DACSS Substantive Courses

One of the benefits of the DACSS M.S. program is that you can deepen your subject matter expertise and content knowledge through optional substantive elective courses across campus.

Departments in which students often take classes are: Public Policy, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Business Management, Regional Planning, and Education.  However, you are not limited to these options and can explore classes from any department on the UMass campus.

Here are some examples of courses that have already been pre-approved as substantive elective courses:

PUBPOL 540    Internet Governance & Info Policy
PUBPOL 632    Public Budgeting & Finance
PUBPOL 690F  Financial Management for Nonprofits and State and Local Governments
PUBPOL 621    Using the Past to Create Effective Policy
PUBPOL 590P  Tech Policy & Innovation to Serve the Common Good
PUBPOL 597G  The Future of Government
PUBPOL 690G Technology Law and Policy Governance Trends
PUBPOL 690STB State & Local Leadership in the Millennial Era
PUBPOL 690GE  Governing the Energy Transition: Policy, Power & Comparative Methods
PUBPOL 615  Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis
PUBPOL 627  Fixing Social Media
PUBPOL 650  US Education Policy
PUBPOL 651  Social Inequalities, Technology & Public Policy
PUBPOL 656 Topics in Urban & Housing Policy
PUBPOL 690T  Technology Design via a Public Interest Technology Values Lens

Please note prior approval from DACSS Program Director is required for any course outside of the School of Public Policy. Please see the non-DACSS course request form here.