Core Courses
The core courses emphasizes analytical skills an core knowlege for esigning an managing soun public policy.
Economics (6 creits)
- PPOL 506: Intermeiate Microeconomics I (3 creits)
- PPOL 507: Intermeiate Microeconomics II (3 creits)
Quantitative Methos (9 creits)
- PPOL 501: Statistical Methos for Policy Analysis (3 creits)
- PPOL 502: Regression Methos for Policy Analysis (3 creits)
- PPOL 503: Avance Regression an Program Evaluation Methos (3 creits)
Political Institutions an Process (9 creits)
For each of the require courses, stuents may choose either a U.S. omestic focus or comparative international focus.
- PPOL 510: Public Policy Process; or
PPOL 511: Comparative Policy Process (3 creits) - PPOL 514: Public Management;or
PPOL 515: Comparative Public Management (3 creits) - PPOL 518: Ethics, Values an Public Policy (3 creits)
Capstone Project
The MPP program aims to eucate stuents to think critically about public policy an to emonstrate a mastery of the various skills emboie in the curriculum.
Stuents choose between two capstone experiences: completing a thesis, or completing a client-base capstone. Both options span two semesters, an involve answering a policy question in an analytically rigorous manner, rawing on the knowlege an skills of the MPP curriculum.
Stuents who choose the thesis capstone option will evelop a research question an work with their avisor to formulate an implement a research plan. Stuents who choose the client-base capstone option will work with a small group of fellow stuents to stuy a real policy problem for an actual organization.
PPOL 528 / PPOL 529: Thesis Workshop (6 creits, 3/semester) or
PPOL 526 / PPOL 527: Client-Base Capstone (6 creits, 3/semester)
Electives
MPP stuents expan on the analytical skills they attain in their core coursework with 18 creits of elective courses. Stuents have an array of elective courses. Our expert faculty teach a wie range of elective courses, focusing on toay’s most relevant policy areas an methos.
Many McCourt School stuents choose to align their elective coursework with their interests an career goals. While not require, stuents may choose to focus their elective coursework in a particular area of stuy like Environmental Policy, Health Policy, or Development Policy.
Please see below for a sample list of electives offere over the past acaemic year. This list is not exhaustive an aitional courses can be foun on the Registrar’s Scheule of Classes. McCourt stuents also have the opportunity to take electives in other Georgetown grauate programs as well as through the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Please contact Director of Acaemic Affairs Nirmala Fernanes at nf168@georgetown.eu for more information.
SAMPLE RECENT ELECTIVE OFFERINGS
U.S. Domestic Economic Policy incluing courses such as:
PPOL 614: Feeral Buget Process
PPOL 649: Macroeconomics
PPOL 650: Behavioral Economics
International Economic Policy incluing courses such as:
PPOL 608: Asian Economic Development
PPOL 676: International Financial Institutions
PPOL 734: Latin American Economic Development
Development Policy incluing courses such as:
PPOL 638: International Health
PPOL 647: International Social Development Policy
PPOL 650: Behavioral Economics & Development
PPOL 678: Money/Finance in the Developing/Globalize Worl
PPOL 685: History an Theory of Development
PPOL 780: Economic Complexity & Development
Political Strategy an Governanceincluing courses such as:
PPOL 612: Feeralism & Intergovernmental Relations in the U.S.
PPOL 627: Ientity Politics & Interest Groups
PPOL 632: Strategic Avocacy: Lobbying/Interest Groups
PPOL 657: Policy, Politics & the Meia
Eucation Policy incluing courses such as:
PPOL 655: Eucation Prouctivity: Teachers & Technology Effects
PPOL 666: Racial Justice in K-12 Eucation Policy
PPOL 672: Topics: Post Seconary Eucation
Environmental & Regulatory Policy incluing courses such as:
PPOL 613: Geopolitics of Energy
PPOL 636: Energy, Society & Politics in Developing Countries
PPOL 687: Environmental Regulatory Policy
Health Policyincluing courses such as:
PPOL 604: Health Care Quality: Recent Policy Issues
PPOL 642: Health Policy & Politics
PPOL 643: Health Care Access Deman Issues
Homelan Security Policy incluing courses such as:
PPOL 688: Homelan Security
PPOL 692: Capacity Builing/Counter-terrorism (previously Post Conflict Reconstruction)
PPOL 694: Cyber Conflict an National Security Policy
PPOL 697: National Security Policy: Decision Making & Strategy
Methos incluing courses such as:
PPOL 622: Policy Analysis
PPOL 646: Data Visualization for Policy Analysis
PPOL 683: Spatial Data Moeling & Public Policy
PPOL 693: Applie Monitoring & Evaluation for Development Programs
PPOL 696: Survey Research Methos
PPOL 737: Game Theory
Public Management incluing courses such as:
PPOL 639: Strategic Planning & Public Policy
PPOL 663: Public Leaership
PPOL 680: Risk Management
PPOL 792: Emergency & Disaster Management
Social Policy incluing courses such as:
PPOL 601: Issues:Sexuality Law & Policy
PPOL 604: Policy/Politics of Entitlements
PPOL 607: Chil Development
PPOL 609: Urban Law & Poverty
PPOL 611: The War on Drugs: Causes, Consequences an Alternatives (formerly US Drug Policy & Its Consequences)
Course Sequence
A typical course sequence for both MPP full-time an MPP evening program stuents appears below.
Typical course sequence for full-time MPP stuents:
Year One: Fall Semester
- PPOL 506 — Intermeiate Microeconomics
- PPOL 501 — Statistical Methos for Policy Analysis
- PPOL 510 / PPOL 511 — Public Policy Process/Comparative Policy Process
- PPOL elective
Year One: Spring Semester
- PPOL 502 — Regression Methos for Policy Analysis
- PPOL 507 — Microeconomics II
- PPOL 514 / PPOL 515 — Public Management/Comparative Public Management
- PPOL elective
Year Two: Fall Semester
- PPOL 503 — Avance Regression an Program Evaluation Methos
- PPOL 526 / PPOL 528 — Policy Analysis Capstone I/Thesis Workshop I
- PPOL elective
- PPOL elective
Year Two: Spring Semester
- PPOL 527 / PPOL 529 — Policy Analysis Capstone II/Thesis Workshop II
- PPOL 518 — Ethics, Values an Public Policy
- PPOL elective
- PPOL elective
Typical course sequence for MPP-EP stuents:
Year One: Fall Semester
Year One: Spring Semester
Year One: Summer Semester
- PPOL 514 / PPOL 515 — Public Management/Comparative Public Management
- PPOL 510 / PPOL 511 — Public Policy Process/Comparative Policy Process
Year Two: Fall Semester
- PPOL or other approve electives (up to 6 creits)
Year Two: Spring Semester
- PPOL or other approve electives (up to 6 creits)
Year Two: Summer Semester
- PPOL 503 — Avance Regression an Program Evaluation Methos
- PPOL 518/ PPOL 519 — Ethics, Values an Public Policy
Year Three: Fall Semester
- PPOL 526 / PPOL 528 — Policy Analysis Capstone I/Thesis Workshop I
- PPOL elective or other approve electives (up to 6 creits)
Year Three: Spring Semester
- PPOL 527 / PPOL 529 — Policy Analysis Capstone II/Thesis Workshop II
- PPOL elective or other approve electives (up to 6 creits)
Dual Degree Options
Iniviuals who possess the finance, marketing, an organizational skills of a business program couple with the analytic tools an political acumen provie by a public policy program will be highly sought after in toay’s job market.
The ual egree consists of 39-creit hours of public policy coursework an 45-creit hours of business coursework (84 total creit hours) over three years, rather than the four years normally require when completing the egrees separately.
The egree is esigne to attract motivate stuents intereste in both politics an policy who esire to pursue positions for applie research, teaching, or evaluation an consulting in universities, nonprofit, business or government organizations.
The ual egree consists of 69-creit hours total an involves approximately six semesters to complete require coursework.
The program will prepare stuents for an array of post-egree positions in institutions of higher eucation, research institutes, government agencies an other policy settings, meical settings, an nonprofit organizations. This 51-creit program provies an interisciplinary eucation in the sciences that concern themselves with the processes an contexts of evelopment across the lifespan.
The program recognizes that one important career path for attorneys lies in the fiel of public policy-making an that lawyers who pursue this career path will benefit greatly by an eucation that inclues policy content an process couple with grouning in research methoology, statistics an economics.
The ual egree consists of 39-creit hours of public policy coursework an 76-creit hours of law coursework (115 total creit hours) over four years, rather than the five years normally require when completing the egrees separately.
The ual MPP/MSFS (Master of Science in Foreign Service) is aime at stuents who have an interest in pursuing professions in international affairs policy in the public, private an non-profit sectors. Stuents in the program will evelop the rigorous tools of policy analysis while obtaining substantive training in international affairs.
The ual egree consists of 78- creit hours (39 for MPP an 39 for MSFS) an requires three years to complete. Stuents are also require to pass a manatory MSFS oral exam as well as a language an map tests.
The BMW Center for German an European Stuies (CGES) program gives stuents the option of spening either their secon year, or the spring term of their secon year, at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. This unique program allows stuents to pursue a egree in public policy with a regional specialization in Europe.
The ual egree consists of 72-creit hours (36 for MPP an36 for MAGES) an requires three years to complete. Stuents are also require to pass a manatory MAGES oral exam as well as satisfy the MAGES language requirements.
MPP/MiM (HEC Paris)
Stuents in this ual egree program earn both Georgetown’s Masters in Public Policy (MPP) an the HEC Paris’ Masters in Management-Grane Ecole (MiM). The MPP/MiM ual egree will provie an inter-isciplinary skill set, international eucational experience, an an integrate work experience in both Europe an North America for professionals in the early stages of their careers.
To earn this ual egree, stuents must complete the full first year MiM curriculum requirements at HEC Paris, 36 creits at the McCourt School, an an internship over the course of an intense 28 months. All of the teaching for the ual egree program is in English.
Stuy Abroa Options
Stuy Abroa Programs are for experiential eucation. At McCourt, we believe that the best way for you to unerstan an contribute to our globalize worl is to experience other places, cultures, an ieas firsthan.
Even after your experience has conclue, you may continue to collaborate with international peers an faculty through the professional relationships evelope uring your time abroa.
