Online MPP Suggested Course Timeline for part time students

Summer Start Suggested Timeline

Year 1 Summer**: 3 Credits

Course #                             Course NameCredits 
PUBPOL/SPP 613                    Public Policy Seminar                                            3

Year 1 Fall: 6 Credits

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP 607Policy Methods3
PUBPOL/SPP XXXPUBPOL/SPP Program Elective*3 

Year 1 Winter**: 3 Credits 

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP XXXPUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* 3 

Year 1 Spring: 7 Credits

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP 605                  Economics and Public Policy****                              3
PUBPOL/SPP 614 Professional Development Seminar1
 PUBPOL/SPP Program Elective*3 

Year 2 Summer**: 6 Credits

Course #                             Course NameCredits 
PUBPOL/SPP XXX                  PUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* or SPP 598 Internship/Practicum***                                                                             3
PUBPOL/SPP 601

Politics of the Policy Process

(or PUBPOL/SPP 611 Comparative Public Policy if available)                 

3

Year 2 Fall: 6 Credits

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP 603Public Policy Analysis3
 PUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective3 

Year 2 Winter**: 3 Credits 

Course #Course NameCredits
 PUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective 2-3 

Year 2 Spring: 3 Credits

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP 608                  Intro. to Statistical Methods for Public Policy                            3

Total Credits: 37

 

Spring Start Suggested Timeline

Year 1 Spring**: 6 Credits

Course #                             Course NameCredits 
PUBPOL/SPP 605                    Economics and Public Policy                                                                        3
PUBPOL/SPP XXXPUBPOL/SPP Program Elective (Policy, Methods or Management) 3

Year 1 Summer: 3 Credits

Course #                             Course NameCredits 
PUBPOL/SPP 601/XXX                    PUBPOL/SPP 601 Politics of the Policy Process (or PUBPOL/SPP 611 if available) or PUBPOL/SPP Elective                                                                          3

Year 1 Fall: 6 Credits

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP 607Policy Methods3
PUBPOL/SPP XXXPUBPOL/SPP Program Elective*3 

Year 1 Winter**: 3 Credits 

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP XXXPUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* 3 

Year 2 Spring: 5 Credits

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP 608                Intro. to Statistical Methods for Pub. Policy                                4
PUBPOL/SPP 614 Professional Development Seminar1

Year 2 Summer**: 6 Credits

Course #                             Course NameCredits 
PUBPOL/SPP XXX                  PUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* or SPP 598 Internship/Practicum***                                                                             3
PUBPOL/SPP 613Public Policy Seminar3

Year 2 Fall: 6 Credits

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP 603Public Policy Analysis3
PUBPOL/SPP XXXPUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective3 

Year 2 Winter**: 3 Credits 

Course #Course NameCredits
PUBPOL/SPP XXXPUBPOL/SPP Program Elective* or other Graduate Elective 2-3 

Total Credits: 37 

Notes:

*Students must spread Program Electives among SPUBPOL/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