Summer Start Suggested Timeline
Year 1 Summer**: 3 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 613 | Public Policy Seminar | 3 |
Year 1 Fall: 6 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 607 | Policy Methods | 3 |
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* | 3 |
Year 1 Winter**: 3 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* | 3 |
Year 1 Spring: 7 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 605 | Economics and Public Policy**** | 3 |
| SPP 614 | Professional Development Seminar | 1 |
| | SPP Program Elective* | 3 |
Year 2 Summer**: 6 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* or SPP 598 Internship/Practicum*** | 3 |
| SPP 601 | Politics of the Policy Process (or SPP 611 Comparative Public Policy if available) | 3 |
Year 2 Fall: 6 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 603 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
| | SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective | 3 |
Year 2 Winter**: 3 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| | SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective | 2-3 |
Year 2 Spring: 3 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 608 | Intro. to Statistical Methods for Public Policy | 3 |
Total Credits: 37
Spring Start Suggested Timeline
Year 1 Spring**: 6 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 605 | Economics and Public Policy | 3 |
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective (Policy, Methods or Management) | 3 |
Year 1 Summer: 3 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 601/XXX | SPP 601 Politics of the Policy Process (or SPP 611 if available) or SPP Elective | 3 |
Year 1 Fall: 6 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 607 | Policy Methods | 3 |
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* | 3 |
Year 1 Winter**: 3 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* | 3 |
Year 2 Spring: 5 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 608 | Intro. to Statistical Methods for Pub. Policy | 4 |
| SPP 614 | Professional Development Seminar | 1 |
Year 2 Summer**: 6 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* or SPP 598 Internship/Practicum*** | 3 |
| SPP 613 | Public Policy Seminar | 3 |
Year 2 Fall: 6 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP 603 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective | 3 |
Year 2 Winter**: 3 Credits
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
|---|
| SPP XXX | SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective | 2-3 |
Total Credits: 37
Notes:
*Students must spread Program Electives among SPP’s categories (Policy, Management, Methods) with at least one three-credit SPP elective in each of three categories. See the distribution list here. Relevant graduate level courses from departments around campus may be taken with SPP approval.
**Winter or Summer Sessions can be skipped based on student preference.
***The internship may be replaced by a class with an experiential component or client-based project; or, waived based on full time work experience. Students may fulfill the internship requirement without taking the internship class but then must make up the academic credits through additional class(es). No internship academic credits will be awarded for an internship without the class.
****Economics must be taken before Policy Analysis