Students in the Early Career (Master of Public Policy) program must complete 48 credits of approved courses, including the 6 Core courses listed below and the courses of one of the approved specializations listed on the next page. (Early Career students in one of the School's joint degree programs have slightly different requirements.)
The Executive Master of Public Management Program is open to students with five years of public management and policy-related experience. Students enrolled in the Program follow a prescribed curriculum, totaling 3 6
academic credits . Executive Master students attend evening classes which are held twice a week at the facilities of the Council for Excellence in Gover n ment located at 1301 K Street, NW in Washington , D.C. Students will move through the Program as members of a cohort and will have the opportunity to participate in numerous enrichment activities sponsored by the Council and the University.
In addition, all master's students must:
(a) attend the Policy Exercise, a non-credit workshop held at the start of the Fall semester;
(b) achieve at least a 3.0 GPA in all courses to be counted toward their degree;
(c) achieve at least a 3.0 GPA in all Core courses with no grade less than a “C”, and have no more than one “C” in all Core courses.
(d) be deemed by the Dean to be making adequate progress toward their degree based on their grades and completed credits to date; and
(e) complete all requirements within 5 years of beginning the program.
Core Courses
PUAF 610 “Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy”
Or
PUAF 611 “Quantitative Analysis of Social Policy Issues (for those who have already mastered the topics covered in PUAF 610)
AND
PUAF 641 “Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis” (required for ISEP and International Development students)
Or
PUAF 670 “Finance” (required for MFL and Social Policy students)
AND
PUAF 620 “Political Institutions and Leadership”
PUAF 640 “Microeconomics and Policy Analysis”
PUAF 650 “Moral Dimensions of Public Policy”
PUAF 711 “Public Management and Leadership”
Approved Specializations
Approved Specializations
Environmental Policy
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PUAF 740 “Public Policy and the Environment”
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PUAF 741 “Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental Problems”
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PUAF 745 ”Human Health and the Environment”
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One other MSPA or approved graduate-level environmental policy course
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Early Career students only: Either PUAF 660 “Environmental Policy Workshop” or PUAF 790 “Environmental Project Course”
International Security and Economic Policy
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PUAF 720 “International Security Policy”
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PUAF 780 “American Foreign Policy Process”
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PUAF 781 “International Economic Policy”
- One other ISEP course
- Early Career students only: PUAF 790 “ISEP Project Course”
Management, Finance and Leadership
Within the Management, Finance and Leadership Program, there are two established Specializations:
The specialization requirements are as follows:
Management and Leadership (M&L)
- PUAF 692 “Leadership”
- PUAF 698Q “Issues in Information Policy and Technology”
- PUAF 752 “Managing Differences”
One other course from the list below:
- PUAF 671 “Management Control of Non-Profits”
- PUAF 712 “Analysis of Fiscal Conditions”
- PUAF 715 “Accounting”
- PUAF 716 “State and Local Budgeting”
- PUAF 717 “Federal Budgeting”
- PUAF 790 “Project Course” Mid-career students may substitute another MFL course by permission of the Program Director
Public Sector Financial Management (PSFM)
- PUAF 715 “Accounting”
- Either PUAF 716 “State and Local Budgeting” or PUAF 717 “Federal Budgeting”
- Either PUAF 671 “Management Control of Non-Profits” or PUAF 712 “Analysis of Fiscal Conditions”
- Either PUAF 692 “Leadership” or PUAF 698Q “Issues in Information Policy & Technology” or PUAF 752 “Managing Differences”
- PUAF 790 “Project Course” Mid-career students may substitute another MFL course by permission of the Program Director
Students with joint specializations involving non-MFL programs may waive one MFL specialization requirement with permission of the MFL Director.
Social Policy
- PUAF 611 “Quantitative Analysis of Social Policy Issues”
- PUAF 734 “Foundations of Social Policy”
Three other Social Policy courses from the list below
- PUAF 698x “Education Policy”
- PUAF 698x “Evaluation of Welfare Reform”
- PUAF 698x “Family Policy”
- PUAF 698x “Managing Social Services”
- PUAF 698x “Strategies of Equality”
- PUAF 735 “ Health Policy”
- PUAF 770 “ Housing and Community Development”
- CCJS 699 “ Vice & Organized Crime”
Any other social policy-related graduate course approved by the Specialization Director
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