Master in Public Policy (MPP) Curriculum
The JU MPP degree is a two-year, 48 credit hour program. It includes nine core courses, summer internship, two-semester capstone policy project, and four elective courses. Students may take policy oriented course at Jacksonville University College of Law for elective credit. For students entering the MPP program with a Juris Doctor (JD) or Master of Business Administration (MBA), JU PPI Internship and one Public Policy Elective may be waived, for 42 total credit hours.
Program Requirements
These courses are designed for candidates who lack basic knowledge in the following disciplines:
Core Courses (nine core courses)
The following courses are required for all MPP students:
| PPOL 501 | Microeconomics for Public Policy | 3 |
| PPOL 502 | Public Finance | 3 |
| PPOL 511 | Political Institutions, Processes and P | 3 |
| PPOL 512 | Ethics and Public Policy | 3 |
| PPOL 513 | Law and Public Policy | 3 |
| PPOL 521 | Statistics and Research Methods in Publ | 3 |
| PPOL 541 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
| PPOL 555 | Leading Organizations | 3 |
| | Or | |
| MGT 548 | Leading People and Organizations | 3 |
| PPOL 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| | Or | |
| MGT 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL 611 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
| | Or | |
| MGT 620 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL 612 | Teamwork and Organizational Change | 3 |
| | Or | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27 |
JU PPI Summer Internship (three credit hours)
All JU MPP students must complete a summer internship. JU PPI has developed a network of public, private and non-profit agencies that provide internships to JU MPP students. Some are paid and some non-paid. A JU PPI Internship Scholarship Fund will seek to provide scholarships for students in non-paid internships.
| PPOL 590 | JU PPI Internship | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Capstone Policy Project (six credit hours)
A Capstone Policy Project is required of all MPP students. Students choose between working in a small group with a faculty advisor for a real world client organization on a public policy challenge or working with a faculty advisor on a policy question of the student's choosing. Both options require a research paper and formal presentation to faculty members and policymakers.
| PPOL 695 | Capstone Project:Client Policy Project | 3 |
| | And | |
| PPOL 696 | Capstone Project:Client Policy Project | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL 697 | Capstone:Research Policy Thesis I | 3 |
| | And | |
| PPOL 698 | Capstone: Rsrch Pol Thesis II | 3 |
| | Or | |
| PPOL 699 | Capstone Intensive | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Additional Courses Required for MPP students (four elective courses)
MPP students must take four three-credit hour elective courses. JU MPP students may take up to two law school courses to be counted toward the MPP degree.
| PPOL LAWP | | 3 |
| PPOL xxx | Three to Four, 3-credit hour, 500/600 level Public Policy Elective courses (9-12 credits) | 9-12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Total Credit Hours: 48