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. 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: an 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 (not including Foundations courses), to be completed as prescribed by the Davis College. The MPP program will transfer twelve credits of MBA coursework for a total of 48 credit hours. The MBA program will transfer twelve credits from the MPP program, for a total of 39 credit hours.
Program Requirements
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 |
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| PPOL 555 | Leading Organizations | 3 |
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| MGT 548 | Leading People and Organizations | 3 |
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| PPOL 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
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| MGT 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
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| PPOL 611 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
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| MGT 620 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
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| PPOL 612 | Teamwork and Organizational Change | 3 |
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| MGT 630 | Teamwork & Organizational Transformation | 3 |
| 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 |
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| PPOL 696 | Capstone Project:Client Policy Project | 3 |
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| PPOL 697 | Capstone:Research Policy Thesis I | 3 |
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| PPOL 698 | Capstone: Rsrch Pol Thesis II | 3 |
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| PPOL 699 | Capstone Intensive | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: 36
MBA Requirements
Foundation Courses
Foundation courses can be waived with permission of the Graduate Director, if demonstration of knowledge is adequate based on undergraduate equivalent course performance or by testing out of the knowledge area.
| ACCT 509 | Essentials of Accounting | 3 |
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| ACCT 510 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 |
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| DSIM 509 | Essentials of Quantitative Methods | 3 |
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| DSIM 510 | Fundamentals Quantitative Methods | 3 |
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| ECON 509 | Essentials of Economics | 3 |
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| ECON 510 | Fundamentals of Economics | 3 |
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| FIN 509 | Essentials of Finance | 3 |
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| FIN 510 | Fundamentals of Finance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
MBA Core Courses
| ACCT 522 | Accounting for Managerial Control | 3 |
| DSIM 518 | Competing through Innovation, Analytics & Information Technology | 3 |
| DSIM 577 | Managing Production and Service Operati | 3 |
| FIN 534 | Optimizing Financial Performance | 3 |
| INB 555 | Competing in the Global Economy | 3 |
| MGT 545 | Global Corporate Strategy and Policy | 3 |
| MKG 540 | Strategic Mkg in a Digital Economy | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
MBA Selective Courses
Students must choose one course (3 credits) from the Technology and Analytics category and one course (3 credits) from either the Societal Impact or the Interpersonal Skills and Diversity categories (6 credits total).
Technology and Analytics (Choose 1)
| DSIM 535 | Quantitative Approaches Decision-Making | 3 |
| DSIM 602 | Introduction to Applied Business Analyt | 3 |
| DSIM 603 | Applied Statistical Modeling and Analys | 3 |
| DSIM 604 | Applied Data Visualization and Analysis | 3 |
| DSIM 605 | Applied Data Management | 3 |
| FIN 611 | Advanced Portfolio Theory & Practice | 3 |
| CS 600 | Network and Wireless Communications | 3 |
| ECON 540 | Game Theory | 3 |
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| Special Topics, Independent Study, or other as approved | 3 |
Choose 3 credits from the courses below
Societal Impact
| MGT 566 | Legal & Ethical Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 520 | Economics of High Performance | 3 |
| MGT 630 | Teamwork & Organizational Transformation | 3 |
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| Special Topics, Independent Study, or other as approved | 3 |
Interpersonal Skills and Diversity
| MGT 569 | Executive Communications Skills | 2 |
| MGT 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 620 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
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| Special Topics, Independent Study, or other as approved | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: 27-39
Total Credit Hours: 63-75
*Students who do not need the Foundations courses will take 63 credits. Students who need one or more Foundations courses will take more.