriculum, please see our Advising and Policies page.
Deferral
Wagner graduate students come from a variety of professional backgrounds - many have several years of substantial experience in public service before starting a Wagner graduate degree. We believe that this real-world experience strongly enriches the Wagner education in and outside the classroom. As a result, our graduate admissions team may accept you into the MPA program with the requirement that you defer 1 year to gain full-time professional experience in a public service field.
You may also choose to defer your enrollment for up to 2 years in order to gain additional experience.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Pursuing a graduate dual degree is an investment in the future and a serious commitment of time and money. All BA-MA dual-degree applicants will be considered for scholarships and funding. NYU undergraduates interested in the Georgina and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Service Fellows Program must complete their school's dual Bachelors-MPA/MUP pre-application by October 1 of their junior year to be considered for this Fellowship.