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:

DSIM 509Essentials of Quantitative Methods

3

ECON 509Essentials of Economics

3

Core Courses (nine core courses)

The following courses are required for all MPP students:

PPOL 501Microeconomics for Public Policy

3

PPOL 502Public Finance

3

PPOL 511Political Institutions, Processes and P

3

PPOL 512Ethics and Public Policy

3

PPOL 513Law and Public Policy

3

PPOL 521Statistics and Research Methods in Publ

3

PPOL 541Public Policy Analysis

3

PPOL 555Leading Organizations

3

Or

MGT 548Leading People and Organizations

3

PPOL 610Strategic Human Resource Management

3

Or

MGT 610Strategic Human Resource Management

3

Or

PPOL 611Responsible Leadership

3

Or

MGT 620Responsible Leadership

3

Or

PPOL 612Teamwork 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 590JU 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 695Capstone Project:Client Policy Project

3

And

PPOL 696Capstone Project:Client Policy Project

3

Or

PPOL 697Capstone:Research Policy Thesis I

3

And

PPOL 698Capstone: Rsrch Pol Thesis II

3

Or

PPOL 699Capstone 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