BA-MPA and BA-MUP with Global Liberal Studies
Interested in a career in public service? As a Global Liberal Studies student, you already have an edge in the field with your global and interdisciplinary lens for problem-solving. Make a bigger impact by working toward Master’s in Public Administration or a Master's in Urban Planning while completing your undergraduate degree. Through the BA-MPA and BA-MUP program offered by NYU Wagner in partnership with the NYU Liberal Studies, you can fast track into a meaningful career in public service.
Admission to the dual-degree program is open to GLS students who have completed 64 credits toward the B.A. degree, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and who have completed at least 32 of these credits in GLS. Interested? See the GLS website.
ADVISING
Adrienne Smith, Associate Director of Advisement and Student Services
Global Liberal Studies Advising
Curriculum
On the BA-MPA and BA-MUP tracks, you can complete up to 21 credits toward the 45 credit graduate degree while you are still an undergraduate student. This can include both undergraduate course equivalents (see below) and graduate coursework.
If you complete the maximum 21 credits during your undergraduate career and take a prescribed sequence of coursework in consultation with an advisor, you can finish the MPA or MUP degree in one additional full-time year.
If you complete fewer than 21 credits, you will need two years to finish the graduate degree at Wagner. Alternatively, you can make part-time progress toward your degree over up to five years which also gives you access to Wagner resources over a longer period as you begin your career. (Whichever path you are on, you will still save on tuition costs on the Bachelor’s-Masters’ track by completing graduate credits during your undergraduate degree.)
For more information about planning your coursework during undergrad and other policies, please see our Advising and Policies.
Undergraduate Course Equivalents
| NYU Wagner Core Course | Undergraduate Course Equivalents |
|---|---|
| CORE-GP 1011 Statistical Methods | BIOL-UA 42 Biostatistics ECON-UA 18, Statistics ENVST-UA 310, Environmental Quantitative Methods 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 |
| CORE-GP 1018 Microeconomics | ECON-UA 2, Introduction to Microeconomics; ECI-UF 2, Principles of Microeconomics ECON-UA 10, Intermediate Microeconomics UPADM-GP 140, Economics of Public Policy |
| CORE-GP 1020 Management and Leadership**,*** | UPADM-GP 103, Management and Leadership* |
| CORE-GP 1021 Financial Management** | No undergraduate course equivalent |
| CORE-GP 1022 Introduction to Public Policy**** | POL-UA 300, Power and Politics in America POL-UA 354, Politics of Administrative Law UPADM-GP 101, Politics of Public Policy* |
* UPADM-GP 101, 111, & 103 are NYU Wagner undergraduate courses
** BA-MUP students should delay completing these requirements if they are planning to complete the MUP in one additional year
*** Undergraduate students must take the undergraduate version of CORE-GP 1020 Management and Leadership (UPADM-GP 103 Management and Leadership)
**** Not accepted for MUP degree
Applying to Wagner
If you’re accepted onto the BA-MPA or BA-MUP track, you are not automatically admitted to the corresponding Wagner graduate program. You must complete the graduate application in your final undergraduate year at the end of the fall semester.
Please see our admissions website for information about the graduate application including deadlines and the BA-MPA and BA-MUP Application Checklist.
Financial Aid
Pursuing a graduate dual degree is an investment in the future and a serious commitment of time and money. All Bachelor’s-Master’s track applicants will be considered for scholarships and funding to help you finance your degree. In the graduate application, you can also opt to be considered for the Georgina and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Service Fellows Program, a full-tuition scholarship opportunity.