Master in Public Policy/Master of Business Administration
The JU Public Policy Institute (JU PPI), in cooperation with the Davis College of Business & Technology, offers an MPP- MBA dual degree program. In this program, students receive both an MPP degree and MBA degree in a year less than if the degrees were pursued separately.
The JU MPP-MBA dual degree program is a three year program with year one in either the JU MPP program or JU MBA program. In year two, courses will be taken in the other program. Year three will have mixed policy and business courses.
The total coursework consists of 63 credit hours. Public policy coursework constitutes 36 credit hours, including an internship (three credit hours) and Capstone policy project (six credits). The MPP internship requirement must be met prior to the third year of the Dual Degree program and can be met through: a MPP internship, qualifying clerkship, professional experience, or on written request and upon written approval by the JU PPI Director, substitution of an approved PPOL elective. MBA coursework consists of 27 credit hours, to be completed as prescribed by the business school. The MPP program will transfer twelve credits of MBA coursework, for a total of 48 credit hours. The business school will transfer twelve credits from the MPP program. Transferable credits include: PPOL 512 Ethics and Public Policy, PPOL 550/MGT 548 Leading Organizations, PPOL 610/MGT 610 Strategic Human Resource Management, PPOL 611/MGT 620 Responsible Leadership, and PPOL 612/MGT 630 Teamwork and Organizational Change.
Program Requirements
Students undertaking the JU MPP program in year one will have the following course of study:
First Year: 27 MPP Credits, zero MBA credits
PPOL 512:- transferable for MBA credit and in lieu of MGT 566:Legal and Ethical Environment of Business.
Second Year: zero MPP credits, 24 MBA credits
Foundation Courses – These courses are required for candidates who do not have a bachelor’s degree in business or who lack basic knowledge in the following disciplines:
MBA Core Courses:
| ACCT 522 | Accounting for Managerial Control | 3 |
| DSIM 518 | Competing through Innovation, Analytics & Information Technology | 3 |
| ECON 520 | Economics of High Performance | 3 |
| DSIM 535 | Quantitative Approaches Decision-Making | 3 |
| FIN 534 | Optimizing Financial Performance | 3 |
| INB 555 | Competing in the Global Economy | 3 |
| MKG 540 | Strategic Mkg in a Digital Economy | 3 |
| DSIM 577 | Managing Production and Service Operati | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
Third Year: 12 MPP credits and nine MBA credits
| MGT 545 | Global Corporate Strategy and Policy | 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 | |
| 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: | 12 |
Summary:
- JU MPP Program: 37 MPP credits and 9 MPP transfer credits from MBA curriculum. Total of 46 MPP credits.
- JU MBA Program: 30 MBA credits and 7 MBA transfer credits from MPP curriculum. Total of 37 MBA credits.